Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-01-11
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Ciyil Service Reform In The Senate.

Civil Service Reform III thV Gc""tc'
Quite an exciting debate took
place IN the United states Senate
last Thursday, over 4 proposition q
Mr.. Thrumbulrs for the appointment
of a committee on rctrcnchment and
civil service reform, With full power
to examine into tho present. condi.
ton OF tho evil service. In view OF
the recommendations Of the Presi.
dent himself, in his annual message,
and the universal demand OF the Rs-
publican masses, Tor the reform OF
the civil service, and with the knowl-
edge patent to every II tina: abuses
do exist, it is hard to sec what OBJ
lection any man could have to the
appointment OF the committee pro-
posed. Yet there were those on the
floor OF the Senate who did object
to it, aud that on the fimsy prctext
that the measure was intended as an
attack upon the administration and
that it's adoption would reflect on
the Republican party. How such
could be the result of q tull and fair
Investigation of the affairs ot the gov
ernment, VIC fail to see. We take it
for granted that tho great mass OF
Republicans are such because they
believe the principles Of the party
better and its honesty superior to
that OF any other political crganiza.
ton in the country, and that 40 soon
as they became convinced that this
belief is ill.founded they will cease to
be Republicans, and no sooner
Now, If the assertions of Messrs.
Morton, Conkllng, Anthony, and
Nye were true, We must take it for
granted that the investigation pro.
posed would prove the party TO be
other than what we believe it to be;
otherwise it could IN no possible man.
ner injure it. Now we protest
against these self constituted champi.
n Of Republican integrity. 1t may
be that : full and lair investigation
would cause some Of these gentle
men OF the Senate 10 take q back
seat, but we believe fhc party would
be benefited rather than injured by
that. We know that some of the
men who voted against investigation
are IN the Senate to. day contrary TO
the wishes of the majority of the Re.
publicans of the Ststee they represent
and got there by m application OF
patronage that they may well seek
to cover up, but, We take it the nn.
carthing OF these things by Republi-
cans would be a credit rather than a
disgrace to the party. II is extreme
" modest in Messrs. Conkiing and
Nye to assume that the laying bare
of their trickeries would. injure the
party. We have yet 10 learn that
they constitute the Republican party.
No doubt, the Democratic press and
orators would endcavor to make all
the capital they could out OF every
little circumstance, but the Ameri- |
can people are possessed of sufficient
intelligence TO Judge Of the purity Of
the motives Of the Republican party
Of to day and to compare the present
ADMINISTRATORS with those OF former
years. Ii the comparison is favor
able to the Republican party and TO
the administration the people viii
continue to support them; j! it is
otherwise, they were unworthy OF
citizenship ifthey did not
them. We believe in the
and integrity Of the govern.
m.ent, and trust = measure for ain in
ves,igation may be adopted at an
early day.-[CA Charlton Patriot.
The Sac SIN tells Of a man in tina.
vicinity who raised two thousand bu-
shells Of grain from forty acres OF
lard, dug seven hundred bushels OF
potatoes from two acres, and five
hundred ard twenty-five bushels
one acre; in addition TO which
no gathered six bushels OF hazel nuts
aud forty busl.e OF butternuts.
Here is the testimony OF DR.. A.
S. WEIGH President OF the State Ag
College at Ames, Iowa:
"Thero has been no objection to the
of ladies. We have about
fifty; they occnry n wing OF the
building. / have been asked if they
gave trouble In their Intercourse
with young men? Yes, they do a lit.
tie occasionally, and but a little.
With us, as to intellectual capacity,
the sexes appear to be about equal
The difficulties we have with them is !
far less than with young men alone.
Our best chemist, working in the an
aIytical laboratory, is a girl OF II.
The girls do all the homework. A
matron superintends the g,rls, aud
there is q general housekeener..n