The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-03
A CIVIL SERVICE MOVE.
PROPOSITION 10 CLiSSTFY THE
FOURTH CLASS POsTNASTERS.
Tho situation In south Carolina-A Lively
Interest Being Taken Mt W a-hinst"n
in tt-ritxsimmons Fight

try as a part of the Civil Service VIII be
advocated In washington by a We@hiy
paper 10 be started purely for the pur
pose Of stating clearly and cohcis'N'
week hy week. the reasons for bringing
the fourth-class postmastors into the
Civil Service fold. The President mas
FOR long time past been cohsiuc'ins
very carefully this matter OF cie-ails iiS
/ the fourth-class postmasters anu oD -.
/ INK the necessity OF converting t"' ~,
| master-Gcncral and his fourlh 49,,
! ant into political payu1stelh. n"oac ~"
fervlces shall be 10 atienb 10 tdHl"5 w
the promissory notes - sed ny ti-' 80
! pdlsn workers IN the uintlcht ldi ~ VI
/ the country. The mere task OF chaHSlHb
! pOstmasters IN over siAt.-hV ihou-
| sand post-onlccs during the four years Oh
! an auiniListra- ION MOI only cnWie' -
+ work OF the department, but f'4iyuTls
injuries It's efficiency. Mr.. Cleveland mas
always been possessed of tho rettl M
I nation 10 place all the f0urth-claas post
| masters under Civil Service regulations.
/ but has put off taking the step because
OF II desire 20 avert any suspicion that
/ instead Of working for the good OF Gle
postal service he desired 20 secure the
! retention in Office Of large number
/ of Democrats. As q matter OF fact out
/ OF the sixty-nvc thousand fourth-class
[ postmastcrs IN office when this admins
/ tratiOn began, less than thirty thousand
have been removed. Ii Is Ikely, more
! over. that but few removals will be
mace after this, as the last five tnou-
sand changes made have been necessi-
ated by resiSnations and deaths.
VERY MANY HOLD-oyEHs.
From this IL will Do seen that there
! are thousands of fourth-class postmas-
| ters who hold over from administration
| 10 administration and who are never dis
/ turhcd BE- political changes. It is the
] "a If I.qf~
/ diuon apply 30 an fourth-class postmas-
! tiers and me is convinced that the service
WI be greatly benefited by such con-
! ditiOn OF affairs.
Tine Fourth-Ciass Postmaster" which
/ viii De started very soon in this city
VIII nave for it's principal purpose the
collection Of data bearing upon tin CLASH
| hcauon OF the fOurth-class postmastors.
ana Us editors viii put forth the strongest
| po0Slbit arguments for bringing the small
or ptsl-oilices into the classified service.
I rms paper VIII exist as a tangible de-
mana Tor the placing of the f0urth-class
9Ss,tinasiers in the classified service and
/ VIII afford the President an or,rortttrif,.
Tor taking tho step he has so long con.
.IHiidtec' by making IL apparent that
"'''o is Il public desire for this action.
10 pisgntN, his gHE NiGno.
inc efforts Of the South Carolina Com
SulDionU Convention 10 ao0nt "a ballot
equation which will disfIanchise tie Il-
! ''"'' Us ana JiutfS. and NDf
iaN enough 10 give election lf,irors .beo-
lute control of the registration OF voters.
Is Deins watched here with great Interest
at. d. ~ haskell son-in-iaw OK Gcncrai
NJ ace IainpJn, VINO is now ln the oitv
alscussed the matter at some length with
me ZINES cOrres1uGent to-day "a Il
TACT. said NJ Haskell. "thc convention
| d. not enoeaForlng 60 disffanrhfsa tho me-
t'oes as Us generally supposed. but IS
seeking TOT some law that viii enable The
/ Party 10 power 90 dlsfranchisc their snt-
mics and permit their friends o vote.
81 ilim1n ana his followers can control
the negroes they want their support.
Otherwise they would ike o. dlstr7ncnlse
/ them. lls is the problem that has pre-
s'ni"d itself and the convention is nut
struggling along in the dark cropping for
"A solution.
