New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-15

scheme a fair trial and expresses himself as luiy
satisfied with the results There may De dlHer'u
of opnlon as 10 details. but he thinks inc eAa'''"a-
tlons are on the whole, about the best test oi o'
that can be devised. II IS certainly far preierSoo
to the spolls system, and he has no lear tna'
IT VIII degenerate into mere bureaucrdo!'
worst type of bureaucracy was developed under
the spoils system of former Administrations "uc"
Mr. Cleveland came into Office he found the Depart
ments filed with incompctents who had found perma
nent lodgment there through favorlusm' MS uou"'
is whether sufficient clearingout has been uohc "
subserve tho best interests Of the Government aou
to give wider scope for Civil Service Reform through
its methods in filling the places OF inemcleht "I'H
capable
UNABLE TO SATISFY HUNGRY DEMOCRATS
The President recognizes fully the feeling OF the
great mass Of Democratic seekers, who expected
place and recognition and the disappointment and II
rftation which resulted from his inability to satisfy
them. 1t is matter Of deep regret to HIN that ne
could not do 50, but he had higher public duty TO
perform the publication and elevation of the public
service and the elimination from party politics as lar
as possible Of the degrading use of patronage an
evil which has grown to gigantic proportions and was
steadily increasing
He is very earnest in advocacy Of the CivnServce
system as being thoroughly practical reform and IN
no sense undemocratic. He thinks the work OF MS
Administration has fixed this reform as permanent
feature OF our system of government and that DO party
can afford to anagonlze II openly. So far as his o"
status in the party as affected by his attitude on the
Civil Service question IS concerned 1t may be saiu
that he regards himself better Democrat tAah
many of his critics.
The President Is especially gratihed al tho cicoU
OF his Administration on the prosperity ana hdPpF
ness of tho southern people both black and white
He believes in making no distinctions between any
of the sections and he deprecates strongly the re-
vlval of anlmOstes which were supposed to be deah
and buried lie IS satisfied that the race problem
can be worked out b. the people OF that section with
out outside interference
He speaps in terms of grateful apprecia
ton of the hearty and united support
accorded him by the members OF his
Cabinet. The Administration, It NEST be conceded
Will go down IN history unique in the fact that all It's
members have pulled together from beginning to end
and no personal iealouses or rescntments nave
marred the harmony OF its deliberations. Every
member of 1t has been hard-worAnG.
energetic and wholly devoted to the
publlc interests, and every Department presents an
cnvable record of important reforms and economies
and of substantial results IN the effort
to promote the public good No breath OF scandal
or talnt Of corruption has attached to any branch OF
the public service. -,
In view of the jobbery and scheming that pcrmeated
every department Of the public service under former
regimes, and which seemed TO have become per
manent feature of official life in Washington, no more
honorable epitaph could be applied to the Admihis-
tration now drawing TO a close than the emphatic
declaration of the President TO the writer! We hd'c
nothing to hide'