Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-27
FROM THE NATIONS CAPITAL.
Civil Service Commissioner Thoman's ReSg-
nation Accepted ..
HIS LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT.
Remarkable Decrease in Postal Reve'
nucs-Ycsterday's Batch Of APP
pontments Matters of
National Import.


ANNHhShos
WASHINGTON, oct. B.--Civil Service Com
missioner Thoman rendered his resignation,
and it has been accepted by the president, TO
take effect November next
The following is the correspondence:
UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE COM
MISSION, Washington, Oct 20 lSSj.-StR:-
Respectfully referring to the conversation
had with YOU as early as MaTcn 10, In when
! expressed wish to be relieved of my du;;
service commission, and also to the apparent
fact that 1T was not then your pleasure to
consider my request, have now the honor
to tender my resignation, and earnestly 10
beg early consideration of the same, and its
acceptance. While thus asking release from
so honorable q trust | desire TO record my
gratlncatlon over the proved practcablllty
and remedial effectiveness of the form oil
procedure. Tried veterans in political war
rare view with amalement the facile, thong
radical departure from the familiar method
OF the SPOTS system OF distributing patron,
age. Strenuous and sincere argument ana
aiSO deliberate perverSiOn mark the oppO-
sitiOn OF different groups of antason,,
lists, and yet it must be conceded
that majority of the. political Leaders III
either party is in accord with the Pendeton
law, il its original enactment and emphatic
endorsement by a subsequent congress were
honest legislative expressions, and not cOer.
clon of moral cowardce by popular sentiment
nor partisan legcrdcnlain.
In the great task of administrative form
which you have undertaken in accordance
with personal and party pledges the people
will give aid. 1t has been my pleasure With
in the last two months to visit quite a mum.
Der OF states and territories of tine union, and
1t was my gOcd fortune to meet many ot their
citizens. II is gratifying TO know that the
people conlidc In the uncquiyocal intention
of The president 10 Sustain the merit system
in the civil service. They had condemned
the evils OF, former methods. Long eN-
perence had made their knowledge ac-
Curate. They welcomed the Inauguration
of the new, The distinctive features of
tho present reform appealed to typicatly
American sentiment which recommends aud
advances merit. With the precise details OF
the new procedure their acquaintance was
not so intimate. To this they are fast sue
cecding, and the result will be cordial ap-
pr0val. The inception and maintenance is
with the people. | believe that the fundl-
mental idea OF civil service reform is charac-
tcristic OF American thought TO the popu-
lar hesitation over the acceptance of the statu-
tory details of this reform there was a re-
spOnse throughout the nation. Political con-
tests assumed new tone. Old time methods
of corruption were discouraged and bossism
was grappied with fresh vig0r
The Improvement is yet marked. If the
vicious elements still seek OhtrlIsiOn into cleo
tiOns, the chances OF their success have been
leSsened. The reform spirit Is militant and
advances toward complete success. COrrup-
ton by official patronage has been removed.
With the impartng OF purer life to official
circles, the power OF the private purse to pur-
chase political honOrs will be less dangerous.
Public appreciation of the fact that this re-
form does not trench upon sturdy PARTISAN
ship came late. 1t was studiously maintained
that the civil service was to be composed of
men who should abjure certain rights of citi-
Zenship. With the gradual but inevitable
refutatiOn of this false view, the outlines of
reform ut last stood forth in clearneSs. 1t is
the reform which views the civil service as o
vast business agency. Its search is for the
al, hE .t,,,
not political it enfOrceS no tests of party.
With confident trust in the success of your
administration, am your obedent servant,
LEROY ID. THoMAN.
To the President.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, Oct.
"a, lSS5-HoN. LEROY d. THoMAN, Civil
Service Commission-MY DEAR SIR:-I
have receivedyOur letter rendering your resig-
nation as a member of the civil service com
mission, which is in furtherance of an in
clinatiOn expressed by you very soon after
my Inauguration as president. The resgna-
t0n thus rendered is hereby accepted to take
effect on the iirst day of November next. |
congratulate you upon the fact that in the Of
ice which you reIinqulShed you have been
abe by sincere, earnest work, and by steady
devotion to the cause which you have had in
charge, to do so much in the interest of good
government and improved political methods.
Yours sincerely,
GROVER CLEVELAND.
THoMAN's FUTURE MOVEMENTS.
An ASsoCiatedpress reporter called upon
Commissioner ThOman this evening, and in
answer 10 question as to his future !nten-
tons, he said: Il will not be idle mo-
ment; have, some private business
short time and then expect 70 resume the
practice of law" 1t is said that Judge
ThOman has under consideration propOsi-
ton to form q large corporation in New York
point was: II do not feel at liberty to say
anything upon that subject at present"