The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-06-22
CTyIL SERyTCE REEORMER HAYES.


WASHINGTON. June 2t.-Thc scandal about
the Toledo. Ohio. Post Onicc shows the sort OF
a civil service rcformcr Returning Board Hayes
is. Alex. Reed. the applicant for Downg's
place. Is a brother If Samuel Romeo Reed, one
Of the wicked partners Of that truly good man.
Deacon Richard Smith. Now it is known that
the Cincinnati Ghtepe has not been altogether
friendly tothc Fraudulent Administration; and
thc power IF this Old-timc Republican organ il
not to De- dcspiscd. Mr. Stanley Matthews. cs-
pcciuliy. does not want to have the Gdxette OPP
pose his reelection to the Senate, and Hayes
sncczcs whenever Stanley Matthews takes snun.
II happens also. that Bowling is i brothcr-in-
law Of Mr.. Sherwood. cN-Mcmber Of Congress
from the Toledo District. who has a little Sun
day paper in that city. and is opposing IIaycs's
Southern policy very bitterly. lie does not like
j. ID. Cox who is Il friend of Matthews and
the President; hence Hayes can't conciliaie
Sherwood even if he were 40 disposed. More
over. Alex. Reed is ono ~ the proprctors of the
Toledo Commercial. the only morning paper
published there; and. 10y making Reed Post
will be- coneiliatcd. II r. alleged. also. that the
Commercial IL on iis last legs and that unless
Reed rs made Postmaster the concern cannot
keep nilOut These are the reasons for putting
Bowling out and Reed in. Indeed. the whole
affair from beginning To- end ls dirty little m
irigu" Of trading rohtirlnns 10 h'lp themselves
and nt the same time the Administration.
bowling II a plusky follow. and dOosnt mean
10 hc led like a lamb to- the sacrifice. IT, came
hero to mukcn fight, and thus far he has made
hut one mistake. In his letter. Hs originally
written To- Tyuor. no said. " hnrdlv Thought il
could eyer hnppcn that an Ohio soldier. elevated
to the Presidency hy the invlnrihlH army 81
loyal mon, ntug under thc profoundesi con-
V.piiuns Of duty. would deliberately do mus
ii'c Ia the mon ana principles thruuEh wheh
hr WIS elevated 10 power Little did think,
when ! received my commission from On.
Grant. that | should be- asked to surrender the
authority invested IN mo 10y him ~ an er- Con-
f,f.ra'e G0raL' When he concluded to give
his l,ttor to the pr ~. he decided to strike out
the iulici1rd portion Of the last sentence above
quoted. He did this because Key talked sweet
to him, and made him believe thai ne was his
friend. Bowling Will probably learn that. when
a man higgins "A ilsht like the ON" hc IL in. he
must burn the bridges behind him. He may
force Hayes for the time being 10 suspend the
political guillotinc. but in the end his head must
First Assistant Postmaster General Tyncr is
in hot water on account Of Dowlng's letter He
thinks i,rpat Injustice has been done him. be-
cause hc simply wrote the letter to Dowli ing re-
uuset,ng his resignation at the request Of the
postmnStor-Gcncral. This. he SAYS. is shown
by the letter itself. which Is rs follows:
ofrict fWsI A,..r,Sr ro,rS s,i ~, s'ss,Ia,ar
SIN The rrcsdcW desires Go MAKE change IN the
r' Yi M, i" ,, aia , ,g, tnS. " a" ph
ui. ctcr D., direction of inc o,tna-t neral who Is
instructed by u' Pros dent to have such l,gr written
''''' '''' t.r.i Assistant ro.,ina.t t,ncral
q II nowliNG. Postmaster. r1,do. ohio,
Tho publication Of this lotter may relieve
Tynor. bat whcr" docs 1t place the President ~
"a civil service former. Tried by his own
d".larai ous in pie inaugural address. this let
tor stamps him u- fraud us well as hypo'ritr.
In his inaugural address ho declared that the
public" oili .r should he SECURE in his tenure
n= luus as hi- ucr4Nnui character rcmninrd un-
furnished and ill' performance OF his duties
-lti-f.t. Hry. THIS Was solemn uiHtlEc tp III"
country that official patronage would not h'
used hv Him Tor party purposes. and II was
notice 90 all onir"hOll ~ that. so long ~ they
were home 10 and Capable in the dis hurgr iturif
ON ial duties they might rest ass urcd that their
on 'ial heads would Not tall 40 ihc III 'ftlun Of
any politician. Bat Hayes practice H. not in
a'urihn with his pr'a hing. First, Pnkin
the faithful OH rr. was guilotnnd because
Hayes wanted e. lut Jack Wharton In. who had
satisfied this evil service rflurmcr par Keel
lon'r that. with ihc United State- Marshulshil
of Louisiana. a. could organize q party OF
short hatred politicians in New Orleans that
would defeat tho resp lulr party of Demo
Gratis and thus give tho Administration control
of the State N"Nt. nowns's bead II de-
mandri II sper-onHi character IL uniarnish 4
AMI the cuilr" business community Of Tulcd,
with one voice, critics that in the peri 'rm-
anHe of hir iui Is H~ Postmaster he stands
4 No |. lO-luu-t"r-ttrnrIh Key says Bier,
are NO complaints. and oven rynrr admits that
bowling is one ot the best Pustmurters in tn,
NortUWt =.
All thu. however. goes for nothing when IN,
lrN-l tent desires tp make "a Chang" IN order o.
srtlfv some of his personal political frirni-
Hnl rNu 'lliHtn 'W' urW-lnp'r- that give ind u-
t'u- of unkluF q utIlNN-uut for hlS guide
philosopher and friend. Stanley Matthews.