Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-04-27

SKETCHES GIVEN BY REPUBLICANS
OF GRANTS ADMINISTRATION.


Decea,ber, spoke as follows:
~ believe the Republican party is
worthy yet to be redeemed from the curse
that rests upon it to-day on account Of the
mistakes OF the Administration and the
corruption aud downright plunderiug of
dishonest Office holders. l stand here for
the puri6cation Of the Republican party !;
but do plead guilty to that other charge,
that l believe there is corruption deep
and damning aud festeriug, all through
this Administration Of ours. believe
that aud Il I've uttered it."
Senator Grimes, just before his death,
said:
I'm ability this Administration is the
most pusiIlauimous and contemplate, and
in morals tho most corrupt aud rotten,
which has ever disgraced the American
people, and it would be ruinous to the
country aud the overthrow of the Repub.
lican party, to nominate or re.elect Graut
to the Presidency"
Senator Trumbull, among the ablcst of
the Republican Senators, spoke as follows
concerning the civil service as conducted
under the present Administration '--'
IL know the Senator from Indiana has
commended our present civil service sys-
ten us the best in the world but know
it has been disclosed recently that the of.
ficiuls Of the Government are assessed for
party purposes. 1t hus been recently dis.
closed that they are used to pack conven.
tions and primary meetings. 1t is known
iu this city that the officials of the Gov
ernment have been banded together for
political purposes, aud that assessments
have been put upon then, for party pur.
poses. This was disclosed by a former
Secretary of the Interior, who strove to
protect the subordnates in his Depart
ineut from political assessment.
The present civil service system is de-
morslising to the heads Of Department
aud members Of Congress. What more
Illuminating than to see the members of
this body and Of the other House dancing
attendance 10 the ante-rooms Of the Secre-
taries asking to have appointed to Office
some favorite who had been active in the
canvass in their behalf at some cross roads,
or among the Legislature that returned
them to this body! No matter whether
there is place for him or not, place
must be created. He has come to WASH
ington perhaps from distant State. He
rendered essential service to the members
iu the canvass, and the members say.
You must give him place, Mr.. Secre.
Aary." But the Secretary replies, we
have no vacancy" swell, make one for
him; give him q temporary appointment
it will never do for him to 60 home to the
district without giving him position he
is too important man. l promised il
during the canvass, if I was elected
The Secretary does not want quarrel
with the member, and he assigns his friend
"a temporary position. And, sir, when
your appropriation bill comes ina def
cheney bill or general appropriation bill
--yal will very likely find an appropria-
tion Of twenty, 6tty, or one hundred
thousand dollars asked to pay for extra
clerk hire and temporary clerks" '''
Carl Schurz, the distinguished Sena
tor from Missouri, gives the following
sketch: t'.'a' H
"But let me tell the Senate that the
.spechss Of the Senators from Massachu
4sstts aud Illinois aud Nebraska and my
.own would never produce the least effect
adverse to the Administration, could it moi
be said in addition that the most scanda.
lous abuse denounced in those speeches,
the general order Of business in the Gus
tom House at New York, utter having
been laid open in its whole naked deform-
ity to the authorities year ago, has MOI
.bee~ aLoIished; and that even weeks az
ter the second investigation had exhibited
this abuse 10 still more garing light
Leet and Stocking are at this very mo-
.ment tattenios upon tho gains taken from
the New York merchants. Those who
tolerate abuses are aaswerable for theil
effect upon public opinion. aud not those
who denounce them. Had abuses beet
abolished when they we're exposed, no de
nunciatious need be feared. Thers is tn,
rub"