Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-10-01
TRUMBULL AND SCHURZ.
Civil-servlce Reform In Theory aud Practice.
Two Inveterato Once-seekers Reform,
q la Greeley.


From the New York Times
We publish below very striking
testimony TO show how sudden and
how recent was the conversion oil
Senators Schurz and TrumhuIlto the
mmutabIe principles of civil-service
reform. According to that system
no person insofhce is TO be removed
except for the reason that be is in.
competent, and in case of vacancies
those IN lower grades are to be pro-
NOTED, while new appointments are
10 be made solely upon merit, which
IS to be ascertained by persona ex-
animation, and not from recon men.
dations. And Yet the lists which we
publish show that these two pures
minded Senators have recommended
to the corrupt Administration of Gen.
eral Grant enough appointments to
fill nearly the entire consular and di-
plomatic service, TO say nothing OF
those urged for Territorial Govern
ors, PostmasteIs, iHternal revenue of
ticers, aud clerks. They ignore the
sound system of promotion as re-
ward for faithful service in subordin.
ate position, and demand the APP
pointment of their friends at once TO
the highest grades. They pay no at
tention TO the fact that there are no
vacancies, save when they express
the opinion that an incumbent should
be removed who is guilty of the afro
cious crime of not agreeing with
them in political sentiments.
We do not say that at the time
Messrs. Schurz and Trum bull made
these recommendations there was
necessarily anything wrong in their
so doing. We refer TO it for no such
reason, but we do refer to it to show
the utter cant and hypocrisy which
characterize the present course OF
these gentlemen. The best that can
be said for them is that they have
very recently-and we might add
very suspiciously-had their eyes
opened to the evil CT their ways and
have reformed But at the same
time they not only refuse to admit
that there could be any possible ex-
cuse for the old system, but they
loudly insist that nobody except
themselves has reformed that they
are the only simon pure refOrmers.
and all others are pretenders and
hypocrites.
Of this pair of pattern reformers,
| it appears that Schurz desired his
friends to have nineteen Consulships,
eight Missions, two Governorships OF
Territories, two Marshalships. one
District Attorneyship, four Indian
Agencies, two Survey or Generals of
fees, one Register, one Pension
Agency, one Chaplaincy, twenty-sev-
en- Cierkships, twenty Postmaster
ships, three revenue Collectorships,
and two Assessorships, and one Sur
veyorship of st. Louis; but only
one of his friends was sufficiently
humble TO be labOrer One OF
Schulz Governors was "Jim" Ash
ley, while some of his other friends
are well know TO fame or infamy,
one of his clerks having been remov-
ed for stealing. which in Senator
Schurz' eyes was, we presume a less
crime than that oil being Democrat
for his ground for asking for the rec
moval OF one Collector was that he
was member of that rarty: In all
Mr.. Schurz wanted places for l04
friends, and he got his full share.
Mr. Trumbull wanted places for
nineteen ConsuIs, a Consul General.
two Commercial Agents, including
that in San San Domingo, twenty
nine for Trustees and four Postal
Agents, two Judges, two, Marshals,
two District Attorneys, three Indian
Agents, two Pension Agents, one
Surveyor General, three Superinten-
dents of Indian Affairs, one Librari>
An, six clerks, one Governor, one
Claim Agent, seven Assessors, five
Collectors and two Supervisors of In
ternal Revenue, while for one of his
friends all that he begged was some
office, no matter what. Mr.. Trum-
bull put himselfin writing as to nine,
" -bONNh - q OAOhhOA
in.la~. His son he did not trust to
paper. He went and made personal
threats to the President as to him.
GThen the Times gives list, which
we omit, of two columns of names OF
persons Chiefly political dead-beAts)
whom Trumbull and Schurz urged
upon President Grant for appoint
ments, as Territorial Governors, Con-
suIs, revenue officers and agents,
Postmasters and other responsible
positions Some of these men
those fit for appointment-were ap-
pointed, but because the President
refused to appoint all of them, Trum.
bull and Schurz declared war against
him, and that's what the matter with
these patriotic "reformers."