The clarion., 1885-09-02
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
SENATOR EDMuNos HAS BEEN AND
IS STILL, AN ADVOCATE
The Venerable Gentleman Gives Up the
True Inward ness Of His soul aad Tells
How Little Use He Has for ''Bohe-
mian Reporters"-Sews Notes

Boston. Aug. % "A special corresponi-
ent OF tne Rscori teleyrspas from 81. Al
bans, Y =, the result of an inservisw had
with Senator E lmunis at Camp Pingrea 50
being question u as to the courss OF the ad-
ministrztioa in regari to appointments and
Is to his owa probloIe atsitIis in tas ssa1ts
towar1 such or taen a. wsrs not in accord
ance with relorn principles. Senator Ell
mum is saii: ''Wsii, 50 far as that il e,1-
c=rned, any o1s who knows ms a1i iay
course in years past, knows that I have al
ways been, ami am sill. frn aivocIts OF
civil ssrvics reform. h knows, too, that I
shouii oppose any departure from that prin-
ciple In the matsar OF aop5iutra snts whsther
the Pc. son concerned be friend
or an entire stranger; Whistler
he be from Vermont or from Texas
As TO the policy OF tas al dniaistr ltion in
this mattsr, said lass spring that Mr.
Clsvelands intentions wsrs goo1, and that
IL he got the right kind OF men about hun,
be might be a3le TO carry out bis purposes
in this regard By right kind OF msn, I
meant men friendly to civil services reform
and With backbone TO stand OUT against the
opposition they wouli encounter from the
Democratic spoilsmen- Such OPPOSITION
must necessarily BE- very great, II the
larger part OF that party still cling to ths
JAG zsoniaa principle in regard to fppoirt-
ulents But Presi lent Cleveland has not
about him ths men who would
help him in adhering to civil service
reform The majority of his cabinet are
unfayorabse to it Now it is impossible for
one man TO investigate the details concerned
in each appointment. The president cannot
know himself the circumstances OF 1 per
cent of the appointments he mikes. There
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twenty-four hours day, for him to attend
of carrying out this principle whsa the pres
id mt and his advisers do not agres in
regard TO it. Thus it Is, that at
the present tirns a mans nsme comes
uo for removal, sons spscifs charges have
been prsplrsl AGAINST him, as in thu case Of
Gen. Wells. The man is removed and an
other appoinsn nj ma ID without the truth
or the faisitY OF ths charges being known
or investigated I think tAere is no doubs
that gradually these changes will continue
until tie policy and practice of the admins
tration have degenerated into simply a
spols system. There is no doubt that if the
senate had not been Republican the
change would have coma already If
the senate had been Democratic
L. would not have Hour lsi wlan it did,
OOS fFOA u nave St1ft4 over a uAouJu OF
more and there would have been clean
sweep" Speaking OF newspaper reporters
the senator saii: 81 talk fresly to you, but
generally am shy OF than. Many OF them
are mere Bohemiaus and not to be relied
upon. They will disSort ami manufacture
in q woadsrenl way. In Warrington /
have been approached By reporters and
asked to divJlgs the proceedings of a
secret session of thu ssaats, or asked
to give in advance the probable
action of a COMMITTEES on som3 subject of
Importance. l politely, but persistently, de-
cline to say anything and the next day read
in some newspaper what Senator E1munds
bad sail, on the very subject about which /
refused TO talk. This is, what some report
ers call enterprise" 1t is often done .sith
some financ al ent in view. Tbs other day
after had gone to Europe, saw an inter
view in some paper which purporte1 to
come from me on nv departure from New
York, but it all cana from the fertile imag-
inatiOn of some reporter