Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-12

WASHINGTON. March Il


Service reform and rul, governing then
respective DEPARTMENTS. wherever opera
tive. and announcing IetuIn t" the
former method Of appointment of elm
plov@s. AID provided for by Section l.
Article I.NIV Revised Statutes. enacted
June % 1874. Which Is. tina, no clerk
shall he appoIntsd to any department IN
either Of the four classes until he has
ha@n .1amin-d and fonnd qualified by
Board of three Examiners. to consist Of
The [ hief Of the Bureau or office into
which such clerk Is to be appointed. and
two other clerks, TO Re selected by the
head OF the department. All suhordi-
mates Of Civil Service Reform through
ont the country are abolished by these
.orders.-PreSS Dispatch.
Thus returne,h TO lis native realms Of
political Utopia schsm Of espionage
and intrusiveness which was conceived
in cant and born and nur;ured IN the
sals,ct,m SdactOnna of hUn.bTgeery-
Mainly. the trying of the experiment
was due to that di.s:tante politician and
Lord DUndrtaTy Of stat, sIEan, Gtuicc
I
of the Civil Service Esfnrmrrs. go self
styi-Gl. grew ont ii horrificatiCn and
a series OF corruption fits over the good.
old. jus, aiace that to the r;ctors belong
the spoiI> The tlandies Of politics had
seen England and the English way of
having class of clerks and uuGers.rnp-
pers who hold office for life. no matter
what administration might be in power,
and their delicate stonachs revol;ei nj
the idea of an administration rewardinG
its friends for faithful services rendered
Their plan con;t npiated the recognition
OF class Who should lie held to be
loftilv SUI eriof to the practical worker
in political strife The conception was
that of Civil Ssrviee which might snub
the men Of Drawn and fibre who had
saved the day for their party. The
thought dearest to the heart OF the Civil
Service Eeformer was that the colleges
should have rreceisrce of the District
schools in supplying the various Depart
ments of the government with clerical
assistance These we're to lie lifted out
Of the danger of rebake ty pl.in-deal-
ing, stlf-made Congressman, ~ bein.
s., up IN the Civil Service for life. Then
came the weak and pr-posterous non
sense OF competitive organizations
Here. also. politics were to be ignored
The hottest cOpperhead and the hiiterest
rebel were To lie accounted rs worthy a.
the most faithful Republican or the most
courageous and competent Of Union sol
dlers- Serylc, were to be accounted as
nothing; social position everything. l,
mattered not what spies and traitors
this process would place in the depart
ments of the Government. it must be
applied vigorously and impar;ia,ly. \
ban WAS to be put upon simple manhood +,
and political fealty. Loyalty TO a Just !
cause was to he humiliated and discount /
ed in the presence and for ;l.e benefit OF. /
anu L-iI 4diI
zeal customs wee to lie sacrifice upon !
t Ie altar of scented ard sUpercillious /
caprice Of suobdom. We rejoice that !
this scheme Of political coxcombery has .
gone by the board. The spoils do, by /
all that Is just and right. belong 10 the I
vietoss; and uEtil this is government /.
Whose machinery i fabricated with po-
matum and handled with hid gloves;
until the time shall come when the
people vote 10 give cvcr their book keep
inS TO the custody Of regular army OF
clerks whose ierule ii office : for lfe; +
and until the vuIicus District corslitu-
encies Of tie United States shall vote TO
subject their CorGresemen to the tender
meIcies and suUbs Of preferred and
sereneIy Indifferent class oi tops and
fiunkies in Office. we need not. roE
should W.. tolerate any such scheme of
Civil Service Refor.l as that Whose evap-
grafton is recorded in the foregoing.