New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-07-14

talbot, a man of ability, of learning of letters
man who has been declared to have discharged his
duties in way to secure the universal appreciation
of his superors for efficiency why was he turned
out, If not that political appointment might be
made by fishing around in southern waters for
successor caught with difficulty after two nbblcs
and one bitef
And what very queer reading there is for US Re-
formers, on Juno 2S and % about the new Commits
siouer of Agriculture. "Gen. lie Due has been en-
gagged to extent in railroad operations, and was
concerned in the construction company connected
with the Northern Pacific Railroad enterprise"
where OF course the bold ycoman acquired his farm
"fitness' for his positions rallroadng being IN the
regular line of agricultural promotion. business
men conducting a farm on business principles
would naturally apply to q railroad construction
list for farm superintendent. Gen. lie Due is
graduate OF Kenyon College Ohio, the Presidents
Alma Mater" "Gen. lie Due has been in Wash
ington much of the time since the 18th Of March,
as an applicant for Office " Genie Due came here
just before the 18th of March in company, ii ~
said, with the President whom he joined IN Col
umbusp His nomination does not seem 10 have
been brought about by political influence
" Gen. lie Due was not without political iniu-
ence as was supposed when his appointment was
announced. lie was recommended by the entire
Minnesota delegation IN Congress Current
gossip respecting the appointment attributes ~
chiefly to the influence of Pryate-Secretlly
Rogers. who, when an invalid seeking health IN
Minnesota became connected with Gcih lie Due in
some business transactions"
Poor Old Civil Service Reform! If any contumely
had been spared before, Gen. L. Due has certainly
administered the missing dig. Tossed about from the
Presidents Alma Mater to the Pacific Railroad, trot
ting along after MIR. Hayes to Wasbngton. and wait
ing patiently about till Mary did appear with an Of
flee for Gen IL Due, set upon by ne Minnesota dee
CATION, and kicked aud cufcd by PIvate-SccIetary
Rogers Civil Service Reform NAV well howl with
Joel the son of Pethuel: "That which the palmer
worm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that
which the locust hath left had the cankor-worm
eaten; and that which the cankor-wolm hath left,
hath the caterpillar eaten"
But what is thisi What means snugcled away in
quiet of the newspapers on june d the re-
mark that President Hayes has invited the co0pera-
ton of several gentlemen connected with Che Com
mission ON Civil Service Reform under President
Grant in the preparation OF rules on the subject y
Good Ieaveusl Then We are back 10 pro;oplaSm
again After all the announcements and Semi-an-
nouncements and blind announcements, after ai the
snmmoniug of clerks and Cabinet, after ali these
appointments and dismissais of officers at home and
abroad. after four months Of putting down one and
setting mp another, and three months after The
Rules Fare to De presented tomorrow" are calm
" told that the President has invited IN several
gentlemen 10 help IN the Preparation OF Rules!
are they the same old " gentlemen" who took
hand in the game under President Grant?
And so the ship Of State has been wildly wasging
along in the trough of the sea- without any Rules,
when We thought she was proudly riding the waves,
flying The Rules at her masthead No wonder
that to the interested spectators Civil Service Re
form has seemed to wobble.
But even this docs not account for Stillvell-for
SullweN. the mysterious, who viii not down, and
cannot up. Il is time he should be laid as ghost,
or come forth as Lazarus. Who is 1t that
is keeping his hideous story aloat with any
thing but the perseverance Of the saintsI
Stwell has had opportunities for observation
offered to bu. few in this wilderness world, but hc
refuses TO embrace them lie was long ago Telo-
gated to the realms of inorganic existence but re viii
not stay there lie was assumed 60 be a mere Will
o'-the-wisp pretending To De ampn our feet and
a light unto our path TO purity and non-Ncpotism.
bnt really Turing us into boys Of mbecility. Aud
now from time to time there arise men who trouble
Israel by affirming that he Is phantom of the Re
form IMAGINATION conJured mp 10 lure to brighter
worlds and lead the way, but concrete, adIot,
living and breathing favOritc cousins husband. lie
suarkled was exhaled, and went tO-Chcago. lie
did apply Tor the Marshalship OF Illinois, say the
dlsappontcd oiice-seekeYs, tie rancorCus and mahg
pant p1Ttisans, and was pubncly denied on account
of relationship. while a private arrangement was
made 10y which Mr.. Iildrup Of Beividere should be
appointed Marshal and BIZ. Stillwell First Deputy,
and nobody be the wiser. Every one and
every word Of these stories is undoubtedly
false. but they have all appeared in
the ncwspapcrs-the newspapers, which are
the people. sole authority for the virtues of the
present and the wees of the past Administration
and though We speak with the tongue Of men and
angels and have not omniscience we cannot, at
arms length. detect the chaii from the wheat. Now
let Us have il once for ali with the partisan
and the oficeholder. Let the ghost be Land or
Lazarus come forth. Let the man who first evoked
n ~tlwell from the Vastly deep rise now in ms
place and speak or else hereafter forever hold his
peace. Is there Deputy Marshal of Northern
Illinois and is his name Stlllwe. and Is it the same
Stillwen whose rejection for office was bruItcd
about as she proof of ." No Nepotism in the Hayes
Administration =
4 cruel SANDER is creeping through the country
until this is met by am unmstakable No Tell Us,
O white-stoled but waggish reformers. is Sti!lwel
aman and brother, OF is he a Mrs. Jarley's wax
works2 is he a lay figure, clothed upon with
Civil Service Reform as with garment, or is he
am unoifending and gneyously enheated human
being and Deputy Marshal Is he Wackford
Soueers. kept on hand to illustrate the far, fat
workings Of the system at Dotheboys Hall, OF is
he a mere hypothesis projected by the Refolmers to
show what the President would do If be had
brother who liked cheese
trust hat the President is also misrepresentod in
the report that he Is to spend his summer al the
White sulphur Springs. We, the people have not
forgotten, cannot forget that il was at the White
c,lrhur Snrinos that the magnatcs of the South