The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-02-15

W RQf L. the lEftl -
,ctnal results Of this do, 10 the
belong the spollt conquest;
means that public ofti'no 4 pup.
ie tr,,sf. but public plunNat ii shall
he bestowed. not upon who can
sarvs well. or has s~eryefhfully his
country. nut upon him with most
za,l and less >crupIes Eeryed has
narty chief: and that it Il exercised
NOT for the good OF the (. but that
the uarty managers and adiierth'S
may perpetuate Their po"
Mr. Cahoon then Wei {" give
statistics showing the heal effects
al Owl Service reform nEe various
aa,nrtn.ntS of the govern where 1t
had been III operation.
10 continued: The $ system
tnrns more than two
nublic servants OUT Of olicfN loui
wears to make room fpfitefiellctu
| and incompetent persons, 'ave d"he
nothing more than To tr party
service. Imagine a mercha charglns
| haS salesmeI. and book-h, Il rali-
road discharging its cIs and
su,it chnuen. a bank diScha4ItS cash
ierS and tellerS every four. on the
oronud that they had in their
n~loces long enough and night give
u,ay for others. Would yo to trust
\ bank conducted upon StpriiclpieS
With Your deposits? Won like to
rifI4 upon such a railroad
Another point to be OBJ IS tila'
under the spoils system thOuslness
of the government IS Suated 70
;. tha business of distributes. Inc
President and his c~abinetrs have
not time to attend to regular
dnties. President Gartielfing for
tho Atlantic Monthly in aid that
. one-half of the working hf Sena-
tors and Congressman Wasl1hclent
~ meet the demands man them
: II reference to appointmehfhce.
Another evil of the SpStem IS
- t1,e corruption which alNceinpa-
ra nies If. Not content WltFig and
N n,.,shins by its p~olluting tSery de-
nortment of trust of Il aIfe, the
N vile sp;rit of the Spells Sporn OF
nartisan rancor. has III las even
entered the sacred precI the
~ school and college and dl1t -lgh-
al m;n1ed. honorable and cot men.
@hecause they did not belon party
~ in power. Can any sys'eil deeper
40 inlquity than tins!
h1 No longer can Civil SerYprm be
- c,;ed down by the social ~actical
: ,oI;ticians. as the nebulous Of I'M.
y nr,ct;cal Missionaries. for been
- grasped by the popular uneeinG as
= u practical necessity, not 'ote our
- political life; but to hit lhlghel
moral plane. not to hesl'tlcal
narties. but to restore y thelr
legitimate functions: not uparty
~ government impossible, b'alrd 1t
,oainst debasement; not ing to
=. }a in itself the consumnElpl re-
nj fo,.,ns b,1t. being the reftthoul
iiIo nb;ch other reformatory q gov
'ule arrnent anne be perfectEsful
tod Mr. Jesse C. Owen, thepake1
the for the negative, roundeo tn
rom defence in an able mahiler'a
+ to Government officers are int
our two classes: Those electeds bal
be lot of the people, and thoAte'
nv rhe officers SO elected. u.
ples' h American spirit dlrett
was energies toward the greatesiti
that NO greatest number. We Ia
her those responsible to the peoplth
ship. ING should he entrusted py u
eake. With nothing. Will this be nh
the Oh hy committing the selection /
10 ! machine which is not 4
the for the action Of men so selec'
free The feature Of civil service i
held patiti,e examination. II =
f the the educational qualifications.
nent; ments Of character, patrio
to Sc ability to perform the functlo
~snecitic office are not consld'
criterion for office holding
.ffces capacity and honesty. me
e ad ton * no test Of this. and NJ
Ell chairman Of the COMMISSION &C
The commission is poWefl
move men for crime or ncap'
~ unscntabie man must be re';
thn head Of the department ]
IN orr history as many e
mus such and show that the 81
'N7 i ! lamentable failure. The
nan is Is 70 she n'
and tenure.
The competitive system
,.;s many of the most capable M
,~;n+ir. men. Captain Pratt lnStltu'
90 a. dian school at Carlisle. IA.
the prime of manhood, he
;~t,,t;on because he cannot name the
~ +ba ast islands on the globe. Il
lance from Quinto to Rongo
Civil Service. Abe Lincoln
French nsNN
noe;so, country.
pres,- The affirmative would M
.public, lieye that the ol'H 0eiN
nee by the spoils system. and then
I'll ser saved politically. This
is not necessary to awe cit
Cana rd systems. During the fir
fell a of our political life we
snoils nor Civil Service. Z
ard life then changed only by the
i office heads of departments. Nh,
10 that system?
N. Long Instead of abolishing tn
;ensibili tenn. Civil Service rules o.
nbezzle- the most revolving forms.
officers in 1886. the Civil Service
example desired certain laws enactt
has had ising positions to the candl
d years tain members they obtaine'
-ost COR laws and dispensed patroni
people in return for their
Will Life tenure in office bree'
ms = ton and s%tagnation. With
ol ChH for the future. and shlene
III elaee tons. he can cling to Old d
'ple VIM DDS or to none at all, ana 1e
rahlee q security of the life tenure
re uu,, Service. The result is tn