The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-01-23
TIL NEW ADMINISTRATION AND
THE OFFICES.



If there were doubt that the Re-
publican civil service was honest and
able, il has vanished under the de-
rangement of the Democratic interval.
The campaign cry-"Turn the rascals
outlet us examine the books"
shrunk to the feeble charge of Soften
sive craftsmanship, and to the procur-
ing of secret accusations of this in
definable offense, while removals and
changes which disordered the service
were made for no other cause than to put
out Republicans to put in Democrats.
In the long Republican administra-
ton of the Government the official
service had grown to fidelity and
high character which had been un-
known since the time of Washington
and Adams. The great defalcations of
the Democratic times had become
"reminiscences. The new internal reve-
nue. service was well administered. All
the great improvements of public ac-
commodation in the public mails were
made by the Republicans, including
the system of railroad distribution, the
city delivery, the stamped envelopes
and cards. the money orders and notes,
the special instant delivery, the reduc-
ton of foreign postage, the free deliv-
cry OF newspapers within the county,
the parcel carrying of all articles, the
system of forwarding and returning
letters not called for, the reduction of
newspaper postage and the expediting
OF the mailing of newspapers, and so
on, were made by the Republican re-
gime.
These have lifted the mail service
from the most Indifferent to the high
est public accommodation, and the
postoffices from places which local
politicians enjoyed with indifference to
the service of the public, to places of
Jealous public servants. With all this
rise of service has been a reduction of
postage until it is now as low as that of
Great Britain, which has led the world
in excellence of mail service and cheap
postage. And it is believed that our
service, under Republican conditions,
was as efficient as that of Great Britain
under the steadiness of the permanent
executive and official tenure
Was it not treason to the people to
break up this great service by indis-
criminate and general changes for
party reasons? This, 10y a President
who came in on pledges to separate
the offices from party service, was
treachery. The cloaking of it under
inspired secret charges of Offensive
partisanship" was the way of conspira-
tors and sneak thieves.
One of the great advantages was in
the railway postal car distributing
service. 1t greatly expedited the
mails. And this delivered with like
promptnesS the newspapers, which
used to lag behind at the leisure OF
postmasters.
This is a special service requiring
expert men. 1t has been brought up
q locality it was understood to be ex-
empt from party changes. Was it not
brutal to issue commands to the SUI
perintendents of this service to dismiss
Unfortunately by sections specified
number of the railway mail clerks to
put in Democrats? This was done
under President who pledged him
self TO separate the Office from party
service. 1t was done as quickly and
by as large sections as was possible
without complete suspension of the
service. All can testify to its derange-
ment of the mails, and to its lowering
of the standard of public accommoda-
ton.
This disorganization, and the brutal
partisanship and sneaking business of
the SANDER part, justify and demand
that the reforming hand shall be laid
promptly and vigorously on the whole
of the mail service. The reasons and
manner of putting in the Cleveland
officials have left them no reason
against removal. They were put in to
degrade the public service. Republi
can appointments will lift it up.
About the same may be said of the
customs and excise officers, the attor-
neys, Marshals, Commissioners, and
all other officers at home and abroad.
The President who came in on the
pledge to separate the offices from
politics has made party the sole and
sufficient reason for changing all these.
They should stand with their party.