New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-31


and gssal rIeaideni aud rfaspa BIN BY both hands
pouring Into his afmpathoiio ears his own eafnesi
uisb 81 make iio reform thefgugh raaiea ana
completed
Aud TIE happy fefounu immediately pipes bis
pran of wonder. iDge aud praise through the col
ninus ~ hls daily paper ami che Interrupted Ires
dent goes hack and 8c-Conkllngizes another office
and JoraenseniErs smother man.
On lhe whole unless men have more demona'ra-
BIZ feasons for their b'iief would not be insi o.
well a. sssume The Presidents honesty and say
nothing about ~ We might then suppose that
even fsr insemtaiAe acis be- bad some sufficient
moti,, has when ffnm every reform trumpet comes
enc unanimous set faial blare, he moons reform
ws preaentlg berfn a. question wbtin ourselves !
when the President Turned out Arthur aud Cornell
and Summons and Marble and htsts Of others-honost
mon and GOOD officers nll-did he not mon to turn
them uuti When be pat in Collector Thomas. and
others cnpahlo 81 becoming just good officers un-
donhtsdly. bst with ua proven superiority except
the powef 90 eleeiriiy" the people IN favor OF
President HAYES did he not mean 90 put them M
when be- manipulated General Garfield out OF The
Senate and manipulated Mr.. Stanley Matihowsin
end gently feaohed out under the rose 20 secure
indee Kelley 20 che House did be- NOT nom 80 do u
when b. has diWo0arlca all The claims o proino
tion and al tho possibilities Of itivoexnmina-
ons a. well as all the advantage Of the party that
elected him. and has made appointments GA pnrcly
personal riuuuds did be- not mean - DO u '
Hnt. says Mr Cox IL would be- ent rely impossi'
Die fr any Executive however capable and deter.
miued"- does SIR. Cox mean 10 imply that the pres
ent Executive IL not capable and determined To
succeed without The aid Of Congrossin rciorminEby
byhs own might the Civil Service Of the country
WHY Hiah reform authority. says "some 81 The
organs DO not know 81 this day what civil Service
| reform means They think that Il - competitive
examination. or liberty 20 shirk political ASSESS
/ meuis. or something else, These are only petty
doiail.. The main thing Ia tenure Of office during
good behavior
Why ncoi any President wait for Congress
"a securing such tenure Was even the last
Congress bent ON turning out food officers
whom the President wished 90 keep IN ' Was
IL Congress that stood In tho way Of retain
ing able and experienced customs officers In the
service Did the President need che aid Of Con-
rrcss 10 keep Judge Northrup ont Of Office and Mar
shal smvthe in and IN default Of such aid was the
President forced by Congress TO nominate Northrup
and Fitzsimmonsi just now 90 while away q
thunder shower ! took mp the fascinating and
timely book on Cyprus by General ID Cesnola, not
knowing any book moro likely 90 make one deaf ~
the diabolsm Of tho skics-and tho first paragraph
that met my eve was
N has been MY good fortune. during the eleven years
Of M consular residence in cyprus To NE ~ our
Representative at the Porte, gcntsnen ~ hish culture
ana classical education; 10 10y eA',l,tu ai
manner to render my thanks fof the many fayofs re-
celyed from him whin he was American minister I"
COnstanilIOplc
Was 10 Congress thqt forced the President TO dis
miss this accomplished aud experienced diplomatist
from bis country scrccc aud TO put In his place an
ipexperienced gentleman who had done hin per
sonal service Let Mr. Cox give ms the list Of the
good and trained officers whom Congress forced the
President 20 discard. and also the list Of tho bad
men whom Congress forced the President 10 in
duet into Office 60 fill existing vacancies. MFR. Cox
declares that what President Hayes wants now " Is
the cooperation of Congress in attempt 70 estab-
lish q definite aud thoroughly formulated system Of
Civil Service"-but while he s waiting for the sys-
tenn % formulate. what doth hinder him from keep
ing IN Office officers Of accredited value, aud caus-
ing vacancies 10 DO filed by the promotion Of de-
serving officers
But Mr. Cox will have none Of these halfway
measures. Lord strafIord's famous maxim Of adj
ministratiou,p says Mr. Cox, was thorough and
this will have to be the motto Of the Executive who
succeeds in reforming the Civil Service of this coun-
try"
II is not easy TO see how faulty could be carried
further on toward fatality, What freakish
maady has seized our ref0rmers. that they all read
history standing on their heads Lord Strafiord
aud hrs "thofolgh" are certainly the grimmest
models ever held up for any statesman's copying
Thoroughv was a scheme TO make the restricted
king IA absolute monarch. 70 put the liberty
and property OF the people wholly into his hands, to
destroy courts Of law and 30 punish all murmurs
against Government with merciless rgor The
Earl Of STAFFORD Us author. entered public life on
the side Of the peoples liberty and the people,
rights lie was bought over by the Court party,andis
branded IN history ~ the irat Englishman 10 whom
peerage was not an honor. HIS thorough" was the
scheme Of q renegade. who could not 60 far enough
away from the liberty which he had espoused In hi
youth. Thorough was trampled TO the dust, IT.
author was held In odium and execration by Tho
people whom he had betrayed aud sought TO enslave,
and thoy never rested tl they had cut of hls head
on Tower Hill with fury TO which even law had 10
bend.
And General Jacob d. Cox digs mp this bad, brave
head from ~ grave Of the centures and carries it
IN charger 10 the white liouse and sets IL before
our amable President. who wants nothing 80 much
n to b. allowed b. serve out hs term IN peace and
quietnsas, and says with grewsome gravity " This
will have 30 be The motto OF the Executive who
ooeds In reforming the Ciy,l Service Of this
try
Good Heavens Ohio (" might tho President we'll
exolaim. shrinking back aghast at the chastity
spectacle II this IL the road 10 success will you 100
70 good ~ b. point oui 10 the path Of failure
GAN HAMILTON
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