Judge, 1883-06-09 · page 2 of 16
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This page from the satirical magazine **Judge** contains three distinct sections critiquing American institutions: **"Civil Service Reform"** attacks the competitive examination system for government jobs. The satire argues that while civil service exams test narrow knowledge (mathematics, languages), they fail to assess practical competence. The piece mocks how Custom House Inspectors might excel at mathematics yet lack real-world capability—a commentary on bureaucratic inefficiency. **"Kelley and Cleveland"** references John Kelley, a New York Democratic political boss, and his disappointment that Grover Cleveland won the gubernatorial election instead of supporting Kelley's preferred candidate. The satire suggests Kelley expected Cleveland to be politically malleable ("clay") but found him independently-minded. **"Elevated Travel"** critiques New York's elevated railroad system, arguing its routing is inefficient and inconvenient for crosstown travel, forcing passengers into unnecessarily long journeys. The overall theme: institutions and leaders fail practical expectations despite technical accomplishments.
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THE JUDGE. . CIVIL SERVICE REFORM. | on direction, it is not easy to accumulate | rolli Comveritive examination is a very tine | stock suflicient at on modate it, and safety ¢ vds some interval thing, and, in its practical working, has) petween the running of the trains. Another been found open to but one objectic namely: tho inconvenience of the el 1 travel —or per who know enc Yat nee haps we might rather | der the present system—is th ck of « vthem in the up-towndi ty-third Street d yevilune never know anything else, theyy 4 T H E J UDGE. of A ciel ervioatenimitiation is suflicient to exhaust knowledge acquired by a istance of the have not time, | lines apart, and the hetwer mimic I wn, the city is belt ‘Twe and $28 Pearl Sta, (Franklin Square.) jon. and these papers invariably } liberal cdue sufliciently frequent intervals with cross. 4 ae el wt we woe eal mati | to Hines OTH CARRE IaiKAbOvE Tees l ip ily To SuiscHiBEn » itis very pleasant to reflect | third Street there is ne read which taps the i fe aovaser appointed under the varios lines of the elevated till we reach Fife | i sien of Civil Service mt oT tyentnth Street. and passing that point we } rs. foe ! dialogues at sight, or constrict & | fave to zo to One-hundred-and-twenty-fifth ‘ miratcptanen, theory for the seansion of a chorus of | street hefore we reach another, It seems a a In view of thee plish- | pity that the elevated was not built original- hai FUROVEAN AC me course any speech oe Pm le he train a ™ pe To frasamnys Mee nr reese | the position, any sp ial aptitude for the ea zon iiSeita en wr iheont FI orler | Hischars its duties, cannot reasonably be | side track all the way round the island to 'y SDTIGE jy | Hemanded from men of such lofty culture. | ffarlem on the east side, while the train from wt | If our Custor ectors become 56 Tfarlem ran on the inside track in the « {| blinded by over direction round the istand to the npsien tame hina i ACA il in pet pace ober i KELLEY AND CLEVELAND. — thorwuzhly versed in the higher mathematics, Geasile from any given point on either, arn | ‘ Mr. Jous Kenney may be the capable of formulating an intellic jg would require but a very short distance of i Democrat in the world, but he is not happy. the originof sun spots. Our | extra construction, Under the present ar- i sare basses, but when a boss gets an | Policemen understand why they cut) pangement a person in West Forty-second St ! election coming his way and then does not ots to apprehend a fugitive, for they | for instance, who desires to reach Fulton . win, he is to be pitied, Mr. Kelly, bleto prov Ferry, must either walk sto the Third if Democrat, doubtless felt youl over Mr, Gros | tWe sides of a triang Avenue Roal—qu oor trust i ver Cleveland's clection to the responsible of- the th That our letter carr to luck to cross down-town lway. ane ‘ fice of Governor of the State of New York, | Should know how to read is wis make his way to the ferry from Cortkind St Bt) sut—and th ily shows that the ‘ best yi that they should be well] or th from the Sixth Avenue side { laid schemes of mice and men gang aft a- | Sanserit and Hebrew is perhaps advi Ofc Ly nowea-ilays Dut a few old | B gley "—Mr. Kelley has discovered that Mr, | But that they should be profound logicians | ¢a.ci1 f taking the Int ve and Cleveland is not the malleable piece of elay | # Well. would seem needle uncomfortable staze, But if the line rin ios he expected. Thus history repeats itself, | But we have been told that Civil Service | ground the city ina contin hain, you and thus Mr, Kelley finds out that it would | Reform is not a farce, but a hone fide re-| contd take the'train av Sixth: Avenue: an be well to change his mind—perhaps his poli- | form, and we are bound to believe it, By all) Popty.sccond Street and ride to Fulton St. ibe! means let us have dons for policemen, sopho- tc without chanwes Aintanvot: the oiler an mores for tax collectors, and duly graduated HF Gheswass aby inobluliteal oe bagi i IN THE PARK. Custom House Inspectors whe ean overhaul | jecring difficulties int ai are We have copied a good deal from the pure eleven different lang | mages ies eet hot lish, first and last, and we have been, asa them, and ee stewie mallegadle worl whi BiTto"Taees’ thio euil' end | ELEVATED TRAVEL. take some such plan into consideration we i che moi 1. We have chosen never | COMPLAINTS against the elevated railroads | believe that they will find a ins te rw henien please the public and profit the selected the ath- | appear to be pe sports of our insular pro- | there is so much smoke there must of ne jects for imitation. We have | sity be some fire. Certainly these roads wland in athleticism, and gone | 4 Very large debt to the city for the valua ptual, and assuredly where letic and AS Irishman has forced his way inte the English legation « enitors ws lowed E Washington with the de: a little of the Phaniy sign of trvin one better. Our national game of base ball | franchise they hold, and if they have largely of agitation on the Brit ] aa) sthe old English “rounders,” sublinated | increased the value of taxuble property in ce ab OUtTNES AY to a pitch of perfection unheard | tain districts, they have seriously diminished ondly power, bi f in the old land. Polo may be almost said | it in others—for where an elevated rail should be severely dealt: with, Hy fined to America, In target-shoot- | runs through a street or block of dw aig respect foe the obilk it faternae rty is de » froma land. ra we can prduce | ford and tenant yoint of view, But, on the Americans who can double discountthecracks | Whole, we may safely say that nin en in the Park we ean it their horses as graceful- well as the famous belles | of Rotten Row. We are all right up to the ing and marksmanship of all kinds we are houses, that prop facile princeps. As tional Atios would be as rea om: Irishmen: « sonable ast expeet Chester y per fieldian manners from aT upd) transit slander: but of Lancashire. | show ladies who wernment should teach people of that her unmix- class that it is prepared to exact due respect from those living under its flag for the for- sts; oth. 1 suffer in ly and ride them mplaint appes tives that are its represe present time. the insuflici raccommodation at cer- tain hours; and it is diffienlt to s nohe aveided. Wh “uly tide of travel fe erwise American civilization w the ¢ of the old world, how that So rs the Brooklyn Bridge has proven Unquestionably successful, "Tite summer exodus has fairly beg comicbooks.com