The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-29

REFORMING OFFICE
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The new Public Printer. on taking
charge 81 his Office. was confronted BY
the unpleasant fact that his prcdeccs-
sor. for the first two months u the
present fiscal year. expended . sum
which. II the same ratio should DO
kept up. would result in deficiency
Of several hundred thousand dol
lars Mr.. Benedict says the Office IL 50
oycrcrowded that the employees are in
each Others way. and the result 10 that
after q fortnight's examination Of the
business. he has found no could get
along with = much smaller force. The
meager remainder Of the appropria-
ton left him BY Mr.. Rounds compels
him TO be very circumspect with ex-
penditurcs. and Wholesale dismissals 81
employees are the consequence. lie
understands what u required Of every
head Of . bureau under the present
Administration. 70 bring every thing
down 20 hard pan and business prin-
ciplca The Government printing
office was very convenient for Con.
gressmcn 10 pay on some Of their DO
litical debts 70 their constituents, and
Mr.. Rounds was too obliging to refuse
their applications. The new Public
Printer Is Of sterner stuff. . thorough
business man. trained in an excel.
lent school, and only intent upon ful.
filing his duty to the letter. letting the
results Of his work speak for them
selveA lie appreciates the golden rule
Of the Democratic Administration, that
m officer Of the Government who has
charge Of bureau holds the money %
the people in his hands. 10 be used for
their purposes. and 20 further their in.
terests. and when any part Of the
funds which the taxpayers have en-.
trusted to him are diverted to other
purposes. or when. BY design or neg-
Iect he allows . sum TO be applied to
the salaries of unnecessary employees.
merely 70 please some member Of Con-
gress. or some personal or political
eriends. he violates his duty.
In the printing Office. as in all other
departments Of the Government. there
Is no different rule OF fidelity. under
the present regime, between the office
holder and the taxpayer than that
which should regulate the conduct 81
the former when. A. an individual. he
holds the money OF his ncighbor.
Under the Republican Administration
such rule would be laughed AZ. and
Il was only made respected under tho
present regime BY the employment Of
stern measures II took some time TO
convince Republican officsholders that
the reform policy Of President Cleve-
land was q genuine one and had como
10 stay. Those who refused to sub
scribe 70 II were compelled TO walk the
plank. and the spoils party raise .
piteous howl 1t each manifestation
Of this golden prime pie Of honest
government Il was high time for .
change in the management Of tho
Government printing Office. Had
Mr.. Rounds been permitted to 90 on
his way sfuandering the appropria-
ton. by the time Congress met there
would have been no funds left and 3
demand would have been made for .
large deficiency appropriation. Mr..
Benedict, handicapped though he ID
BY his predecessors extravaganza, has
applied himself earnestly to devise
means Of outstanding the slender
resources At his command and to
make them suffice until the end of the
fiscal year. He will be obliged 70 make
further reductions Of the force before
he can see his way clear. The WASH
ington correspondent Of the St Louis
Rernbiican thus explains the situation;
Mr.. Rounds crammed the Office as
full Of Republican partisans a. il was
possible for him to do. and he used as
much Of the appropriation rs the law
would allow. Indeed, II Is charged
that he stretched the law as far As IL
would stretch and got all the good out
Of the Office for the grand old party
that he could get Rounds Is a sharp
one. and he has left the Office in shane
20 give Benedict great deal Of trouble
Albany Argus.