Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-10-14


is keeping fifteen thousand men in
Wisconsin and other Republican
states, in the same condition OF
hopeful enjoyment we were In while
in pursuit of that deer. When we
captured the game, you remember
how tired we felt; how our energy
relaxed, and how languid and spirit
less we became, and we sank down
on the earth exhausted. You see
now there are about one thousand
appointments yet to be made IN
Wisconsin and other Republican
states, and there are about fifteen
thousand applications for the places.
So long as these fifteen thousand
men are in pursuit of these one
thousand offices, they will be active,
energetic and ambitious; but as
soon as the appointments are made,
fourteen thousand of these men will
suddenly become tired and want to
sit down on the first stump or log
they come to. The elections in
Wisconsin and several other Repub
lican states are to take place this
fall, and it is very necessary that
the administration should receive
some endorsement, and so long az
all those applications remain undis-
turbed in that gunny-sack, there
will be fifteen thousand men with
hats in hand thrown up to endorse
the administration; but as soon as
the appointments are made, there
will be but one thousand of them
1t seems to me, Dan, that you have
not fully grasped the civil service
problem yet. Some people whc
have not had iAuch experience with
Democratic administrations, arc
resting under the delusion, thai
civil service reform means n reform
in the civil service; but Dan, if yor
entertain any desire to place your
self in perfect accord with the ad
ministration, you must overcome
such weakness and delusion as this
and fortify yourself at once in the
strong position, that civil service re.
form means, to reform the Demo
cratic party by means of the civil
service. Now, if we can reform
these fourteen thousand men in
Wisconsin, and other states, who
are expecting these appointments,
aud endorse the administration, you
will readily see the benefcient eff
fects of the civil service. | suppose,
too, Dan, that you are aware the
postmaster general has just been
over to the senate chamber and Sc.
lected a seat for himself in the next
congress, and he don't want the seat
to be disappointed; and he viii
need the assistance of all of Wis
cons;' share of these fifteen thous
and applicants for the offices. And
| learn that Gov. Rusk has been
nominated again in that state, anC
that thousands of the Democrats ar,
going to vote for him, and this vii
tend very strongly to give the legis
lature to the Republicans, and tina
will tend very strongly to give the
postmaster generals seat in the sen
ate to somebody else. SO, Dan, you
may set the large sack of applica
tons back in the corner again unit
after the fall elections, and then We
will drag it out and empty it.
think with this additional light OF
the utility Of civil service, you vii
be able, Dan, to plan yourself il
complete harmony with my admin
istration, and maintain position
far in advance of the common Dem
ocrats who do not enjoy the facili
ties for instructions in the economy
of government that yo do.
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