New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-07-23

up to it and il is no secret Congress circles that
among his efforts to make the santo Donngo scneme
piayed his part This grave assertion, and have
ovent,T been charged that would not have made oppo
ston TO President Grant could have had all the pat
WheS the President himself makes with regard 70
the same charge he is reported to have done In an
statement which but for this l should probably
have withheld When the Santo Domingo scheme was
pending two gentlemen in somewhat intimate relations
with the White House. came to me, each one feparatey
soliciting my support TO the project and telling me that
/ could have all the patronage L wanted II would aid
the President. In January last having been slandered
by Administration press and tainted ON the floor OF
the Senate concerning the motives OF my opposition
inquired OF OF those gentlemen whether his remarks
concerning the Santo Domingo scheme and the patronage
were authorized by the President. 1 quote IN, ,1c
language af his reply. referring to tins suge at
remember with the knowledge and consent and
after had conversation with him he PresdenV thae
called upon you aud had the conversation you spoke
Of MY impression at this time is that the President ue
sired your support for his Santo Domingo scheme anu
wished TO be such terms with you that your support
could be obtained. / do not remember any partlcu
lar language used at my interview with tine fresoen'
ing to quote from memory, but the impression made
upon my mind by the interview was nHeo anu u1
good chance for patronage than 1 w anIea
had concluded to serve the President az tne eApeo
of Inv convictions of duty. II one OF us was III the
market IL not l. How far such attempts were car
RED Others may be better able 10 tei tah R ,
the abuse OF patronage appeared IN It's most u1
form when the nomination for the next freslueh'iai
term became matter of urgent interest,"
In the mean time the demand for Civil Service Reform
had arisen with singular force from the people, and
found voice in the press and on the floor OF Congress
1t threatened TO become popular cry, ana cOulu not
with safety be disregarded. The President took up
and reform was promised. commission was appOlhteu'
gorgeous array of rules and regulations drawn up the
reform was solemnly and with grand flourish an
noupced TO commence on certain day. and now look at
the condition of the Civil Service Gen. Butler, one OF
the Presidents fastest friends, declared that civil ser
mise me for this Civil Service Reform Is certainly as
great humbug Cen Butler can make It, SHOW mo
when the Civil Service of the country was
completely political machine than .he e
is now Does he remember q time when the
service appeared more like thoroughly drilled
and disciplined organization OF political agents IMAM to
dayq Does he remember a time within the whole range
OF ms recollection when the pubhc interest was more
shaneessly oyerrred by political t6 1c voice 10
make show of decency permitted ~ 70 20 OUT t1 N
Orleans, VIGOROUSLY OF the worst officers IN the
service, had been requested to resign Inc het oi .o
country was touched by 50 unheard0t thlhs as inc
dismissal OF brOtherinlaw IL was Joyous SURPRISE
for nothing seemed now impossible. Well ~ turned ous
tsat nothing impossible for, as II to make merry o.
the public few days aferward 1t was announced that
delegation OF politicians from Louisiana hlu urgenr
requested the President retain his casey
in office. The President succumbed, OF course without
struggle, for he has no policy to enforce agsS' c w
OF people. The notorious Casey as Coeclor OF 10 US
toms IN New-Oreans to-day ana the c9nGuy o.. ns
resignation appears as mere ye % Of his bad char
aterl merely because he is the PRESIDENT DTotne
politicians know another reason. Casey ns ioH
the CustOm.house with the managers OF p0ucal oIga
cations, white and black, collected from All pdrtS VI te
STATE who draw pay from the Government, although
their principal and Instances, their only Occupi
nteres nnder Caseys direction and Caseys
removal would throw the whole machinery INTO utter
confusion, and thus Casey stands there npIeSn1Do III
ms office proud monument of Civil service Reform;
Civi Service Reform and This Administration The Lord
deliver us!
now THE DENOMINATION OF THE PRESIDENT WAS
REJECTED AND WHAT Is HIS DEPENDENCE FOR RE
ELECTION.
The pen which wrote the message laying before
Congress the Civil Service regulations was not dry yet
when signed another paper ordering their suspension
The old traffic in offices continued without blush For
months and months and from end Of the country 10
the other the whole official force has been engaged in
pulling wires 20 dragon the party into denomination OF
the President and at this very moment the whole Cvii
Service of country from the Cabinet Minister down
90 the postmaster. is coverted into vast poh
cal agency to the Presidents reflection The
Attorney General spent many weeks, II not months
thousands of miles away from his Office to fix ms state
of Oregon The Secretary of the Interior has almost be-
come "A stranger the walls of his department.. The
Secretary of the Treasury has taken the stump IN North
Carolina to sing the praises OF his master the secretary
of the Navy If rightly informed, will soon give the
cause OF his chief in like manner the moral support OF
his guns. and the money OF the Government as we are
assured good authority. is poured like water into the
contested States TO effect what the eloquent urgency OF
you what the subordinate officers OF the Government
now so arduousy engaged IN Np 10 the
own and 10 utter doubt the Projections of his mas
ter. He will soon learn that men can be reformed OUT
OF Office quickly as into 1t. CIVIL service REFORM
Never have Worthless favOres political agents been
kept In profitable and responsible places IN DOder de-
political conscience of the OfcehOder been more des-
POLITICALLY contrOlled never has the hand OF the national
executive, through the patronage Deeh more hsoiey
thrust into the business Of legislation, well as into
the local political politics OF the state OF winch we mere
The Officers of the Republic appointed to the service of
the country more generally become the servants Oh
we hear OF the Civil Service Reform nsugurated by TINS
Administration, have right to call II an inp9aent
ncckery of the popular understandings; Darfaced Jug
glery attempted upon intelligent people; the prosI
tuition Of great cause. trust the american people
will show their appreciation OF by commencing the re-
form at the top.
sUBJUGATIos OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
And vet bad all this may be- 1t ia by no means the
worst feature of the Bad that policy may have
been which, throwing aside those moral agencies apt to
hiring forth fruitful cooperation of the best elements In
the south and TO reune the country in national feel
ing delivered the Southern people over to their plumber
ers and corrupters bad the frauds and abuses may
have been which disgraced our public service bad as
the management of the patronage may have been,
which, in the highest place, set demoraizng example
Of easbnes strove to corrupt legislation, and trans
formed the whole service into vast p0ntlcal agency
bad as the contempt OF law and the VIOLATIONS Oh the
Constitntion NAV have been which have grown into
most dangerous habit under TINS AuinInlstiaIlon
far worse and of infinitely more alarming lm-
mort is the circumstance that the Republican party,
me marty once noble in It's impulses ana SO
action. has been 80 cOlnpeJtF
Iv The Administration and its political managers as not
only to lose its ability 10 rise up against such msdeed5
and abuses but even the spirit to discriminate between
right and wrong and call things by their night names
Whatever and abuses may exist they can he cor
reced as have the courage 10 seek the truth
and TO recognize IT, But political party when ialls 10
recognize abuses such has lost the moran aoty 70
correct them It's very ascendency Will thencef0rward
stand in the way Of true reform. Is that the condition
of Inc Republican party under this Administration Let
us see Some Republicans undertook in "a conspicuous
place 10 deIOunce the abuses OF the Government ana
10 bring about their correction. You have heard per
hans OF certain debates In Congress last Winter which
greatly disturbed the equanimty OF the party managers
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