New-York tribune., 1886-05-12


nlairtif, and the State, and the fraudulent coi-
noration kept as much as possible out Oh s'sn''
aREFORMn And ITS FRUIIH
gWhv do they abandon me, when am 'Iyi'E
70 do well, am thwartcd by my party, anu
9neej support7" Such is Presiden' Wv
Lands pathetic appeal. Bat the people were
told when Mr. Cleveland was candida'e' .""'
if was impossible to put the Government ,n''
tho hands of a man that the election wouiu i"-
evitab,y put the Government ih'o 'hc n"""' ~
n,rtv There were reformers wh" thouspt
otherwise. They helped to elect the man. as IL
,bere were no party behind him. Now al'ei
fourteen months of the new order OF thih4s' |
they are asking what they have gained.
Economy was Que thing greatly desired ana
II was pIofusey promised. There had been 700
many offices created for partisan uses, IL was
said and pubhc places were made too 1at' anu
r,,blic duties were neglected while oincers
i,okcd after private or partisan affairs. w hat
b,ve WE nowq From almost every branch Oh
tbe Government come cries for increase III the
number and pav of officers. Many have been
oronted nv Congress. The thing has gone SO
far that the ..bcst Democrats ansrlly protest
,bot II will destroy the party. Protests are un-
par,isans. The departments report with singh
lar unanimity that they need all the men and
all the nav they have, and many men need
more pay and the officials are hard workers ana
are remarkably efficient, and more men are
needed in some branches and more pay I'D
others In brief. the new heads OF the depart
ments, after years experience pear testimony
to tho remarkable efficiency of the service
| cd n
bv the same Republicans who filled them when
u reforms" were desired. They are not do'hs
their duty more enicientlv now than they d'd
then. They are retained because 'he ne" men
who have been put in have neither the knowl-
edge nor the experience necessary 10 10 '',o
nnbic business satisfactorily, and as rule
work less efficiently than the older men. 80 lar
there is no economy. On the contrary there Is
increase of expense every DAY 10 ilaAe rooii'
for more par.lsans And then Mr.. Stockslager,
Assistant Commissioner OF Lands, dlSpieascs
| Mr. Cleveland because he goes home TO intrigue
for his election to Congress. but docs TIE
President remove him The party Is greater
than the man.
rho reformers held it a crowning necessity
that appointments should be maze hoC d. 4" 10
ward If partv or personal services. The Presl-
| dent set the example ny sctS'hN '"' ~
Of the Treasury the man VINO had made MN
President by adrot political manlpuiauoh' h'S
commitments have disgusted ieforners, because
a great majority of them have been MADE 10 re-
ward narty services. They have disgusted
Democrats, because considerable huhloer
have not been so made. They have disgusteo
loval men. aud especially Union veterans, De-
cause most of the persons selected nave peeh
= noted only as traitors or coppt iheads' "hie
crinnled veterans and their widows have been
turned out in order to reward dlsloyai'y. MI
Curtis Is compelled to say that the Presden'
course has been and "must be compromise
I abetween his party on one hand ana the intel
"est of reform Oh the other. and the inevitable
n end of such a course Is disaster. w nat Il
h melancholy confession. that this must pc'
e after vocferous promises before the eicciloh
J, that it would be no such thing, and after year
: of longing that these promises might DC III par'
e justified. m
+ What else has the country gained The
q River and HarbOr bill, which has just passed
q the House, shows how little reform there Is Oh
foot. Pension bills for individuals are rushed
throl gh so recklessy that the President utler'
/, his indignant protest. and yet he does not vent
ure to stop them by his veto, and 2lo become
e operative in a single day without his signature
d Pension bills for classes, and other gigantic
~ schemes which would simply bankrupt the
Y, Treasury are passing in such number ina
d men like Mr.. Hewitt utter passionate protests
1t at which the House laughs, and pr0nounces Mf
: Hewitt "a crank"
e What influence has this reforming President
IF who was to be trusted TO overcome ali oo
v stacles over his party in the matter of legisla
r tion7 So little that Mr.. Morrison begged hin
not to advocate the tariff bill any more, because
his support was hurting it. SO little that III
is most urgent recommendation on the sllve
r question is treated with contempt by his Owl
e. partv, and the only doubt has been whether
W bill would be passed to make the coinage un
v limited The men who profess that they onl.
e. are reformers are especially Disguised, becals
er the one object for which they were ready t.
re sacrifice everything else can in no way be at
10 tanned They wanted free trade, and have IN
C. stead a measure which no free trader pretend
is to defend, because it retains nine entls OF tn
IN existing determinations for the purpose of pro
Us tcction and whe free traders claimed that til
H. people were robbed Of 5000, ,OOO, 900 yearly,
We does not attempt to cut oil more tina
10 500, 900, 900. But yet this bill cannot pass
be and the free trade reformers begin to learn tina
the party they have placed in power is lncom
petent even to destroy home industry.
et
ly BARREN PrACE ALGOIIATIONS.