Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-03-13
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New York Times Washington Special.
WASHINGTON March 9. -During the
whole Of President Oleyeland's admins
trRtion Republican newspapers and Re-
publican stump speakers were engaged in
vigorously denouucing the President for
his great haste" in turning out Rspubli-
can office holders in order to fill their
places with Democratic voters. This was
particularly true OF the first year that MIR.
Cleveland held offioe-a time when many
of his own party friends were roundly
oriticising him for being SO slow in
turning the rasoals out"
During the first year OF President Har-
rison's decentralization, which ended last
week, the Republican newspapers and
orators have been remarkably silent CON-
oerning changes in Federal officers. TIE
reason for this silence is quickly found
when one undertakes to get at the STA
tistics OF changes for the years ending
March 4th, 1886, and March 18th, 1890 Il
is not easy to get at the exact figures, for
there appeafs to bs decided disiuolina-
tion to 20 into details la the post .otfi1e
| department, where, under the good Mr..
Wanan1aser, tina headman's axe has been
| swung by arms that never tire. II however,
the REQ rds of that department were
| opened for inspection, they would show
| that, in round numbers, $4,000 Demo-
cratic postmasters were Kicked out be-
| tween March 4th, 1889, and tho game
date in 1890, to make room for az many
Republicans, whose appointments did
not have to be confirmed by the Senate.
During the same period President Harfi-
son sent to tine Senate the nominations
of 1,6O0 Republicans to take ths places
OF an equal number of Presidential post
masters.
This makes total of "a 900 changes in
postmssters for the first year of the Har-
rison administration. The number OF
messages containing nominations sent by
Harrison to the Senate waB an even q, 500.
Excluding the regular army and navy
promotions and the postmasterB there
were, approximately, 1900 nominations
for other Federal officers In these mes
segeH, so that the grand total of changes
in Office made In President HarriBon's first
year foots up IS, 800.
From March An, 1885, to March 4th.
1885, covering tho frst IL months Of Mr..
Cleveiand's administration, there were,
approximately, IL, 700 persons appointed
poHtmagters at places below the grade of
Presidential post-offloes. The number of
nominating messages s-nI to the Senate
during that tims by President Cleveland
was ] 1852, containing the nominations, in
round numbers, OF 900 Presidential post
masters, making $4,000 changes In post.
masters. Omitting army and navy pro-
motions, there were also in these mes
sageH the nominations of approximately
900 other office holders, making an ag-
gregste Of changes during Oleveiand's
frst year of 40, 500.
Under Mr.. Cleyeland's administration
the railway mail service Was not pro
teoted by the civil service laws. During
! tho whole four years of that term just
! 1899 changes were made in tina. i'm.
portant branch OF the post-office depart
mont. The railway mail service wa,
brought within the civil service rules OF
, May LIST, 1889, under an order issued be
fore Mr.. Cleveland retired, yet between
March 4th and July 1st of last year
under Harriaon's ideas OF civil service re-
: form, 2,434 changes were made In tn,
! railway mail service, thus making, in fivt
months, 1896 more changes In that servic,
J under Harrison than were made in foul
: years under Cleveland.
! The Railway Msil Service appoint
/ ments are not included in the COMPARE
. tive figures given for the fret year Of tn
I two Administrations. II they had beef
taken into account, together with tn
a hundreds Of changes made in the variou
. executive departments the difference il
, favor of Mr.. Cievelsnd's administration
. would have been very much greater tina
: the IL, 800 which the figures show.