New-York tribune., 1877-08-04


"lnfar,uua.ely," SAYS one. "the Civil Service he
foim rolicy announced by the Administration has rs
vet borne no fruits i'm Penns} lyan,a. Cameron 3
satellites are sill in Office all over the state, and
there is therefore no cucouagemcnt for the real ho-
form element in the party 10 come forward anu push
tho machine men on; of the control oi tho organza-
ton. The Cameron men mean To let the election -"
hy default" Wait Il moment. How Is this! why
do you wish push the machine meE out of the con-
trol You admit that they VIII let tie election 90
ny default. That Is, they win take their hands OH
the machine aud let it spin around till ii runs down.
That is they will simply do nothing "mch Is pre-
csey what the President orders them 70 do! II
they were Civil Service Rcformcr5 born aud bred,
they could no more. Not a word is lisped against
them in the performance OF their official dutios II
is only that they Will let the elections 20 by default
And now the President. instead cf saying. Well
done. good and faithful servants Is informed that
the only way 10 save the Republican party IN Penn
sylvania from defeat is for him 10 speedily put his
reform theories into practice and make sacorssioH
Of fis-cliss appointments 10 ihc Federal office ~ tha
Saic"!!!
What has tn President to do with saving the
Republican party in Pennsylvania Is letting
the election 90 by default cause" for the r.
moyal OF an oiiice-holer who is credited to have
nothing to do with politics.
The CMcfgj Tribune brcathes ont fercer threaten
ings aud Slaughter lar more like the .od Luther oi
patronage than like the young Melancthon OF Re
form:
d" II is believed the Camcrons intend to punish the
President . BY ordering their Office holding
henchmon to let the election 90 by default or to
take such e course as will result in the Democrats
carrying it. If old Simon and young Don
play game of this sort on the Republican party 1t
will be The boundon duty Of the President and Cab
inc. 20 remove from Office every treachcrous Gamer
! oman in the state who contributes 10 such result
and t. ili their places with different class Of men,
This will teach them that honesty is the best policy
even in politics.
We. who are vet in the call Of partisan bitterness
and the bonds Of political inquity need a special
Divine Revelation to explain hOle it Is going TO teach
! this. The RcforneTs do not accuse the "henchmeh
Of any treacbory against the President except cuis-
ing him with his granted prayer. The President
orders them out Of politics and ont they go, and
therefore it Is the Presidents bounden duty to re-
move hem from office also! The different class OF
men he j. 10 put in is Of course who viii not let
tSe election 90 by default. and who rW save the
Republican party in Pennsylvania.
Again an Alabama gentleman "who expresses
forcibl the sentiments of The best class Of Southern
Republicans" addresscs the President: "To be true
20 your policy of pacifcatou and reform, you must
De true 70 the friends OF hat policy The retention IN
Office of Hose rho arc Indifferent 10 Inc success Of yoW
policg or an absolute mpodiment to its success by
reason Of hostility to it, OF want Of acccptablly TO
the people, can result only in it, failure"
Bat if politics are 10 be absolutely divorced from
Office what have the opinions Of Customs Clerk r.
garding national policy TO do with adding up fig
uTes on his desk
AS soon as Secretary Sherman returns from his
Northern trip the question Of ,uspcnding Collectors
Arthur OF Ncw-Yorb and Iuttouof Philadelphia will
be brought before the Cabinet for consideration
Both of these collectors then Of course found
guilty of mafea,ance ia Office by the investigating
Committees On the contrary, late June g an
impression seemed to prevail among officials at the
Treasury Department that Collector Tuition OF Phil
a,ephIa has been successful in n,tituting many
forms thus far during his administration" Even
d" his predecessor was an honest, and in many re-
spects efficient officer, but lacked that experience
and tact IN the transaction OF public business which
Nh Tuition has brought so the POSITION Collector
Arthur, so far from being censarcd by his inquisi-
tors was doputad 20 form tic committees winch
were to carry ont their suggestions. Reform tac;.
oxp,lience-why then aIe these officials TO be sus
pended? OH Some members of the Cabinet arc oi
opinion that these officials not IN sympathy with
tho Presidents Civil Service Rules, and that they
ought 20 be displaced by men in active and hearty
accord with The administration on this point
30. after all. the felt want" Of this shrinking,
I.cusitive Administration is sympathy" The final
fitness" for office is elective affinity. 1t is net
enough that a man have honesty. ability, tact and
experience; the competitive examination must ask
him. rs the cXhorters used TO ask the convicted"
in the oId-fashioned country reyivals, how do you
feel in your mind 2" The Administration can call
into It's closest councils man who fought against
the country, and voted against the party; harmony
ia little matters like state Sovereignty is not
tial: but unless one heartily and actively contem-
plates the spectacle ofan Administration turning ont
a faithful and capable clerk because his brother or
his bro.her-in-aw, mis- cousin happens also to bea
faithful and capable clerk, lie shall not so much a
preside over Custom House. BY all means let us
have "synpathy."
Secretary Schurz advocates the suspension Of
both officials on The ground that they represent the
bad element in politics. Mr. Schgrz believes
that the men who riiicule the Presidents rule are
not the right persons To make it q success
In the competitive examinations which are to de
iermne fitness for Office, will Mr. Schurz tell rs
what Is 10 be- tho standard OF tie badness OF the ele
meHt which the competitor represents, and of the
degree in which he represents il? We can easily tell
whether man knows the multiplication table,
the German dynasiies, the gcneaOgie5 Of David.
but hos shall find ont whether he represents the
good or the bad element III politics "Kidculo7 is
the only test mentioned by Mr. Schurz
IN this dispatch. Naughty collectors Have
they been laughing at Nr. Schurz Have they been
uudgng each other Do they have a sudden cough
mg-i when tie good Secretary comes in! Away
with them! These are solemn times. What Is there
to laugh about especially now that The Rules have
decided TO have It ost with your wifcs father Int
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