The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-08

tet- TeihlliiB 10 tine payment OF moneys.
Business OF the ui,iee gees by default or
is not attended TO because the limited
force whose labor is diverted cannot dis
charge its duty. Hence il is helie ed
that new heads % the different treasury
bureaus must be appointed if a reform
in that branch il TO be ef1'erted.
The mint officers, assistant ireasurers,
aud assay officers arc also part of the
treasury force. The collectors Of inter
mai revenue hold their commissions
without tenure, aud that service is now
cut down to the minimum. Changes
will probably be made In the southern
states, though not for political reasons
The wardepartmentis mainly military
m lis administration, as is also the navy
department.. The question of labor ut
arsenals aud navy-yards is one OF econ
omy aud not politics. The heads of
these departments have eXclusivGly
regular otficers for their aids, and ger-
orally without party bias. occasionally
one Is found whose political Seutimen S
crop out, but it is fair to say
Jlat if any party feeling
predominates it viii be for aud with
The Incoming administration. Old OIL
icors, men of honor and valOr, nav
seen the reveuu of the country
quandored so that they would welcome
IN administration whose walchwuru
vas economy and reform. Whatever
pe'ulation has been traced by the recent
dhVy department. investigation the as
cuSGd are all civilians IL is said that III,
ne United States engineer corps not al
Oillcer has ever biemished It's fame by
beculatiOn, aud millions upon millions
nave been expended under it's direction
IN river, harbOr aud other improvements
The appointments in the regular army
ana navy are, of course, regulated by a
Jaw more strict than The civil seryis,
acts can be. The reforms, therefore, will
in the administration OF those de-
partnents OF the government.
Ihe interior department has n secro
AIRY. ana one assistant. Under the
mead Is Inc architect ofthe capitol, com
'nlSsloners OF pensions, patents, lan0
nee, ihulans, education, auditor Oi
rdlirOad accounts and government of
iices in the District of Columbia. The
geological survey, the sup rinteudenc,
II the census--wh Which it would appe,r ia
10 be perpetual otlice--the teirrilorlIl
llnGerS, Indian agents. inspectors, pen
SION agents, surveyors general, receiv-
'rs OF public money, aud land registers
arc All under thls department.. 1t was
bhe last one created by congress, an
SpoB In bureaus then OvercrOwding the
HtaIo ana treasury. It's army of civil
service officers and employees is now
next to the post-Ol1ice in inheritance
md ramihcation. 1t is to-day the great
department Of the poyernnent
and the incoming president will
show his wisdom in the
thoico Of It's head more than in the SO.
lection OF ha'i Il dozen SECRETARIES of the
treasury. The time was when the head
pl the financial department had tC he a
great hnancier, man OF broad views
ana business experience, but the trouble
now IL to get rid OF constantly in
creaslng surplus, to lop OH customs du
Lies' anu take care OF accommodating
funds. That is more the labor of faith.
fui watchmen than q great inancier
But the mead OF the interior department
IS to reform abuses which have creni
into the service SO gradually that the
veterans do not know the tricks of the
land grabbers and cattle-land specula-
tors, and only thorough reform in the
administration here can ever expose the
fraudulent methods in vogue. Hence
the Importance of the interior depart-
nient to the next administration and
tne Dellel that the secretary will chal
lenge the good opinion of the country.
The post-oflice department., with its
three assistant postmaster-general will
also oifera fine field for practical re-
former IL has nearly one-half of tho
entire civil force of the government
under II, and necessarily reaches over
al the states and territories in it duties,
me resollection of tho gigantic star
route frauds is enough to remind one of
inc Importance OF having a good head
~, ~ command the 10000 men under him.
me railway mail service is the one
branch OF tho post-oflice department
tnat VIII commend itself to the incom-
ing postmaster-general Its EMPLOYEES
are tho poorest paid, for the nature of
the service required of them, and have
10 combine physical with mental abu-
ity, such as very few men care to eNer-
else. IL Is said of this service that if a
general change were intended the intlu-
ence which would secure positions here
would oe sufficient to got better offices
with less labor attached elsewhere,
Ihe next Encouragement will not be
q fgurehea! in the presidents cabinet.
lie Will have to reform the most plarinp
abuses which long possession of the
olilee have fostered, evidence of which
was "a plainly unlolded during the last
session OF congress 10y the committee ON
expenditures in the department of ius.
tice. Particularly in thesouthorn states
changes are demanded. is wen that
men OF ability and integrity for attor-
heys ana marshals, as well az their as
slstanls, can DO found throughout tho
south 10 Fehabllltate this branch OF the
government and enforce the laws With
out fear OF partisan feeling interfering
with the discharge ofJheir duties,
w I'm all thQGp. ttfnprtnpt .l,,g. ...
crowding upon him at tho outset Presi-
dent Clovland will realize in n very fow
weeks that public Office is "A public trust
when he might occasionally wish he
could trust somebody else with, Ho
VIII, II asked how he likes the white
mousse, pro ably make an answer sini.
lar 10 the one the railway postal clerl,
made, who, when asked how ne liked
ne country he passed through, replied
BLESS YOUR soul, the people write so
many letters along my route that |
don't have time even To look out of the
window just for reading tho names of
their lriGndsn
The District Of Columbia is the seat of
government, and is under the control of
congress really, but nominallv under
me executive. The commissioners
govern IL about the same ms
tnree members of a firm run
their business by dividing tho duties
among them. One Is said TO bo a Demo
crat, ono Is knswn 10 be q Republican.
ex-senator West, Of Louisiana, and the
thlrd Is an army engineer without poli.
tlcs. The register of wills is also a pres.
dental appointee, and do not suppose
Fred Douglas, the register ofdeeds, eN-
poets to he continued, his commission
expiring early in 1885. The next prpsi
dents labor will require, besides A
watchiul eve over congress and its ON.
actments, the choice o judicial officers
some for life, and sonio for term a..
years, the latter including n Justice Si
the police court OF the district. When
President Cleveland realizes the slav.
cry to which the people of the nation
nave sentenced him for fur years, and
how that sarvitudo 10 ourroYrl.' A ~