Show GENUINE CIVIL SERVICE an eastern paper points to the retention of fitzhugh lee as consul general at havana by a a republican republica n president as an exemplification of real civil service reform this is doubtless the correct view although there was no I 1 actual reason apart from fron Nhe the political I 1 phase of the case why general 11 le should be discharged and a great many why he should be retained the troubles prevailing in cuba are so complex so difficult and at times so delicate as relates to internationalism that a man who has an unusual degree of courage firmness clearheadedness and patience allence is needed to cope with them and the present consul general is even such a man he was one of the most gallant commanders in the confederate army always did his full faill duty as such neither shirked nor sought danger invariably fought till the fighting was over and never was known to lose his head or his temper it woid be clearly impossible to find nd a marf man in all this broad land who would or could discharge the duties of that trying post more acceptably than has fitzhugh lee and his removal would be more of a loss to the united states than to him personally such a loss as the people at large would not consent to ox 01 tolerate I 1 it is the same with any other public duty albeit partisan preferences are in but few cases made so the public welfare as an in the one ofte the doctrine of xO rotation tatton in office proper one in proper places gora washington was ws the first greatt great emelar of that idea when he refused election to a third term of the pres benc dency Y in an 0 office afi ce of that k kind I 1 n d ga and J many others where the patrona patronage e bt enormous and the influence wiet wielded dea something beyond most peoples comprehension to permit it to be held con tenuously and indefinitely by any m maa however patriotic or acceptable otiz 1 v ise would be to make him an emperor 01 if not a despot in all but the name it Is different with those plad which A aich are purely represents represent tive in character and hav no patronage to speak of to bestow for instance a states delegation tv congress should be dependent for turl individual tenure upon efficiency capaci ity and honesty these being d the longer the member re the more good he can do because fla greater familiarity acquired with all ins and outs of legislation the so of influence and information anduss H securing of that attention and con bonem aeration which come most surely 15 reason of steadfastness energy asis w continuity take the new england states an aa v j criterion how often is it the e that a break is made in the depre represents ee tive contingent of elther either of them ver seldom indeed and even then it 1 caused oftener than otherwise to death or voluntary withdrawal gahs s of vermontis Ver monts senators mr irsak who is known as the father of body because of his great age lengthy service began his congress congles al career in 1865 1855 and has been in gress ever since he served six tc in the house and then went to senate where his sixth term will pire in 1903 he is eighty eight y old and vermont has no disposition 13 trade him for a younger man TL new england stites states combined h ban not the membership of either of great neighbors new york or I 1 sylvania bettit yet it is but fair to say tast they wield and since the war hm wielded an influence in equal to both of the others this siM largely if not entirely due to the 13 tice of holding on to a faithful aulk an capable servant and persistently r fusing to swap swa p horses when croad croe a stream it is a good practice toh any state or any part of a state B all means let capability and Ua t ness not be held back but the oppia i eunity for such will come in good alm N without displacing those who haaz I 1 been tried and not found wanting y |