Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-07-16
tyTLCIrTL SERVICE.

UI,r and older as the Civil servic'
t.u o,ov. greater aud greater bee me
.. ocrsti. a tipathy 70 is wise p
,i.;ors Manufacturing the f'c 10"
cardinal plank ia the Democratic "a
,joral Platform afoa which Preside"
+, y and w.s elected, was prom
,o carry out the spirit and letter Of The
civil Service Law, many Of the pronl
mont Democrats Of the coun r. are li'tu
n tleir dcnuuciatjou Of it, and are cam
,rjpg for il repeal. While they Do NOT
,lircctly asslil the President, who seems
ANXIOUS to observe his oath to execut,
The laws of the land, Of which The Citi
Service Law is one, they avail thcm,.iyc.
1fcvcry opportunity to give his stric; all
herCnce o the law. back eye whrr-
ever an opportunity affords By assai inl
the law ifs,If, and those Of his appoln-
ces wlo are following in hs wake BY
deserving the mandate Of this law
The reason for this is patent thirst
for the spoils Of Office.
Hon. Alfred = Edgcrton, chairman
IF tie Civil Service Commission one Of
the Presidents appoin.ccs as a member
If that body recently published.a lengthy
opinion Of the Civil Service Law. dydn-
ing the meaning Of the law as he aud
lis fellow members Of the Commission
.wo Of whom are Democrats ami one
Republican, construe it, which has met
with a serious castigation at the hands
Of many prominent Democrats, and
Democratic journals of which the fol-
lowing comment by the democrat Of
Baltimore county is type;
according to Mr. Edge-tou, the
Civil Service law is the Presidents law,
made to enable him to select honest and
capable men and women for certain
places in the civil service. According
to the fact the Civil Service law is q
law made for the purpose Of taking
away the Presidents absolute power %.
appointment to some fifteen thousand
places in tie civil service, and virtual,
yestng thst power in three men, name
", Mr.. Alfred p. Edgerton, Mr. John
ii. Obcrly aud Mr. Charles Lyman.
According to Mr. Edgerton, 'engraft-
ing the Civil Service law upon Demo
cratic party creed, it becomes one Of the
essential clements to that pArty's life
According to the f,ct. the Civil Service
, law is a graf which cannot thrive. OF
can only thrive by sucking out the life
of the tree upon which an attempt ha,
been made TO graf IT,
b According to Mr.. Edgerton it is in
telligent independence which is to elect
Presidents. According to the fact, il
is intelligent dependence upon party
supports by which Presidents are elect.
, ed and reelected.
o Time, thou tutor both to good ano
bad do teach tie Democratic party
d something. cries Mr. Edgorton, whC
IS has apparently become full fedgeC
h civil service rcformer, and is angry will
d his party because it cannot SEE With hi
Ii eyes
: sense aud to MugwumF, do teach th'
}, Civil Service Commission ihe Dem
Iy ocratic Earty does not W ' 5electlon
for thea se;,iii IA IA ven emu,
school-maslers Is not the mSsIod Of Al
m pointmeut to Office provided by the col
lg stitution.
o In the eyes of our contemporary it
r not law designed for the purpose
= adding to and promoting the cficienc
e of the government service, but law
vn give the Democrats more pow
C. cr. 1t cannot thrive as gra
ln upon the civil service system
en Of the government, because in not di
b trlbuting all the Offices among the Den
,b ocrats it sucks the Iifes blood of tue II,
o ton
h lis upon Just such Gmsy reasonin
+; as this, are tie arguments Of all Il
auti-ciyiI advocates based.
he have the party prosper they would in
d pair the government service to any c,
of tent; to lave the Spojis of Office, the
: would sacrifice every pledge to the pc
pie
o.