The Washington times., 1922-04-16
Rn We headed to another era

n RU we headed to another era
"A az the spofls systemf Is tho
civil service reform to be
hs f1cutsd and to be made dead
letter an to any clerk or officer
who happens not TO be q partisan
Republican, The Attorney General
and other Officials by their state
! ments and actions have msds that
q live issue.
DID you ever hear Of dsorss Fl.
pendlstons -oentieunan dcorse"
they called him I really do not
know why that title was given him
uniess there was another George
Psndlston who could not qualify ~
sent1sman- Certainly Senator
George Pendlston was every inch
q statesman ~ well ~ q gentle
man of the Chsvsiisr Bayard type
HAVE yuu heard that another
Ohio man seems resolved TO win
lame Ter II Il notor1etyn BY under
mining or undoins the construct
I've statennanship Of the Buckeye
Benat0rs
Ito the vfctors belong tho
spoiis,s was . doctrine attributed
to Andrvw jackson. II has been
denied ehas oid Hickory said II, but
he prscticsd t. You reoall the story
Of how. when he had ordered the
rsmsv~i Of . certain Fsderslist Of
Eficoholder who had held an I'M
portant position given him by John
Adams, some Of bis advisers pre-
tasted.
-But. xfr. prsetdsutS ehsy SAID,
sMr. X cannot be spared He In
the only mAn who knows that
work ana We eannse set sions
without him.
2 but ausr1sA Jackson. -would
-xhs Government 30 to pieces II he
were to disf And he win die some
ttmoS~
Z. The man was removed. . simon
pure Democrat put In his place.
the duties were wen perfoymed,
and Jackssn proved that -thsre in
no indispsnsabis man I'm public
position"
OLD HICKORY MALIGNED.
I. Andrew Jackson has been much
rnaligned and held up as . spoils-
man above an other Presidents.
The difference between Old Hick-
cry and some others was that no
openly svowed his purpose to put
only Democrats on guard and do
naanded efflciency and loyalty In
his appointeeA-
Some Of his suooessors, following
his practice, At the same time
made loud profession Of devotion
TO the merit system while stabbfns
Il under the fifth RIB. In President
Grants Administration the spoils
ssysten reached . point not dream
ed of under Andrew Jackson.
In Old Hickory's time the mum
Der of jobs under the Federal Gov
,ernment were 80 few the President
a-and his Cabinet could personally
know the character Of appointees.
In Grants day the number had
grown SO largo that the President
could know nothing of any except
the highest and the general was
greatly imposed upon.
!. The spoils business grew SO
rank that men like George William
Curtis, independent Republican.
sHd George Pendleton, Democratic
Senator from Ohio. co-operated to
introduce a better method OF So
lecting, Government clerks.
DID NOT HAVE EASY SAILING.
Senator Pendieton didn't have
easy sailing when he proposed the
radical change. The Administration
and Congressman did not like to
give up the patronage and lose the
privilege of filling up the depart
ments In Washington with their
sisters and their cousins and their
aunts, and sometimes females
whose appointments were not very
J ssavory. ...f..
IS In 1898, in one month, as an off,
Ger In the Interior Department. II
was my. duty to dismiss a score Of
clerks. some OF them women. whose
reputation was such that good
women objected to association with
them. Under the old method Of ap-
pointing clerks. such appointments
were not made often. and never
with the knowledge Of the Cabinet
officisls, but there were occasional
Senators and Consressmsn who
were not above IT. Ha
/ recall two such-ons q Senator
and one a Congressman. There
was no politics in It, and one was .
Republican and one was q Demo
crat- A good looking young won-
an had been dismissed from the
Census Bureau In the reduction Of
the force Several OF ths finest
lmdies In. the world WORKING there
had convfnosd ne that she was not
a lit associate for the pure women
ssnsassd ehsrA And she Was made