The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-07-29
THE BEAUTIES OF REFORM.
Gratitude of a Fortunate Democratic
Subject of President Hayes
FavOritism.

| To the Editor of the Jackson Standard:
Since the Inauguration of that plus utra of poft-
ca WISDOM civil service reform, under the conduct
OfPresident Hayes and his Teuonic Secretary of the
| Interior, so many funny incidents have transpred
that, they written in books, ''the whole world
could not contain them.'' Not merely have the
clerks in the Departments at Washington been estop
ped from making annual trips homeward about cleo
tion times but they also inhibited from taking
any interest in American politics and citizenship lin
business hours" of exercising reeman's part in
public meetings in which the claims and pretentions
OF candidates considered; and especially they
forbidden to devote any portion their hard earn
ings to the conduct of any political campaign-partic
uary if in favor of set of Republican candidates.
! Thus civil service reform, in this land of equal
rights and privileges, has been placed parity
with the practice in mOnarchfal arbitrary govern
ments, reducing the citizen to the subject.
The wisdom and beauty of the so-called reform, as
sytematized and reduced to practice by honored
President and his Democratico- Republican cabinet
minister, the redoubtabe Carl Schurz well deve-
oped and demonstrated by the fact that since it be-
came operative, Republican majorities in doubtful
States have been rapidly diminishing, becoming
small by degrees and beautifully less That terri
BILE old greedy and aggressiveve tyrant the Democ-
racy which operates on the principle ITO the victors
belong the spoils'' and it, have taken advan-
tage of the amiable weakness and amab1e stubbornes
of our Executive Chief and his pet ministers, Schurz
and Key, and have foisted the ''cvl service the
most unmitigated Bourbon Democrats and unshriven
rebels until the President himsefs constrained
to admit that to select Federal holders equally
from both parties is "te theory of his own. He
has found it pleasant to cooperate with those who
fought against him in the rebellion has since done
all they could buldoze the grand national party
which placed him in power, that he rather likes
'miXed commissions of Democrats and Republicans,
to supervise elections and other public business and
evidently deems them far better than boards
posed exclusively of Republicans. Possibly the Re-
publicans of the country ut large when constituting
o conduct
campagnf may conclude to follow precedent of such
elevated hority, and place majority of inveteratP
Democrats each of them, to promote the election
Garfield and Arthur! That, some other expedient
rational, might enable them to initiate the
Circumlocution Office, and teach all concerned chow
not to do it,
1t is well understood that the popularity of Ex
President Grant-whch well nigh secured that per-
sonage the Chicago nomination despite the prevailing
prejudice against electing the three times
to the Presidenoy-was mainly won by the devotion
shown by him to his personal and political friends,
and particularly because, during his administration,
he exhibited disposition to protect the coored
in their civil and political rights, against their ty-
rannca white contemporaries. But, except the lone
Virginia Federal Assessor who voted at Chicago for
the denomination of Gen. Hayes, not advised
that anybody else cared whether the latter again
thought of or not.
One of the amusing followngs of this habit of our
honored President TO mix up the politics of his
missions, and sail clear of party obligations is the
disposition ofgraitude alias contempt, which they
exhibit getting out of place again. Gen. W. H. H.
Davis, editor of the Doylestown (Pa) Democrat,
Ducks county) is of those practical Traditional
dyed-inthe wool, born-and- bred partisans whom
amable President delighted to honor when appoint
ing from both the great political par
tes.' Gen. d. was constrained to leave his Demo-
cratic hebdomedal, and go out as Commissioner to
the Paris Exposition. He also placed, by His |
Exceency, the Board of Visitors to the Military
Academy at West Point. Bucks is doubtful county |
sometimes Republican, sometimes otherwise-which |
sent large quotas to help squech the Southern rebel
lion but although the late shows the county
contains 6S 200 people, of course Gen. Davis was the
fttest material for high joint ''mixed commission
So, the General went and renid, rici'd, uidi'd Re-
Gently, some dsgruntled Republican, possibly unable
to divine the supernal wisdom of said appointments,
in view of the reasonable expectations of competent
men in his party, endeavored, by mildly ques-
tioning to come to the rationale the selection
Davis, whereupon that grateful and gracious Demo-
thus replied through the Democrat, his organ:
1.-THE Intelligencer, (the Republican querist,( is
Hayes appointed the editor of the Democrat on the
Paris Commission and Board of Visitors to the Naval
office. he determined to have least hon
to the Democratic party find him. As to pay-the
money had all been stolen by republican thleVes-Hot
a penny left to pay Democrat
So spoke the soul of this Democratic Hercules?
Now it is hoped that the nominations of Garfield
and Arthur may be commended to the country that
their election will be assured the candidates
preferred by President Hayes friend, Gen. Wade
Hampton-or any other un-reconstructed REBEL, so
that the Interior design of the solid Souh-to arrange
for the payment of the Confederate bonds and war
debts, including subsidies for the freed slaves by
changing accordingly the Consttution-may be post
poned at least until the generation which fought the
battles of the Union from '65, inclusive, all
put under the sod. LAME JACK.