The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-09-15

ufe OF reform. What think YOU. l. reform
necessity % our condition.
DO WE NEED REFORM
in respect to the purity Of the public ser.
wee; IN respect 10 the number and character
7 OF our public officers, and in respect Ia the
amount Of money collected from the people.
and the economy OF it, expenditure. / think
know your Judgment and feel the response
OF your hearts.
When you say that corruption peryades
/ the public service; that a great army OF Of
/ ncers eat out your substance. and that waste
ana extravaganza in expenditures destroy
I your resources, Governor Morton and his
followers denOunce your complaints as 'bosh
ana demagoguery. But they must excuse
you from needing their denunciations. They
nave been actors in these things conspic-
uous, controlling, responsible. Their con-
duct and that OF their political confederates
j. passing underline judgment Of the people.
corruption l. found everywhere, unchecked
by the men retained in power. II is found
In every department Of the service: il Is
proven In Investigations; in reports: i'm dis
missals; in impeachments: In indictments.
Nerdlcts and judgments. Must this great
host Of office holders become standing
army fastened permanently upon the inter-
ests OF the peOpes And shall the national
expenditures continue, as in the past.
largely To exceed the necessities OF An eff
hclent public service:
Upon which side do you stand. Are Won
Tor reform. or with the Others do YOU de-
nounce refOrmers; II your judgment doe
condemn the present management and does
demand purer, better and cheaper service.
now VIII you, a. responsible citizens, give
That Judgment expression: Your ballots
VIII be the record OF your judgment and
purpose. Are YOU content that they shall
repeat the past and endorse the present a.
well enough: i now assume that, intelli-
gently and earnestly. you are
II FAVOR OF REFORM.
that YOU sincerely desire an Improvement in
the public service, 80 that IL shall become
purer, more efficient and less expensive.
Inc practical question OF these times is how
can these results he attainedy and how can
each man Contribute To their attainment:
Experience has taught u there j. hut one
remedy, and that j. change OF admins
uation. You may hold mass-meetings and
conventions, and declare your wishes i'm res
oiutiOns. but your complaints will 20 10 the
winds II you do not give them force By the
ballot, changing men and politics. What
other reliance have you; l. Il in the char
acter and promises OF the candidate for
Presidents Four wears ago. last 18th OF
April, General Grant approved system OF
regulations for civil service reform. He
gave assurance, the most solemn possible.
mat political assessments had been forbid /
den within the various departments, and .
that honesty and efficiency. not political .
activity, would determine the tenure OF
ONCE. That approval and assurance are
found In an Executive order. " MANY
81 you trusted and expressed YOUR CONT
dence 10y voting for General Grants re-
election. You thought that with the aid of
a board OF officers he could and would rem
edy the growing evils. You trusted him
because you admired him a. a great and
successful soldier. And you relied upon
hls personal integrity and his iron will.
Have you been disappointed: Political as
sessments, the most perniciOus influence,
have been and are enforced with relentless
eXaction. Collected a. a tax and expended
A. bride, manhood, honor and public yir-
tue are all assailed. And has that other as
'urance been kept 10 the hOpei Have
honesty and efficiency, and not political ac-
,iNity, determined the tenure OF office:
Again the answer il found in investigations,
reports, indictments, verdicts and judg-
nents. Whose fault is IL that there has
been no reform, but on the contrary that
he public service has been
DRIFTING FROM BAD TO WORSE.
II i not fair 10 charge il altogether upon {
General Grant. That charge springs from
IN unworthy motive on the part OF a class OF
republicans who seek Governor Hayess cleo
ion upon the ground that he can accomplish I
'eforms which General Grant could not or
would not bring about. Upon this subject ]
Governor Morton expressed the following
opinion in his late speech:
The administration Of any President will be in
ne main what the party which elected him makes
/ III ne breaks away from his party. the chances
re mat ne Will he broken down. In Govern I
aent OF parties Ike ours the President must have ,
rs choice of officers. The men 10 whom he owes ,
ne election, who have defended him from as !
ault, TO whom he must look for support in the
uture, will ordinarily control his action and he Z
'ill 10 nothing offensive 10 them.
In large degree that expresses the truth q
n respect 10 General Grants Administra- I
ION. IL u what his party has made IL. And
IL party l. what it, leaders have made IL.
our years ago, in my opening address as a q
ahdldate Tor GOvernOr, expressed my per-
onal respect for General Grant in the opin-
On that the people had les cause TO appre- q
end an evil policy from him than from the q
iaiign and powerful influences with which l
e would be surrounded. You all know
nat the results have more than realized nv
Predictions. Civil service reforn il now
neereu AZ and has ceased even 10 be pre- Y
snse. Z
WAsrEFUL EXPENDITURES u
ave continued. and official misconduct +,
A. become widespread and alarming.
ufciy the President can not be relieved of .
sponsibility for 50 shameful condition OF J
uolc Affairs, bat yet the administration il
the main what the party managers have
lade IL. Will IL be Otherwise II that party {
ects the successor; DO you find the :
round OF such hope and expectation IN q
ne candidate himselfy DO you claim tina; r
j. person Of higher personal integrity Q
IAN GENERAL brantf And that he will more /
'rtalniy Keep MS pledges 90 the peopley or /;
Q YOU think he 4, man Of stronger will 10 !,
ana bN his convictions and his pledgesf q
eneral Grant had fouryears Of civiIeXperi- g
nee when he pledged himself and his adj Il