Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1888-01-19

DAY 1t - not tIdi tiitl HaNt stStiSb; pHN
that he has yielded.
If the fond dream ever possessed the
mind of the ciyil-seryice reformer that I'M
der President Cleveland the Democratic
party was to be transformed into civil
service reform party, that reformer has
seen the baseless fabric of his dream van
ish in rude awakening.
invite the attention of these gentle
men to figures furnished by the Depart
ment, as showing how sweeping has been
the change in all of the departments of
the Government up to June IL, 1887
Places filed by Cleveland, 42,992.
Whole number of places, Sc. 1874.
At that time the present administration
had been little more than two years in
power.
The Civil Service Record, of Boston, a
good authority upon this subject, not long
ago investigated the unclassihed service in
the Interior Department, and reports the
rapidiiy with which the changes have been
made as follows: son October !, 1856,
the percentage of changes was Il; on Jan
uary /. 1857, the percentage was as l-2'
on July |, 1887, the percentage was 30
At this rate Il can be easily seen that the
remaining small percentage will soon be
removed The cry OF XIII, kill" as in the
louder as the number Of victims increases.
Let US now Mr.. President, turn to the
other side of this subject of reform In the
civil service, that which relates to the Of
fcnsive participation of Office holders in
politics. That this should not be permit
ted in any well regulated civil service goes
without saving The President saw this
clearly. and his uttcrances in relation to 1t
are as clear and distinct a. they were upon
appointments and removals
ON the l4th DAY of July, lss6, the Presi-
dent issued hi, famous order from the EN-
ccutive Mansion in Washington. ITO the
heads OF the Departments in the ice of
the General Government" A. this whole
proclamation has been read from the desk
OF the Secretary will not here take mp
the time Of the Senate by repeating IT, In
II the President declares that his purpose
j. to warn all >ubordinateS in the several
Departments and all ofiice-hoder> under
the General Government, against the use
Of their official positions in attempts 10
control political movements IN their local
itics In it he declares that ''ofiice-hoid-
crs are the agents Of the people-not their
masters In it he warns Federal officials
against offending. hy display Of obiru-
>iyc arti>an.hip, their ncishhor> who have
relations with them n pub.ic officials. Ia
il he declares that they have no right H.
,,'i,.,-bold,rs To dictate the political action
~ their party associates. In Il he de
clarc- that ID, duty II thc utiiCc-holder -
Nj. ua,ty /. hot Increased 10 pcrniciou~
activity D., oi'icc-holdrn.
The ti,il Service Commissioners, or at
least two 81 them. interpreted tie statute
in accordance, with the Presidents in>truc-
ZION aud tbi. ad,lc, weight To- the fArcu-
,,.. direction IN. tl, leader. ANA the
r,,.... ~ III, Democratic party ri; hv
IN. tnnc that they clearly understood th,
.j,,,,i.,n and n mi. noiut bc,in. 40 b,.
,,..arI, market tn, change OF tone. amoug
,j,,...I.a,f,.r. h, ,i,,,r comments u:,1n thu.
pr..s,t,p, The, r,..IileI fuuy that IN
NH, N c,,,;rs ,.I..,;tau~ the Marty must
i..,,,,, l.r..... that b, President wa> 10
.,,.,.l,l, maintain IN al! his puhli. dcgllu4-
,i,,,. In. cans. .of civil service, r,.fnriu.
y,ith til. ,i,, az rctaiui,,.. the >t,pori 81
M, Iu,i,.p.u,cut. Int that 81, in I'll. cas-.
OF APPOINTMENTS and reno, ais no r,.a. o''-
.trt,'.r l,., ms "a, hs i.la,rd In the way #
ary ana ,,cr1 orise-fui!,g uaf.ECiuat.uE.
