Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-11-23
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Thomas 4. Ffsndricks, vios Prssi-
aeut elect, addressed large audiences
& BROOKLYN. n. r, on The 3osh instant.
Is she course u his remarks be rsfsrrsd
% civiI ssrvics reform. His ideas upon
thai sabieot, while nos At ~ consolins 70
Rsvublican ina must be peculiarly
satisfactory 70 Democrats outs. ne
said that he was mot particularly eon
adspt Of the sueosss Of evil reform
49, the schoolmaster's examination,
mi believed in reform - II vas n tbs
davs 81 Andrew Jackson II Presa-
dsps Cleveland psys due dsfefsncs 70
sbe opiaion Of hia suecessfui associate
81 the serrors Of IN examination under
The civil service ruIss which nss con
front the aspirations and threaten 70
blast ths hopes Of The great IN
washed will vanish LIKE the nisss y
morning il the rosy snnliRnk ms
- sehoolmasteK's examination prsfn-
ICES and demands sdnsasion and fitness
Tor clerical duty ~ prertquisits fof
appcInfmens 30 Subordinate ofllses. -
urssrpposss that candidate VINO "a
Costs appointment IN IN accounting
bureau shall b. familiar with ordinary
methods Of calculation thu one VINO
solioits appointment a. corresponding
clsrk shall be . ieeibls psnn sn-abis %
vrits Qrammaticaily and spsll correctly
that. ia brief, an appointee should have
SONS other qualifications than those
growing cut Of bis political associations
ana party service. or the favofisism Of
some successful politician. VI course,
these requirements construct the chances
Of the average offiee-sseksf very severe
". The mob which will infest Wasf !
ingson City Oh the 4th Of next MaFcn,
In ssaroh Of places At tbs public crios
win bs unasimously opposed 70 tns
. sshoolmaster's examination"
II 10 the Jackscuian "reform" which
Hendricks favors, and for shich We
lean and rayenous " outs" already CRY
sloud, The good old Democratic met
q, . To ths vicsors belong the spoils.H
viii satisfy tbs intense yearning OF that
party for reform. The questions, " Il
10 honest. Ii be capable" viii b. sup
plsnsntsd with the far more vital and
important query, IL he Q Democrat
Tshis lass being answered In the afiirma.
tive @ilI cover both the others, and de-
eide the hiness Of the applicant. Why
suoh an antipathy 70 the three Rs
Reading, Riting snd klthmetio-should
appear almost hereditary 10 the Demo
cratic party is yet unexplained. I,
probably is relic Of. or perhaps rev.
erenoe for the Jscksonian regime,
However that may be, when the Demo.
cratic Vice President elect declare.
against "schoolmasters' examinations
Of applicants for Office, he strikes Q
chord which vibrates In rythmical har'
mony through the breasts Of q quarter
Of q million expectant Office seekers.
The sohooIhouse and the schoolmastsi
we're not, 10 the 4sariier and purer days
Of the Republic, regarded with benign.
ansy by that portion Of the Democratic
party which then controlled IL and the
Government, and will again on its re-
turn TO power. Ia the oiden days.
befo the wah," schoolmasssrs' exami
nations Yankee schoolmasters were
usually conducted with breezy vieos
and freedom. the candidate for exami-