Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1890-03-20
NUMBER s.
Turning the Rascdls Out.

i
orouslY denouncing the presiden
for his "great haste" in turning ou
Republican office holders in order Il
fill their places with Democratic vo
ters. This was particularly true o.
the first year that Mr.. CLEVELAND
held office-a time when many of hi;
own party friends were roundly crit
icising him for being so slow IL
turning the rascals out
During the first year of President
Harrison's administration, which
ended last week, the Republican
newspapers and orators have been
remarkably silent concerning changes
in federal officers. The reason for
this silence is quickly found when
one undertakes to get at the statis-
TICS of changes for the years ending
March A, 1886, and March 4, 1890.
1t is not easy to get at the exact fig
ures, for there appears TO be q decid-
ed dislnclination to go into details
in the post-office department, where,
under the good Mr.. Wanamaker,
the headman's ak has been swung
0y arms that never tire. If, howev-
er, the records of that department
were opened for inspection they
would show that, in round numbers,
5000 Democratic postmasters were
kicked out between March 4, 1889,
and the same date in 1890 to make
room for as many Republicans whose
appointments did not have to be
confirmed by the senate. During
the same period President Harrison
sent to the senate the nominations of
l,600 republicans to take the places
of an equal number of presidential
postmasters.
This makes total of $4,000
changes III postmasters for The first
year of the Harrison administration.
The number of messages containing
nominations sent by Harrison to the
senate was an even $500. Exclud-
ing the regular army and navy pro-
motions and the postmasters there
were, approximately, 1,200 nomlna-
lions for other federal officers in
these messages, so that the grand |
total of changes in office made in
President Harrison $ first year foots
up So, 200.
From Marcia, 1885, to March 4
1886, covering the first twelve
months Of Mr.. Cleveland's admins
tration, there were, approximately, |
1900 persons appointed postmas-
ters at places below the grade of
presidential postoffices. The num-
Der of nominating messages sent to
the senate during that time by Pres
ldent Cleveland was 1852, contain
ing the nominations, in round num-
oers, Of 900 presidential postmas-
ters, making $1,000 changes In post
masters. OmItting army and navy
promotions there were also in these
the nominations of approx
imateIy 900 other office holders,
an aggregate of changes
during CIeveland's first year of 90
800.
Under Mr.. Cleveland's adminlstra-
ton the railway mail service was not
protected By the civil service laws.
During the whole four years of that
term, just 1899 changes were made
in that important branch of the post
office department. The railway mail
service was brought within the civil
service rules on May 1, 1889, under
an order issued before Mr.. Cleve-
land retired, yet between March 4
and July l of last year, under Har-
rison's ideas of civil service reform,
2, ,435 changes were made In the rail |
way service, thus making in five
months 435 more changes in that SER
vice under Harrison than were made
in four years under Cleveland.
The railway mail service appoint
ments are not included in the COM
paratlve figures given for the first |
year of the two administrations. II
they had been taken into account, |
together with the hundreds of |
changes made in the various execu-
tive departments the difference in
favor of Mr.. Cleveland adminlstra-
ton would have been very much |
greater than the $1,000 which the |
figures SHOW Washington Cores
pondence NeaO York Times.