Morning journal and courier., 1882-06-13
Tuesday Morning, June 13, 1882.
MASSACHUSETTS, PERFORMERS AT
 WORK

The appointment by President Arthur of Roland Warrington as Collector of the port of Boston did not please the civil service re-
 formers of Massachusetts, and they are not backward in making their displeasure known. Resolutions have been passed by the Boston civil service reform association condemning l the appointment, and last Saturday evening the Quincy association held meeting and adopted resolutions offered by MT. Josiah | Quincy, jr., among which were the follow ing
 Resolved, That the Representatives in | Congress who supported his (Worthington's) nomination enemies of the cause of civil service reform.
 Resolved, That reforms have been put off 1 too long with worthless professions from candidates and conventions and that the time l has come to take political action in support of our principles; therefore,
 Resolved, That this association will oppose 1 the nomination and reelection of Hon. B. w. Harris as Congressman from this district Resolved, That if the regular nominees for Representatives to Congress from this dis 1 trict unsatisfactory. the association will
 nominate a candidate of its own.
 Before the offering of the resolutions on
 motion of Dr. William Everett section of the constitution of the Quincy association, which provided that neither the name nor the influence of the association should be used for or against any party or the election or appointment of any person to office except
 by vote of three fourths of the members present at meeting called for the purpose by three-fourths of the executive committee, was stricken out In discussing his motion Dr. Everett said that, when the civil service reform associations were started, it was not supposed that civil service reform party, as such, would be organized, or that distinct lively civil service reform candidates would the work of the associations would be done within the ranks of either of the two great parties, according to the affiliations of the diff ferent members. It was thought that the ends of the civil-service reformers would be at- tained by the exercise of moral influence; but now the opinion is gaining ground that talking has gone far enough, and that, if civ il service reform principles are to be put in operation throughout the country, it is by means of elections. Both the great parties have deceived the country long enough, and those who believe in civil service reform must vote for different candidates than those reg ularly nominated in party conventions. The speaker believed in breaking up the existing parties, and in organizing distinct civil service reform party. Anyone who objects to this course and wishes to remain inside party lines, as at present drawn, must aban don ciyil-service reform, because two great the parties have fully shown their hostility to it's principles.
 This shows which way the wind is blowing in at least part of Massachusetts. And the Boston Adcertiser says: ''The Quincy re- formers are probably no more displeased at the conduct of their Representative than are their fellows in other districts with. their Congressmen. Two years ago they extracted letters and pledges of sympathy from many or all of the Republican candidates. It seems to have been case of I go, sir, and went not Those who do not feel very strongly on the subject of the reform will doubtless sneer at the decision of the Quincy men Eto stand up and be counted, but from their point of view they are right"