The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-04-23
Campaign Falsehoods Refuted.

Turn the ra>cal> out" was the faVorite cry
of the Democrats during the last campaign, and
the people We're asked to believe that the De-
partments at Washington We're filled with pam
| pered officials whose most arduous duty con-
sisted in drawing their salary. The trained
employees who under Republican rule have
! been transacting the business of this great
country were declared TO be not only inefficient
| but corrupt. And ii was further said that the
number of clerks employed was greatly in ex-
cess of the requirements of the public business.
The new Administration has been in power
nearly two months and all these accusations
/ are now admitted to have been unfounded. OF
/ the Presidential appointments the records of
/ the Senate show that not a single officer has
! been removed for cause; while on the other
! hand Republican officials have been retained
and in some cases reapponted because of their
conceded ability and efficiency. The expert
! who has been overhauling the Treasury book
keeping found no evidence of fraud. and has
simply worked out a new form for the month
/ y debt statement which is not generally recog-
| nzed as an Improvement upon the Old. He
ha, however. expressed his wonder and pleas
ure at finding such admirable and enthusiastic
clerks in the Treasury Department. The new
Postmaster General has informed friend that
his department was found by him to be in eX-
cellent shape, and the postal railway service so
ein' ''n' til'' he snou'u hot ihahe any removals
Another member of the Cabinet stated in the
| presence of several gentlemen that hi, was S,r-
-
priSed at the discipline, industry and compe-
tency which he found in his department, because
/ he had come ia believe that the dan.rtmap+s
s,,i
"Vie iu'' u po'''ie"i c'ea'ules anu lhcoiiipe-
| tents, and that they needed thorough overhaul
| ing. We quote further from a despatch TO the
Cincinnati Gazette
| He had become convinced that in no private
~ lne lano no mater no" strict
lem the thornmghnaSs of d;Soiiniina tba ,ra,,ar,l
| faithf lne>s and efficiency, th4t existed in his
| department. There are men in that office who
murh = mart ~ tha ,ystem a. u,ota j. a. n,rt
J of the wheel. When | want to know ANYTHING
| III MY department ihe messenger VINO mas been
IN ,.n imam an, h ,i .o,,, ~ ~ ., taIi IA,
anything | want to know down to the minute>t
! io'htS' anu 20 oach generation III personal
mon and nrodnre anytbing in the W. of N biz.
| tory. documents or written matter for my in
.Dl 'li'l,un. VOW suppose put Such men as
with new men more utterly IGNORANT Of tbe
matters of The department than | am myself
10 you iiot see 5na' 1t "ouu De rulhouS 10 the
would satisfy some noliriraI wnrEers. ! was
| surprised. too. to find what large proportion
% tnt men are men ol laihtit SOBER quiet re-
fmIv AMI ntf,;a,tiro ra.inr t,iIia' III
ing their places in the world as good citizens
! m nhu ana lathefs. a large proportion OF
/ been able tn trace - score of mon lo f.r nI,.aI
in the department for purely political reasons.
Thu, is not news to those conyprsant with the
workings of the Departments under Republican
rule, but while richly merited it is a remarka-
| BILE tribute to the falthfuluess and capartv of
Republican EMPLOYEES from a political oppon-
ent. As to the campaign cry that too many
clerks were EMPLOYED. a Washington desuatcb