New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-19
United States. will operate with the same force
the future.
THE CIVIL SERVICE AND EXPANSION.

For the sam. rcason that expansion appears o
the Western man to be inevitable. there Il d.
'insuperahle practical difficulty 70 4 policy
pansion the inefficient civil Service o. the Ini,'d
mistake not. one Of the most healthy symptoms OF
public lfe in Amercs Is disposition to Tes ,,o
eminent which do so much to depress The Eng lish
observer As yet Amtrca pgopa 30 Mas nss mot
and the results will likely enough he striking when
the task is earnestly undertaken. The United
political organisms in the world an organism vi IN
a promise and potentisty behind Il OF which
there has been no previous parallel but 1t has
hardly had time 10 attend to me problems nc
There here seeins to be no insurmountabe reason why
there should not be efficient a Civil Service il
the United States as there Is in England. Tho
principle which has been followed in England has
been the keeping of the permanent Civil Service
abroad even more than at home apart from the
traditions and influences Of poltieal parties IN
all outward forms. has IN late years been behind
the institution Of the higher Indian Civil Service
open 10 natives with Europeans through competi-
i've examinson entrance TO II Sna De maze
Is the best and most distinctive product that Eng
land gy the h hsh mea o nq sd 6 np S
lie from which the British administration OF lndia
In tn. United States the university system Of
education has already reached kind Of develop
Rsy Tch dr h is G
ing- ground existing from which TO build Up
tiNll service Win nlen tldui'IonS 81 pupHC NulE.
II the Nation rises 10. the level Of the occasion
insists going straight In this matter from the
beginning there TO he all the possibilities OF
the very best results But n will be necessary to
bities Of the oficials. In England there s motto
to the effect that power must be paid" II IL Is
not paid by the state II tends pay itself. directly
or indirectly from other sources. and TO serve the
As the logic 81 the situation. that Is matter
solely for the American people Yet II l. one Of the
deepest truths OF philosophy that the meaning Of
living thirgs cannot be put into logica formulas
The spirit behind the Constitution Of the United
States IL probab bly, OF the most vital and healthy
things in the world. and YET. under the Const!tu-
ton Itself there are already the most illogical
suits.
THE CONSTITUTION AND LOGIC.
One Of the fundsm mental principles OF government
In the United States Is the assumption of the right
Of every citizen 10 liberty and the pursuit % hap
ana yet in some States OF the Cron he Is forbidden
10 marry A citizen Of different color. The indian
is n ward Of the United States. and not citizen
and the chinaman Is forbidden vote All this Is
fact remains that the spirit behind the American
Constitution probably OF the healthest forces
In he world The intense feeling Of the Western
that there is meaning and a reason behind
formulas-v hich II IL not even necessary 10 put
into formulas-has more in 1t than appears the
surface. II may be nearer 10 the real meaning OF
things than the most thoroughly reasoned argu-
torian in England than Professor Seeey. certainly
none who has understood better the meaning Of
the principles behind the expansion OF the English
such principles delivered himself OF this remark
able SAYING: In a truly living institution the in
sinct o. development is wiser than the utterances
Of the wlsest individual man That f. the West.
ern mans conclusion put into the philosophy Of
the historian