Show THE CIVIL SERVICE civil service is 13 a general name ballie for all which are render el to tp the state or nation and paid foi for out of the general al treasury of the tile country it appears to be and in ill fact is one of the most trouble some branches of the public ser bervice vice vice mid and ever will be so long as s each new administration and victorious party acts on the principle ciple of to the victor belong the spoils E ever very pre presidential message is measurably devoted to the discussion of what has now become a vexed question in the nation the message of pres pres dent lent arthur of course is 13 no exception to the rule and it by the way contains some of ortho the best ideas and suggestions on this important subject that wo we ha have ve seen from any national executive for a long time past the president reit reiterated erato the same things be said on the qualifications for office in his letter of acceptance cep tance for the nomination for the canAida candidacy cy for vice president at the hast general election ID in that letter he lie stated that no man should be an incumbent of office tho the duties for which for any cause he lie is unfit to perform he said po no man should be appointed to a position ot public trust of honor and responsibility who is lacking in in ability fidelity and integrity which a proper administration of the office demands every patriotic person in the ration nation will echo such sentiment and if president arthur is governed by those principles in all his future appointments the country will be bene fitted by ly such a co course ursia and posterity will honor him for it ho ile says the investigation of all c complaints and the punishment of all official misconduct should be bd prompt and thorough Ai and we fully endorse him on that point if such a course were adopted there would be fewer defaulting officials and less of the public money would be plundered from the treasury to find its way into the pockets of scheming scoundrels president arthur like many of his predecessors is besieged by an army of greedy office hunters who demand some compensation for he be services they have rendered the party now in power during the last camp campaign aien aign many of them care for f or nothing but the position they covet and the emoluments it will yield them the president is puzzled bow how to dispose of them it has been reported that senator voorhees bees has offered a joint resolution that would if jf adopted relieve the executive of all these torment ors and effect a great reform in the civil service of aur our iia nation tion voorhees revolution rebo lution ou provides for the election of postmasters and revenue R g officers by b y tb alie e people of if the state or territory where the offices are lo 10 bated the chicago news last spring advocated measures similar to the above and is now in favor of the tile adoption of the tile resolution said tobe to be offered by mr M r voorhees the news YM lias has the following among other pertinent remarks on this subject the proper voters to elect a postmaster are the voters of the tile district in which his mails mail sare are de livered or the inhabitants to whom his post ost office is the nearest already rea y in many instances our best congressmen cause informal elections to be held among the people peo le I who mho get their mail at a particular dates post ost office between the rival candidates and the tile fact that the election lias lim resulted in favor of a particular candidate together with the in dor ot of that candidate by I the members of congress has never yet failed to secure the appointment and if generally ene rally resorted to as a cu custard stord in in the ab absence aenice of any law would probably in all future cases prove equally effectual on the eve of the death of president garfield it was reported that be he contemplated proposing gome some such measure though by what authority dhority y this report was wa s sent over the iv wires ires we cannot say the arguments gurnen ts in its f favor avor arc are that the relegation of the appointing pointing power tig anciently possess possessed sed by atho alio governors Gore moro of states to the people in ill the cases of county and town officers officer has ha worked well and even in the case ease of the judiciary while it has many I objections still the weight of opinion pin ion is is strongly in its favor indeed no ima imagination can fathom the dept ol 01 co corruption ru tion which would overwhelm our state tate politico cd if our sheriff county clerks coroners constable constables overseers of this the poor of highways and of schools had all to bo be appointed by the state governor and confirmed by the state senate I there is no branch of the public service of greater importance to the people than the postal service sc ivice all r person gersoni of if wha whatever tevor rank stations or color are interested in it and to them it is of the greatest importance to hao have their mails wails C carried ar and delivered with regularity and dispatch and selection ia bof of postmasters were left to ti tio tie e people they them would persons wit with h ability punctuality and an integrity they are tire acquainted quain ted the office would seek the tile man mail as it should do and und not a hundred men seek and scramble for the office it is impossible impo isible for the president or the postmaster general to know all the postmasters they appo appoint i int but the people wio who want a man to fill that position know kilow him they will vote for him and as the dewi says the votes of people who know a cindi candidate date must be worth far more than the fiat of a bull ragged and counter hauled and bedeviled sufferer in the presidential chair who trie samid clouds of favorable I and un unfavorable favora ble mig I representations to know whom to nominate but cannot according to the last annual report of the postmaster general there were on june 30 1881 post offices in the united states if the people who arc are most interested had a voice in the appointment of the persons to fill those position si tion the offices would be be better ir administered the pe peoples interests would bo be better sub served the community better gati fied and the civil service would be re reformed formed in one of its most extensive brandies branches |