Show SERVICE REFORM K R crone of the leaders of the republican party in new york state has published in the september atlantic an article on the reform of the united stites civil service if we remember what the prominent independent republican organs have clamored for for yours pointing to the example of the british empire as a model of official administration we are not surprised to see the strong undercurrent tatt threatens to wash away gome of the rotten foundations of republican machine power the chief evil in our republic is the principle to the victors belong the spoils this is generally attributed to gen jackson and the republicans feel particularly tickled over this campaign weapon against the democratic parly still they forget that for the twenty years that their party nad the supreme control of power they never made the least eifort to disengage their record from that one glance at gen grants eight years of administration will tell it all president Pret ident be it taid to his credit made a feeble effort to purge the civil bertice ser Tice to place it on a basig where clerical efficiency and honesty would but when in the execution of his chimerical re form plan ho struck at the anointed heads of cornell and arthur he chie officials of the new york custom home h provoked the holy wrath of senator conkling whose stubborn pertinacity finally bore away the palm of success now that the republican candidate for the presidency has declared for the old order of things it may be interesting what mr bowker says we want it vigorous protestantism m our politic sa new reformation appealing from creeds that mean nothing in practice to the individual conscience of mind wrong ft new emancipation from the hierarchy of officeholders office holders and tha of party whips there it indeed now a crisis in this country which demands a new antislavery anti slavery crusade II 11 is a struggle of the people against the politicians not easy to fight and with none of the heroica hero ici about it civil sonvico re form is at this moment a more important national question than the success of either of the two existing parties in the abuse of the civil service the politicians of either tide are entrenched in trenched so conr as ala of a great men extending all through the public offices and tho public de H parly in BO long every effort will be wade not to express the desires of the voters through the party but to keep the parly and its managers in the desires of the voters so long as the politicians can control patronage whether they be republican senator or democratic bosses so long they will prevent cither party from presenting issues on which the people to vote long as there is b temptation to a lil ad sats Q conspire against the fofe ra bis reaT dires at the poll so lone tho will be used for the op oate purpose from ht for which it intended but that civil bervice reform is the we nave beard before tho quellion que ilion ia liow we are to gel it oti will obea us lohrli api dpi tiie about n their and both are quite hi ready to leave it out or bleir practice especially it if a glock in trade with tho oula who whack vigorous uv at aliis plank with iho ins the trick is t anil the ins know gujt hp mon it i dear dubuc pu bUc aliey hata only to cry te other will be worse ahau we nr ami wha is the in an delpier ado the is nindo to cat djs yoto for the of civil service re forni fand against the practice of t cal bervice reform in a word cannot be reached it must be goi at in some oth ay i P SAN franciscan alo thing in A no I style when they do thing thus we read in the of saturday there n on exhibition at abo on montgomery street a gold invitation be presented to president latye lf tye s attend the carnival pal at tho pavilion tion i engraved upon cold plate ai inches long hy wide the golden oate the rising sun and a ship coming in are artistically en graved in the right upper corner and the of tho ftp peara Mita uno indita hoh reads M hallowd to hi excellency R B blaye president ident of the united stales we tender A cordial invitation to your golf and suite to attend th grand carnival bil masque at tho mechanic cravilion ilion on kiy evening Oct olier very voura georgd perkins ioni pacheco PAo heco J P jac abon W 11 L barnea william alarney ll arney james Coey John M morion F X cicitt cicott A androws wg V maccrellish V it wentworth con the h of solid invitation silver 51 iniel long by inchol wide the superscription eng raTel ai follows R B stalen palace hotel S anca co cat Ane nane attached IQ ti envelope |