Show SAN FRANCISCOS COLLECTOR The appointment of Judge Hager as Collector of the port of San Francisco is generally looked upon with favor The S F Post of the 16th inst an independent independ-ent Republican paper speaks of the appointment ap-pointment in these terms In selecting Jndgo Hager for the Collect orship of the port the President has shown both good judgment and great independence independ-ence Of the appointees fitness for the position there can be no question Ho is a man of character capacity and cultivation who holds a solid place in the esteem of the people of the city and State No class is better pleased by the appointment than the business men who have dealings with the Custom House This is the best testimony as to the excellence of the Presidents choice Nobody complains of it save persons per-sons who live or hope to live by politics i Judge Hagers appointment is certain to have a deep effect upon his party in this State It is a notification to its chiefs that they must stop quarreling if they care for recognition from the President Either there will be submission and harmony or open war between the Radicals and the Administration Ad-ministration A rebellion provoked by an appointment so good and sensible in every practical and business aspect as that of Judge Hager to the oollectorship would not engage the sympathy of the respectable nonofficeseekmg elements The present leaders if thev are to continue to hold their places must lead their party in a direction different from that which they have pursued pur-sued hitherto Either they must quit fighting fight-ing among themselves get into line with the Administration or make way for more pliable pli-able and wiser menThe men-The Alta California of the same date speaks of the appointment in these terms The appointment of Judge Hager to the Collectorship of the port of San Francisco was not surprise to many who were aware of the proper desire of tho Administration to select for these offices so distant from Washington gentlemen who are known in the East though entirely identified with California by long residence Judge Hager has seen service in the Federal Senate at avery a-very interesting period and was there brought into favorable contact with Mr Bayard and many others who personally and officially are in a position to be consulted con-sulted by the President His personal and business record is above impeachment and the scrupulous honor conspicuous in his long identification with California is approving testimony to affirm the propriety of the appointment ap-pointment The office is no lon er of great political power since it was limited by the Civil Service law to a strictly business administration ad-ministration Those who enter its subordinate subordin-ate positions go in by the door of examination examina-tion endorsement by the Civil Service Examiners and as they tako place in the numerical order of their examination and there is a class of several hundred in waiting wait-ing the changes will necessarily be slow From all this it will be seen that the appointment meets with universal approval ap-proval It meet with such universal approval ap-proval because Judge Hager while a stanch and strong Democrat is also a thorough business man and one who is eminently well qualified to fill the position posi-tion to which he is appointed Had the office been bestowed upon him merely asa as-a reward for party services the probabilities probabili-ties are that the appointment would have met with much censure and criticism from all Republicans and many Democrats Demo-crats The country is slowly coming to a realization of the fact that the business of the Government should be conducted upon business principles the same as private business To accomplish this object ob-ject is the aim of the Civil Service law and while many are condemning that law today and poopoohing its methods of ascertaining a mans fitness for an appointive ap-pointive clerkship and saying it is a failure fail-ure they are deceiving themselves and they are going against the current of public opinion and not with it It is safe to say that tne spirit and provisions of the Civil Service law will be extended in the future rather than curtailed |