, 1877-09-26
clVtl-SERvICE REFORM--A REPLY TO 0B-
tFCT0RS,
n the Editor o| 1n4 Tribune.

To fh& ks0NOE o. LIZ 4TNNNEFs
PAXTON, ILL.,, Sept. 25.-As 90 many hora
deemed It Of some importance to express their
views OF the policy OF Ctyil-scryleo reform Of
the President OF the United States, generally
criticislng nls coursc,-I have concluded, after
q careful consideration Of tho subject, to pre-
sent q few rcasons, supported by at least somo
facts, Why non-ofltce.sceking Republicans desire
TINT tho President elall faithfully carry out Ills
policy OF reform.
F7rat-Tho abuse Of the appointing power had
become 80 obnoxious to q large portion Of the
Republicans that 1t WIS deemed by tue National
Convention necessary to give tho public sonc
assurance that reform Of tho systcrn IN tlnt
particular should bo lnaugurnted and carried
out In tho letter and spirIt Of its resolutions
sRaa Viz east' aas oEhes Ioa' op ts s.as q 9etr A
in addition tu the declarations OF The platform,
Mr. Hayes, III his letter of accept
ancc, must cmphstically expressed his
houorably inauglratcl md u trying to carry
out. During tile campaign WHO dared 10 say It
was not wise rcforn,f II It IL wrong now
since election, It was certainly wrong bclore cleo
tlotl, II there arc any reasona now why thls re-
iursn should not BIZ faithfully cxecntcj, tho
same rcnso,,s existed before tho election. Why,
then, shUu!u any one now oolecta DO such yer
ciarci and the President then .,,aorscd the
sasne, yet It WIS nut intended to be iu good
fuith c1ccutcdl Either tho Republican Con.
ycntIull acted III bad fatth or It Expressed tllu
honest cunyietious of the u,eulbcrs tllercof.
Ucn. X u. uayes, e y candidate upon that
platform, expressed lis vicwa In favor Of ! TO-
form. Did iie net thu lcmagoguc, " did hc OK
| press lis honest riewsl The leople bslicvc1 In
| Ilayce, clsu l,u would have been so baily de-
tented that there would not have been any ncc.l
Ut arblsEators to decids wfo waa elected. To do
otherwise than what Mr. Hayes H. doing would
-. s,f lIth vi al
| great campaign, aud surrender " tic "spotla.
systeu,," whish none dared advocate before cleo
tion.
President had not ~ declared prior to tic cleo
tiol,, the policy would simply bc returning TO
| lle practice OF Washington, JOHN Adams. jet.
fcrsou, Monroe, Madison, and J. q: Albums, all
Of whom !a the long spaco 81 foFty.four ysass o.
Office tho smaii number OF si1ty.foar persolls,
or nm average OF less than ono and hall year,
from which would appeal. clearly TINT Tho ltst
tors belong tho spoils" Besides, these few ro-
moyals wcru generally for callscs other than
non.allegfancs. tArties changed then - now,
but tho Change Of tho Administration Or Ok Cou.
xress did nst bs!g with Il eiaoss Il interot
tory tory Of tho arst si1 great Presidents, On
thls system Of fappontmtn.s, 4 re beileye thos. .,
Views Ut tlclg statrsnsnship. II wa* not uutlI
1sao, when the bold ckson was elected, that tle
pcFnlrlous systen OF putting in olilcc only pasty
machine fasorites waa a.tnp.ed. hut he y
sreditedxth having said, "Tothe VtetoEs belong
the spolls.n very much more like warrior and
politician than like . statesman: This edict Us
sweepng,y executed ty. removing 6so In eight
years, Or an average Of over cighty.ssx year
1u those days this was considered Awtle de
liarturs from thu policy Of all thu other f1esi
dents, 70 that In l840 Geu. Harrison, With tht
great Webster = Secretary, Issued orders WHICH
i in substance, President Hayes hus faithful!
| nlopte1 aud followed
The principal objection urgct agaiust Pres!
/ deut Hnyes and lis tllu.sdous predercssoEs IL
. that rewardlng thpse who take au active past ii
political caucusca Of the town, city. Stale, an,
. pAtaup, and in drumming mp voters, Is 4 nrcrs
! eity; that Without it no party eau exist and ~
t | ,nain IN organized force. lu o,Ler worls, 10
4 volunteered services theY demand eompcnsa
ton, snd swear Fxycngs II their Ecquests art no
) me 10 10 sufficient, for think those VINO opl
q work for the sutstss Of any party when thoy VI
u beet 10 profit thereby are not III trueat ircnds
l. aud care but little about IL principles, aud VII
desert It aud iolu amy party most likely u bc VIZ
n tvriuua, think many VI these scll-cou2 tEtutc
y leaders sre the heayiest weights any patty ha