pare young men for the navy; but we have no
civil academy to give men careful preparation for the civil
service, which is of inestimably more importance to us than either
the army or navy so far as ordinary, everyday life is concerned.
Even in his day, Washington saw the importance of a national
university which should fulfil many of the purposes of such an
academy. As a part of the remedy for trusts and combinations, and
an important part, the writer would mention institutions designed
to give the most careful training in preparation for every branch
of the civil service. This should go hand in hand with the
enlargement of this service. The progress which has already been
made in the reformation of our civil service is gratifying, but
something far more than has yet been advocated by any
civil-service-reform association is needed. As part of the general
programme of the solution of the problem of monopoly, the
development of the State universities of the country along the line
of civics may be mentioned. Each State university should, in
addition to other things, be a civil academy.

XI. A BETRAYAL OF REFORM.

These are the words applied to an act of the Republican Governor of New
York by one of the ablest and stanchest Republican journals of that
State, the _Mail and Express_ of New York City. It goes on to say:

Gov. Black's approval of the bill to place the civil service of
this State at the mercy of machine politics is a perversion of
Republican principle and a betrayal of reform. There is not one
legitimate public interest that this measure will benefit; not a
single purpose of honest administration that it will strengthen,
nor an object of sound party policy that it will help to
accomplish.

The Governor's bill is a step backward from the advanced position
of the party on the civil-service issue. It is a trick to nullify
the merit principle in appointments to public office, and it opens
the way for a full restoration of the spoils system. There is not a
boss nor a machine politician in the State who does not indorse it.
There is not an intelligent supporter of honest civil service who
will not denounce it.

The rank and file of the Republican party repudiate the Governor's
bill and disclaim all responsibility for it. Party sentiment has
sp