The new daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1872-1873, 1872-11-21
THE sO-CALLED CIVIL SERVICE
REFORM. s5
rs. p..riss and the Dangers o. II.

Una1estionably it is good thing 10
have something of II strict and inpartiti.
bus:ness-iike system in the civil service
OF tie country, and it is quite possible
az demonstration in pretty and othei-
worldly way-that a government which
Is doing such T. smashing business IN All
s,-ts Of directions as ours Is had better
conduct il, af.irs IS a wise merchant OF
r,anufac:. -er is. in swee: theory, So!
possd to conduct his:-That IS to say,
..reasriiess of politics" For instance,
j. can be very clearly illustrated that
Ds.noc-at OF Liberal Republican OF
even a .nonarchis.. could be quito rs
clever n clerk, quite IS trukty post
master o. quite % eficient revenue
officer as any Radical Republican: anu
arguing from this no: violent postuiate,
one can show, with much piaus.oIslsy o.
chop logic that the non PARTISAN, urpo-
I.:e..l, highly respectable AMI virtue
conseryin. competitive system Is one o,
the doo-s tt-uash VII Oh we must pass
in order to &c: tho nation a1i ats nii-
.hinery upon the high road to respect
ability and permanence. Such a state o
affairs IS il thusxise contemplated would
certainly lead to a great deal more OF gen
tility than is cow accorded TO the franz
work of our political institutions; for
shouli we no. have n very genteel and
laftily independent standing army o.
Office holders to look with the vacant eye
Of high toned indifference upon the un-
Leupt and obtrusiye, blunt and IN ash
ionab.e untitled fellow citizen? And have
10. those thous hsfal sentl ,msn and ladies
who have been SO kind as to leave London
and Bsr:i j an;: Paris long enough TO do
Us the considerable favor Of looking upon
our crude habits and view with critical
eye the budding pin fe.sth FRS o. ou- hsd :
DEMONSTRATIONS, have not these remarked,
time and again. the absence OF tone ana
centiI:y in Our various public piscess
Are we ironical? We hops we are.
We wish We might talk 50 incisivel5 and
effectively as to obliterate all possible in
iuences such as ware e1e-te1 By GsoTS,e
VIII, NJ. C1-si, and his assDci.ta Lord
Dun.lr.,ry, o p,lisies VIXEN they CO. up
tha;r I'd called civil sersi raiorm El1.ss-
ures. If sone:hin, of CT .os and IL gu
lsrity of Lines Is INSOFAR sble FROM Ia
truly democratic way OF doing things let
MS not depart from i. 30 hasten to tina
other AMI gen:eeler way which will. If
maintained aud carried out. make clas
of lifelong and because lifelong. supe--
eillious, clerks ard unGcr!inss il the va
rious de pa1tmcnts Of the government
Let us never 90 anything which shal.
,Sarr..n. the seeming tn 1t we have dfoppsc
he honest and sometimes biUnderino
t.enoc-atiaal way because va have bses
shaalei on. OF it by the aiosan. snobbars
of mock gentee! critics. These insti:u-
ton, of OR. mast bs kept very close t.
Il, psooie--or th,y belong t. the P
pie; All eyen ; clerk OF 8 private sacre-
tary OF ): deputy hdcciary agent Cd shs to
be dsniad passn: right to that which
bs,on 3 10 tt common stock aac store
of this grsa Republic. a E
Essea.ia1iy this il 8 political people,
political pe,pie bcc.use IL, LIE and
hear. .ni vita. pria,ipie Of i. have too
much OF selt-.sss-tiye v;rility in them &c
make i siderable - pat oa: ~ Gle popG-
lar reach any i5r, o. p;opll..se agency
OF .hs machinery Of government.
We are discus,irs the Offensive and
dangerous passi5;ii.iss OF this over lice
scheme OF Re:o-n: in The above, so-:.c OF
the changes which follow along in the'l
tide and wake of il sra tishiy commend
ab,e-in theory. at lo:s.. Thus. it was.
no doubt, quite zisa. tha. this faithful
Irst assistant. postmaster OF PHILADELPHIA
should BE- regarded rs il the st-ics line of
prom ,tion, and therefore better entitled
to succeed his retiring cL;sf than an,
one, however eficien: AID faithful. thai
Senator Cameron and Go-ernc: HaT:ranf:
might recommend. A. s.y rate. there
can be no doubt TIA: ti.e President is
night in recognizing the said assistants
paramount. ri,l:.s-.cr the Law Sc directs
him 10 Do. -sr Fla ans