El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-22
VOL. XVII. NJ. 95


Civil ser ice.
AT sta te repebt IN h hsadquarters at
! Dallas it is neiiev.d tGaI a resolution
w II be passed by cooerees revok ng
the hlar ket vii service orde- of eX-
| resid Mt Cleveland, which ; as indis-
criminateiy place al the off es der
the law. It is ur derstood that the
ant -Cl@ veland democr IS favor such a
resolut ou and as reA ards the republi-
cans, on V mngwur pS OppO-ed it.
S. ould it p SIS President Mex nlev will
1-sue an order extAndiny tte C vi ser
vice only to pO OnS of the la-Sitied
service tha' justly snoul1 be under it,
and eXcluri ing al OF er brarc es.
1t is argue that while the principle,
''to the vic or. long The spoil - may
he p t. c it.ci IN. it is l"ss obi &C.
t on ibie than the substitution of b. b.
cry for tff e as st mnlant in p 'liJical
campa gns. [ is sisni icant t. "a With
the rising eX ems on OF the civil SER
vice has come an enormous use of m n
ev, drawn larg+ ly from tru-rs and cor
porai ions for so-csllle1 campaign pur-
poses TIL perp-tuity OF our govern
ment and its ius itnt'uIs S would seem to
dere upon the love and patriotism of
the pep e. Pa-ri 'tjsm is kept alive
by party spirit a d p 'rtv sp rit is kept
active by sseusior az factions. The
political waters t. BE- pure, must be
L
my length of line to rem ain in quies-
cent state they stagna'e.
Politics has reSO vel itself Dwn to
this last a 1al VS.: Sna | the party sp T.
t BE- kept alive by tn inceut We Of
fee and h no~abe pub ic emp oym~nt,
o" br the use of mon-v wrung from
cor pora' TO- and truss? This is Sc
rIou- question Coz nee ed with the civil
service issue 1t i, plain tt be seen
hat the patrioli-m of the people
would soon be stunt d if. the govern
ment b~cime more sensitive to the
'laims of aggregated cap tai than
those Of the masses. Civil service, be-
sides, has a tendency to develop au
aristocratic official class, for which
resson it j. + 'vored by all Anglo
maniacs ard fin IS 1t strongest advO-
Gates among the New York 400.
Republicans Harmony.
The San Antonio Expr~ss has the
followiugb b OF gossip about publican
narmOny.
One of the strangest things that has
occurred recent Y in politics is. it is
rumored. on 70 t IN ta1S state, and
-hOws the de p interest VIII ch so-call-
d FOUND m ney democrats are taking
in the pres rvat o. OF e nu blican inte-
gritty 1t wit be remen bAred that
,trong factionsl fghi sprang up be-
GWee Green ana Granf, representing
TWO d fftrent C mp5 in the repub' can
,rganiz itlon, but in reality growing
nut Of and sustained more by the
struggle for the oistr bu ion of federal
pltrOnag3 than anv red prize pie.
The bait e was TT .ueferre d from Tex
IS to Washington an / WAS Aeply in
n-ifie by the protest of Myron 7.
H-rrick, which WAS resented oy Green
IS sn uncal'ei fir inter ference in the
aft airs "f Texas. by man whose OILY
connection W tn this ate was n an ef-
fort 30 se:ur e cOntes' ing deleea'es for
he purpo-e of seating Jh-m and get
ting his favn;l tie on the national eXecu-
i've comm tie 1t sc nus. h ,wever,
mat ,me OF he soun1 mon-y demo-
r is are 81 deeply int 'rests d in the
pr sarv ttion of the repub ic4n party
tnat they are taking nand in the
settIemt Mt of the d # rences. With
mis- object in view it is unders' ood
h At several v-ry importans infer
ences have been held with the admin
STRAIT on
II comes straight from sound
money democrats that announc ament
will soou made of 1he amicabie aG-
iustment of the patrons ge question.
Just whe~e when this adjustment
vi l take place has not been gwen out,
but ce-tain l. is that Mr.. Green will
INSIST upon loc Il SUPP emacy and a re-
cogGitiun OF hi organ "a ion.