New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-06

.OBTRUsIvE PARTISANsHIP" RAMPANT
IN ADMINISTRATIONS CIRCLES.
CABINET MEMBERS AND HEADS az BUREAUS
RECKLESSLY VIOLATING Az INl'hN'hhp
ORDER or PRESIDENT CI.EVELANps.
my rv1rGRArn 70 THE TRipryg..

RECKLESSLY VIOLATING An lNIfN'h''p
ORDER or PRESIDENT cIEvELAND's.
my rv1rGRhrH THE TRIBUNE.
Washington oct. The presence OF freS''@h'
Cleveland in Washington seems to b" absolutely
necessary unless he has utterly abandoned ana
regulated the professions in favor OF C'Vli service
Reform which h. 50 loudly proclaimed eight years
ogo He ought to know that members Of hs 'ab!-
not end assistant SECRETARIES, heads ot bureaus
chief clerks and chiefs OF divisions IN the Depart
mcnts have neglected and are leSleriins iEe'r ON
cial duties and exhibiting the most op'ruSNe
partisanship' and "pcrn!cious activity III parry
noIncs They are treating with supreme contempt
his order OF July A. ls>f. to oAcehoiders, III "nch
he declared: Not only is their dime and labor que
tn the Government. bat they should scrupulousy
avoid i'm their political action as well a. IN inc
DISCHARGE Of their Official duty. Offending by
display Of obtrusive partisanship their n"ishborS
who have relations with them as public officials
In tho same order President Cleveland said:
Office holdcrs are neither disfranchsed nor Lor-
hidden thc exercise of political privileges Oi, tnc
privileges are not enlarged nor - tne'i m,
party increased to perni'ious acUN'N "Y UNIV
holding
There is some reason to believe that Mr.. 'ieVe-
lands views have not changed IN TINS resdru 80
far ~ the regulation Of his own personal co"u"''
* concerned. only two years ago when n" was
NOT an otriceholder he felt perfectly free 10 go to
Rhode Island and take part in political campaign
and even to denouncc Protectoniss as thieves Out
now that he is an oiiceholder he does not i'ei 1T
liberty apparently. to say word IN puohc OF LOT
publication. in behalf Of his party. when Is III
dire rxtremlties not only in his own state. but III
nearly every other State in the Union HIS strict
regard for official pruprirty has not even permitted
him t. utter a syllable of approval or 'oihih'hda
ton for the work OF the Saratoga cohN'ht'o"' ~
though an expression from him on that S"pJrc'
would not have violated the rn" lhid DOW" pS "''"
in his letter Of November IL, 1856 to DlSif'c' AZ
Al .fIr xh hon H.
I did not intend to condemn ID" mahihs y, -
suocch by Il Federal official 20 his neshbors anu
,eiy imciarnr,i"if thr speech itself was decent
and fair But not think that sdch an oiiu''' a,
cn,er as a business a political carnpalSh anu r"n
s.ntinr to a long list engagements To address
political meetings widely SEPARATED ann o, NM
ins his duty. II he holds an office worth hsv'ht
nor without taking with him in tns ranra7S me
political power ana influence i"''e'o''' '
course is condemned
The President has not publicly and formally re-
undated these views; his own course indicates 'ha
they still govern his personal conduct, ana ne
must therefore be ignorant OF the peri3 %,
a I1rrr number OF OH rehuldcrs In the P'"d4hs
SamrIisn or he would At least reeuke them-anl
he might go az far As he di h IN District N''o''S
Benton's case. and suspend them ,.. ,.so aware
Inlsmuch As Nj Cleveland mus, nay, orfm t"g,g
his elaborate iunketing voyage to New Eng AM
had sprn. several weeks in the AlaD'ma S,Ate yi' ~,
,,irn using his political power ana lnnuril'" III
i.haif IF he Democratic ticket. IL Il - pr pre-
sum- NAV ,nI nSnalte. when the Presidcnts ..nsc
Of iry ami stern ana jctous regard for official ana
political virtue voud inlet upon an ongeloIsi %,
RE- 10 carry his "po.i;ioA. power and inhuence 70
,'iitr VII. IN heallf u the Aimnstr4ion with
what result the country has Just BEEN havisci 80.
s,irne his noors IN behalf Of the Democratic parry
heforc the campsisn ends ana h. nay o. a.
G-,rgia Hut Prcsidcn, Cleveland probably dos not
Know That otacr Fel~I oGcin Is f., %
nf MS prlf,r 81 de.lres well A. 81 ~ tN"cuti"
thcsc Offenders past present ami pF9speetiye are
Assistant secretary Hamiin. ~ me Ir'l'Hfy i''-
in Vest virginia AID mas future 'n.asem"nt' ~
the same sort Assistant secretary N'Nr - tl'
.tiy.nia AMI vii go 70 TAX pant Ia 'h' Iilinoi.
campaign. Controller Ecke.s. who ha- niad" ever
@ 1 ~rn,inur hi. iab,rs IN West virginia ana
.'ncf II Division Jordan. VINO Is making sps"cnc- 90
P,uusyIvania The foregoing are Al ffuM the Ifch.-
L' ,.lnf6r,~i hy several othcr oniceh,icr- from
tne same Department within ne ntI' i,r,n'snt
h. is UNDERSTOOD. Nj. taxi fighting mare ln n
Michigan clmpaisn' under lhc a"spl'"s 81 49," ~, "
Dickinson Assistant secretary Nrynous. 90 w,
Interior Department. * booked Tor Two "c"ks
.rcakiug campaign In 'cnm'y lN'n'" '",'ii ~ 'lM-
missioner Murphy. - ~ irn-len ~ ."". ", a.,
noting J.eeiy adjudication 81 pension c'1ims ny
uty-CJmiu-4lpn"I Bell % thr same l'it'A' l7 ,.Hh
the same thing in Illinois after spending ton" I'm"
partnen VIII leave his official duties IN g." days
Of these men ia good trim. having enjoyed
season Of recreation and recuperailon.
The foregoing list l. necessarily incomplete. hu' u
would seem To- be long enough. ana distinguished
enough to arrest The attention OF 50 stdnch friend
Of civil Service Reform President Cleveland pro
fsscs to be- AMI perhaps hasten his T"turn - WASH
iucton in order 20 prevent an exodus OF All the
ptnocrAtlc oiccholdefs OF course he has no juris-
dlction NlcePresii"nt Stevenson. who j. gong
would not be likely 20 interfer" with Ambassador
Bayari. VINO IS - take part IN the be,awhr' cam,
palgn and who IL i said VIII also deliver several
spcrchcs in New-York and New gland before the
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