Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-08-03
MESSMORE'S OPINION.
He IS sT,LL HAPPY AND HOPEFUL
ne Does not Think SO fssorsbiy o'
the Civil Service Laws as ne Dao
One Short Year Ago.

U4OQdtC AALAs 0lt &c &0t W 4AtAAA4Nu1 1At
on, said Colonel Messul0re last evening",
when a reporter called at MS residence and
informed him that the editor thought his
ideas IN regard 10 the political situation eK-
pressed III al interview, would be OF interest
to the readers of this paper. Il arrived
from Washington by way OF Detroit and am
| feeling ali right, although II hAs been fear
| full hot down there for the last week or ten
| days. OF course / could give you some very
| interesting information II saw nj 10 do 80.
| but II II not best 70 talk too much. There
| has been too much said already. leS
/ understand things are Ia a
very unfortunate condition III this part of
| the State, but II l. hot half 80 bad a. the
| papers make II. You cant depend on what
those special correspondents send out from
| Washington. They don't know any more
| about the inside facts than you do here.
| They rush around and ask every man they
meet for news and II they don't ind any
| thing they make up something and send II
| out right or wrong. IL things are ia bad
| shape IN this State the Free Press CORES
| pondent l. responsible for the most Of 1t
| Most of his dispatches are nothing but non
| sense. They are like that dispatch 10 the
| New York Tribune which Il being copied 10y
Michigan papers. IL makes Michigan
| Congressman say that the President II DONG
everything IN his power 10 break up thu
party in this state Now there h no Micii-
gan Congressman that ls fool enough 10
! talk that way. Even If they thought they
| would not talk IL. The same correspondent
said that Comstock was there 10 gam some
ground against J. NJ. Weston, but We all
know that Comstock has no fight with Yes
ton. But have nothing to say III regard 10
! politics In this district"
In answer 10 a question about the general
| situation the Colonel said: We'll | can talk
| 81. - st...t
| Indianapolis postoffce business for instance
! am apprehensive that II will prove 10 be a
| very unfortunate affair Jones was appoint
| ed at the Vice Presidents reqpest He no
| sooner got control of the office than
| he proceeded To bounce the employees and
| fill their places with Democrats a. he
| should have done. That raised and
| the Civil Service Commissioners sent II com
mittee TO investigate the matter, and they
| will undoubtedly report the facts. Then II
| Cleveland carries out his civil service ideas,
IA expressed in his letter, he will remove
Jones. and that will split the party from top
| TO bottom. The Indiana Democrats will
stand by Hendricks and Hendricks will stand
by them and what will be the RESULT" The
reporter ventured TO remark that the Demo
| Gratis would probably stand by Hendricks
| while the Mugwumps would stand 10y the
President. That's about the way II will come
out" said the Colonel, "and the Mugwumps
| Only a fHllUlul. Inc AyOlOHcl mere ACltl
| as If he would like to say more IN regard to
the probable split and its results but be
| remembered his remarks and said II was
better to play the sleeping Indian than tO
talk too much, and dropped the subject.
"Well. what do you think of the Civil Ser
vice Law, anyway" said the scribe. The
more | learn about il the more | am dis
gusted," said the Colonel. YES, ! know
what you were going TO say. | favored II
and thought it would be good thing for the
country, until | had an opportunity TO study
its practical workings, and / am convinced
that it il debasing and demoraizin IL
its results. No administration, Demo
cratic. Republican, or whatever II may
be, can succeed with the offices filled by
its enemies. Now there Is Teller the d-st
| scoundrel that ever disgraced cabine;
Office and the Interior Department Is fui
of his friends, who are nothing more nor
less than spies. who keep him posted on al
matters that would lead to the exposure OF
his rascalities. There Is no way 10 get rid OF
them; they are there TO report anything and
everything that will tend To hurt the admin
| istratiOn and what Is worse they are not sat
| isfed To report the truth but report thing,
that never happened and all the time pre-
tend to be nonpartisan friends of the ad
ministration. Privately they boast that they
have the Civil Service Commission
ers behind them and that they
cannot be removed. heard one of them
boast-he l. a Michigan man. .toO-that ''thi.
id administration can't remove me aud II
couldn't get along without me either" Hs
was removed however, and for the past
month has been whining around trying e
get relnstated. If the law was TO be carried
out in letter and spirit IL would create .
caste-an official caste that would be the
curse of the country under any kind of al
administration. i, would be all right If all
men were honorable, but il can not reach
4
critics who will pretend to change their prIn-
ciples as often "a there II n change in the ad
miniztration, and in that way An office hold
ing class will be established that can never
be gotten nd Of It's Of no uae II certainly
works TO the disadvantage Of the admins
tration and protects the very men who
ought not To be protected. All the kepub
licans. who have any principle or hoBo
about them. and who would really be Of AM
use To the administration are sending II
their designations. while the hypocrItes whs
will lose no opportunity 10 Inlure the admin
J istration will hang on and depend on th'
: Civil Service Law 10 keep them IN Office
About myself. well, am perfectly viii
+ ing to bide my time. there Is no hurry abou
r. the matter, and II these feIows who ar
making 40 much fuss about the matter knev
A. much a. ! do Of What the President an'
the heads of Departments have 20 conten'
With they would not have 40 much 20 80
about the matter A. I ssid before, yo'
can't depend on what the correspon
dents say. The only paper tha
can be relied upon is the Albany Argus
Secretary Hsnning's paper. What appear
D IN that can generally be oOuuted correci
Z There are thirty or forty places IN the bn
D that ! am looking for. but there vIli be n
change for some time yet When there is
+ / change think my cnsnces Ere good. No,
don't fee s0Te. sorry, Discouraged. nor dia
4 / APPOINTED Il viii be All rlgff in the end su
am perfectly willing - usit. and n sou
Others that know Of would 30 40 if rouh
. / be better for al concerned. No. / Don
/ think s1ll return to Washington soon
D stayed there longer than eNE.ecied o. sta
when vent there. bui rad good time
: 4 enjoyed myself ven vel indeed and dOn
? beer8dge the time spent"