The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-05-21

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:: Nay q. lsso
Civil Service llumoug.
The R~vansvllls Courier = about TIE
ale paper n the State, Of any. parry
advocates : non-partisen c1vsI ces.
~ snd n itsa last 6unday's Issue nes
:. nrelcle which claims that C1evelenn
elscIed on . platform announcing
~~--cs,tisan civil service - one OF -
~. cet nva W. faiI 20 % under
ss~~S 80 nIatform, or 10 49, how any
~ 49, ran % understand t. The
c1:tsnrm denounces Republican RASCAL.
~ a. mice and ~ils stolen and bought
ss.r-es ~ nower.n and says therefore .
sSse~s q demanded.s and 80 mvor|
Sc~Sss civil service reform" MOI n
1870 ~ Smplication even, let alone ex-
~-~sssox about . non partiean service.
~ me lerjuuaHe deduction nom me
S:..rss, 81 the entire platform, e that
- ssHcrsct civil service reform" wss
49, q - accomplished BY the change
~ c1cers demanded mot only tne
S.>s;5s~e Int Iii. from the lowest 20
80 4 which had become pormea-
1od with wrong RepuoIlcsn loeIs. y.
part OF the platform, ~ tne p..n "a :.
Forard 20 : sound silver currency, ~ |.
reduction Of the enormous sosplcj a."
boarded IN the Treasury; = soI
iIved Up 70 By Clsveland's sdm'n'su''
tiou. --
ma National Committee On platform
80 composed Of stateemen, Wno so.iIss
"a he absolute necessity Of : tnorousn
nartisau civil service, 70 enaole e! -.
rinistratiou to SUCCESSFULLY carry ous
~. noIicy Of the party which elected u
90 sxnecsing C~leveland's administra-
s1on - ~ one VI reform. were carctui -
mt nothing In the platform 20 hamper
kis oflcial action, In that regard: ~
commsnd the platform 70 : csreIol ~
r~edinr 81 the editor Of the Evansvliie
Conricr. and Ill others, - ~ extrcmely
casviotic and statesmanltke dccisrsuon'
TN New York Sun. In N able article
~ civsl service, business and party, say.s
ere lriends Of pedagogue-maoe CIV
.srv,ce reform ere continually pret'ne
shcms rrnninr the Government On Dust
- nriucjples. They say that The 6ov'
~~-wert ofaces should be carried On in
80 ssme NV q ordinary bushes: Of
80 ar course. there 10 . Shllacy mere
- analogy between the admini.trstiv
n-nsineaa ~ the Government and oroi
49, rrjvafa business holds to this *
e~.fIahsf both should be conducted viii
~. rtmost honesty and efficiency 90
sh.re 4 analogy stops. Politics %
-rshl.~ - do with the selection OF man
e~srs 81 pivate business, everything :
"A v,th tke selection Of the manager 2
49, nnblic business. The Presiden'
~. - reosrded q The head Of %
Arm. ne Congress who may be regards
- rsrfners through whom the expend'
enres a the firm are regulated. the neso
~ denertmcuts who manage ~ ve!iou
hrrrches. I'll are selected on poIi.ic'
~rcnnda. That Is the system oy wn'c
he business Of popular government
carried %. ...-
what would Be thought ak the civ
service reform crsnks, Of : guinness -
which changed al IL employees AZ
four years7 WELL what wouIu
ShouRht OF Z business nrm wn'c1 49,,
"a I'll It's partners, managers, ~ 49, 80
dental and important employees ~
Sour years? Yet that u ne Pssnc.Rss
which this Government ls c0nuuos
ana must b conducted. TN cnsnSs
~ Always made, but about one.ns'.
"a voters try 70 make Il, and wili :
- sstis6sd until they succeed. 4
1ruth - that, while aprivate Dueiness
Sor busiuess only, a Admiuie!rstIou
q enc administrative and political;
shonld carry on the business 9 ~
c6cas we'll and faithfully, but = sno'
eerrv Il On by means Of agents OF ~ Q
no,iiical party. II should select
employees q Il hes itself been se.'
~ Thev must be honest, emci
Ssishtnl "a The Constitution, md q,
rishf political shade. Al Aoml
srssion owes the whole country =
Ssrt ana honest Government ano
ecrrtrv knows how to make : chang
StSoes not get what q due 70 T.
Naturalization owes . duty 70 the p
siso- n must al the ofices Win
a. a. avn party. II these are wisely
lscted. he country has 10 cause q z
MINI ana the party n0ne. Al AoI
tss.~sscn should Be run on business ?
sinissH but Il should Be run On P
~y~c3ciss sIso, Business y busi'
~ 40 4 party, too, and IN Al
s"ssItScc oniv ects into business
.ss"s - roiitics. and Il must b tu
crs a 10Th business and politics u
pscts 20 stay 10 either long"
Our Evansville contemporary 2
% think . judgment q Cleve''
durIicity erroneous, and that we g
have rad his public uttersnce; q
ssrvfcs. we've red EN- Al, but
issrned 70 resd between the lines
psrsicuIsrly when the. utter.nces
hon q Eastern lana tneres0ss :
ally u~nrelisblel polis.cssn q ~ n :
WI believe ~ would : q
ssrs,eht-out Democrat and hope q
n dsmonstrats [by his acttons O.
ssrvics. silver, tariff. labor and %
idle surplus, making hard umes, \