The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-06-08
THE REPUBLICANS MIST co
Many Removals to Be Made in the De
partments at Washington.

Many Removals to Be Made in the De.
partments ut Washington,
WASHINGTON, May Sl.--The new
broom is going to do some sweeping.
Unless all signs are at fault there will
be more removals, transfers and an.
pointments in the departments here in
the next 80 days than there have been
in The first three months of the new
administration. The removals win
AL 10 LOT cause. Some
Will be made for the sake of
economy, some because OF rascality and
many on account OF the inefIiciencv ot
the incumbents or their lack of intaraet
IL Democratic reform. The new an
continents will be governed strictly bv
the civil service rules so far as those
rules apply. Where thoy do not come
under the rule heads of departments
Will make their own choice from lists of
honest and efficient Democratic appli.
Giants. The plan of action is thus out
lined by one who knows:
Each OF the cabinet officers has re-
Quested the heads Of bureaus in their
respective departments 10 furnish him
with q list OF clerks that can be dis.
pensed with, or whose places can be
niied by civil service appointments with
advantage TO the government. These
lists will be furnished before the LIST of
July. The communications of the heads
OF bureaus will be treated as strictly
confidential, as thes information asked
Tor does not entirely relate to the
clerical fitness of clerks, but includes
what may be known in regard TO offen-
aye craftsmanship, offensive habits and
manners, pad repute in the community,
10 to III. ~
tlon IN making removals from the civil
service class, and open the way for an
polntments through the civil service
commissioners, TO give greater popu-
larlty 10 ithe method Of appointments bv
competition it is seen that there must
De some vacancies IN order that there
May be- come appointments.
STEADY GRIsT OF REMOVALS.,
Inc Washington correspondent Of the
Boston Advertiser says: You are he.
ginning to see that the president in
tenus 10 make this Democratic admin
lstration. He and the different score.
taries are getting matters In such a
shape on their desks that q steady grist
oil removals may be expected from now
on. About all the territorial, Federal
court public land and customs officers
save few whose services are especially
valuable, will be dispensed with as fat
as the president 10 satisfied THAI the
changes can be made without affect
ing the public business, and he
is entirely convinced that good
men are chosen for the pie O.. Where
sound business principles require that
hepIpllcans be retained they will STAY,
put Ia other cases, and they form the
great majority, Democrats are to be nut
in. The president has made up his
mind that the only way for him to ac-
complish much in the line of econo
missing and renovating the civil service
Is by putting Democrats ia responsibla
positions. As he has frequently said of
late to those who have talked with him.
VI cannot accomplish much without n
constituency. That must be the Demo
cratlc party in the main. 1t is folly for
me TO try TO stand between the two D ar
lies L should come out like the man
VINO tried to occupy two chairs and
ended by sitting on The floor" He at.
temrts no concealment of the fact that
TO have an efficient organization a. mis-
pack Ia absolutely necessary. He talks
plainly on that subject, and leaves no
doubt in the minds OF his friends thai
ne Will 20 ahead as rapidly as is at all
reasonable to put The administrative
positions in the hands of Democrats.
The administration has glven up the
luea that II could get along without
coming in contact with the Senate.
Messrs. Bsyard, Lamar and Garland
started out on that amiable theory, but
their action in the last month is proof
that hereafter removals will 60 on dur
ing the recess, just as if no Senate was
70 meet in December to act on the whole
list. The president is of the opinion
That, as a political force, the Senate will
not be able to make much Of show If il
sets out to antagonize his opponents.
Beaides he has assurances from several
Republican senators, notably from
western states that send no Democratic
congressman, that if they are remem.
pered IN certain small ways, they will
see that he does not lack votes to con-
arm his observation-disclosures
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