Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-07-20
Gen. Harrison aud Ci,n service Re.


From the Boston journal
Il seems r. lie the intention of the sp.
called Independent papers t. relieve Mr..
Cleveland II a part " the olium " hi, civil
service reform failures by throwing discred
it upon Gen Harrison attitude upon thi-
question. For example, here is Harper
Weekly saying
.t-flu t- Question 0f reform BOO the civil .r,I,.
sgd. gather from a -t='-h made hy him Boz toe Ssu
tt- after the inauguration ~ Mr Cleveland. iu.
.thiah h. described the President iur-s- 300 luii
ana that l- condemned him uot Tor removing
boo. political opponents. but for pretending thai
-Ih removals urri uuie in thu interest " reform
W. Ar. not aware " anything that Gen Harrison
has said ur dome which shows that Dts Admins
tratIYu would D. governed BOO this r'--ls-ct ly -'unl
pfIunipl-- ~ r-furn.
The speech with which Harper's Weekly
1cals in this summary way was delivered
March 80 1896. IN the course 81 II Gen.
Harrison expressed the strong dete.tation
which most really sincere men feel Tor the
deceits and hypOcri-ies practiced under the
pretence uf reform aud added the hope
that We might have President who would
either pursue the civil service policy pure
aud simple, and on a just basis, or would
revert openly ~ that other frank and bold,
il brutal method Of turning men and women
out simply for political opinion That j.
~ say, il the -poils principle Is b. rule,
Gen Harrison would rather it should do "
openly than have the sin Of hypocrisy
added Most men who are not inveterate
Cleveland wor.hipers would say the same.
| But in thi, same speech Gen. Harrison
| showed how widely he differed from the
| .poilsnen in his view of the offices when he
said
i freely say 10 my colleague that the krpuhli
a.u f1rty would ~ stronger iu Indiana u you
RlulI put every Indiana Republican ont 90 "iii's.
! and think thr D'mp. ratio party would To- weak
! .r in precisely the -afnr proportion th4t you i''
! Democrats iu."
But Harper, Weekly, had it chosen,
| might have found other evidence as ~ Gen.
| Harrison attitude on the question Not
only was he one " the Senators who helped
| ~ forward the Pendleton hill and u vot'
| DOWN obnoxious aud weakening amend
| ments but nearly six years ago in speech
| be- said
! u want ~ assure YOU tonight that am an al
! y.sAt- ~ civil s-rtio- reform. NJ brief exp
--nee AZ Washington has l-d me often Z" uitI
| 'u- w.-h aitL au eiuUha,i, DO not often H.
! that ! might 10. forever relieved " puthr Iat
] r.nus. ,-fsrt fpr myself the fr'-- ami un
purchased support ~ iuy fellow citiz@r, and bog.
ti.r.. uuU. affair That l-ltinat-ly r-llt" o. t'
| HONORABLE" trust which you have committed 70
The issue Of civil service reform j, almu,
"a, clear On this campaign rs the tariit ISSUE
ON one side j, Grover Cleveland With aI
array If broken pledges and a record IT sur
render to the ,poil,men, standing upon
platform which ignores the issue; aud ol
the other side i, the Republican party, viii
platform plelging the enforcement am
extension u the reform and candidat
who illustrate, thi. principle. The contras
j.. an unpleasant one for profe,,ed reform
err Ike Mr. Curtis who. in spite of all. pr.
pose - support Mr. Cleveland ani..the Den
,oratic party, but they cannot diminish TIA
Inconsistency Of their position by mi,rrI
resentins Gen Harrison