The Irish standard., 1890-04-05
iglLEVELAND All r R,RIs0H !:
Their First 7 ear ii the II hitsa House On
Appointments and Removals
I Compared

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1 The Washington eorrespo Tent of the
New York Times gives the following
spicy comparisons il the present na-
tional administration and it's pred oss-
sor on the matter Of appointments to
and removals from ofise ~: =: 81
During the first year Of President
Harrison's administration, which ended
last week. the Repub lican newspapers
and orators have been remarkably silent
concerning changes in federal officers.
The reason for this silence is qaickly
found when one undertakes to got at the
statistics Of changes for the years ending
March 4, 1886, and March 4, 1880. &c
is not easy to get at the exact figures,
for there appears to be decided disin-
cllnatlon to go into details in the pest
Office department, where, under the
good Mr.. Wanamaker, the headman's
axe has been swung by arms that never
tire. IF, however, the records Of that
department. were opened for inspection,
they would show that, in round NUM-
bers. 10000 Democratic postmasters
were kicked out between March 1889,
and the same date in 1890, to make
room for as many Republicans, whose
appointments did not have to be con-
tirmed by the Senate. During the same
period President Harrison sent to the
Senate the nominationsof 1000 Republic
cans to take the places of an equal num-
Der Of presidential postmasters. This
makes total of $4,000 changes in post
masters for the first year Of the Harri-
son administration. The number of
messages containing nominations sent
by Harrison to the Senate was an even
$500. Excluding the regular army and
navy promotion and the postmasters,
there were approximate, 1900 nomina-
tons for other federal officers in these
messages. so that the grand t. tai of
changes in Office made in President Har-
rison's first year foots up Sc, 500.
From March 4, 1885. to March 4. 1886,
covering the first twelve months of Mr.
Cleveland's administration. there were,
approximately, 1900 persons appointed
postmasters at places below The grade Of
presidential post offices. The number
Of nominating messages sent to the
Senate during that time by President
Cleveland was l 1862, containing the NOM
nations. in round numbers, Of 900
presidential postmasters, making 19. 300
changes in postmasters. Omitting army
and navy promotions. there were also in
these messages the nominations of ap.
proximately 900 other Office. holders,
making an aggregate of changes during
Cleveland's first year of 20. 500.
Under MIR. Cleveland's administration
the railway mail service was not pro-
tected by the civil service laws. During
the whole four years of that term just
1899 char ges were mace IN that import
ant branch Of the post office department.
The railway mail service was brought
within the civil service rules on May /,
1889, under an order issued before Mr..
Cleveland retired, yet between March 4
and Jelly l Of last year, under Harrison's
ideas of civil service reform, 2.A34 chan
ges were made in the railway mail SER
vice, thus making in FIVE months, 435
more changes in that service under Har-
rison than were made in four years under
Cleveland. &. q
Tht railway mail service appointments
are not included in the comparative
figures given for the first year OF the two
administrations. IF they had been taken
into account, together with the hundreds
of changes made IN the various executive
departments, the difference in favor Of
Mr.. Cleveland's administration would
have been very much greater than Ii, 300
which the figures show. Us
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