The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-01-03
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ALBANY, DecemUer %, 1904.
HoN. GEoRG. WILLIAM CURTIS, President,
Sc-Deay Sir: Your communication daten
December 20 addressed to me on behat OF
the National Civil Service sRetorm League,
has been received. ThatSnfactical reform In
the Civil Service is demnnded is abundahtiy
established by the fact that the statute re-
ferred to has been passed in Congress WIN
the assent of both political partles, ana Dy
the further fact that sentiment is generaiLy
prevalent among patriotic people ealing ior
a fair and honest enforcement oI the Ia"
which has been thus enacted.
/ regard myself pledged to this, Decause
my cOncepton of true Democratic faith ana
public duty requires that TINS ana aii .ut u.nut
Statutes should beSin good faith and wltnout
evasion, enforced, and because in many utter-
ances made prior to my election as PRESIDENT;
approved by the party to when ! peioils: nhI
which have no dispOSltlon 10 uisSl,.li,ii, syn III;
have in effect promised tne peopie 'ha' WIS
should be done. ,,.
| am not unmindful of the TACT 20 wilcH at
you refer that many of our citizens fear that
the recent party change in the Nallohal EN-,
ecutive may demonstrate that the abuses
which have grown up in the Civil Service are
| ineradicable. know they are deeply rooleu;
and that the spoils system has been suppossteu
to be intimately related TO success III ,nu n,',
! maintenance of party organization, ana l am
not sure that all those who profess 10 ue
| friends of this reform will stand hrmly among
| its advocates when they find 1t obstrucliims i
their way to patronage ana place, 5u. ~ iumy ,S,
| annreciatinv the trust committed 10 Ill!
| charge no such consideration shall cause u
relaxation on my part of an earnest eHorV W
| enforce this law s...;,,
There is a class of Government positions
| which are not within the letter OF the Nlsii
| Seryicp statute but which are so disconncct-
ed with the policy of an Administrator ,na'
n removal therefrom of the present lhcuiilp-
ertS in nv opinion, should not he made dur,
inp the terms for which they are appointed
SOLELY on partisan grounds, ana 1or the Pur-
nose of putting in their places those VINO are
in political accora WIN 'ho
power. o, ,,ositiops have
forfeited all Just claim to q retention, pe-
cause they have used their places Tor party
purposes in disregard OF their uu.y oant w. .nt
people. and because. instead of being decen'
nublic servants they have proved tneni-
selves offensive partisans and unscrupulous
manipulators Of the local party manage
ment. ,,, H., nm,
Iea rned and such officials, as well as tneli
successors. should be taught that efhclency
fitness and devotion to public duty are tnt
conditions of their continuance IN pupll'
place, and that aquiet ana unoDtrusiNe eAel @
9 else of individual political rights is the rea
f sonable measure of their political service :,
t If were addressing none but party 1rlenu'
l I should deem it entirely proper 10 renin.
a them that though the coming Admlnlstrh
q tion is TO be Democratic, due regard 1or nv
Z people's interest does not permit faithlu
porfy work to be always rewarded by ap
nnoinfment TO Office and so say to them that
| while Democrats may expect all proper con
| sideration selections for office not einDrace'
: within the Civil Service rules VIII ne pase
/, upon sufficient inquiry as 10 ntness, lmsI M '
- tlited by those charged with that auty, ra.nS
Q than upon persistent importantly or sell
:, | Solicited Recommendation on behaif OF IN
Y candidates for appointment.
v Yours very truly, GROVER CLEVELAND