The Nevada picayune., 1884-12-04
CIVIL SERVICE.

As Cleveland is elected, somo of tle republican joornals are trying 10 advise him as to whs' 'is con. duct shall be ia regard. Ie civil service. 1tis anticipated. that ma nv of the government clerks, who have been enscouccd in Washing ron for a generation, may be turned out; which calamity republicans ase anxious 10 avert.
 Republicans are the last people in the world to lecture n democrat ic pres dent upon tho matter oi civil iervice. Tor twenty years they h..;e made a miserable botch of the ,,hole business.
 lvo repudiate the maxim tEat"to the yictors belong the spoils;' be- cause there should be no spoilS. Men engaged in the public service should have adequate compensa- ton, but not in the sense of pub. lie pluuder. The wages rlghttulIy earned by pubic officer are justly his. He gains title 10 them, not hv gift or pldudor, but by a vataa. ble consideration recognized by law.
 No man in this country is ex. pected to serve the public 2ratul- tously; at the same time his com pensaton should be fixed by law, and if Inc takes anything more he is a thief, and should be branded as such. Moreover, he should not barter his official functions and in. tlucnce tor pnvate gain. That Is Blaiueism; that is what alienated the best clements of the republican party from the lato Mr. Blaine, and compassod his defeat.
 But the question of rhe lceiti- mate compensation settled, whom should democratic president call to aid him in lis executive fanc- tions} Democrats or repabliclns9 We answer that in all positions save those which are purely cler- ical, he should call democrats and none others.
 Why should he call democrats alonel Because, in order 10 effect ually carry out a policy which must be con .ei> ed and projected by him the president mnst call 10 his aid and be surrounded by men who are in thorough sympathy with that policy. Otherwise they will block his way and thwart his purposes at every step. He must have the full and unqualified cooperation of all the government employees, through all the notifications of the administration.
 Cleveland was elected by the people in hope ofa change a change in the methods and policy of the government. Upon his ac- cession to the chief magistracy he finds in office an army of men schooled and trained in the very methods and policies for which he was elected to overthrow. The ir. rpgularities which he will be called upon to investigate may involve inc subordinates of the respective departments; in which event those subordinates, by their official posi- toins, could and woulR"obstruct the investigation and &.feat the ends of justice.
 There Is no warrant that some of the old republicans desire their subordinates retained in o;Gce. That is the last hope of conccaliug republican crimes.
 AS to the strictly clerical forces of the departments, every one of them who has contributed to the corruption fund, under the person of Clapp's black,mailing scheme should be busted without ceremo- ny. Those who have honestly and e,tlcientlv discharged their duties may be 4,tained, if the President sees proper 10 do so; but fl he de sires to turn them all out, and sup. p.y their places with equally com. petent men from his own party, he has the mqueStionable right 10 do.
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