Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-03-22
CIVIL SERVICE Reform.

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yentilate its civil service reform
fallacies, takes issue with the AP-
PEAL, for believing that Offices are
the spoils of political warfare. 1t
says:
IF the assumption be just one
that employment in the public
service is to be regarded as a re-
ward for ones devotion to party
principles, and that the public Of
fees are to be treated as the spoils
of partisan warfare, then our Car
sen contemporary cannot be sue
cessfullv assailed, and there ought
to be no squealing over the newt
able consequences of a partisan vic
tory. But whatever may have been
the theory and practice in respect
to rotation IN Office in the United
States it is just as well to bear in
mind that public opinion. for
long time has been thoroughly
aroused to the mischevious, conse-
qences of the spoils doctrine, and
sternly set its face against its per-
petuation in the Administrations OF
public affairs"
The assumption is just, neighbor,
and as usual your Carson contem-
porary cannot be successfully as
sailed" The civil service reform
scheme, about which such a noise
was made, was first incubated In
the mind of that prince of political
traitors; George William Curtis,
editor of the Harper's Weekly. He
had Just forty-seven pets of his in
lucrative positions, and because
the Government decided that the
line ought to be drawn somewhere
on the numerous Curtis family,
Cur tbs got in the sulks, and return
ing from the Chicago Convention,
before the pledge Of fealty to its
action had grown cold upon his
lips, proclaimed for the Democratic
nominee.
For a long time he had paved
the way to make his treason effect
i've and had preached the doctrine
Of civil service reform until its
workings disguised every old line
Republican, and sent grand old
party to its humiliating defeat.
There was never any sincerity in
the dude wing of the party, headed
by this half-naturalized English
man, who parted his hair in the
middle. There was crowd OF
men who had lot Of slim-necked,
corset-waisted, milk-and-water rel
atiyes-who never had the energy
to vote the ticket or attend pri-
mary-whom they wanted to put in
fat offices, and the civil service re-
form racket was sprung to make an
excuse for these appointments.
The men who adhere to this doc
trine, simply say:
"You go ahead, spend your mon
ey; make the fight; sweat blood
and foot all the bills and if you
get away with the battle be sure
and let me have some nice soft
place at a big salary and we'll call
it square. But please don't call
upon me in the campaign, l con-
slider anything like dabbling in the
filthy pool, degrading to a gentle.
man, and only attended by the
most deplorable results. I cannot
afford my deah fellow, you know
to mingle with these awfully horrld
political strifes.
It is no disgrace to a man to ad
nit that he has an incentive fol
strenuous endeavor. Soldiers arc
none the less heroes who plunge
into the thick of battle. hoping tt
be advanced to higher place as :
reward for valor.
Boys at school study harder be
cause they hope to win some prize
triAing in itself, but valuable 4
them.
Even in the Sunday School
5 children are asked to travel as fas
a. possible along the road to Christ
and induced to do it BY rewards o
merit cards worth not over 2
cents a hundred.
Even the editor Of the Enter
prise, who edited Republican pa
per in the campaign, was rewarded
by q Regency, and, had some mai
stepped in and contested the high
against him-some man who hat
rovo- lifted = hand for the ticket