The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-01-25
A DElUSION AND A SNARE.
Inimical Attitude of Cloveland's Ad'
ministration Toward Civil
Service Reform.
Mr.. Hale in Spirited Speech In the
Senate Lays Bare It's Hypo-
critical Professions.
Figures Show that the Old Motto, To
the ViCtOrs Belong the Spells" Still
Lives and Prospers.

Lives ana trOsperS'
We present below an abstract of Senator
Hales able speech in support of his reso-
luton for the appointment of select COM
mittee 10 examine into the present condition
of the civil service. The Maine Senator
said:
At the commencement OF Mr.. Lincolns adj
ministration the publ c Offices wero filled Will
the adherents OF that party which was the eX'
ponent OF tho doctr no that TO the yictors be
long the spoils. Under that administration the
CHIEF tost of fitness was loyalty. Not "A few "a
those then appointed had within the last three
years been turned on the cold charities of the
world TO make place for men who never had
sympathy with the principles OF which Mr.
Lincoln had stood as the great representative.
Gen. Grant and President Hayes had during
their administrations recognized the growing
sentiment OF the country in favor Of civil
service reform, and had endeavored to conform
appointments TO the reasonable demand oil
that agitation. The Forty seventh Congress
Republican had enacted the civil-service stat
ute, and President Arthur had with sincere good
faith, appointed the Civil Service Commission
ers and gave support and encouragement To
them But he was content to do il in quiet
way. II he Hale were to make any contrast
between President Arthur's course on that sub
ject and the course which has since been pur-
sued, it would be simply 10 call attention TO
the fact that President Arthur made no pro
CARNATIONS, no promises, no pledges, but con-
tented himself with carrying out the law ac-
cording 70 its purpose and spirit. Both the
reatparties in 1854 declared themselves in
their platforms in favor of civil-servce reform,
but as the campaign progressed il was seen
that considerable body of men who had be-
fore that afhliated with the Republ can party.
had determined to oppose its candidate. and
IT soon became clear that not only was that
body OF men bent on opposing the Republican
candidate but was looking about for reasons to
support his opponent Governor Cleveland
The candidate OF the Democratic party had not
failed to observe this. and he accordingly pro-
IN fl-car osNtac -,
his letter OF acceptance
Mr.. Cleveland's d rclarations in that respect
had their effect in the close States thoy had
influence enough on the voters to he decisive
OF the result, and Mr.. Cleveland was elected
President. Mr.. Hale quoted from an inter
view with Mr. Cleveland, published in Boston
in 1888, in which Mr. Cleveland is represented
as saying: 81 have tried TO he true TO my own
pledges and the pledges Of my party. We both
promised to divorce the offices Of tho country
from being used for party services Thor
they had, as clearly words could give them
the pledges OF the ciyil-service reformers
That administration had been elected as Mr.
George w. Curtis and others had frequently
asserted, on the strength of such pledges He
lhalel had never believed in the sincerity of
these pledges, because, If the Democratic
party believed in any one thing more than
in another il was the doctrine that ito the
victors belong the spols." He had before him
table showing the sweeping changes in all the
departments OF Government up To tire 18th Of
June, 1887. That table showed tn out OF ., 279
PRESIDENTIAL posto.iices there had been 900
CuhuBtb out OF O&,ODJ tOurtl-ClaSS DOBtmaStGrS
there had been 10000 changes; out OF j3 foreign
minister's - changes; out OF n secretaries Of
legation, 10 changes; out of Ill collectors of
customs, 100 changes; 81 surveyors OF customs
were all changed not one OF the naval officers
remained; OF 80 appraisers but 2 remained of
~ superintendents of minis and assay Offices
there had been II changes the assistant ap-
prusers were all gono OF the IS collectors of
internal revenue, 81 had gone; of the II in
spectors OF steam vessels, were gone OF 20
district attorneys IN semi-iudicial otIicel Gj
were changed of 30 TerritoriAsI NJ ~ flei
Offices, p were changed OF ~ ,oy-
ernors, al were gone; OF tiggentss~6ut
2remained; every ono 1T - surve yor gen-
erals was gone; of III Ind officers. 100
agents but one w p,'of 80 Indian agents
--selia-n pIak R9ents OF the General
Demo ratio admin
over two years in
that he Hale could
TO was TO quote the
leading Democratic
Ingly published that
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licans from en-
Vernment only
ats protected by
Defected with as
'siness as possible !;
IN a few days n fur
Inis conquering march
in pursuit of Office had
pe4nning of this year
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had looked into the
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