The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-08
CTRTIS RAINBOW CHASING.
ur SEES STAINS or HOPE, THOUGH
rTIRKSON "SITS AMID THE RUINS"

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Tho Republican Party Ne n wooden Nnt-
meg Vow, Wv" a.. ,,.,n mSoo.,..ns
GOOD Ii"'nE" ' '"0'o
Nineteen men saI III eemI-'lrcuiar To" vi
eofas and chairs in the front room OF the Acad-
emy OF Medicine. on West Thirty-hrst street,
last night and gazed upon the countenances OF
George william Curtis and william fotts.
Three Jets Of gas shed q somore glow ABOUT
the room, and the limited glare OF an argand
burner cast halo about the head OF mr. Cur
Tia. The occasion was the annual meeting oil
the Civil Service Reform Association. Inc men
IN the semi circle were:
Carl Schurz, Silas W. Burt, j. Al. ComstocR'
FL Godkin. Horace White. Dorman b. Eaton,
orlando b. Potter. Jacob i. Miller. Edward
Cav George Il. Bishop. Charles W. Watson,
lsi', NJ, 81 n , nohhI,t uoprv N
Charles , ioI,ins M r. Tomntins ira Burslev,
n MncdonouRh. DR.. Alexander Mackay-
n ~. - I,,i n u,.io,,
Tho Rev George A. Gates. President OF Grin
~ Couoo, Jowa and n man employed in the
nell CoIieRe' ~ S,' a $1,000, Who hnS
aeen notices OF the meeting In an afternoon
non.- and had come in out OF curiosity, with a
pspor' 7nu n"N V ,, ~ - ,,,.
number OF reporters. hovered on the outsKirts
Of the inner ring OF adopts In political tran
I.,oIi.,,
scendeptalism. &c.. AZ.
The meeting openeu WIN speeeh Hoiii "i'
Curtia In which he SAID:
~, r.rr iro,I ,bnt n nrac,ice which WA
Us 0 'et uiV t. s,soos Tot,sr nearly two
aAyy salrnoo IN n thu ats oca life life
OF London should be Rrave'S aeleDo Gu as 80
prope, anu and most iutslIiSsnt Of REPUBLICS A
tr,end of the Ton,r,s describes certain solicita-
tionslior en- ployment. Mr.. John Taplash hav-
ing eerVeu al oinoes anu ~ tno norish A..
YOUR VOt0 lot Singing tleIh Vi lho pNiloh' MI
mother has had ten children. oil whom his VIE
has suckled herself therefore humbly desires
40" kIo,o,
10 Dc scnooihas.ei. ,,
In this country If MIR. John Taplash' VINO Is
Leuuceu ,, ~ In IA 90 ,hoso onoiiaootiona
OF ten cniluren, WIN auu w nIoso
Tor p1pbe s nfgb AND rde thirty miles
upon the private business OF senator OF the
United states. we have the senators own au,
public treasury.
q perpetual loot Of the public service for per
Ronal and partisan interests is essential to the
not bound OF ND up With CORRUPTION Honesty and
i bIe with 1 POPULAR government It Is not the
eordid knavery which MCCAIN alleges in his
testimony. but the general disgust and indig,
The e p disclosure Of Corruption and the sheer q
S SIRilsnt sprit!and progress Of the demand ior
reform are encouragine and inspiring.
y, our politics and politicians is laid bare and
a Senator assures us with iridescent rhetoric
that it is alI right, the LEGISLATURE Of New York
ess law V and rural registry law. The Ameri-
can public mind is, aroused; the civil service
SATAN ia going. and the American republic ia
batter than ever
in mower has abolished the spells system. I
must ask you for the moment to permit that
no ne be a te9 and cton in
House. and such dec iarations in the party press,
as more significant than NJ; Clarks9n's partisan
have opinions before they have the courage Of
them. The Democratic party has been theo-
I Rnr eIee p Tor one Democrat. who had the
courage OF his opinions, 1t is doubtful whether
the party sW0 % noW
decline.
Nothing could be more indisputabIe than
lions OF opinion In regard TO civil service re-
form except the failure to put thep into praef-
ministration has done nothing. think the
nomfnation OF the present Civil Service Con-,
the Greatest pleasure from the best authority
that the reformed system Is honestly applied
in the at Wahhgl9n N95nG
than such aggressive intelligence and persist
emit pluck as Mr.. Ro9sevelt,s IN the siyil Ser,
my rose tree In February do not suppose 1t Is
June. The Republican partys opinions upon
the subject could not De ,Detter, put WDen
like Marius AT carthage IN NAyue[iyns pc
ture. see Clarkson sitting among n. the ruins
The RenuhlIcan marty has reform opinions it
s snH ieaIs The nopraGa ~ them marty which
I'll HnIoof,aS rafornn and rn1iticalIv
chanpas 100000 Post Offices in a year would
seem TO show an indisputable resemblance to q
wooden nutmeg. It's profession is aromatic in
the highest degree, but its performance is
sSWdust. When the party In power acquires
tbe conrape OF it's reform opinion and resolves
70 conveTt II into a Motley IL will no more toler-
ate Nr IIarkenn howeyer honest and excel
iapt n citjyan ns hssistant Postm aster- General
mr. Nc ouay as Chairman Of its National Com
mittee or Hr. Patt as the director Of it's polit-
day S; when the restriction Of slavery was; not
foIooW as RoheIt Toombs or Yancey or Jeffer1
son Davis Ss n ieader
eO IT a. a. NOT neen 70 imnlv br ITHACA remarks
for 10 MOT baIere that tbs party In oppositon
ia either sounder in theory upon the subject or
power. Indeed. as think that the better SEN
country were Tor a generation generally found
In the party now in control OF the Admlnlstra-