The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-05-09
About own serviee R,form.

The Illinois Stats Zettitj'y OF Chica-
go, the leading German paper of the
west has the following article about
Civil Service Reform:
"That government officials should
not be appointed in the interests Of
party, is the first doctrinal and funda-
mental principle Of civil service reform.
All that Messrs. Trumbull, Schurz, s.
Co., have said in favor of the reform
of the civil service, amounts to this:
1t is Just for this reason that they have
taken 1t in high .dudgeon when it has
been shown that they themselves have
asked offices for their friends and rela-
tives on the ground of party interests.
MwsSchurz especially has denied most
emphatically that he had secured the
appointment of his brOther-in-la
Jnesscn, as Collector of Internal
Revenues. We ourselves felt it our
duty TO defend him against this charge.
because we knew that the initiative, at
least, for the appointment of Mr..
Juessen, was not taken by him. Some
time afterward we learned, and Mr..
Schurz acknowledged The fact, that he
wrote the Endorsement for Juessen, but
he claimed that this Endorsement was
couched In very few words. Since
then, however, we have seen the Origi-
nal of this endorsement" and il Mr..
Schurz should see it now, he will hard
~ repeat the assertion that it consisted
only of few Indifferent words. Here
is what MIR. Schurz wrote April IL,
1869. OH a letter of Mcssrs. Judd and
Solomon. in which Mr.. Jussen was
F ESlRqm%eR9 TO the Preside"t far an
Fully indorsing the above, beg
leave to add that am, from my own
observation, very well acquainted Will
the condition of things at Chicago, and
| it is my deliberate opinion that tht
| interests III the party require proper
| recognition Of the German element
there. ] have SO frequently beer
called upon to aid the Republicans o
Chicago in their struggle, that theil
| wants and necessities arc well known
| to me.
"Very respectfully, G.. ScHuRz,s
The Interests of the party require
| the appointment Of the brothcr-in
| law. and with a view TO the part,
wants of the Republicans Of Chicago
the great civil service rcformcr rec
commended the appointment OF hi.
brother-in-law as Collector Of Interna
+ Revenue!
The Saul who demanded the APP
| pointment of his brother-in-law in the
interests of party. has since become 8
Paul. But then the ancient Paul die
not at least deny his Saul antecedenti
that is the difference between him
| and the modern Paul."
We may add that Carl Schurz
brother-in-law proved directly to be
incompetent, whereupon he was re.
moved and another German of ability
to-wit: Herman Raster was appointed
| in his place. and this was the initial
point in Carl Schurz' hostility to the
administration.
In the very nature of things the
President cannot know personally Of
all the forty thousand appointments hi
must necessarily make. He mus
therefore depend, under our presen,
system, spon the recommendations O
Senators, Representatives and Others
/ We venture the opinion that the re
cords Of the departments will show
that Greeley, Trumbull. Fenton
Schurz, &C., have recommended more
scallawags than any other equal num-
Der of men in the country, and tina
the removal Of their pets when they
either become incompetent or dishon'
est, as in the case under review in thi'
article, is the primary cause Of all this
sudden clamor of these distinguished
sorcheads for new deal which viii
! give them a more facile and pliabl'
dispenser Of public pap.
Only about one year ago Horace
Greeley wrote as follows. bearing ear
nest testimony to the efficiency and
faithfulmess OF President Grant anG
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