, 1873-03-31
GRANTS SECOND ADEeei!::s: s':.iSi :; ::;., :;:,>
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tho Level OF Hill,

Those who entertained M = - = :. y ~
Grants second administration .,;~a4>. 1s.-.- -
some reform Of tho Civil sorylco havo non aban-
doned 1t. The distribution of tho spolla is
carried on unblushingfy In tho old way.
There LIS not tho least difference perceptible.
motion according to the now Civil-seryico rules,
it looka lilso merely cruel mookery. Senators
mud representatives aro distributing offices
among their retainors just as they did In tho
good old timea whoa the Oivil-servlco reform % was
nourishea 81 much aB ovor. Nor IL there tho
1east shndow Of hopo loft that tho President will
do anything to stem tho tide. When It became
known here thet Mr George William ,I Gurss was
to tho Surveyorshp Of tho port OF Now York,
q 6erisive smllo might haYo been eeon on tho
faces Of those high IN influence. For whom tho
President showed himself 90 utterly d!sdain-
to reappoint those notorious characters Paolsard
aud Oaaey--men who had boen j" "ahown up" BY
OongrnssiouA investigation not only % mera
political strikers, but as corrupt men notably 80
pointmont dropped into utter insgnfhcance.
Tho scandal of Casey'a appointment Was 30
great TINT many expected the sonate woulGro-
1eot 1t, especially as 1t IVES known that Mr. West,
pose its confirmation. But, o. hAye just
learnod, the Senate confirmed the appointment
to-day, aud 1t Ia now oloar that nothing IN thai
limo will honcoforward bo impossible: Mr.
Curtis could listen to tho currcnt talk among
Senators and Congresamon high IN tho conf
donce OF the White House, II ho could hear tho
contomptuoua aneerB and ridioule OF which his
civil-aervice rules arc the subject, ho would aoon
become aware that his disappointment u the
Sharpe affair ie by no means tho worBt snubbing
ho las received. To expect genuine reform Of
Tie civil service from ''that crown" is simply
absurd. We may set It down as q GER
tainty now that tho moral tono Of Gen. Grants
second Administration will not be q particle
~Iovo In 1ova1 ~ +hn fret and if tia nAnr]a
want reform, they will have to look to othos
agonciee and Influences
In still another respect the President bus dig.
benefit tho country. It was announced shortly bo-
foro tho 4th OF March thht he would visit thu
Southern States and inform himseh on the spot
Of tho real condition Of things. Tho Bouthernera
tinotion Of party received that promise with tbs
utmogt satisfaotion. They hoped that such
Journey would DO tho starting.point Ct pore
Intelligent and Just policy: Dut the pres4one
go to st. Louia and look after his property,
which has been damaged by fire., and then, as soon
as tho most pressing business In Washington ~
disposed Of, and tho weather becomes warn, to
branch and md tic tic neighborly jompanlonyhiR
ea eamo1s a' fostnRP GlP0'i in tho 61 air about an.
no1atien sohemea, mainly referring to d the y wess
ns but a1 T. %
improbable that the Prealderi, during hls 20"
journ at Long Branch, WI be surrounded by the
spooulatora who hayo made inVostments N the
ofor thor sdyioo ~ to the spreading Of our lan-
guago and tho blessings OF cur anstltutioaa over
foreign countries. Thus 80 may look for 6ono'
thing in TINT direction.
Of Tie Republican pany hero aro In depressed
stnto Of mind, They look upon the Develop