Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-06-16
The PEOPLE SATISFIED
With the Civil Service Methods of
the New Administration.
A NEWsY CIVIL SERVICE INTERVIEW
Every Ore Pleased But the Political
NOunteban<s and Would Be
Bosses.
NEWS AND GOSSIP At The CAPITAL.
Specisl o tAs R.qisisr.


WASHINGTON, June l5.-lour CORE
spondent csll,1 at the residence of Civil
Service Commissioner Thomep last evening
with intent 10 discover the condition OF the
popular mind relative 10 the new admins
tration ard the reform. He has Just re-
turned from an Official rip through various
sections of the country.
what are the people saying about the
new administration and the reform proceed
are. judge wes asked.
81 End the great mass expressing ap-
proval of both. There are q few impOrtu-
nate Democ-a's, who appear to have the
tenure of office act, and the civil service
reform law completely confused in their
minds. These few betrsy in their heated
conversations an ignorance ofthe provisions
Of that latter law, and ascribe to it all the
alleged delay and undue retentions in place,
which cause their resentment"
why, il should be plain that the civil
service law does not relate to executive ap-
pointments. 20 which the tenure Of Office
act applies, interjected the correspondent.
"Nes, II should be, but apparently 1t is
not But this opposition to the reform on
the part Of the few discloSes q forgettulness
of the very party doctrines to which they
are loud in their protCsatious of proud al
legianCe. They congratulate themselves on
their "JAcksonian Democrats" with the in
sCripiion on their gonfslon Of Ito the victor,
D. IL - N..,A
that right here in the city Of Washington at
a grand ratification meeting, held May IL,
1882, to approve General Jscksons renomi-
nation, q National Democratic platform
was adopted, and this was its third plank,
resolved; That the indiscriminate removal
OF public offcers for a mere difference Of
political opinion is 8 gross abuse of powers
and that me doctrine lately boldly preached
in he United States Senate that ito the
viCtors belong the spoils Of the ysnquished'
is detrimental 20 the interests, eorruplng to
the morals, and dangerous to the liberties
of the country"
What; did the Democratic party re elect
President Jackson on such platform
Certainly. Go to the records and verify
the fact if you will And now again, these
Jacksonisns, who assume that there was an
essential difference between Jeffersous test,
and Jackson's alleged motto, forget the
Democratic platform of 1872. 1t declared:
The civil service of the Government has
become mere instrument Of partisan ty-
rsnny and personal ambition and an object
of selfish greed II is scandal and re-
Prosch upon free institution and breeds a
Generalization dangerous to the perpetuity
Of Republican government. We therefore
regard thorough reform of the civil ser
vice as one OF the most pressing necessities
of the hour, that honesty and capacity and
fidelity constitutes the only valid claims to
puplic employment that the offices OF the
government ease to be q matter of srbi-
trary tsyoritism and patronage, and that
public station shall become a post of honor"
How about the platform of 1876,
Judge"
That was the grsndest declaration of
party faith ever penned and promulgated
1t is needless to quote its decisive clause re-
ferring 70 civil service reform. In il occurs
the phrase that public office is public
trust, made famous by our President during
the last campaign
Then the records are against the preten.
sions Of the few, who boast Of traditional De-
and favor a distribution of the
spOils-are they not?
They are, indeed. If the party book Of
faith, end the caucus of the various councils /.
De consulted, the spoilsmen are apostste. |.
The civil service refOrmer is OF the true and |
venerable doctrine
The argument against the reform, pro- |
,eeding rom its alleged likeness to sristoc-
-acy has beer potent, has it not, with |
iome?'
perhaps sO But 3 fair examination
iispels this error. If the idea be traced
rom its first limitations by public men it
sill be found that they were those who were
in history as the most typical
If Americans, and the brosdest and stsunch-
St in their genuine Democrscy'
Great Guns.
The navy yard is still grinding away on
Is rifed cannon which it has been slowly
constructing for so many months. The
,rocess of manufacture is very tedious. A
old steel core of the requisite length,
iameter and quality is received at the yard
rom the iorgers. The Midvale Company
furnishes the cores for the smaller rifles, and
he cores for the ten-inch guns are forged
n England. The first operation 10 to bore
,ut the core 10 the required cslibre. At
er this operation Is completed q tempered
teel Jacket is shrunk on over the tube, and
hen steel hooks are shrunk on over the
acket. The tube is then rited, and this
ielicate operation IS performed with the
,restest nicely by the use Of improved ma
hinery. A trunion band Is screwed on
,yer the hoops, and after the breechload-
pg mschiuery is adjusted 1t IS ready
or mounting The riding 10
he ten inch gun is from one t8rn
n 100 at The 6reech to one IA IS q the
nuzzle. The greatest advantage claimed
or this modFn ride is its lghtness, eIasq-
ity and strength. Some idea OF the result
hat NAV be expected Of these guns may De
orned from the performance in lSS% OF
Yhitwozth steel rife, on ninety inch elh'
re. built for the Brazilian navy. Ihlsgun,
nth a charge of niuetyseyeu pounds OF
,owder fred q steel shell, weighing +OS
,ounds, through q wrought-iron armor plate
Eighteen inches in thickness and backing OF
net sand and oak. The bureau isconstrue-
ipg several guns, respectively of ten, eight
;x and five inch eAhber. The ten inch
nm weighs twenty tons and throws 500
ouuG proiectiIe With $50 pounds OF pow
er; the eighteen inch gun weighs twelve
OBS throws 200 pound proiectile With
barge OF l25 pounds Of powder; the hVe
rch gun weighs three tons, and throws q
evenly pound projectils With thirty pounds
+ roudsr the length of the ten inch gun
8 twenty six and one forth inches.
The Dolphin.
WASHINGTON, D. c., June l5.-The naval
,oard appointed to examine the Dolphin,
sill, in a few days, make formal report OF
he result of the trial trip at sea OF that yes.
Iel on Thursday last The Secretary Will
hen decide whether any further test oil the
stssel is necessary before she Is accepted.
Rice Tariff.
Assistant Secretary Fairchilds to day gave