New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-24
THE CIVIL SERVICE UNDER HAYES.

THE CIVIL SERVICE UNDER HAYES.
SOLDIERS TO BIZ AMPLY REWARDED UNWORTHY
MEN TO BIZ OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES AND FAITH
FULSEss IN OFFICE.
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
SIR: The following from Gov. Hayes's letter
OF acceptance is OF paramount importance in this crisis
OF national aTairs He says: With civil service Or
ganized upon system which will secure purity expert
ence efficiency, aud economy strict regard for the
public welfare solely appointments, and the speedy,
thorough and unsparng prosecution and punishment OF
all public officers who betray official trusts, etc. ETC.
Persons this city who have long been In correspond
cpce with the Governor a. TO his policy, say that the
foregoing will carried ont TO the very letter. ana even
more These friends say that all absentees, ncompe-
terts supcrannuatod, immoral, and drunken officials,
here and elsewhere under tho Government, VIII Do
promptly removed and that as an act Of patriotic JUS
tice and also to large majority OF the 2ooo'Ooo
soldier votes, including their relatives, In future cie"-
TONS u majority Of whom voted for Thden IN the last
election by of prescription by the Republican
Marty that the law now the statutes which gives
preference in appointments to soldiers and sailors VIII
be carried out faithfully, and that under 1t majority OF
all nositions here and elsewhere will be given 20 officers
and soldiers who competent and have evidence OF
heroic service the places OF messengers ana "atco,
now mostly filed with abebodied, strong negroes, and
the cerksips filed by young. strong single women are
all to be filed by oneamed lders who have families
to support And last but not least as the greatest Of all
reforms that all nepOtsts, or whole families ID ONCE
arc each aud all 10 be discharged
Cen Grant having been elected to the PRESIDENCY
solely on account Of his military service though lor
eight years receiving large pay an officer the other Oil
and soldiers who had done the hard hghng Tor small
nav Thought that they as much entitled 10 reward
OF Once a. he, and hence at the beginning O MS AdA!n
t,1tcn they came TO the Capital and put In their ap
uicltous Tor office here and elsewhere by thousands
generally showing he finest penmansip win evidence
oil uuali cati0n every respect but they were nearly
al ignored and refused employment under the pOFerh
.i1 yyiicI, they lad saved Gen. Grant and his
relatives, and personal fayOIites 10 these heroic sodt!-
The result is taj after l6 years rom lAe beginning Oi
me war not more tnan IN - Of the male clerks ana
employ NJ the g Vi''l NtIt 'I'll ~ ~ ~ 81 ~,
i'm 80 Of female clerks and employees ever had the
most distant relative la the Gov. Hayes bong
himself soldier, nominated ana NottG 10Y Oy 7"uit!Sl
and elected mainly on account OF his military record viii
sec that this great blot upon the nation OF prescription
against the men who saved the nation sha oe cuuel
rfroy M der his admlDstratI The PrcsidcntfIect
also believes that the men VINO defended the haloh IN
the years OF peril would prove more honest AMI
faithful in defending the IItasur! HoH SPOla'oH IMAM
the men who did nothing. - $500. a.,
In the matter Of frauds upon the Government, the
above language from COY hayes lciter OF bcyertc'
Will OF course be carried ont faithfully Al dciautcs'
thieves and drfrauGrTS OF the revenue or the Govern
1nrut I'M any way Will be "unsparngly prosecuted and
punished to the u!l extent OF the law. 40 Shit}
man win be pcrnittcd escape" IL reality. To tie iuil
mn and The members viii be punished and dis
The Shepherd District Elug Tue dclidcls OF the ecu
man. Bank, ana the Capital sWIdies N general WIZ
he rosrcupd and made to refund their stcaHPs TO the
lass dollar wnii" The leaders and the most CugaDe VIII
Re prosecuted and sent to the peuenLhly along WIN
Tweed. In word that the Whot Io1c{ OF nfehl uI
iutratiUn for the last eight years VIII be reversed ana
condemned and tie Great Republic III pace 81 Dcne dl'
gIacel among the mOuarchts OF the word as natioh OF
Thieves will be made example OF honesty, economy,
fdeiity morality ard patriotism 20 al the nations o. the
,erfH REFORMER.
Washington D. C., Feb. 1G, 1877.