New-York tribune., 1877-08-11

mended. great detriment 10 the Pu'''o 9'i w
and delay to business win result We see 'hi'1
some reforms have already had that effect. Neeks
ago our morning papers heralled Reform in Gov
ernment ADVERTISING by which the rates to DO para
for advertising are to be greatly lowered Present.
| " we found the same papers saying that u the
newsDapers nose circuatiOs OF any value TO the
| Departmenf will decline to publish it, advertise
ments" "tho effect viii he 10 place the Government
advertisements among the rejected COMMUNICATIONS
in ali journals Of any consequence" ana the bhSi-
ness of IN, Government viii materially sufcr in con
| sequence" This may be legal and necessary, bHt
except to the eye Of affection 1t hardly wears the
! livery of Reform. so must investigate the III
vcsiipators before we can accept thcir conclusions
as ultimate wisdom. When the Commission says
that the Custom House appoints too many clerks
and the Committee say that the Commission allows
too few. vino sb.l the Lords elect condemn, but
which are the Lords elect
And air, ady gee in the newspapers the prof9ne
suggestion that Mr. Arthurs place is warmlng tor
Mr. Jay! 4 scandal undoubtedly, but Ii Mr. Jay
alone the victim of scandal!
So with the increase Of Office honrs. We farmers
should consider 10 II o'clock very late to Drsm
our NOW iag and hoeng. But tho question IS not
What time do the Custom House clerks get 10 "orh
in the morning, but are they on rand as soon as
there is anything for them to do II the merchants
do not come down till 10, why should tho clerks DC
there at 9! Moreover is not mucn business
done ont OF Office hours, and do moi tho clerks II
necessary work chcerlully and stTcnuously out "i
season! Banking business is not confined 10 the
few hours when the world is admitted, but goes on
Just as stcadfasty long after We are shut out.
The method of the Ncu-York Custom House in
ye,taltIon is one OF the n3earchabie mysteries OF
Reform. \ Commission is appointed to investigate
a Narional scandal and the Commission Immediate
~ pnts lne new broom Of Reform into tine hands OF
the man who has headed and the men WHO have
shouldcred the scandal for years! v hat becomes ri
Minister Lowelrs new bleaching process, cheap ana
brief to vii, Il jury chosen by the thei Does II
seem 10 him less objectionable now that ho Is an
oiice-h0llor himself! One OF two things, II won.d
app. ar must be true: Either President Hayes and
the Commission arc a,complccs after the fact or
She hca,-icyii Is mo, 50 black as be j., painted.
Is hel We glance sc the testimony as il filters
here and there through me papers. one man com
planed al thc haIG,nip - hc mad suffered IN import
ing thread ard machires. Col. Arhur aIterward ap-
prarcd and explained the lo-aiy OF his decision
and that D, was sustained by the Treasury Depart
mont. II was alleged thag an inspector had bcen IT,
moved Oh carg.s. and sitcrwagd Tcappomtcd.
True. s,id Mr. Arthur bus not till the charges had
been proved false Another complained That he was
COMPEL II go employ two Government storc-htep'f~
True. said Mr.. Arthur but he kept two stores, and
tnc c..>, referred To- tLa Treasury Department, had
been decided against him Another inycigaei We
hemently before tho Commission about abnses
which he had never 10 tbc Collector. Other
suggestions Col. Arthur had himself made 20 the
Treasury Department. iR vain, though the Treasury
Department during considerable part 81 hlS oT %
Official life WIS under ths control oi the most tNpi-
cal OF R.formers. Most % she eX parte testimony
from six o. t.., years agobeiore lis tilne-ant hc
beloved that most OF rhe abuses had bcau Tcmcdied
"Oh. no o"says The NoGoR "bug il cannot m said that
during al ;hoso many years those VINO have been
laborng for 4eir abolition, aid seeking 20 call pu,
lic,ttaltie.. il. ryc,1 have cyc, received
from him one word Of encouragement 0r support
or tle system one wori OF opposition or exposurc'
All! then TIE trouole is lack of words. upt deeds
II is that Mr. Arthur has not been Reform poll
tician OF The Naiiyo stripe. lie simply went quietly
about his business finding ou- what the law said
about matters referring disputed points 10 his
superiogs, leclfy.ng wrongs, INSISTING on Rights
bo herring @Doul w;nc-ca~as and broAcrarc5 and
spool bread. instead 81 standing tie cupOla OF
the Custom House and lapp,ne has wings and split
ting his throat aad wasenIng thr neigibor. with
the cock-a-do,dis-d-o-o-o of Reform. 9'cor.,He 70
tho sfatitr ia, auch case made ana provided and
pr!ctc,G ~ j. hatormors
see, aea;n. that tho Conmittee appointed ny the
aych-corup.ionist ArthU. are Mr Samuel g. Ogden,
who has been Thru y-iya years stepping o he moral
slime of the Custom House; Mr. Va. u. McMahon,
who is " also q man of long experience in Rcycnue
affairs aud nust therefor, be hardened IN sin and
oh sgreete3t oh.ko.p pease Fancy child, w1Iblin2
Your native wood-nojcs Wild, but ~arbiing them
in vain above that crsspJo oi crime, where
Richard Grant White waovs fo4mIng and has
Yaiiowcd, says the cold-blooiel reporter. for
number Of yeirs'-llcnard Grant Whtei l r.
spectiuy call upon The President, in the name Of
humanity and Civil Service Reform. 10 take BIN
out! TO take him out or to dou-e HIM ~ deeper! to
rake hin out or cut him OF from shore! Unques-
tionaby Mr.. Richard Grant White spends as much
time IN writing good English IS other oliice-holGcIs
spend IN organizing bad politics; and II they are TO
bc kept away from caucuses to give the kciormer5
chance, by the same token 3ir Richard Grant White
ought to he kept away from the publishers and give
us iournoymen
But anything that N all answers our expectations
OF discovery and exposure have not yet found.
ON the other hand thousands of us whose eyes were
blinded and whose cas were deaicned by the dust
and thc noise of RcformeTs, have come TO suspect
that though Collector Arthur may NOT have sue
ceeded IN wholly suppressI, r, indirect bribery among
his hundgcds Of clerks and thousands OF merchants,
or in accomplishing that society in TINS country has
hitherto failed 10 accomplish in establishing salaries
on just basis, hs il yet not only man OF stainioss
character and integrity but also an officer Of great
intelligence thoroughly conyersaHt with his duties,
and punctually dischareing them with modesty and
fidelity.
Wa judge the Now-lork Custom House 10 be IN
enormous business machine, capable of enormous