The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-03-07
THE CIVIL SERVICE.

l. s.. .Il' IhE tClfIL 6EEfflSEs
Cleveland's Utteranees Said to be sham.
Jaeksonian Doctrine win be Entoreed.
WASHINGTON, D. G., March e.-The
Democrats who felt a cold chill run over
them on the reading Of the civil service
paragraph In Cleveland's inaugural ad-
dress may take, heart again, for none Of
the leaders Of the party think he meant
what he said. Editor Bacon, Of the Boston
Adt1siser, was Mugwump, and he want
ed to see Grover Cleveland elected be-
cause he hoped that the cause. of civil SER
vice yeform would receive d boost. He
goes back to his home at the Hub with a
feeling OF pure and unadnlterated disgust
with the outlook. He thinks that the
nomination Of Manning for Secretary Of
the Treasury Is a death blow TO the cause.
Manning is close personal friend of the
President, and may be said to fairly rep
resent the personal preference Of MIR.
Cleveland in the work Of reform, and Us
Manning is one OF the craftiest twire-
pulling politicians, as good q represents
tive as could be found Of the old jack
sonian doctrine, that ito the yictors be-
long the spoi!s,n the chances for civil SER
vice reform are as gloomy as they well
could be. Mr.. Bacon, too, disapproyes very,
much Of the selectiono OF Judge Endicott for
q place in the Cabinet. Endicott, hesays,
Is very much disliked by both Democrats
and Republicans in Massachusetts,. Heis
q representative Of the old silk stocking,
blue blood. element, an antiQuated unpop-
ular faction, thatis passing Added to
Mr.. Bacon's forcbodings isthe testimony OF
Dan Manning himself. He hadaninterview
with Secretary McCulloch at the .Treasus
nv Department yeatesday for the. purpose
Of gaining Information about the depart
ment over which he Is TO preside, and he
he intended to make clean sweep OF the
Republican officeholders. 4,
Dave Paige, Of Ohio, who Is as happy. as
a clam over the way things are going,
says that the mossbaoks at home might Us
well know that the Payne crowd are on
top. Respecting the outlook Tor The cause
Of civil Service reform, he said: I. President
Cleveland has nominated a good Cabinet.
Manning, Whitney aud Villas ARE busi-
ness men, and as they will be- at the head
OF the departments that will most concern
the business interests, it stands 10 rea-
son that,the probability Is Mr.. Cieveland,s
administration vii please the besiness men
OF the country, and II he has tue business
men with him the politicians will soon find
It to their interest 70 fall inteIline. Those
three friends are Mr.. Cleyeland'S 3 intimate,
personal friends, and while they will do
all in their power to administer tho Gov
ernment economically, |, they believe In put
ting into every place OF responsibility
members Of their own party, men whom
they can trust to carry out any line OF
policy they might desire. Any Republican
otIiceholder that took any comfort from
what sIr. Cleveland said in his inaugural
address on the subject Of the civil service
will Mr. Paige paused for the proper
word To express his exact meaning. ,Be
left" suggested the reporter. Eyes,
left; that's the word" reioined Mr.. Paige.
He added that while 20 many changes
could not all be made at once, every Re-
publican would have to 60, and II . cause
should be deemed necessary 1t would be
found without trouble.
J Ever since the inaugural address oil Pres
ident Cleveland appeared in the papers,
the question has been repeatedly asked
who ii was that wrot0 tho document for
him. Itis generally agreed that the per
son who framed his letter OF acceptance
did not write the inaugural address, for
the phraseology Is different and evidently
the work Of two different persons, His
now famous silver letter cnntains express
sions entirely foreign to thestyle Of the in
anyural. and the letter to Mrs. Raecher