New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-06
NO FLIES on HOHE SMITH.
HE BEHEADS REPUBLICANS WITH NEAT
NESS AND DISPATCH.
SECRETARY c,I1IeIE's EFFORTS SURPASSED By
THE GEORGIAN-A APPROVAL OF THE
SOUTHERN PRESS.
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Washington jus 5.-sccretaFy iioFe Stn''" u'u
not mean to be oudonr By secretary callae' an" Nv
* now able to congratulate himself and the spoilsmeh
OF his party that he has fairy surpassed inc h'''
~ thc Treasury Department In the energy ana sue
rcss OF his efforts TO make :" n clean sweep !" NJ
department for the benefit OF hot and hungry
Den, Gratis 1t Is now assorted that since the begin
ming of the fiscal ycIr there has not be II cmpoSeu
in the department Of the Interior In Washington S'"'
Gle minor official, clerk or ctpylSt VINO Is hepuoi
In any place not under the protection oil the 'Vh
service law, while large number OF clerks III the
classified service who are ,pubicanS have been re-
duccd from higher grades ard salaries To lo"'r Hr'"
and salaries in order to give room for the promotion
-, Dcnocr,t. \, a rulr these reductions AMI pro
molten, have been made regardless OF the recorded
standard Of efficiency Of the lncumbcnts ana Sol"y
for partisan reasons. TO such an extent mas 'hi'
been carried indeed, that the heads OF some OF 'he
bureaus dare not allow III" details TO becotn" Lho"h
and they therefore refused TO allow the hane'
OF the clerks who have been reduced and promoted 10
l." published.
A, WAS TO have been expected. nearly all OF ne
clerks DISCHARGED on account Of tho rcdacon Of ap
preparations Republicans among whom were
some OF the most capable, efficient ana 'ApeTrh''"
men in the Department. When the appropriation -
rcs orcd il must be M the next regular Session VI
Congress, every orc Of these vacancies Will b" filled
by IA Democrat II the head Of the Department has
his own way. In the Office OF the Assistant Attorney
General fr the Interior Department, large force OF
law clerk, is emp, ycd. mainly upon decisions III con
tested land eases When Secretary Noble took chnrge
~ the Department. In March. 1880, six of these
clerks were Democrats. who had been appi ntFc dur
rig Mr. Clcveands first Administration. They were
retained and are still in the service, and IT Is an
nonnced that they are not TO be disturbed but every
Republican clerk I'm the office has been com
PEELED 10 offer his rcsiGnati n. which has been
promptly accepted. The new Assistant Attorney
General /, a Georgian. who was g'ltess Of any
in Jwlcdcc Of IN" public land law, of the United
when he toll possession OF his oh'" t'at IL
+, said ne actually dill not know the meaning Of the
terms used 20 describe the legal subdivisions ana
boundaries OF surveyed public lands and some Of the
Dor ocrats from the South who have recently been APP
pointed 20 assist him IN the important and reNl"n
,ible duties ~ his Office equally Innocent. There
IS no doubt. however that they are thoroughly com
etrt 70 draw their salaries with unfang regularity
II /, not strange that the performances In tlH III
;cror Department should carry Joy TO the bosom on
southern Democrats. or that the Editor Of " Tie
Meinphls Conncrclii'' should glceiully write
~The Republican Administration retained six Demo
Gratis I'm the Ollie, If IN" Assistant Attorney General
an fl, Interior Department. Ih. &c SIX hodovcrs VIII
IL. retained but all The Republicans save Two VIII De
dismissed during the week. and these two VIII get
Tho Grand bounce before the lSt of July. Tie neat
nos and dispatch With which lIoke smith beh'ads
IN, Prplll,rn hnrnacirs clu.es the MuewumpS TO
silver with horror. for they not used Ia such
CHASTITY scenes. hut it brings j"y Ia the hearts oi
Tie lOys In the trenches. who have borne the DIunt
Of many hard fought battle. There are 10 hen
an, ,tn