Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-01

parties. Well the executive power OF
England was hereditary power
and perpetuity of OfficehOlding was a
charac teristic of monarchy. 1t was not
! so OF democracy. There were some peo-
| pie among us, Mr.. Vance continued, who
mated the turmoil and struggle Of free
/ dom IN which they were ompelled to jos
tie against those whom they did not sup
| pose to be their social equals. The Eng
ellsh view seemed to flourish among that
class.
! AN IRRESPONSIBLE SYSTEM.
Mr.. Vance asked who was responsible
lor the conduct of an officer appointed
under this law. Not the President, be-
cause he had only made an appointment
selected for him: not the head OF de-
partment for the same reason; not even
toe civil Service Commissioners them
selves, for they only selected a
man with the most marks. Nobody
was responsible. What then became
of the Presidents responsibility for the
proper conduct OF the government? The
act 10 Mr.. Nance's opinion was wholly
unconstitutional and in voluntarily sub
hltUlhg 10 It's provisions the President
was surrendering his prerOgatlve, which
u was his duty TO protect. The people by
the election OF 1884 had declared Tor a
change OF officers in this republic, but
..-Na' 'AiA ~ an tbt Oftu ItERGtltus uC
president had bound himself not only by
the law itself but by extra legal promises
10 extend the spirit Of the law to offices
never contemplated by it.
THE DEVIL FOR PARTNER.
The result was that political enemies
ana spies surrounded every admlnistra-
tive oh1cer. This was trying TO serve the
LORD with the devil for an active partner.
Inc whole thing was a humbug, and in
partial proof he read an advertisement
ouerlng for ten cents to supply
series OF examination questions
which would qualify anybody 10 pass
clNll service examination. The civil ser
vice law was an attempt Of the Repubi
can party to make up for the exposures
OF many cOrruptiOns OF that party. II
should not have been called ian act to
regulate and improve the civil SERVICE"
nut "the last will and testament of the
republican party" MIR. Vance was only
sorry that a Democratic President had
become its executor instead of admins
traitor Dc bOnlS non.
THE sOUTH'S SHARE.
Referring to the share OF offices given to
the South by the Republican party MIR.
Vance said that out of over coo offices in
Washington only 253 we're registered from
the South, and the civil Service Commits
sioners had declined to remedy this inc
quality. In the Presidents tender and
touching farewell to the putatiVe
parent Of civil service reform, Commits
sioner Eaton, he spoke of those who
opposed this law as the worst elements of
both parties. There wash earthly doubt
that the great majority Of the Democratic
party were opposed to that law. If, then,
the worst elements" Of the Democratic
party were in the majority, the party
was indeed in bad way. Mr.. Vance hav-
Ing stated that at the time of the passase
OF the civil service law the government
departments were working night and day
to make all the appointments possible b.
fore the bill should become a law. Mr..
Teller made adistinct and positive denial
OF the statement. He said it had been so
said in some newspapers, but it was an
entire mistake.