New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-17
MR. BLAINE AND THE CIVIL SERVICE.
DENIAL OF INDEPENDENT FABRICATIoNs.
SOME SOUND ADVICE To iHE MASSACHUSETTS,
IMITATION REFORMERs.
ArcrsrA Me Nov 16.-The following

SOME SOUND ADVICE To iHE MASSACHUSETTS
IMITATION REFORMERs.
Augusta, Me-, Nov. 16.-The following
letter will be published here tomorrow:
AUGUSTA Me-. Nov lo, 1885.
To The Editor of The Kennebec JoundE
thank you for calling my attention TO circular
.sued nv the so-caled Independent Committee during
the recent canvass in Massachusetts touching my posi-
t;ou on the question of Civil Service Reform Absence
from home for several weeks has prevented my seeing
it sooner
The circular embodcs singular perversion OF what
said and still singular perversion OF whao
quoted in speech the 10Th OF October, at hunting
don Penn How the Misrepresentation orig'-
mated 1t is not for to My speeches IN rennsyi-
yana were accurately reported tor The Philadeiph"
Press by skilled steno raphers and personally saw
tie report in no other paper. | send you herewth
the speech of October 10 as 1t appeared III Inc
press.p and respectfully ask you to repubish it in
YOUR columns side by side with the circular issued Dy
the Massachusetts, Independent Committee.
thank YOU further for submitting to me pubbc
latter Of October 26 from Mr. Martin Brimmer. Of
Boston. in which | am accused of repudiating the
reform of the Civil Service with sneer" Perhaps
Mr. brimmer nconsiderately based his remarks
unon the circuar of the Independent Committee. and
has tins been led into publishing statement which
does me great injustice If nv supposton be correct
Mr. Brimmer will, as gentleman, withdraw his IAN
guage 1t Is scarcely necessary TO cay that nave
never repudiateu reform In the Clvli service. 10,
abated my interests therein Nor have ever regarued
the sueer as a torcble mode OF argument. Were
te nptrd to resort IL should direct H. not against
the reform OF the Civil Service. but against tne
hypocrisy of those who wish the cohuiVls VI em.'
service to be enforced against their potcai opponents
but not against their political trends Inc poin'
which sought to establish in nv speech al iiuntng-
entirely confused and ooscared IN III Tue sh
In ptpc
Civil Service, which held up as model lot our
own Government by those who lett the hepuphcan
party two years ago. is now under lnvesugaton auu
annSrent condemnation by the English themselves :
that the British Mnlsry have instituted commission
TO examine into the alleged abuses, ana that hr
George Smaley, apparently agreeing hitnerto "l.u
the American admirers OF the Engnsh service, Low
declares the belief in England TO be that the Civ
Service Is all the departments OF the Doverp
ment than il forty years ago. Mr.. Smaiiey give"
some what detailed recital OF the detects ana abuses
alleged to exist in the English service defects ana
abuses which were never attributed 10 our own "'i
Service by its most merclless censor.
NV argument implied and was intended 10 imply
that the Republican party had been wise IN not auYpI
ng the English system with its lie tenure anu ss
aroe nenso1 list and all the attendant evils, which
have at last demanded investigation by Ministerial
| commission Nor would justice and fmr courtesy
nave been done to my speech even If my remarks on
Civil Service torn from their logical connection, hah
been correctly quoted by the independent 1omll.eo.
Those remarks were but part OF an arGuIn~nt III IN
winch endeayored o Illustrate how surely Amer can
in its best sense the whole pocy ana Llsloi' Vi
the Republican partv AMI how under the lead oil the
socal'ed indie pendents the Democratic party ooth IN
its revenue system and its Civil Service rules wa 10
be contormed British policies just ut the very tme
when the British themselves were hnding 1ata,
weakness in those policies In shore, though / ana
say words meant to convey my oeei tu' 10
the very worst leaders and guides Tor continental re-
pubc are those who persist in seeing the periectoh
| of human government III an insular monarchy whose
ION dItions are ia all respects radically different irom
| those of our own broad land The Massachusetts,
independents should learn that American inspiration
| ation nj ENGLAND
Very respectfully, JANEs w. DIANE