The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-01-03
GuLEvEE4AMH AND THBCETKK4
SERVICE.


tTzHe EsxesfFlezza@aKee1 Writes 1
: Letter Eeefinfz= HISS Position.
Il NV ToRK, dec. 29.-Ths follow
!. ! ing correspondence sxplEin itself:
NATIONAL EII9I. sEEEIGE kEruRsZs
LeRrus 0ffiee Pine zsEest.
ABw InrE, Dec g, fSss
: 10 1hs Hun- Grover cleveland
: SiF-We have the honor TO address
J Won on behalf Of the National CiTi
Service Reform League, an assoois
T ton composed Of citizens Of all par
ties whose sole purpose rs indicated B,
} : It's name. md which takes no par
whatever sn party controversy.
The vast increase IL the BHBaber o.
persons engaged IN the civil service
and the grave Inischiefs ami dangeTi
arising from general prescription II
the service which. for half q esBtury
ihas followed a change Of psFtv oontnoI
0s tns national standardization nave
produced So profound al impression
fupon the public mind that the first
effective steps toward EGform were
taken with tine corporation Of both
parties u the massage Of the reform
: aCi Of Jan. l6, 1888.
The abuses which that act seeks ID
/ correct, however. arc SO strongly Ell
! trencncd il tradition and the usages
Of both parties tina. there Is naturally
widespread anxiety lest the party
change in the n8ti0nal Executive
Effected b. the late election, shpald
show then to b. insgpara5le, hnt be-
liering, a. We DC, that the reforaed
system oaEnot be held aud be sccure5T
established unit il has safely passed
the ordeE. 0: suct party chang, and
realizing Wit satisfaction a-G conf
demo yoBf pub3i- exyress5a'0 o. r.
fern and your aficia acts as Cbifs
Executive Of the State Ct New York.
- confdeatir commend this case to
vou- patriotic care 81 tho exercise Of
tne great power with which the
American people hsrc entrusted you.
Respectfully v01Fs
GEogGE WILLIAM CURTEs,
President
William + otis, secretary: John DAY.
Moorhbld Storey. J. Hal Pleasanls.
" W Montgomery. Everett, 7.
WheelrT, FEEDER. lr9mwe.., Morrel.
Nymar. Gar Scb1Tz. Sias v BDrt.
J. L. Ma:Donougl. Wu, Cary san
ger. William Y, Alike executive
committee
bresideuy-elec, Clsyerzud'- reply
was a. follows
ALBASY. De. q. 1884
.lpl. lrey William Lur-Iz. i'reaideur, exc.
lee ~ y orr communication
lated De- 70 addressed t. m gn pc
la:: q tu, Nalgaa, Civil Service Re
2rm League. Ia been received. That
,TacLlGal reform H. the civil service IS T.
lemangcl Is abpudHntiy established /
y To. lac. tina, tIc slaLrte reierret
O. 81 }yu~ communication. t. seeQr.
w. result. Las bee passrC J.. Con-
.frss. Will tn assea. Of both p9lili9a.
,aflic,. and b. tLc iurlDer act TIA: .
he sentiment generally prevalent
ih1hE i'e pAlft9Lf@ peoPic, calling
o. la. anu honest enforcement, OF i4e
4" "Alci IaS been lAas enacted, i
e2aF" mySeti p'euged /" tAls' be
""'e ny t'nGePL9. d. true demo +
ratio faith and public duty requires
ia. lA'7 ana al olheE statutes Should 1.
e 81 Eoo4 ialth ana without evasion
hf'Fcea, sHo BECAUSE d. many utLet-
Nces mace pri@r ~ my eiechJn As
resl9en', approved BY Tie party 10
INC" ! oeiong and Winch l have no
ispos'h"I' 10 di0cisim, have m effect .
TIC people lha. TINS should .
&c done
i am not unmndfui OF the TACT 10
when you refer that man! OF o0r citi-
ems lear that the recent party change I
the national Executive may demon Z
iraie that The abuses which have
ro"n Up IN the c!TIi service are inc
"aicso'e. u know they are deeply
Dotted. and that the spolls system has
zen supposed TO be intimately related
o SUCCESS ~ the maintenance of party
rgani2ai4on, and am not sure that
], those who profess 10 be friends Of
has reform will stand firmly among
IS advocates when they find it Oh
trnctlng their way N patronage and
4acc, Bat folly apprecisting the
rust committed to any charge, 70 such
considerations shall cause relaxation
u nay part of an earnest effort to en-
Gree this law. M
There are aaaclass Of government Po-
itioHs WHICH arc moi. within the letter
4 the civil service statute but which n
re 40 disconnected with the policy Of 4
n administration that the removal u
herefrom Of the present iBonmbents, j.
Il my opinion, should not be made L
luriRg the terms for which they were Z
solely on partisan grounds. /.
md for the purpose Of putting In their