The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-08-02

How Hon. Carl Schurx Resented
the Offer Of q Bribc.


Fr"~ the Sse~Sh u Mr. s<hnrz So Louis Jriy al
The statement am going to make. 1
lave long withheld In spite OF MANY
Provocations. should have withheld it
had not, as the papers recent
" informed US, the assertion been put
forth even by the President himself in
= published interview. that opposed
him because he would not give me as
much patronage IS l wanted.
When the Santo Domingo scheme was
pending two gentlemen, In intimate re-
cations with the White House. came to
me each one separately, soliciting my
support Of the project. They assured
me that il gave that support, or abstain
ed from opposition. all the patronage
desired would &c at INV disposal, making
me in that respect one of the most in
flueniisl men in the lsud. One Of these
gentlemen subsequently, admitted to me
i'm writing ii.st the offer WAS made TO me
with the consent Of the President him
self lT the TACT should he questioned
by authority. t..e proof will be forth
coming. As TO the President, I, assertion,
that OPPOSED him because did not
rrreive all the patronage | wanted. his
ENccliency knows that the boot is on the
other lee. oppose him rather because
Il have good reason TO think THAT | might
have had of his patronage even much
more than ] wanted had / consented 10
>ci' Tor II INV convictions of duly. How
tar sach attempts were carried, Others
may lie better able to tell than j. But
:iie abuse of Inc patronage appeared ia
its most li.eoGs form when the nomi-
nation Tor the next Presidential, term be-
esnc a matter of urgent interest. Ia
;bc meantime tLe demand fur civil SER
vice reform had arisen with singular
force from iEc people aud found voice
in tie press and on tlie foor of Con-
sre>s. Ii thrrarcncd to becouie popular
cry. and csu.d NOT with safety he disre-
sardcd. Tie President took il up and re-
:orm Was promised a commission was
appointed. gorgeous array of rules and
regulations drawn, the rriorIn was SOL
enn,iv and with grand flourish an
n0unccd ~ commence OH day certain !.
nj no.v look af tie condition vf tic
civiI srr-:cc. General Fuller. one OF
the Presidents fastest friends. declares
that rivII service rforin i hCnbug. =
The GcH-rll does Bot surprise me. for
ibis civil Scry;s-e rr:..Frn is certainly a
a. great as General Butler can
,nskc e.
sshow r.c the oldest man among us.-
I:ocs isc rrmclirl-cr lime when the civil
>-rvi-c Of thc country was more COM
picielv political machine than it is
Now. IDcrs he rrnicnl'er time when
the service sl'l,cars,i more like thor
ou.hIy drilled aud disciplined organi-
zsfion or political agents than to-day! P
Docs he remember time within the
W hole range of his recollection when
the public interest was more shameless
Is overruled by political exigcncy!-
Some time ago the Presidet. forced by
the public voice 70 make show Of de-
cency. permitted it To go ont that his
brother-in-law Casey. the Collector of
Customs al New Orleans. notoriously
one of the worse officers in the service.
had been requested to resign. The heart
of the country was touched by SO un-
heari-of . thing as the dismissal OF a
Ii WAS a joyous sur
prise. for nothing seemed now impos-
sible. We'll. il turned out that nothing
was impossible. for. as ii TO make merry
of the public. few DAYS afterward il
Was announced that delegation of pol
iticians from Louisiana had urgently re-
quested the President TO retain his bro
thcr-in-law Casey in Office. The Presi-
dent succambcd. of course. without q
for he has no policy to enforce
against the will Of the people. The no.
foriouS Casey Il Collector OF Customs In
New Orleans to-day. and the comedy Of
his resignation appears As mere mock
cry Of the public conscience. Why is
Casey retained in spite Of his bad char
acter: Is il merely because he is the
brother-in-law That nm
is . great virtue. but Louis
lama politicians know another reason.-
Casey has filed the custom-housc with
the managers OF political organizations,
" hi:e and black. collected from all parts
OF the State. who draw paw from the
sGovernmeni, although their principal.
and in some instances their only occupa-
tion, consists in running the political
lrlschinc inIhe Presidents interest under
Casey-s direction. and Casey's removal
would throw the whole machinery into
utter confusion. And thus Casey stands
there imprcgneblc In his otsicc, proud
monument or civil service reform.
Civil service r-.orm and this Admin
istraiiom. The Lord dclivcr US. The
pcn which wrote tire message laying be-
fore Congress. the new civil service reg
uiatiCns. was not dry yet when it signed
another paper ordering their suspension.