Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-05-03
State Associations aud the Civil Ser
vice Order.


| thOrTtatively that there was no probability
| that the proposition for the reorganization of
| the different state associations would amount
| to anything. There seems to be some doubt
| especially among the morning papers: No
such uncertainty should exist, as the President
has expressed himself on the subject to Sir.
York state association before thai organiza-
| tion disbanded in obedience to the Presidents
| civil service orders. Mr.. Eaton wishing to
mitted to reOrganize addressed note of in
| quiry to that effect to Col. Rodgers the Presi-
dents secretary. He receiveda reply inviting
| TALK WITH THE PRESIDENT
| about the matter. He went to the White
| House and had an extended conversation with
greatest interest to the republican party to
secure majority in the next House of Repre-
Sentatives, and as there were three or four
doubtful districts in his state, he and his for
mer fellow members of the New York state
association thought that by reOrganizing and
working energetically outside of office hours,
sary information to those districts, that the
republican party would be enabled to recover
them: The President admitted the necessity
House, and said that there Would not be the
| slightest objection to government efnpi6yes
| individually making voluntary contributions
to the campaign fund, speaking on political
| tics, or sending off documents to aid in the
| campaign. He conceded their right to do ali
| this. When it came to the reorganization of
| the state associations, however, he referred
| Mr. Eaton TO the civil service order, and pre-
| ferred that the members of those associations
| should interpret it for themselves.
THE PRESIDENT DOES NOT APPROVE OF POLITI-
| CAL ASSOCIATIONS OF GOVERNMENT EN-
| PLOYES.
Mr.. Eaton showed him a call for meeting
| OF the New York state association, which he
| had drawn up, and asked if there would be
| any objection to his isSungit. The President
would not consent to Mr. EatOn's issuing the
call. and thought it best that government EN-
| plOyes should not be banded together as poll
| tical organizations, and referred again to his
| civil service order. which he said he had not
reSClnded or modified in the least. The PreSi-
| dent a. $50 took occasion to say most positively
and emphatically that the order would not be
rescinded or modified in any particular, shape
or manner. He spoke of the excellent condi-
ton OF the republican party in Massachusetts,
where that order is enforced, and the course
OF government employees shaped by its com
! Bile condition OF the party IN New York, where
| the order is ignored, and the party controlled
| by the New York custom-house ring, which
ing politicians. He thought the first
duty of a government emyloye was to
ns in aGg bis wbn duty and not to his
subordinate employees of the government
should not be changed every time there is a
change of administration, should show our
| change takes place.
Mr.. Eaton, as will be seen by the above, left
| the President wit hOut his positively prohibit
although it was very plain from what he had
| said that he was not in favor of such reOrgan-
izatiOn. Mr.. Eaton then went to Secretary
| Sherman to get his opinion.
| SECRETARY SHERMAN's DECIDED OPINION.
| Secretary Sherman, through Il letter to AS
| sistant Secretary Hawley, stated that there
| performing as individuals all the political
work they had previously carried on as an as
| SOclati0n but government employees could not
| be banded together as political bodies
| THE CIVIL SERVICE ORDER WILL BE STRICTLY
| REFORCED.
| MI Eaton aSSOciaJIOn Will not be reOrgan-
| lied, and he thinks that any similar asSOcia-
llon that does SO Will place its members in the
| light OF violating the Presidents order and
| make them liable to the penalty for the infrac-
tIon: From his conversation with the Presi
| dent to Secretary Sherman, he concludes that
| the President does not by any means intend to
| ignore any portion of his order, and that the
order is not ',,roOrback," but that it will be
| strictly enforced.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Lieutenant j. B. Robson
to the New Hampshire at Port Royal. South
| Carolina. Lieutenant Charles II. Judd to the
| photographic office in this city.
PAY OF NAVAL OFFICERS AND MEN-The
published statement that officers and enlisted
men of the Navy, will have to go without their
pay for the months of May and June of this
| year, Is hardly consistent with the facts. There
| is a deficiency for their pay it is true. but
there is a probability that it will be made good
the officers and men will be subjected to even
the slightest Inconvenience on this score.
Music AT THE WHITE House AND CAPITOL,
Notwithstanding Thompson, upon the
recommendation of Col Casey, superinten-
dent public buildings and grounds, to-day
ordered that the open air music by the Marine
Dand commence tomorrow at the White
1 , n m cOOfiOnp n
to be repeated at the same place every s. ssatur, :
day until the 18th of September, with slight
will be no music in the Smithsonian grounds
this season. There will be in its stead music
in the Capitol grounds every Wednesday here
after until the 2sth of September at the same
hours as those prescribed for the White House
concerts. In lieu of the band stand at the
White House low platform has been erected
upon which seats for members of the band
will be placed.
INVESTIGATING AMARE's NEsT.-The House
committee on the expenditures of the P. O.
Department finished to day it's examination
| into certain allegations affecting Superintend
ent Burnside. to the effect that besides the
regular public stable of the department.
another was run at government expense, to
The examination showed that the second
stable IS entirely private affair, where some
OF the 0fllclals keep their horses at their own
expense. No blame attaches to any one in the
matter and the committee will SO report.
| The BLANK AGENCY of the P. O. d.. is do.
ing its best to fill up the acquisitions that have
accumulated in the time, that, owing to the
exhaustion of the appropriation, the work
could not 60 on. In the last week it has sup.
| pied 5000 sheets, $4,000 facing slips and
| 2OUO books. There is the same force EMPLOYED
now as in 1865, while the post offices have in.
creased lO,O0 This fact makes it additional.
ly hard for the agency to catch up with its
Work. Some very amusing complaints of de.
nnquency by the agency in failing to fill re.
| cent requlSltlOnS are received from yariOns
interior poStmaSters, who have not read the
papers, and think that the blank agency is re-.
sponSlble fOr the delay.
The ORDER OF THE AMERICAN UNIoN.-Tbe
Washington correspondent of the N. Y. Her.
aid telegraphed from here last night as fol
lows: The Senate of the Order of Ameri-
can Union held two sessions of four hours
each to-day in Lincoln hall, adjourning finally
TO meet at Washington May !, 1872 This city
was declared to be the Headquarters of the
order hereafter for all meetings of the Sen.
ate and ITS national executive committee
On assembling this morning many of the sen.
atOrs were disappointed and disguised. be-
cause oil secret election of officers for the en-
SUING year at late hour last night notWith
Standlng the protest OF many of the senators
against 1t, who retired from the hall and Sun,
posed nothing would be done in their absence
PRESIDENT Cowes tof the Cleveland LeGderi
and Secretary Kilgore have thus been re-
elected" The delegations stood about as fol
N ,tps..