Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-07-09
MIR. HoAR'S ARRAIGNMENT.
He Passes sharp Criticism on Civil Ser
vice Reform Pretension.

W.
He Passes sharp Criticism on Civil Ser
vice Reform Pretension.
Senator Hoar severely arraigned the
president, on Thursday, for his disregard
OF the civil service reform professions
which he made before he became presi-
dent. Mr.. Hoar said that the Senate had
shown greater Difference to Mr. Cleveland
than had ever been shown by Republi-
can Senate to any of Cleveland's Republl-
can predecessors. He did not think that
there had been unusual delay in dealing
with the nominations sent TO the Senate
by the president, but such delay as there
had been was caused by the pressure of leg
islative business in which the Senate had
| labored with an unprecedented industry.
"But." he continued, lit has been largely
due to the president himself. He avowed
| before his inauguration that removals of
officers disconnected with the policy of the
| administration should not be made on
partisan grounds. He has declared in Il
recent message that he hoped the holders
of public Office might find protection
against unjust suspensions in the justice
of the executive Now, when he pro.
poses to remove these thousands of civil
officers, having nothing to do with the
policy of his administration, against
| whose personal and official integrity their
Democratic neighbors would disdain to
bring an accusation, and refuses, as is his
clear and unquestiOned right, to confess
| his reasons, it becomes the duty of the
Senate to protect, II 1t can, the reputation
of these officials.
"The appointing power is bestowed upon
the president by the constitution. Where
is the constitutional warrant for its eXer-
else on one principle in Boston and anoth.
er in Baltimore? There was never aworse
example of the desertion of Il good cause
than the deserton of civil service reform
by the men who abandoned the Republican
party to vote for Mr.. Cleveland, and who
are now seeking to cover their mistake by
proclaiming that the president is doing
! very well, and that he is true to the pro
fessions on which he was elected. If there
be no truth in these gentlemen'S profes
sions, the president is doing very we'll If
there be truth in them, he is doing very
badly. In Massachusetts | have seen an
exhibition of blind party spirit which sur.
passed that which has been shown by some
of these gentlemen who left the Repnbii-
can party to vote for President Cleveland
and who now seek to cover their mistake
by claiming him as a civil service reform
or. What Il difference between their cap
tIous criticism of Republicans and then
blind alteration of Democrats What a
straining at Republican gnats what a
swallowing of Democratic camels In
. Massachusetts the problem is to gain Re
publican recruits. In Maryland the prob
. lem is to hold fast trained and drilled
Democratic army.
There are, said Mr.. Hoar, 13lS officers
civil, military and naval, who require
confirmation by the Senate. OF these
3i!5 belong to the military, naval and
revenue service, leaVining 1893 of the civil
. service proper. The terms of nearly al
these would expire by their own limita
ton during the present administration
d The president has already, in ID months
nominated successors to Posi- of these civI
, officers. There We're left 1906 upon whom
, time or the axe of the presidential heads
, man were hereafter TO do their work. He
presumed by the end of the president
term there would not be 20 Republican,
left in Office in the nited States WnOn
he could get at where he had the powe
under the law to give the places to Demo
q Gratis Yet the Senate, of the entire mum
e Der had already confirmed l149 and lie
= iected but II. In General Grants frs
Congress p OF his nominations were re
+ jected, l42 fell without action, and y
q We're Withdrawn. In the second Con
gress of his first term were rejected, 8
=. fell and ll9 We're withdrawn. In Grant
n second term there We're rejected 81, fel
L 2G9 withdrawn lS4, returned to the pres
/.
iected l03 withdrawn 1903, fell pos and IT
n turned 81. In the term of Garfield an
- Arthur there were rejected ~, fell wit
the sessions l07, withdrawn 50, returne
to the president -. See how much NOR
It Literally in this respect we have deal
# with the Democratic administration tina
10 with our own.
Y In Judging of the presidents fidelity I
l. the cause of "A reform in the civil servc
"A we must look not only to his own coudut
D. and policy, but to the conduct and polio
Is of those officials whom he has selected
r whose execution of the law it is his swor
ne official duty to supervise and control,
Judging by this test, ! do not find tht
h. the executive has kept or has attempte
,e to keep the pledges which preceded an
followed his election. The power of al
polntment to Office seems to me to hay
Is been used by the present administrator
M with as absolute and single purpose
promoting partisan interests as it WI
in under Van Buren, or Pierce He has fal
n. ed to make single one of his su
id ordlnates understand that he means bus
m ness in the execution of the civil serVit
NJ reform law. We find in very few lOca
m tiles where the Democratic party neec
the votes of civil service refOrmers f,
H. any hope of success, some slight cOnce
I sion is made to this sentiment, while ii
n. doctrine Ito the VictOrs belong the spoils
IS in force for the rest of the countr
a The appointing power is bestowed upC
O the president 10y the constitution Wh
of new oath of Office Is that which binds
~ chef magistrate to reform where, al
to only where, the Democratic party W
ld not deem itself injured
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