New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-14
THE CIVIL SERVICE.


Aug 10, 1882
THE CIVIL SERVICE.
The law regulating appointments to the ciassineo
txv,I Service received my support in the Senate IN
tbs hJ,cf that II opened the way to muchneeded 70
sorm I stul think so, and therefore cordially ap
move the clear and forcible expression of tho Con-
vent,on upon this subject Tho law should have the
Aid Of friendly Interpretation and be faithfully ana
,tooro,slv snforced All appointments under u
should be absolutely free from partisan consooraohe
and influence Some extensions Of the classiheo hs'
are practicable and desirable, and further
attending the reform TO othcr branches OF the service
n which Il IS applicable would receive my approval
In amendments to every grede and department. mt
nesH ana not party service should be tho oesoh.a
ana discriminating test and fidelity and efficiency 'ho
nnv sure tenure Of once Only the interests OF tho
nubijo service should suggest removals from once.
know the practical difficulties attending me a'.enp,
amendments and removals. 1t will, however, %
my sincere purpose II elected, to advance inc reor
--tIettsr. of Acceptance.
insist thai n IS a common principle, appicaoie
"A veil 10 the service OF the Unteo s'sses a'n ~,
omploycs as to the service OF corporations anu ~
dividusis and their employees, that wnen y man w
once earned the salary stipulated by law or hNea W
eontract has earned Il by the stipulated nours u
work It Is bis, absolutely his; ana tne pr1no'p'e
ros1pbt 70 be introduced here Is that the government
NAV follow that money into HIS control ana ac'a.o ns
use of II to him. The Government OF inc onoo
States cannot prohibit any man from uslns inon1y
that ia his for any legitimate purpose'spee'h' apr"
10, 1852.
The President Of the United States repeatedly pun
himself under pledge, not simply IN ms puonv
FRANCES but In private letters, voluntarily ",."o"
IN favor of such a policy. It went through all the
,,,a m those Repnbllcans In Office who had rag
psnf small or large, OF legal term 10 setso' 'na'
~ they discharged their duties faithfully ana honestly
they would not be disturbed in serving out inc TO
matnder Of their torn II has turned our mat was
a dcceutiye feast TO which these gentlemen were inr
v.ted. II was almost Is full Of deception ana az
fatal IN ITS results as OF those foass OF Old story
n which men were invited for purpose OF assassns
Son--{spcech March a. 1886.
THE UNION VETERANS.
NV eountrymen, IL is no time now 10 use tno
artheearr,s scale to weigh the rewards OF the men
who saved the country. --(speech. Aug. l. 1883
yo,, recall the incidents OF the great war, not In
malice not 10 stir or to revive sectional DIVISIONS W
10 remark sectional lines but because you uene'o
mat II rs good for Nation that loyalty 10 inc nag
and hcro,sm in its defence should DO rememoereo
and honorcd. There is not veteran neso, ~ .sas
Republican club Of veterans who does not oesre 'a'
~. streams Of prosperity IN the Southern states
~ssf, RIM bank full There is not one who does not
sympathiEc with her pague-sufcKen conmu' ..,
aud rejoice In every new evidence Oh her thuu'a a
development. The Union veterans never eoasns
s i,o,,,se hard conditions upon the brave men 'no'
vs,o,sbed-tspeech to Veterans, Sept 20. 1888
w,tbout attempting to discuss particular PROPOSE
.,ors NAV add that measures in behalf OF the sur
ss veterans Of the war and of the families OF their
ss.d comrades should be conceived and executed IN
sn,rt of Justice and Of the most grateful hoeraiy
and that in the competition for civil appo'n"nens
MEMORABLE military service should have appropriate
recognidon,--tLetter Of Acceptance
GENERAL LEGISLATION.
me people Of Dakota are DISTINGUISHED sna 40
prived OF their appropriate influence IN inc oc'or"
College only because the prevailing sentiment N inc
Territory Is Republican. The case OF washington
territory is more recent. but not more hagrant II
wa appropriately express sympathy with the cause
80 rr,sh home ru,s shall we not also demand home
rule for Dakota Washington aud insist that their
sement shall not be polongedf There is
sense of Justice, of fairness, that VIII assert iSen
AGAINST these attempts to coin party advantage OUT Oh
public wrong Tho day wien men car DO as
frnchod or shorn of their political power for opinion
sake must have an end In our country.-speech,
July 26. 1885.
The declaration Of the Convention against Az
combinations of capital organised in trusts or other
wise 10 control arbitrarily the condition Of trade
among our citizens" is In harmony with the vows
and publicly expressed By me long before
the assembling Of the Convention Ordinarily, capl'a'
shares the losses OF ideness with labor. but ander
the operation Of the trust in some OF It's FORMS the
wage worker alone suffers loss. while idle capiiA
receives IT'S dividends from trust fund Producers
who refuse to Join the combination arc DESTROYED
end competition as element Of prices is eliminated
IL cannot DO doubted that the legislative authority
should and viii ind method of dealing fairly and
effectively with these, and other abuses connected
with this subject-lLettef OF Acceptance.
That condition OF things which makes Ireland
land OF tenants and which holds In vast estates the
lands OF England must never find footing here Small
farms invite the church and tho school into the
neighborhood. Therefore II was that in the beginning
the Republican party declared for free homes Of
quarter section each. That policy should be perpen
atcd as long as our public domain lasts, and all our
legislation should tend in the direction which have
Indicated -(spcsch, August 0. 1888.
We should protect our people against composition
with the products Of undorpaid labor abroad well
a. against the coming to shores e panpes lsbore
under ccntract and the Chinese. These two thoughts
are twin thoughts the same logic supports both, and
the Republican party holds them Is the dual con-
clusion Of ono great argument -4speech., August Is,
1855.
The homo is the best, II is the 0rst, school OF
good citizenship. Ii Is the great conservative and
asssinisting force ! should despair for my country
II American citizens TO be trained only In oar
schools valuable as their Instruction IS II IS in the
home mat we first learn obedience and respect for law
Parental authority Is tho type OF benehccnt govern
ent IL is I'm the home that we learn to love, In the
mother that bore u.s. that which is virtaous, conse-
Grated and pure take moro prfdo in the fact that
the Republican party has always been the friend and
vrotcctor OF she American homo than in anght oise
NJ the bencncent Homestead law 10 created moro than
hsh nallion OF homes by tho Emancipation Procsma-
Non Il converted million cattle pens into homes.
And 1t stil true to those principles that VIII pre-
serve cGntentmeni and prosperity In our homes.
greet Sou ss man who have been nsrrtured I'm such
homes and cali your thoughts to the fact that the Re-
publican party he's always been and can be trusted to
Be friendly to all that win promte virtue, intelligence
and morality In the homes of our pecple-tspeech.