Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-01-12

NM. PRECEDENT We have entered an era
che civil service. u will trust DO real and use.
Nl II will be vain II IL docs not euro the chief
Sv ~ Is, * mean, 70 Ts%sS ,bs re
private occupation, aud hls though for the
The poores, nsld oi American sssrtlcn, Puzzle
agents and representatives have been hlndorcd
Ia their duties, and their time taxed BY Appll
has been impaired, and they have been much
belied, too, by those who cannot understand that
any man or anything is honest, and who feel
robbed whenever an appointments 10 made with.
The Presldsht HAS been nj made "a The object Of
mSnds somss%Ss Sof ap SS viz touching pa
mas bsen exposed % suspicion Of abusinE the
wis among others, have euSssd the pub = .,r
Vice, and the proposed change y not y Orth try.
ing unless II goes far 70 uproot theY. The very
msnts irUm patronage and ,,.yoyi,ismv' Tho
head and 'front.' Of the ohAn1- 4 10 make the be-
stowal Of place no longsIf hinge on tho will OF
about q ~ 10 Ht y pO SUIS p wS are
merit claimed ,of mi. Z that nominations sEd
place. "
:, ln ,ho presence Of this transition, and facing
YIN tho threshold, motion l. made 10 amend
the Presldonoy We arc told that the anne nd.
ment belongs to tho refOrm-thAt without the
amendment the reform IL nothing. The amend:
meat IL designed 10 do away with an alleged
wrong Of the old system Of appointments, and We
are told that in disml.slng ths Old system itself
o.. must also change The Constitution, in order 10
not rid VI . peril TO which the old system was
open, but which the new -ystem is specially de-
Under usages and regulations Of the past, the
President II Is said, might aid HE rsslectlon
Inent; and now, when We arc in the act Of shut.
ting out, or fencing In, patronage, 80 that Il
cannot be thus used, We arc asked TO say that
the President mover shall be reelected at all.
We arc In tho act Of providing that Presidents
shall not be ro-slectod by bad means, and We are
tod that A. part Of the same act We must p,O.
good means.
We gro in the act Of roofing out the great
allie. evil of 70 Eligibility 10 second prsslden.
TIL terns. when We arc told that We must
not leave ro-eiigIhiilty standing IN the Con.
stitutlOn, even alter It's alleged evil has boon
taken away,
standing chiectlcn II il. and We are told that
the thing ltself must not exist after the obiec-
This seems very odd. common mlnd secs II
all the other way
To me, the two things seem not only distinct,
hut opposite. They seem not 70 belong together
at ALI They seem TO contradict each other. II
Wu were engaged 10 preserving the Old Eystoni
VI appointments, could see tie ntnsss and the
longing % that system. But when We arc bring
inE In q new system, / DO not SOC the need Of q
evils anA'n''nA aimed at departing
Abuses banlshod BY the old system and super.
soded and prevented BY the new, would seem
TequIre action wafIing on reason m other re-
spStts. ..-
II may be uTged that In spite Of the change
remain This Is true, but 10 deny that tho new
MEASURES will shield The great holy of the pub
iig service, q . dlsofsdlt and ds:eft reform 10
AEain, W seems like 4 blow In me faee Of civil
eorvIce reform 10 elect OF exclude man from
once merely because he has held il four years.
"Remoyals only for cause;1 .tontlres depending
on good behayior,i aretalnlng In place those
NhSdo their du,y''-ths.e tstho ,fite and d:
mere oomes a sohome Ia AZ 4 constitutispal lar
gInIstsr uDon M oflcers because he mas barn an
oIfcsr four yoar.' and bscsase he IN Won su ~
pup gSS ST 'hst ySS STn got Of him
FOR these raasons omitting oihors IN. nm
uncsilsd m nos, " WV SO1''''NO" '00"' fu'''
n scens a. nncalted far that -. mana. a., ..L
uby N N hsrc w '--' w f@~'0 w "sA
a Pro.Idential canvass "a unon ne. and An,
sIon he nrsssn, ,,his nsPI1n y, 10y. M.
taed throw aSy H. \, c, IN .n, y,
O'I anu .hS so hsin r , before us
this pronoscd aman'Imsnt Jsrice msL.
weight. IN eSpelleni 10 aifest The re.eIeotIon N
DtIIeh. ne N h,,to. a, hal nm, ,,.,,t., ,,s
Il il Mn with nsnosnts 4, 1890 a Ssii ~ ~
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II tyics ~ NM ~ aI IN nu,a ~
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aftsr tha ar ~ hfas,s So, W. NAo ehee' un'i
OaE atisntinn "a ,snosi.it, ,,,,., a., a..
words whs1 .rc thsl eat WIZ W ~
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One talls into ,.vs,,s Win. ooD.,d,,,o.
ha,6 i aus, into INene WINE oonauerinH
NM ~. Sss " samlre me gullslessness or rs
cani,ivnd s,,sh \ .,ss y w nssnuy' Mhlen
Sinsrv trsessi aaasly ~. my prysehL 70 oI
Tins orJs NJ sns noeu ~ these dsier
from mtnstn y, SSon ~ ~ " AustAlu
anu ~, ,.i,i ~ a nv pIossent hAeoutNe, s,rONe
Ssnsnt,,aa,P NY ~ ~ ihk ~. ~ AoonsttutlOnh
a. hi,ln ohe ony usuAiy cautious, would
nS,nnni ~ WI pains IN,
@ nv viii ooour IN less than halt
.s NY ~ Wy w SieetiVn IN Yen month"; and mos
n, ~ .neiI iooso aha eaieless haolt, would not
asS i neoppoa W thlnh tnAt constitutions
sn,n when u, NJ mAde no pIogress In hal
& HighS suudehly escape rom ConEresi
INV, NV, anu Mhiri hfough the Legislatures o
uhIve quarters OF all the states, within 90 short
VIM WIS, .,.,, ...,.,.. - -
MItnOut such saving words, however, va
might have been cast Ia pit Spreading like