National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-01-15
CIvlL-SERVlCE REFORM.
Comprehensive Views Of a Com
petent Person.
benefits and Disadvantages of Congressional
Recommendations - civil Service at
Home and hbroRd-Improvome
Effected by Twenty Years OF
Republican Control OF
Our Public Affairs.
General Grants ideas on civil rvlce.

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,o'eSv'ns CouSc,Sat'"ns WIN 'ne eA.i ,cS'uuu''
IN no. 10 NO mas thc louoWlhg IN reIa'ioh 10
'no S,Nll serNlGe III tne Clli,'1 ots'Cs' IT,
-, mch W Pu",'c i'c, Sa'u tnV ueho,A'' u,I
'No MN l" o'"cl Sp"e'eS ", n''; ~ Nou,u
pe Net! NARY I"r my 10 say tn"t Ah"" ga
iiuu !" puT.Ic 'osl.'on t''at Euo" ~ "o ii ui1
no',eSv Vi ap9o"'e @ mora cor'aI".N' ."c" WI WI,
no tn.hes wh2 % are senators r. OF MGmoerS 'put
IeloIInorS ca'' corrupt lucy WIN aSh loI
patronage an" govern themseiVcs III the,r
ue",InBs WIN 'no r i,stra'lon ' S ,E 'ne'i
suocuSS III t'c ihalVer vi patronage ms u
custom, h"u u tne IoiorWoi IheoIy 70 correct
u Us %rruptoh' And ySt the men VINO were
lT'o,inels' ,,' Wno lurnHu ,nc,r eSc' aV Iuo stus
vntyonog, as oti,ors H. Snn,n"r rnr instnnco
who is the idol of the rofnrnnr., was nmonr
the fret Senator's In ask offices for his friends
He expected offices san right. OF rourse. he
smoke ms n Senator Hs had no con.
silerotinn oxceut ma n Senator If
he had boon a nrivatc man In Bos.
ton he would never have named n minister TO
London. As our nuhlic man 90 as our forms
of Govcrnp,ent 90 Mr. sumner and other
Senators were nprfectly honest. There WAS
no corruption i'm his asking mo to annoint this
man and the other. They regarded Executive
aproiutmcpts for their friends as the rewards
of public life. Mr.. Edmnnds osk cd mo TO keep
Marsh In Italv. The whole Vermont delera.
tion ioiued in the request. Yet no Senator
was more ndepcudent than Elc,unds. more
ready to opposo tho Administration if he dis.
agreed with it-,nd 40 dawn tho whole list. IL
was n rule In n government where Lherearc
Senators and Members where Senators and
Members dcpend uuon nolitics for succrss
there will be npplicatious for patronnge You
cannot call il corrunt;on-it IL a ooudition of
our representative form of rovernment-nnd
vet If Won read the newspapers and hear tho
stories nf tho rcfor,ners VIM viii Ina tnId that
any osking for nlaro Ia corruntinn Nvcxno.
rirrcn of man malas mo vcrv choritahIo in
nv rr;t icisn, of nullir nfFirers think our
Ciovernmrnt Ia honps,lv and economically
manorcd that our civil sarvicc Ia
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1,at nave seen anu lno ,nen i.l once nee arc inrn
Whp @ no luIe, w V.io't pese 'ou 'ne
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eElre iin inoui paS'om"se' M "emoa,"' ny a 4"
cr',rseI''og ,e.oainui .Ii ~ VIII, rGau
hI'r", hNvh aL'lt ,to' .'''s was ~ ','I' wv
M"o" uco",no ies'nont W n"re u" Si ",So' .I
vlce ieioIin uioau onousn W ino'Iuo a'i .n"' nav
10 ilo'' eSi !; So ~ a."
HONEST anu Hu'I .,ia'' uiln"usn ueolse "lii't'h @
Curtls tpihks ana noV' Ohe reason perhaps
Tor MI curtis oplhloH lnay DO tllat no 11es
no, NOT kno" Us hiucn Soout Ine 'hG,s Us 40
neIe Is d soIu ueaI VI oahV a,''uv
loIo'n' w",en tnio"e uu"'V upo' '"o e.u "
ccll!S u, VIZ hiolen'ent' tne ilnHies'io'i
| is BiVen ny inc nuVocntes oi clNH'sotNlce re-
iorih thaV must oi .no EAeCu'lEc "PPo'nm,,n W. 'S
ar" h,ale out vi tho l'uh'tehtiaIy' NritSIS
VINO nave reNcheu years OF discretion, hke
.ho re'ehuo oo'IeG.uu "v Iuo Nom % iGIA Ous Sc
tolh'house IS @ Ios' W ltoccss Vi ooi'co'io9. vi
eouIss no ieioiin "a" w eo"tu Wuon " 70 s.'s
.a'nou oy s"'" WIN "u" "S'""iui"s oeoi"'"-
t'olis' -.,-,.,--.z.,...
PHofhssioNAL h'fo"aiEHs iNcoNaAslENr
Then many OF those VINO talk civll'scrvlce
reform III pubic are the most persistent IN
seeking Offices Tor thelr friends CiYll,scrvlce
reform rests entirely with Congress II Mem
bers aud Senators VIII give up claiming pat
ronage, that VIII be "a step gRined But there
is an immense amount of human nature in
Members OF Congress- and 1t IS IN human ma
turo 70 seek power ana use IL 10 heip friends.
An Executive must consider Congress. a
government machine must run, aud an Exec
utive depends on Congress. The Members
have their rights as well as himself If he
wants TO get along with Congress, have the
Government go smoothly and secure whole.
some legislation, he must be IN sympathy
with Congress. III mas become inc haOlt Ot
Congressman to share with the Executive in
the responsibility oil appointments. II is un-
just to say that this habit Is necessarily cor
rupt. 1t Is simply custom That bias grown
u0, fact that cannot be ignored. lhe lresi'
dent very rarely appoints, lie merely registers
tho appointments OF Alonlbers OF Congress. In
country as vast as ours tho advice OF Con-
gressmen rs to persons to be appointed is use
ful, aud generally for tho best interest of the
fRN m 1 tnNl tNI h
lican party in power really assures us civil
service reform. Mr.. Hayes Administration
Will close the twentieth year OF republican
rule. These twenty years have euit up a
large body OF experienced servants III all de-
partments oil the dovernment.
THE ONLY BREAK
was when Mr. johnson was at onmity with his
party and filed many Offices with incompetent
moh' isuu9reu rom Vnat' host OIL my carry
tShoNS's "ll" HpPoInV,'ion'9 wore W weG4 ouU
Ihe qua hioh appointed ~ 'olIhson; MI hayes
n"a h'u no Iuo,i ttnuo,g , m'"un SoiiG re'
lho'aiS ln tHe ginning tlla' Sno''d nol neVo
u"he o' t;T ine'o SAo'U'se W 'n' vIu'lN9
power wi."ou. "Hequavo Ie"'yh' . nuU Us i
u'''nc " nuUm ~ u.s.
Was Al"1bs lyS,s''nf 'n's mi.esutS ~ ilolh Son'
eIessulo' w." iou'u leo"u nia.y c,'Ses Wnore
not".nS ""s ~ - 50 t So'o' 't'neu
ISS's'anc saNvu Eoou "'Sni HNe io' t~,,s'nhco ~
i w "mG"e
uV"'I"t "a, Ia"'T H,ni'Sol'
w. Grg toi5 ma tGat hn had heen - ,o haat