Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-11-24
oLEvELAND's POLICY.
The Civil Service Law Will be Faith
fully Observed.
New YORK Isveping Post.

As things have gone for some years
past It IL almost easier to give some
idea Of what the policy of the new adj
ministratien will be by describing the
things which 1t will not do than by
describing the things which II
will do In fact most of the
spectators about the political fu-
tute are guessing at this moment
rather al what will not happen when
Cleveland comes into power than at
what will. That which calls for the
most guessing Is naturally enough his
course about what are called "spoils. -
When the Democrats were last in
power, the expulsion from office of
every body, high and low, belonging
10 the opposite party, was considered
by both parties a natural and reasona-
bic consequence Of party victory
Ever since the Democrats went out of
power the Republican politicians have
left nothing unsaid or undone to
produce or confirm the impression
that this was the permanent
aud American order OF things. They
have at every el sction treated an Office
M favor bestowed by the party,
which was not paid for simply by the
Efficient discharge Of the duties attach.
ing thereto, but called also for pOliti-
cal work They have, moreover,
by levying assessments with great reg
ularity, emphasized in the strong, 81
way their belief that dismissal would
follow party defeat % IA matter of
course, the civil-servlce net 10 the con-
trary Notwithstanding. They never
have, In fact, to our recollection, du-
ring any canvass, state or federal, ut
tered one word to indicate that they
thought the oilice-holders no
more interested in the result than any
body else, or that 1t was unreasonable
to make them contribute more tn the
expenses Of the election than any other
class OF the community, or expected
the Democrats, IL they got into power,
to refrain, ON any ground, from maxi
ing clean sweep,
IL Is not surprising, therefore, that
we should hear from Washington now
that the clerks in all the departments
are trembling in their bOots, and eN
poet to be expelled after the Attn Of
March. The wonder wOnld be If
they did not expect il. This Is what
all their political advisers have
been telling them to expect. IL is
the contingency against which the
assessments on them have ostensibly
been LIVED. We can hardly hope,
therefore, 10 be believed by them when
we say that nothing of the kind Will
happen; nevertheless this IL what we
do say. We do not believe. aud we
have reason for not believing, that
President Cleveland will disturb, or al
tow To be disturbed, any officer of the
FEDERAL government on account of his
/ political opinions, We believe that AZ
regards the subordinate OFF ,es, the
eivil'service act will be faith nlly en-
forced, and as long as 1t IL faithfully
/ enforced, there will be no,pOlitical mo-
| tive for making removals. Under the
/ old regime, an officer was. when
arbitrarily dismissed, always dis
missed To make room for "A particnlar
! person designate beforehand. Under
/ the present law no particular person
I can be designated for any place before.
hand. Whenever IA vacancy Ia made
in the lower grades il has TO be filled bv
/ competitive examination. Whenever
one Is made in the higher grades h has
/ TO be filled by promotion. There Ia in
short, no legal way at present az nnt.
ling worker into asubardiuate Office
! IL Ia safe to infer from this alone thai
no arbitrary dismi-sals will be made
/ by Mr.. Cleveland, even IN he We're moi
/ pledged to civll-,etvice reform at ali
AND II he had not given az Albany
numerous practical proofs OF his adhs.
sion to IL '''''e
Az regards the n-politioal offices
1 not covered by the civil serylee aot
we believe the principle OF the act
| VIII be applied 10 them also. In other
I words no man will be removed on NO.
count OF his political opinions, or for
any reason hut incornpetenev and
neglect OF his Official duties. W,fUIil
not disguise our fear, however that
twenty four years Republican tenure
! OF once independent of good behavior
nave put into the service plenty OF
material for removal for the speoitiad
cause No Democratic president will
usFe any difficulty In findiug plenty
~, lheompetent persons 10 dismiss. Int
tnat PRESIDENT Cleveland will NOT 70.
move without good proof OF incom-
pveehcy we have the fullest confidence
ils action IN this field, however, will
.sv,SNe the strletest scrutiny, aud he
VII NOT, we ere sure, seek To evade M
MnfeoVerl the weeding.out OF the SER
vice VIII be one OF his duties--one
IN truth, OF the works lmposed ~,
llim by his election A partv ,,st,ish
has held office on the terms on Nchieh
.ne Republican party has held II ~
tne last twenty years, II sure ~ ha,.
ABUSED the appointing power GROSSLY
not because Il Is Republican. inn H.
cause Il 4 human. A nnr1,, ais',,,,D',,
~ afchbishons would, undsr liz,
CIRCUMSTANCES, have abused h 80 nv ~
talnly as one directed by Rains. IVA ~
yhandlers aud Rlbesons and I'o.s anu
LEANS own relatives aud retal,,sss y. |