New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-08
been such that the unchanged taxes on beer anu
tobacco yield as much as was anticipated
EXPLANATORY AND APOLOGEi10'

Nv On o,ors,oht the letter of the Civil service
Commissioners relative to the appointment Oh d"
emn,oyo ., Mr. F. L. Godkin as an ExaHhe''
| u,hicb "a nr,nted in another column this fnorh-
ing was omitted from yesterdays issue OF Inc
Tribune though received on Monday evening anu
nut in tyne Immediately with an earhes. puipo'e
10 give II 10 an anxious public al the earAe'' p''
sible moment Having learned from MS 'o"e an"
highly honorable connection WIN INC p'e'' w
such mistakes will sometimes occur J." '''o w.
roo,,,ot tod oe1ces and having himself supreme re-
gard for the amenities Of the prolessioi IL 10 nv
| likely that Mr. Godkin hmsei cohs'' "V" INV
omission as personal or due 10 professional 'e"'
ou.v though naturally enough he meh'ioHeu Tue
fact I'm his last evenings issue mercy ''e"'o"eN
II without the least suggestion Oh unh'i'u"es'
II is hardly necessary TO say that we ue'P.'
svrnatbizo with Mr.. Godkns evident desire to
,, ,,,1,,o,,,, tn connection with his efforts in
IN Ola, oonoc,tv 10 purify the Civil Service and
tee ,a,dards But our duty to the public
oo,,res thar We should net consent to the aDso-
| Into se,refracement so congenial to bis tempera-
| mani which he sometimes seems to be seeking
The nublic benefactor must sacrlhce MS lhhate
modesty for the public good
II will be seen by the communicated" Vi Tue
| Civil Service Commissioners that the appo'n'
mont of Examiner, viii h was frlvofousiy tea'eo
by q portion Of the press and selZeu upo" W wi
49,. ,yo,,hors ~ the Assembly at Albany as the
| occasion for proposing useless ana u'i'i"s e"
oo,rrar, aimed at Mr. Godkin; that the APP
ro,rtr,ont was not made by that gentleman, out
only suggested by him upon the solicitation Oh
| his colleagues This is as we supposed p"' ~
| will no remembered that The Tribune TOOK occa-
sion upon the introduction of the bill referred 70
| above TO say that the appointment was one iio''
which the public would suffer 10 detrlmeh'' pu''
| on the contrary. that there was reaso" " oe
cve IL would be very beneficial 10 the pupno
| ssrv,ce II "a with regret that we learn by this
| communication that the appointee arter t"rec
dovs. service resigned Immediately on hearing
that any objection was made. Tor IL seeihs " I'D
| :, be in the highest degree desirable that the
o,r,ss,o,s IN the Civil Service should be con-
,rolled as far as possible by Mr.. Godkin, assisted
| hy suhordinates who are IN entire sympathy with
| his theories and methods. There may DC u'in-
Guilty IN realizing his ideals and perhaps IN put
ting into uractice some Of his theories. but II
| conno, be denied that his ideals are OF the
| ,ortiest character and his theories extremely al
| ,rac,,vo 10 n class OF earnest and well-meahihg
c,tIzcns who 10 through He keeping In View the
constant purpose OF banishing politicians from
| politics and eliminating human nature from
| their fcl,owmen.
We repeat that the omission TO print the com
munlcation 81 Mr.. Godkin's colleagues was uhh-
| territorial and entirely due 10 an oversight anu
| we have 70 thank him for simply noticing inc
| fact I'm his last evenings issue without dwe'hhs
| upon f.; ms a person 81 less considerable temper
| and amiable disposition might have done with
singing scorn or sarcastic severity. AS matter
| 81 fact, we do not mean to keep from our readers
| ANYTHING relating TO Mr. Godkins of'cla' acts
or hubble service. n Is our earnest endeaVor 70
publish all such matters with the utmost prompt
ness. not 90 much 20 crafty curiosity az 70 re-
| lievc public anxiety.