, 1880-10-03


{. uo,1, ho Tho fon.na+ ~. t1o .,,h,rai,o+oe =.
:+h, Said so,th -. +hav uor1d hava sncl
ewarms ~ non,,+,~ ~ H. ,sto,s ~, a,ootfon.dovs
as never moroi,ad ~ 1,doa ,r.,ft,s dreams ,,
The intarn.l.ra, a oft,oac and tha pnsta,
Department wnn1d ha, ,t;lIad WITH the t.x-{,on.
fedprates. davo,r,re,. t1a eno;le and CARRYING
ont the heheets ~ 10 no-tv II ~ as trno rs
f,osnrl tho +hat - ea.s+a,nao.or, ~. e,vs.
Take New Yort 1,itv' md mt Tho c,,stom-
House into the bands Of the shrewdest OF the
one an pnnthar s a.. ano sovt an ,n %
ply the patronage Of those two great political
atn eaa1is a ao !Gt the 9t9'al machtnely o. lime tne
the Importers dalf a million dollars for any i'm
@ portant &c Mcampnikn, nnd what sorL OF persuasion
maiority-no matter what the narty Ind done
IN New fork City and Brooklyn below l0oo002
aga and tne fnrmat5n, ~ nnrr,'nt rmus ',nt1or
the excuse that campaign funds were needed,
awer evp i wo, bo sae osS swart q
son. with the magnificent scope Of the clutch of
t;1 the pemocfaey upon The spoil prepared thronk
last twenty years. for men with the advantages
Of Office and the courage Of their rapactty.
1heFe IS another calamity which must 1ol-
~" tne electlon OF hancock ana Ehgllsn. u
"hlch tne commercial does not make REFER
ence' anu yet u Is one OF the most alarming
dangers "hlch WILL threaten the community
III sucl contlngency. a c1eW 10 IL may Dc
1ouna III washington dispatch to HE
TRIBUNE OF Yesterday stating that 5000 Gov
erhmeh' employees, majority OF them ex-
Union, so'olets' are preparing to sell their
homes III case OF Demo-con1eaerate sue
cess IN november, knowing 1uii wen that
lucy WILL oe tulneo onbo1 tnelr places 10 Inc
1ase l1an. Aias "holesale alsmlssal OF old
alo .lleu puplic Servants anu ,f Sonslsuns
'@t*e!s ~ 1'o Na1lons oelehqers' ana the
sups.ltullon 1u thelr places OF "a" ana green
'!a.'as'-"afo pumneIs'-" DC calan'tyto
le p"sIness 1ntetes1s o1 every community
"n'i" 11e peop1e sAouio SEER 10 prevent ~
every means IN tneir power Imagine inc
cnoe' oA'n olsn'issa4 "ounn nase III lhls
Guy a'one' lhree hundred pos1al en-
piose'' pioAeu '"en' seleceeo tlo'n tnou-
SINUS u "ppilcants' anu large por~
.lon VI tneili olo so!olels' ana VINO nave
'eniueu tilon toutes' peconie acquain1"
oo "1'h anea1 custointls' a4lo haSo ta11lliai-
lzeo 1ueinsel'es WITH Tue lnaoor ouues OF t1e
onlce' VIII W ounoieo ont atohee ana tnfo"n
upon tne community "lthont employnent'
10 support themselves anu their families rs
tney oes1 can. Inc same thing VIII happen
III lne lreasurer1s once, and In the omces OF
Tue COLLECTORS OF customs and Revenue,
where hunoreds OF men who have done their
duty falth1nlly and unostentatlously, not
making themselves ot1lcious or obnoxious to
any one, nut performing their work to the
satisfaction OF every one, will be pitched out
OF employment ,..
Why should they be sacrificed merely be-
cause Hancock and English are elected-if
such misfortune should happen? The peo-
pie OF chicago don't want them dismissed
and yet nearly one7half OF them will vote to
do 1t; will vote to put the public Offices up on
0 grand ratt1e and to enforce the odlous
Democratic dogma, ITO the yictors belong
the spoils,' which IS doing more than all else
combined to destroy the efficiency 1t public
and to corrupt our political
system And who Will take the places Of
these expert aud experienced employees?
fhe ward-"orkers, bummers, scalawags, |
and whisky soaks who howl round the. pre-
sincts and at saloon n-meetlngs.- not only !
without experience, but without Quallfica-
ions, natural or acquired, and whom it will:
lake years to learn. their business. II the
change were only gradual it might not be
such an nnmltigated calamity, but this can
not be. The thousands Of public servants
will all go out at once. and the entire service |
will be filled with unqualified men at once.
Such radical change has nothing to COM.
mend it. It is wrong in its every aspect. It
s wicked as we'll as-lmpolitlc. 1t is an in-
business public. ~ .~--.
The people do themselves an injustice by
it They might change the
reads of departments, as is done in England,
france, or Germany when an Administration |
changes. There the men who make the !
policy and lead the party 60 out, bit the rank
md file Of administrative clerks remain un-
disturbed. Would it not be lust as consistent |