"If anything is accomplished it viii prob
ably Doe effected through The desire OF the
delegates 10 DO something. Inc truth OF
the matter is that this constitutional
convention Is Illegal The ttllmaritcs 40
not claim that 10 was authorized Dy a
| popular vote 10 was really defeated ny
q majority Of at least 80 per cent. OF the
| votes cast.
a MORAL MAJORITY.
LAS the negroes voted AGAINST H. now
oVer. the Tl,lman crowd claimed tie iro-
position had received "a moral majority
| because majcrity of the Whites voted
| iu it's favor. The election OF Evans as
Governor OF the state was determined in
the same manner, ANA now tine eont enHoA
is trying 10 hit urOn mftlod OF GIVING
/ the control of the Staie 20 tcc lulm.tn
party. without nccessiiaung RECOGNISE
20 such measures as We're SD 10 secure
Evirs election and the GALA Tor lne pres
"Thore are "A number OF good mon in
| the convention who VIII refuse 70 lclioN
| Tillman hhrdly. and who VIII oppose
strongly the hgh-handcd met1oi me- ne5
! adorfol | believe Tllman has WtdAti'H
| hiuasif hv his course in the convent t"f
and nat the animoslties which fe mas
/ created WI Dee tho forerunnei OF we ia
urate disintcgrltiou of the so-c"iieu re-
The iiveilest interest is being taken
rrr coRnrrr-rIrzsIv,fo~s FiG1r.
I'm Washington I'm the coming fight an
dallas. between C0rhett and iltzsinl-
mons The uncertainty as 10 ~, posa'-
| buitv Of having the fight az btnat maS
/ caused a general expression OF hcltl
fhat the fighters VIII resort 10 the Indian
! Territory for the purpose or pllilB. IS
off the match in case the governor noi.s
10 his ayowed Intention 20 stop the heht
bv force If necessary.
! that the managers Of the cnt. iufisr are
| I'm doubt as 10 their aunt! To ll" tIt
! the determined young Governor ~ iht
/ state and it is apparent thlt IAN
lcrc club under whose ar p.cca tIc al
fair is to bee held is even now looking
| for another location llr the t- ilt ii'
! has his eye uron the lnllan IftiitorN.
There is uO certainty that the Legs
/ lature Will pass the laW asked or II 10y
/ the Governor. hut the chances are az
/ least even. and stuart feels that ho had
] better fnd another fooin0lf ielofe
I he loses the one he now hns.
There is much uncertainty as % the
/ causes that would operate 10 prevent a
/ fight in nc Indian Territory, ana the
| part Of the territory finally decided upou
Cor the fight would decide the question
| as 20 the right OF this government ID
/ interfere. or rather tho extent 90 which
the AttorreyGcneral can interfere.
The espOndcnt OF The Times called
| at the Interior Department to-aay 30
/ learn what laws would operate 20 pre-
/ vent the fight from taking place ln thc
| siOner in explaining the relations OF thc
I general government 10 the Indian Ter
| riiOry and the Indian tribes stated thai
( the five tribes known as the Five Civilized
( Tribes have their own form of govern
/ ment and cannot be interiercd with 90
! any way by the soernment. Ihey nave
! their own courts and their own judge
and can punish for Offences in the TER
{ rtO-y without being intcrierred with by
/ the general government Iicfc j. a. laN.
! however. which prohibits the entrance
OF any white man upon NC iAlt4H ressi-
! vations without q permit from the United
/ States and this law can D. used To pre-
! vent The entrance OF the fighters upOu the
/ lands of the five civilized tribes. and force
| can be resOrted 10 10 prevent me lighters
| from going upon the domain of the In
! dian Territory.
So far as the reservation OF the other
| Indians tribes are concerned, the United
States exercises q iatheiiy supervision
| over tho reservations and can take any
/ necessary steps 10 prevent or suppress
| any act Of disorder that would be 10 the
! defriment OF the Indians.
Taking these two laws I'm conjunction
| the general government is I'm n POSITION
| 90 t.r.vsut the plugs and elUl. lgr1 now