Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1879 — Civil Service and Politics. [ARTICLE]

Civil Service and Politics.

Washington, Aug. 29. charges have been preferred from different parts of the country before the President against Federal officials for active interference in the management of polilical conventions, and bo has been asked whether his Civil-Sorvico order is still in force, or whether, as has been stated in various quarters, ho now regards it as a dead-letter. To one of these correspondents the President, a few days since, addressed tho following reply: My Dear General: I have your note as to the intotorencco of Federal officeholders in the Republican County Conventions. This is the first I have heard of it. I agree with you that the interference of public officials with partisan political management ought to be stopped, and that the order on the subject be enforced. The truth is, that the less public officers have to do with partisan political management the better it is for the public, service an:l for their party. A public officer can best promote the interests of his party by rendering faithful and efficient service in performing the duties of his office. If you will send me the names of those you complain of, with a brief statement of the facts against them, I will see that the affair is looked into and justice done. I am glad to know that the ru’.e on the subject is more generally complied with as it is better understood, and that the public senti-

ment sustains it.

R. B. HAYES.