The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-03-26
,HAyE PATIENCE.

The applicants for Office are clamoring
because the Democratic aiministratlon
Z shaa been in Office three weeks, and yet
& very few Republican officials have been
! ousted. There are several good reasons
for this state Of things. To begin with,
it could hardly be expected that the new
Preside tshould go to work turning out
I men BY wholesale before their terms OF
Office have expired, unless there is cause
s for such removal, and thesnew admins.
tration has not yet been insofice long
enough to make the examinations neces'
sary for: the detection of cause. Another
reason Why these changes should not be
msde 80 soon is, that the new admins,
tration has not yet had time to examine
the character and qualification of the,
numerous applicants. The people of
the country at large, while not esthetes in
reference to civiEseryice reform, are ad-
!; yocates of the administration Of the
government upon thorough business
principles. The politicians may demand
that an incumbent Republican shall pc
: turned out to make room for a hungry
Democrat without reference TO qualities
ton, but the people of the country are
notailling for such partisan proceeding.
The people at large really care very little
about who 6lls the public Offices SO long
a.the incumbents are courteous. honest,
efficient and in good standing in the
{ community; and public opinion will
spstain and justify the new admlnlstra'
ton in taking ample time to insure the
selection of men Who are courteous,
honest, efficient and Of good standing in
their several communities. We believe
!. that President Cleveland will gradually
but steadily and surely weed out all OF
the present officers of the government
who have not the qualifications above set
forth, Tor he will fail to carry out the
true purpose of the Civil Service Act if
he does not do 40. 1t would likewise be
o lack of business principle for him to
allow any other class Of men to hold the
public offices. The only trouble which
the new President will, we apprehend
experience in dealing with the matter OF
Federal appointments will be in deter
mining what to do with Republican office
holders who are courteous, honest, eff
cient and OF good standing in the com
munity in which they live. This will
not be cause of trouble in the South,
for one can count such persons on the
fingers of one hand in most of the States
of the South, bu. in the North and West
there will be more trouble on this ac
count. We have no doubt that ultimate
" most even of this class of Republicans
will have to 60, for sound business prln-
ciples would require the party in power
to have officers who are loyal and true to
its purposes and its interests. The gov
ernment should be conducted just as. an
individual would conduct his private
business. The same general principles
should govern, and if 80, then the gov
ernment cannot afford TO have any con-
siderable number Of employees under it
who desire to compass its overthrow.
No prudent business man would for an
instant keep about him pubordinste'
who are not loyal to him and his Interests
OF course a prudent man would seek
sometimes to control the cooperation
and influence of men who had been
moderate in opposition to him, but even
in this feeling be could DOT agree to keep
in his service maay persons who had
been even moderately opposed to him.
Tho Democratic party will have to con-