CLEVELAND, GROVER. 



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the duty of those intrusted with the management of Almanac," the total popular vote in the United 



their affairs to see that such public service is forth- Statps wa<* 10 Ofi7 fi10 divider! ne fnllnw- 



coming. The selection and retention of subordinates lU,UW,t>lU, divided as 1 



in Government employment should depend upon their e yeland 4 ,874 ,986 



ascertained fitness and the value of their work, and g 1 JJJ ' ' ' rfi STO 



they should be neither expected nor allowed to do St. John'! '...... 150869 



questionable party service. The interests of the peo- Blank, defective, and scattering' '.'.'.'. '.'.'.'.'.'.'. '. '. '.'.'.'. 14,904 

 pie will be better protected ; the estimate of public 



labor and duty will be immensely improved ; public Total 10,067,61 



employment will be open to all who can demonstrate w. follnwino- tnhlp im-pa tl 



their fitness to enter it; the unseemly scramble for 



place under the Government, with the consequent -g 



importunity which embitters official life, will cease: jl ,$ I CTATK-Q 



and the public departments will not be filled with STATES. 



those who conceive it to be their first duty to aid the 3 5 _ 5 



party to which they owe their places instead of ren- A]abama _ tlT ., Missouri... TIT 



denng patient and honest return to the people. Arkansas 1 . . Nebraska 5 



I believe that the public temper is such that the California .......... .. *8 Nevada.. ".'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. '.'. 8 



voters of the land are prepared to support the party Colorado ... 8 I New Hampshire 4 



which gives the best promise of administering the Connecticut 6 .. New Jersey 9 



Government in the honest, simple, and plain manner Delaware : I . . New York 86 



which is consistent with its character and purposes, E^* J " Ohio Carohna ' ' ' ' n 



They have learned that mystery and concealment in uij no j s " ' 22 Oregon '. '. '. 



the management of their aifairs cover tricks and be- Indiana .. ....'/. .... 15 .'. Pennsylvania ! '. '. '. '. '. 



trayal. The statesmanship they require consists in Iowa .............. .. 13 \ Rhode Island . '. '. '. '. .. 4 



honesty and frugality, a prompt response to the needs Kansas 9 South Carolina .... 9 



of the people as they arise, and the vigilant protection Kentucky 13 .. Tennessee 12 



of all their varied interests. Louisiana 8 .. Texas... 18 



If I should be aalled to the chief magistracy of the Maryland 8 ' vSSS 12 



nation by the suffrages of my fellow-citizens, I will Massachusetts'. '.'.'.'.'. .. U West Virginia'. ". '. '.'.'. 6 



assume the duties ot that high omce with a solemn Michigan 18 Wisconsin 11 



determination to dedicate every effort to th e country ' s Minnesota' ......'... '.. 1 



good, and with a humble reliance upon the favor Mississippi 9 . Totals 219 182 



and support of the Supreme Being, who I believe will i Tr 7T~T ' ' ~ 



always bless honest human endeavor in the conscien- Which gave Cleveland a majority of 37. 



tious discharge of public duty. Late in December the Executive Committee 



GEOVER CLEVELAND O f the National Civil-Service Reform League 



f tt^?^^^W^l^ addressed a letter to President-elect Cleve- 



Committee of the bemocratic National Conven- land > commending to his care the interests of 



tion. civil-service reform. Mr. Cleveland's reply, 



The canvass that followed was more re- dated December 25, was as follows: 



mark-able for the discussion of the personal That a practical reform in the civil service is de- 



characters and qualifications of the candidates JS-ftMStt ^u^fen^ SL" 



than for the prominent presentation of politi- guc h a result, has been passed in Congress, with the 



cal issues. In the election (November 4) four assent of both political parties; and by the further 



candidates were in the field, viz. : Grover ^ act tuat a sentiment is generally prevalent among 



Cleveland, of New York, Democratic: James P atriotic P e oP le calling for the fair and honest en- 



r> TCI : T ~? T> ir ^jV T*^r forcement of the law which has been thus enacted. 



G. Blame, of Maine, Republican; Benjamin F. I regard myself pled d to this becau8e my concep . 



rJutler, of Massachusetts, Labor and Green- tion of true Democratic faith and public duty requires 



back ; John P. St. John, of Kansas, Prohibition, that this and all other statutes should be in good faith 



Cleveland carried the States of Alabama, Ar- and without evasion enforced, and because in many 



kansas Connecticut, Ddaware, Florida, Geor- ta^-^^p-^fcgta^ 



gia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, ave no disposition to disclaim, I have in effect prom- 



Mississippi, Missouri, N ew Jersey, New York, ised the people that this should be done. 



North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, I am not unmindful of the fact to which you refer, 



Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia ; Elaine car- ^ ma . n y *' our citizens fear that the recent party 



i.Jrt/1 r<oii^/Cr,;r, n i/% i TIV T ^ change m the national Lxecutive may demonstrate 



ned California, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kan- tha t the abuses which have grown up in the civil serv- 



sas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, ice are ineradicable. I know that they are deeply 



Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio, Ore- rooted, and that the spoils system has been supposed 



gon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and to be intimately related to success hi the maintenance 



Wisconsin Butler none; St. John, none. In ^f^g*^^ 



Iowa, Michigan, and Nebraska, there was a fu- sfcan d firmly among its. advocates when they find it 

 sion on the electoral ticket between the Demo- obstructing their way to patronage and place. But, 

 crats and the Greenbackers ; hence the total vote fuUy appreciating the trust committed to my charge, 

 counted for Cleveland in those States represents no 8Uch consideration shall cause a relaxation on my 

 both the Democratic and the Greenback parties. P^-J ^SSilSSSS&SSlUA are 

 In Missouri and West Virginia there was a fu- not within the letter of the civil-service statute, but 

 sion on the electoral ticket between the Re- which are so disconnected with the policy of an Ad- 

 publicans and the Greenbackers; hence the ministration that the removal therefrom of present 

 total vote counted for Blame in those States ? ncul ? bents, in my opinion should not be made dur- 

 represents both the Eepublican and the Green- M^fe& &3ffi 

 back parties. According to " The Tribune in their places those who are in political accord with 



