New-York tribune., 1884-12-31
ernor has given fair notice that he has yer!
blind eye for the sins of Democratic worReis'


MR.. CIETELANUS LtfiL
Sundrv Democratic and deputy Democratic
nevsnapers have woke to ecstacy over ie'ter
vbirh p,silent-elect Cleveland has written IN
relation to civil service tefoln
r,lk Ia rhrap. Fine words the very hnps'
sven. butpr nU paisnips. Mr. Clevelnnu Wio'e
q letter az The sanp cenrial tenor hntinr VI.
eaunai,n which enipd ~ hs 'eng tltc'u
,ietp,tnt Aui tpi 0np ~ tir inus' rinminen'
ot lhp uarp,s nNW engaged w rhlht9hr wa
ialpst uiN,iNflnn WAa insisting thlt YEN npN
that Al, lip,piaNh hat rNtrA hlWspN Nn' y
bigh- -toued eivi service Fpln''Nr' ''N' wy
low -micetn gnlnrmpr Whn WAs fnh'iN'N' !"
his official aolions hy dospelain anh Nhst'Nl'N-
lous ring,
In his letter formally accepting tho hpl''
nation for Governor Mr. tloNul""" '""
down the proposition that snpo'oln"'os
" in pubic places should be selected ana fo'"'"'"
. fo, their efficiency, and not because thry may
s h, uscd to accomplish partisan ends Wv"
service reformers were greatly delighted NJ th's
remark; they said it dcplonsirated that
Cleveland was one of them. Well perhaps IL
did but all the same, unrcbuked by MIR. Clevc-
land. asubordinates in public places not far
from the Executive Chamber manifested their
"cnicicncy" by wire-puling for his hohiina-
tion and election. The deputy treasurer oil the
State was a notorious offender IN TINS pai'ic-
uIar. 1t is a fact well known in political circles
that he was absent from his official post during
nearly the whole of the Presidential campaign
in the interest of the Democratic ticket ~
word from Mr.. Cleveland would have recalled
him to the duties which he is paid handsome
salary 70 discharge. How did it happen that
oi,u service reformer Cleveland did not speak
the word
Were il not for such considerations these
latest observations of Mr.. Cleveland on civil
service reform would be much more signlhcaht
Another thing detracts from thcir Naiuc-
he proposes TO himself n rule of conduct through
which n coach and four could be driven WIN
ont suucczing There Is, however, one polht Oh
view from which the letter Is noteworthy
George William Curtis and Carl SchnH, whose
names are attached to the communication
which led Mr. Cleveland TO make this latest
appcarance in print. steadily argued all through
fine recent cnnvass that no danger to civil SER
vice reform was to DE appIchcnded from n
Dcmocratic restoration. hut what do they say
In their letter TO Cleveland They say that the
abuses IN the civil service which the act oi 1881
seeks to correct "nrc 40 strongly cnlrcnched III
" The traditions and usngcr ol both pnltlrN MAJ
q" h,yc ~ nafliydiiv wid,Sprcdd dnricD lct me
"pariv change ~ hc National LIccufc
"cDccfcd by the late election. shouId ahom hcm 10
" b, iusupcrdbh.' II will be- seen that this nd-
mission h not characterized by that touching
faith In the Democratic party which these
d" independents" exhibited from July to
November.
TnE TnIBUSE hopes Tie best things for Mr.
Clcvcland's Administration. Much That he
saws in the letter under consideration is worthy
of all commcndatiun. But in view of the facts
and Of the party that will stand behind eve next
President, it strikes MS that the civil service
policy of the next Administration "remains to
he seem