The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-05-19

I wore to take place. andt the examinations
ss to be conducted by non partisan
commissioners. Promotions were to be
graaed.,aad man we're to go up regu-
lsrsysa record to be kept of the history
of each 'ayF1EHaaE LfNo .zArson was to
4ht1l st"s &, 's.s ss.,sss 3.s i fsss, d.
sSf8x ttt~ well akised jp @dn-
tsract the rising tide of corrupt influ-
snss NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. It was
sought tp7.sppE it'tS collectors, sur
veyors and ootRaseta. not coming within the
rule of o0mpetition, and here its want
&AdapttsetSSSr Was lit tieAta made manifest.
A eonssi66sfsas Tspf1ad that it was
'PfttHsd too Righ, and that it was, difficult,
if not tqRosaibls.o oof application and
10 1t wsa dong before it was aband-
onsd. and M notrsis resigned, utterly
AiscqaDasfb1t 1t ahetbbstaolss whaoh,beset
AAestAA Kfafalha xh4Pn.aasHt formally
01HoGtt6 6sA1ktthsiphD npt .lsasi-
hs,1ahd thasshe would no longer try I'd
carry II 1ut.' ;14 I'D qsaa MO ~ ';iSW I
The history y sof this melancholy aasco aasc
!. giysa ss i gsPss red befSrs The he Aqe-
tAHE w. ~ 4 & Z betr6it, by NJ, b. B. Eaton,
u NV Ydlf, ! 2xsmbaff E. tof the rk3e OWL
Service Reform "Comuission. He says
that the ahana s4msnt Of the civil service
rules was unjastiAAbie, and is national
yiaasSlgraesra He ,siAu ,SsttEikutss il to "a eclipse
OF taith aR th tha SbibafeE aepti@spsa on the
part Of the managers md leaders of the
party: Bst fof sqqh. dssmosaii4Ation. he
said, benumbihg. tho common sense, of
duty to stand bya'pabiic pledge, and
taaindtng thoss allestsd by it to the plain
iddscSsaons of retribution near at hand,
it woufA ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the
2a5itC and recklessneas.Whioh oharneter-
.izsi3the treatment of,4iSii service reform
by the party leaders in and out Of Con-
gress in 1873 ~ ! Notwithstanding this,
Mts Eaton endeavors to show that the
commission had been 9fsome service in
holding e thefprys in harmony with our
i0Atitutiona and social life, a. having ac-
compaishedI some good, and as> Being as
comprehensivaAsshscpuhlic virtue would
,u.stAins The upshot Of It seems to be,
,'ttat Il y & good theory, bnt incapable Of
Bstng Rht Into opsIation. IL He despairs
Of any aid in, the direction of reform
from the President or Gongress. They
Aavp long ago reoaYered from the delu-
,sitia tAae 4itby can compass their ends,
'oae 'iASvs on successfully Id their ap-
~Roiptsd orbits, ~ long as they profess
iBxtaa end attempt to carry ont reform.
iHG asys Of shstn: ''They are, least
'of HfI ,pyrsoSsa fee to do 10, or likely
to do SO. unless coerced by public
opinion; for they are fearfully tempted
to sNn8 .1faosS to TaiAlEtSs1,s . and
when. sApss alscted,d they afs beset on
ali sides by those demanding. reward, for
bssxtss Isndsrea, ana seeking ofhees' ibr
R4ieA SeEyeei aIe prswised. II is these
ofacers. and especially tnsmbsrs of Con
ssss'e1 una thess who have discreaoa to
fHSeta ,srbitraIy @app p6ihtmsnbTyh re-
stst all limitations upon that discretion,
.Anbopposs all chances for true merit to
sssst tAs t1bns service without Boxing
3'eAtftehAtfs them & "A other words, the
1eQAAe hi1pa kcfle. the faos-seeksrsand
o@ssnola Nm tbsfhg ooffHpt those who
dApsass patronage have 10 sdspt thSm-,
selves taAh6ssi1ng1tike ofssAings. and
a1ssSbesnSo SomPst,sd ID throw ovSrbotrd
"T6ta *h4r aMg,pts g,p determination