The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1888-11-23
A NAILED HAND.
CHAIRMAN QUAY HAS MOVED .sON
TO WASEiINGTON.'

He We '',- civ;, Service. What Will
be Han i>oM's Policy on Civil Service
Reform.
Tsp, al Cor to STATE CERoNICLE.1
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Nov 1S, 1883.
Quay dudley & Co. are handsomely fixed
n their new headquarters and Quay says
he means TO hold with a mailed hand all
the Republican party honestly won Nov.
6th' This is interpreted TO mean that
the concern above mentioned has come
down as AYANT COURiERS of the new Ad-
ninistrati0n, and are going to parcel cut
the rewards for The faithful by the ides
OF March. The remarkable ana agreeable
part OF the programme is the ''hOldOverS"
viii meet with scarcely more consideration
tnan ! he democrats now in office Those
who We're turned out for ''partisan "of-
fenslveness' and who have been posing as
martyrs for nearly four years. and the
rank and file of the G. Q P who ran the
risk of The penitentiary IN fixing ballots
and managing the doodle" in the late
campaign are the elect ones to come un-
der the protection Of Quays mailed
hand This ''mailed hand'' of the sue
cessful knight in the late national tourney
is supposed to be more powerful now than
| the aegis of the Star Eyed Goddess or
even the ''White Plume whose waving
crest, the State Department "holdovers'
say, led the way to victory! How far
Quay, Dudley d Co, Civil Service Reform
or the influence of Blaine will affect the
! policy of President-elect Harrison is a
matter of universal con lecture. lie has
been as non committa as a Sphinx since
! his election. When he was Senator he
voted for the Civil Service law, and the
| platform on which ne was elected, pledges
! him to Civil Service Reform. But when
! he was Senator he was Il spokesman of the
most approved sort. and il is a matter OF
! record thar he applied Tor thirteen more
! offices than the government has to give,
| for Ills camOrOuS constituents. However,
| the precedents established during the ad-
| ministration of his grandfather may have
| some weight with him. He is said to be
! very fond of ''Old Tippacanoe" and his
! influence may cOunteract IN q ghostly sort
/ OF way, the magic Of the mailed hand
! now raised in menace against the Star
! Eyed SorceresS
Soon after the elder Harrison's inasgu-
ration, in 1S41. Daniel Webster, Secretary
! Of State, issued in The Presidents name a
| circular to the heads of executive depart
mentS informing them that the President
. considered it "a great abuse to bring the
patronage Of the Government lnlO conflict
with the freedom OF elections" The cir
cular went on to say that President Harri-
son would regard partisan interference
IL popular elections" or the payment of
! any contribution or assessment on salaries
OF official compensation for party or cleo
/ ton purposes on the part of any officer
or employee OF the Government as ''cause
/ for removal
This justifies the belief that had Presi
dent Harrison survived he would have
rigidiy maintained a non partisan civi
service policy. The necessity for this
policy was seen in the tremendous rush
upon Washington for Office. Henry Clay
was so much disgusted with the spectacle
that greeted Harrison's inauguration thai
he resolved 20 have nothing to do with the
distribution Of the spOils, saying, If the
day had duration of forty eight hours
should be unable to attend to the applica
tions | receive. In his Life of Henry
Clay" Carl Schurz quotes the following
letter OF Horace Greely: I'VE nave noth
ing nesg here in politics but large ant
numerous swarins OF Office hunting locust
sweeping on to Washington daily. Al
the rotten land spectators, broken banl
directors, swindl'ng cashiers, &c are il
full cry for office office; and even so hum
ble man as am is now run down 10
letters, letters. None of your half wa,
thing; write strong'' Curse their naus
eOus impudence."
J What Horace Greely described was
7cere bagatelle in comparison with tn
. army Of Office seekers preparing to descend
Epon Washington on the fourth OF Marcl
next. Several new species will have to b
added to his classification. II Harrison
should turn out all the employees of th
Government, men and women, from gar
ret to cellar, he would not be able to graf
ifx-t 4 bn
recurs whether he will adopt the civ
service policy family traced by his Viii
ancestor, or whether be viii surrender t
the invading Amy OF spollsmen.
West Virginia has broken the backbon
of the Solid South. The 51st Congress
will be controlled by Republicans and Nc
kmley will be Speaker, Judging from tn
present outlook. 1t has happened in th
past that members have died and cause
Radical changes, but death alone can no
. | give the Democrats a ma jOrity. \ shrew
!. | politician said to me this morning: 81
1 is fortunate thing for the Democrat
q that they have not secured a majority
the next House OF Representatives, The
> will be much better oil as II ninorit
> watching he tribllations Of their adver
7 aries.''
Mr.. Henry G. Williams who holds
place under the House which pays som
thing over S2, ,00G and Mr.. Robert
:, Cowan, file clerk of the same body with
;, salary paying little less, Mr. Davidson
= one or two North Carolina pOllceme
- pages, &c., will not endorse this view b.
y | expect there is some truth in it.
Everybody is still trying to discover Il
main cause for the defeat Of CieNe!an
- | Herr; IS one phase of the situation Whl'
| fear had great deal to do with 1t. II
j. Democratic patty went before the Mort
~ ern people with an admirable measu
T.. which their leaders advocated with el
- quence and power No intelligent AZ
- Unpreiudiced man will deny that the Mi
bill would have proved a very benefci
measure to the great Western States
we'll as to New England whose long d
j. pressed woollen industry would have be-
% spec dily restored to prosperity If the b
" had become a law. The dhieul1y vi
n he Mills bill was rot that 1T was :. real
N dangesous measure. but simply that 1t W
.. the MILLS bill and that Mr.. Mills hail
40 FROM Texas. He belongs to the ''Sol
10 South The Republican farmers Of t
~ | North do not believe that any good
- patriotic measure can possibly enaDs
+a from gentlemen who gave their alie.ian
~ to the late Southern ConfedeEaoy. 7
in Republican hulli,ua-ofs ana thlmbler
10 gers shouted that tho Mills bill was