Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-09-15

The real import OF the circulars recently sent TO
Virginia employees OF the government Is too thiniy
disguised 10 deceive anybody 1t Is an attempt to
Accomplish by indrection what IL prohibited by
positive Inv. The object OF the civil service legs-
lauon WIS tn relieve government employees from
afmanner OF political servitule. Section eleven
OF the civil service law provides that no Senator
Or Representative, or any OH :er or employee OF
Congress, and no executive, judicial, military or
plyal OH ;er OF the United States and no clerk or
tmploye OF any dep irtment or branch OF any ser
vice shall directly or Indirectly" solicit or receive
o. 'oe In any nanher' concerned In soliciting or
Receiving any assessment subscription or con-
ri6utlon for ANY political purpose whatever "
fhis section Is certainly comprehensive enough to
cover any AMI all cases It was intended to forbid
all sorts o: devices for Is was SurmiSed that ex-
2esiients for evadlng the law would b, adopted IL
any lnop-hola for making use Of them was left
Fen NJ ihone, Senator, over his own signature
1otin g men In government service OF his dis
pleasure At their conduct This oHense consists In
Ihe fact that they stake no Interest," in the vlr-
finla campaign association, the objects of which
Ire Ito promote, as well as it may properly the
success OF the party on whose recommendation
Tou the government employee adiress,1) have
been given recognition" Here Is a direct re-
hinder to the government clerk that he Is under
political obligation for the place be holds. The
association which S,nator Malone admonIshe,
Virginia clerks to ally them selves with, supple
nent5 his circular with one of its own warning
The delinquent that unless his dues are paid I'D
ne VIII be ''sumnarly dealt with" 1t Is not the
ABSENCE OF VirglnianS from meetings that arouseS
che regret OF the Senator and moves the associa.
ton TO action, It is the dues that are wanted Ts
whole schpne Is but movement to collect under
The head o. dues. what in plsG years has been
solicited as voluntary contributions" and IL the
civil service law Is TO be enforced at ALL heads of
apartments Invaded by tn Sc Virginia circulars
cannot ignore the act
The plan to make Newport News the Seaboard
terminus OF the Seney railroad system has
aroused Norfolk to a realizing sense OF the i'm
pending danger 10 its trade At meeting OF busi-
ness men of Norfolk and Portsmouth yesterday
energetic action for the preservation OF the trade
now held by those twin cities was taken It was
resolved to take one-fourth of the stock of a new
railroad to extend from point near Golisboro, n.
e., to Norfolk. This action secures the hearty
Cooperation OF the Seney syndicate in behalf Of
NorfOlk'S interest
Inspector Entwisle, In his report upon the
school buildings, makes the sensible suggestion
that in the erection OF new buildings the plan OF
the recently constructed school-houseS be adj
hered to-cOntaining eight to ten rooms, and not
over two stories in hight above the basement.
These are far preferable, he says, to the three
story AMI basement twelve room buildings, In
case OF IRE or panic, and for other reasons stated
Two buildings, containing eight rooms each, can
De erected at the cost OF one Of the twelve room
buildings
The influence OF Senator Bayard has been in
voked as paeincator between the warning demo-
cratic factions OF New York; but he ought to be
too smart TO burn bis fingers In the hot strife be-
tween Tammany and the TildenteS. Mr. Bayar,i
has presidential boom to look af.er and Ii he
undertakes to settle the row In New York he Is
almost certain 10 get one faction the other and
maybe both OF them, down on him
The Philad-iphia Press republcarl styles the
Virginia Campaign Association "one OF those pes
client bodies which the little initiation bosses In
the Washington Departments get up to suit the
purposes OF the big genuine bosses at home"
Notwithstanding the rain BaItimore's Ortole
was big success The spectacular pageant OF
last night was witnessed by hundreds OF thOus-
ands. and In design AMI execution 1t fairly met the
anticipations OF the spectators
me New York s,tH is not quite so cock sure now
that the republicans Will have 10 go. 1t says to-
day that the chances are strongly in favor OF the
democrats" but that 1.-The republicans will not
give us a walk over"
Wendell Phillips stands by Ben Butler and
greenbackisrn- Phillips has degenerated into a
tenth-rate crank.
Bismarck Is not as sick reported. He win live
awhile longer to fight the American hog.
IN The SUPREME COTTRT OF THE nYSTp1cr