The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-12-27
[From the wisconsin State Jonrnal.l
Special Message of the President.


1t is now given out that President
Hayes is preparing a special message
to be presented to Congress .immedl- !
ately on it's reassembing, on the SUBJ
iect of Civil Service Reform, and many
are the conjectalres and fears in regard
to it. Some presume it will assume a
more beligerent tone towards the Sen
ate than has heretofore been held, and
that hoStilities between the President |
and the Senate will not only be in
creased by it, but that they will be
made permanent. We apprehend that
these fears are mot we'll founded. Pres
ident Hayes is not an ugly man, nor
a very foolish one. He must know
that to add fuel to the flame that is
already kindling, must render useless
all his power for good. A President
without a party to sustain him amounts
to bat little; and we mistake the, good
sense of President Hayes If e.does not
fully understand and appreciate this
fact. We cannot see any zeal neeessl-
ty for a special message on'the sub
iect of Civil Service Reform land very
nal1ch doubt whether one is contem-
plated AT ALL Reforms are very much
desired; but it requires something
more then messages, proelamations,
reports, rules and commissions Of IN
quiry. to accomplish the great work.
| It would seem that there had been
enough of this already. The views Of
President Hayes on this subject have
been fallly expressed in his letter Of
acceptance, in his inaugural address,
and In his recent annual message,
These views have met the general APP
prevail of the people. Let them be
faithfully carried out, and the country
will have no cause to complain; and
the power to execute reforms lis with
| the President. The influence of the
Senate cannot compel him to nominate
unworthy persons for official positions;
nor can itcompel him to remove those
cannot yet be claimed that the Senate
will not permit him to remove incom-
petent officers; and before he assumes
i that this is the case, let the President
make the effort. The New York NOM
nations that have been rejected, pre-
sent no test case. 1t is claimed that.
the men it was proposed to remove,
are able, faEthful and competent dfi-
GERS, and thar their terms of office had
not expired. This position is not seri-
ously denied There is no good reason
to doubt but she party friends of the
/ President will stand by him in work
| ing out any true reform that he may
desire to accomplish; but to entitle
! him to this support, he must, in his
faction, be consistent with his OWN pro-
i LESSONS and ntterances ON this sub
! ject Of civil service reform, and per-
mit competent and honest officers, who
/ discharge their duties faithfully, to
| feel secure in position, during the terms
of their appointment.
The right way, as it seems to his, to
proceed with the work of civil service
reform, is, to make no more public
talk about it, to issue no special naes-
sage on the subject, to drop discussion
over the New York appointments, to
ferret out all abuses, and to abolish
them to revise the rolls of subordin-
ates, and cut off all unnecessary expen-
SEES; TO reduce the force to business
basis, in all Departments of the Gov
eminent. It is action that is wanted,
not messages, and both President and
Senators, as well as all others in au-
thority, should unite i'm the important
work Of reform and eco11onay in all
things.
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