Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1885-06-20
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHl :. tn June Sta !

aLI ;he Office seekers. tn, tIe
is I" Il great extent among .a o.,
seekers, that is they tus a G3,:a, e.,
other, but the President li:istp hr
the nii.lt and suffer the wear a.
tear. He is no doubt beroulr- Vel
weary # the delegations that p;j.s..
him relative to comparatively ; un,m
portIMt Offices. Perha,,> ~ i4.uc.
c.fire has made grea. II l4mirl.
u!on his time AMI patic!ira thel Ct
Charleston South Car linn collector
snip. The rival Delegations hl>
been persistent in their claims uI,
his attention. He told 1n4m it,.
week that they must agree II scl;.,
this matter between Themselves. a..
that if they did not dose sruu. 3,
would be compelled to settle il IL
way that would not suit aur Of g..
contending factions.
The work of turniny out the III.
the incompetent. and the oin,rwi
offensive partisans goes on siJw!
but surely. The term "of offensive
partisans" is III the rnouth ii ever,
one here. and it Is in danger o: BEN.
not only abused but misunGeratoo#
1t should be known that those d.
charged employees were not east OF,
merely because they were teaicu,
republicans, but because their zea.
III politics wholly interfcrod wit.
their duties as Government cIuplovss
They are those who have been drlv
ing pay from the public treasury bu-
performing 10 public service, Lccal,,
their time has been entirely taken u
with partisan work While the:
We're doubtlessly very important
factors IN the republican organization
collecting campaign money, fa.siiN-
ing statistics, "skillsd in the art of
making the worse appear the be,te1
part upon the stump, and throusA
the press, they were the vampires of
our political system. sucking its Llooc
and iulling it with lies. Many of
them have been discharged and many
more will be discharged No mat
ter who their Influence" and back
ing may be, the time has come fpi
mem To go into the scandulou.
retirement and they will go.
IL l. Lot alone i'll the discharge ol
Idle and worthless partisans tha-
this administration is making itself
memorable. There are other and
perhaps more important reform:
going Oh. These reforms are no.
paipaDle and visable to the unskilleC
eye OF the public at large, but thci,
cuIuuiated weight will be seen in til
reports of Cabinet Officers when Con.
sress assemblies next fan, in the mes
sage OF the President: and especial.
lii the greatly reduced appropriation:
that will be asked for the public Sc.
wee Tor the next fiscal year.
1t Is well known that frauds uvo1
the revenue have long been practisc4
by lnpostors III connivance VII.
officials. 50 great :.ri
this evil become Il few years ago .-.,
1t Was found necessary for Cong So
to appropriate $780, 900 to aid il .l..
detection and exposure of d..
frauds. But even this fund, des s..u
ed as it was for the prevention 1,
evaslons and irregularities, was ss-..
perverted to as fraudulent uses e..
those which it was appropriated '.
and it is IL matter Of not
Gus history that the greater part
this hundred thousand dollars "a ".
went into the hands of dIsreput.a a..
gang of polite Il bummers iii =.
YORK, Philadelphia, and other c;...-
as reward for their partisan 81
ces. Here WAS one attempted 3.
form, but the misfortune of /, y
like that Of most Republican reior
that 1t WAS Il backward rather thal
forward step.
Such is but one of many gree
rascaltles IN the customs SCI. .
which Secretary Manning, as IL l,..-
tical business lnan, set TO work
eliminate upon his taking char9e
the Treasury Department.; and J
he has succeeded is best told ~ .,
the language OF proininen; Il
lican OF tins city toa corresppn. t
Of the New York Herald.
| have occasions. by the nat ..
my work to know what is bein@ q go
III the Treasury and 10y the Adi:i...
fra. ion in the way of reforming