" L.u...r h. CHOSE. in csuc.i>a- aud ,o.-
y.rti,t, ami In the elections which Id
r,vat
Ths conventions IN tine different States
ami In IN, Tnp,,r.,-ianal districts At once
f,,ll uui.r the old management. and w.r,
c.,,If,.,,,l a. #, The, palry day. uf prmsc-
rsr, prryiou, 10 tie. war.
In tn Indiana election. IN Nnt,uib,.r
l.,s The participation. II Federal Office
holder. il, ii. primaries and >uh>.4tlruily
in nh, ,lcrt.nn raised a scandal Il which
,.,..-. ~ that state. al tlc tine anA after
ar,i. ,,,..,,.r H. III. ,1a~,.i,-,., Infested
.If-,ril, 49,. mon! III, tI.ir bl-iu,,- and
,.,,rip., ~. nomination and clrctlan ~ til.
.,,,l7,.r. y,t.,., .l4,., b,i owed tllctr t.,-
'',,..,,,.. T.. ,t,,. uat..,, district In the.
- g-,,tc and ,.,,.,.-,l1, in tide Fsrt
u t-,r,, - Injunction ~ Federal
,,,lc.-b,,},l,r. int, every stare of th,. can.
VA. previous tn fh, nominating cuUN en-
80. g., .,......,. ,,,. :. n,r,.n>t.,. IT
i'..I,,.s, r...,r,.. H., ,lfsi gIt defeated the
n.,r.,,.-s,i,. ,a,,ii,fst. Nhoc.,r will read
,l.,,..,,,,,,n, of.r,..I II, the Iu,ry-Whit.
r. ',s-..,,,n ,,I5 api ,n,t,l,. t,r,,of ~
,,'.-.-,....
W-t.,,t..- ,s,,.s t.,,,,,t ,t, President.
,..,ias.,t'.... .,d ,.r,,i.tuatinu- nor, treat
va.t,.-,,clrrr and tho President him
s..lf seems h., fhis time 10 haze fallen into
.,,,'t. t.ey,u,,i,. ,,itb the .pirt; of h. party
,l., h. M, npiv arufiir,c,.d in this " hole
.,1,. .i,.r,....r,i ~ Ms pr.,ion-iY expressed
...,,,i,,,.,,. and directions. but himself
.I,,,'.h,. ,.,,,7,..pt III. most init.
Z tr,a, l,.,fl, In and ont of ofilcr
,t ,f..r..r II ,t... ,...,, iu,t Of conventions
a,,d ..l,.Itinn. In IN, year ci,,.l. ,sa, CON
.iI,.r,.l a. having 20 close a bearing IN i,s
-...,.,.. upou The ,reai comm. battle uf
IL,
n H.. >sr,t..s iae..tlr. II Tie Demo
craiic stat committee Of New YORK, when
~, nr,.tituInayirs of what then looked Ike
ia. itawuiu, contest h~tYenu The national
administration and the stat. asiminietra-
,i,,p',,,. Ia h, settled. deputy Collector
Inn Mason and Second Auditor
William ) Greed Of the New York Gus
tom house were most prominent aud act
At the ,},rnSyIyaufa State convention
more than forts OF the Federal officials Of
thar stat apl,earcd 10 marshal the forces
az ,ha administration. The ualnt.> OF some
~ 49,. Nav, bern furnished me 4. taken
from democratic. newspaper /. J. Big
Ter collector Of internal revenue; y. O.
narr surveyor Of the port Of Pittsburg
NcVcv and Ryan. special Treasury agents
Fletcher. chief clerk in bureau OF the
NAVY Department: Glozier. hull inspector:
Gus, oIeopargarine Inspector Chester
and Warre, and Bancroft. from the Phil
ad,tnhja mint. and mans others In Bal
timore the naval officer, the appointment
clerk Higgins. and Indian Inspector
Thomas. Customs Agent Mahon, fo-tmas-
ter Brown and hi. assistant United States
marshal and deputies. deputy collector of
;nferna. reyenue. and q host Of clerks, in
sT.,rtors and jauisors monopolzed the d.