New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-08
THE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN.
DEMOCRACY AND CIVIL SERVICE REFORM
REMARKS BY EDWARD MCPHERSON WHICH SHOULD
INTEREST MEssRs. CURTIS AND scHURZ.
rELEGHAPa TO THE rsIRrNll


WASHINGTON, Aug. IA TRIBUNE CORE espondcat
to-day asked of Edward Mcpherson: d" Have you read
George William Curtss congratulatory address at tie
annual meeting of the National Civil Service Reform
Association ~
Yes notice he says the immediate duty Of the year
before the Civil Service Reform League Is urge %
completion the repeal of the Four Years laws,
the statute books relative the tenure Of Office. Mr.
Curtis does not state what is the present attitude Of
this proposed reform He forgot TO say that on April
81 bill to repeal those brought before TIM
Democratic House Of Representatives by the proper
committee. and that the measure was promptly re-
ected, receiving only 80 votes to lac against IT, N
the 15s votes by Democrats there only 40 IN
favor of the bill, and lis in the negative. SO tha
Democratic party, through its Representatives in Con-
gress is record, three 70 against this item Of
progressive reform. Moreover, only eight of tls
Democrats who voted in the affirmative from ths
South which 70 all intents is the Democratic party.
and will control its policy in the future has dOas
in the past And that is the party to which Mr. Curtis
is giving his support"
But YOU must have observed that Carl schurr,
another advocate of Civil Service Reform. said in Ms
Brooklyn speech that il will make difference, so IA,
as that question concerned, whether the Democrats
party the Republican party shall control Congress
aud ell, the President"
yes: saw that too Such ability to shut ones
eyes TO the facts Of situation is II Is ncon-
prehensiDle. The Democratic National Convention
carefully abstaned from expressing approval Of ths
Civil Se ryice cct passed by a Republican Congress
and approved by Republican President. The Dem
ocratic party has accepted and is defending the plat
form It's candidates have accepted aud stand upon u
aud Mt Hendricks openly his contempt for tbs
law, whereas the Republican National Convention
commended IL In Mr. Curtis's words, and Re
publican administration Is engaged IN enforcing IL
wonder If Carl Schurz has TO gotten that the only
votes against the law when il passed the United ares
Senate were cast by Democrats. lie may not havs
known that fact he may also be ignorant Of ths
further facts that when a Republican pressing ths
measure in the House > ) Cox expressed the opniol
that other bills Of greater importance demanded con-
sideration that Mr. Culber-on, another Democrsi,
tricd - prevent its being taken mp at all; that Nj.
Reagan and other Demccra fought it. consdcratOni
that 50 Democrats voted against aud only for Ia
consideration that the Democrats then tIied 20 throw
tho bill into Committee of the Whole, in the hope 4
killing il with amendments and talk that only Dem
ocratic Representatives spoke against H. and finally,
that all the against the BILL except seven. were
cast by Democrats while nearly 90 Dem0crl1
lodged The prctonce that the Democratic party
is willing be trusted with the maintenance Of us
present law BE- trusted with II Is simply flss
prctcnce There il no ground for assuming or hoping
for the friendship of the Democrats in respect 10 tbs
system but there every 10 believe hey VII
overturn t ii they ever obtain the power 20 D. NJ
Curtis. Mr.. Schurz and others purposing fraud
on the people and insulting their own intelligence