The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-09-07
l think know your Judgment. and feel the.
response of xnur hearta -. alll f-,.le- -.

tnink Know your Judgment, and feel the
response OF your hearts. sitf i9si 20
when you; see that corruption peryades
the public service, that great army OF Off.
GERS eat ont your substance, and that waste
and extravagauce in expenditures DESTROY
your resources, Governor Morton and b;s
followers ,denounce your. 4. Complaints as
"bosh and demagoguery.v But fhev
must excuse You from needing their
denunciations. They have been actors
In these things, conspicuous, controllipe.
responsible. Their conduct and that Of
their political confederates is passing under
the Judgment of the people. Corruption is
found everywhere, unchecked by the men
retained in power. 1t is found in every
department of the service; ii is proven in
investigations, in reports, in dismissals, in
impeachments, in indictments, yerdicts,
and judgments. Must tais great host Of
oficeholders become standing army, fas-
tened permanently upon the industries Of
the people? 'aAna shall the. National ex.
penditures continue, as in the past, largely
to exceed the necessities of an efficient
public service?
Upon which side do you stand? Are YOU
for reform, or with the others do you de-
nounce reformers? If your judgment does
condemn the present management, and does
demand purer, better and cheaper service,
how will you, as responsible citizens, give
that judgment expression? Your ballots
will De tne record of your judgment and
purpose. Are you content that they shall
repeat the past, and indorse the present as
well enough?
now assume that, intelHgently and
earnestly, you are in favor Of reform that
you sincerely desire an improvement in the
public service, SO that it shall become
purer, more efficient, and less expensive.
The practical question Of these times is, how
can these results be attained and how can
each man contribute to their attainment? !?
Experience has taught us there is but one
remedy, and that is change of Admins
tration. You may hold mass meetings and
conventions, and declare your wishes in res.
olutions, but your complaints will 20 to the
winds, if you do not give them force by the
ballot, changing men and policies. What
other reliance have you? Is it in the char
acter and promises ef the candidate for
President? Four years ago last 18th Of
April, General Grant approved system OF
regulations for civil service reform. He
gave assurance, the most solemn possible,
that political assessments had been forbid
den within the various departments, and that
honesty and efficiency, not political activ-
ity," would determine the tenure Of Office.
That approval and assurance are found in
an Executive order" Many of you trusted
and expressed your confidence by voting for
General Grants reelection. You thought
that with the aid of board of officers he
could and would remedy the growing evils.
as 4 great and snecessf1i sn1d;sr Ara ,nn
rey;aa mon his nsrsonal ;ntsa,;tv a,,d h.. h.
;ro,, iii Hard 80 haa, S.say;.'..s a;.S .iIs ,
Poi;t;csi sssessmsn, ths ,,,ast
auana Las,, d a. n
isntIess araction Co1,sctsd ss = ta- anJ
expended as bribe. manhood. honor and
public virtue are all assailed. And has that
other assurance been kept to the hone? /?
Have &c honesty and eficiencv and uot nolit.
ical ACTIVITY determined athe tenure Of
ofice?n Again the answer Is fonnd in in.
yestipations. REPORTS. indictments. yer-
diets. and judgments. Whose fault
is it that there has been no
reform. but ON the contrary that the public
service has been drifting from bad to worse ?
1t is not fair to charge it altogether upon
General Grant. That charge springs from an
nnwortbv motive an the nart of = class Of
R.publicans who seek Goysrner Haves's
election unon the grounds that he can. ac.
complish reforms which General Grant
couid not or wouId not bring about. IJpon
tbis snhiect Governor Morton expresses tb .
Following opinion in his late speeeh !. =
mTh. edr,;n;.,.at;on of .nn P,as;aant u;l,
- ~ a;s So y si.a. =. - .,sa.aS -.
b;,,, - 49,. r. n. hrests awav fro,,, he
,,art1 .ha onenoss ~ that he viii he h-oL
fa f n ,,oTsrn ,,,.,,t ~ ,,s,t;as I;s-s o,rs
~ p.,;d.s ,,,st 49, his oho;oa of IF
aass sne 1S Tha uens S s h;s e,eot;nn =, T
srho have dafaTSded him from asssnlts to
,rho,r - he ,orst inot for snnna-t IN tbs
fn,ure vii, ord;nar;iv CON troi b;s sct;on and
I = Sv;I,,,,o noth;n, otfens;ve tn them u
i,
In large degree taat expresses Inc trutn
IN respect 70 zen. Grant aominisIraucn.
1t is what his party mas maze ID our years
ago, IN my opening aouress as q canul9ase ~
ior uoYeInoi' = oss1u ~ ~ r.. 49, a. .
speoS ~, IA j ia.s aa,ss 70 anntebend an evil
peUp,e f-o-, S5, than from he,Sr,sl;cn and
Po,,r..f,,l ;,,anances with which h. wonld he
rvy ryrr6nndsd Won ali know that the results
h.,s more than realized NV nredietiops.
c;v;I service refors, isnow sneered at and
has cesseJ M IT. to eyen pretense. Wasteful ex.
nsnd;tures have continued. and official mis-.
rre,,drot 81 haoop,e w;desnread and alarn,
S..-sis, ..s a. prss;dsur- cannot 10 ra
i:.es Us ~ -ss,sars s;h;l;ty for so sbamafnj
mstsu s;,;n " ~ I~biic stfs;rs and VET the ad
evn ;..;.tro,; r IN the main what the mart,
s nlnis. asi1a S 80 ID -, :, W;Il II he dtha2
sn;sa : th.t1nsrtv elects the successor ? M
,'aa, m.1e ga ,ha f,ronpd 6f such a hone and er
So,a.,on w IN he candidate himself? Dr.
Peo'as,IOH; LII, ~ ,bat he Is 4 nerscn NJ b;che,
yor.ou you uI az integrity % - than Gen. Grant? snd
tSas ~ viii more certainly keen his pledge
" saas ,,ia > .nr do Vol; think he Is a mar
" " .as ..osp Peu viii to stand Nv his conv;ction
5.b;s ss risJaes dee , aSSsnerai Grant had ION
aasrs aau 81 r civil erneriencc when he pledged
| s;.a.,t ana his edm;nistration tn reform
Tnso - Dos not strong n achieve sueeess II
.sn ,iSst AZ nf the adverse infiuenees whicl
sas.1 sns ,. I'd nartv leaders brought about him
psty Pay SHS 5.s hssn so,- dssastrons as I,
me ianulo a; nao pse,,hi;.on SSon ~ nswsns,s. :,
cause EsSip isS 11p'H y ~
eAoioln .s'Ala
| The hepuDncan party mas feacned tn
decisive crisis in its history. Within shor
| time it viii either shake itself clear of tn
rascalities which have disgraced it, or g
down to dishonor or defeat.
In every State there are thousands OF voter
whose minds are made up this day, beyon
possibility Of change, to redeem the homo
of the American hepuphc by such vote
hereafter that neither Grant nor any OF hi
fayorites, nor any man VINO mas lmpudentl
called our civil service the best in tn
world has ever saw, nor any defender 0
apologist Tor TINS most scandalous admins
tration, shall ever again DC aoie 70 claim tina
he has the American people behind hin