Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-08-14

A4ll lllC dScuiO tHt ANAOl Wi 4
stands hnugryly cycling the machine.
and whose fingers are rGStleSSly work
ing ia his longing 10 clutch II, that il
would be more manly in him tn 90 To
WORK tho manly way aud get the ma
chine into his hands 10y superior streng b
tiItn to stand whining 20 tho President to
take the other boys hands en- Take
them oil Yourself like man. We. the
ptopie. ARE not so eheminale that We
Shoald Tear to be enslaved by thrice the
number OF Office holders. Your blessed
b u nOir. Gen Butler. II YOU are To be
believed. rode US pretty hard in the
L sex district. but when the people had
once made up their minds. out he went
--oilice-hulders and all
l. il ungenerous To think that the re-
formers are seeking TO get the machine
into their own hands rather than de
stroy the machine? Why they say i,
themselves. l. not a relormer To be be-
liryed even when no speaks the truthP
They ARE 81 eager ihSt 81 tho motives
OF prudence cannot restrain them, but
they are continually popping up their
heads tO see wha, progress IL made and
pushing little howls Ot Impotence be-
cause it creaks along so slowly. I'm
fortunately" says one. 1.-THE Civil Service
Reform policy announced By the Admin
is,rutiOn has ~ yet blrne no irut 10
Pennsylvania. Cameron'S satellites are
still in Office all over the State, and there
Is therefore no encouragement tor the
real reform element IN the party To come
loy ward ard push the machine men out
o. control of the organization. Foe
Cameron men mean TO let the election
90 by default" Wait moment. How
is this? Why DO you wish 10 push the
machine men out of the control? You
admit that they will let the election 90
by default. That is they will take their
hands off the machine and let It spin
round until il is run down. That is. they
will simply do nothing. which is precise
" what the President orders them to 90
Ii they were Civil Service Reiormers
born and bred they could do no more
Not a word il hsped against them 10 the
Performance OF their official duties; i. is
only that they let the election 90 by de
fault. And now the President, instead
Of saving We'll done, good and faithful
servants, is informed THAT the only way
10 save the Republican party 10 Pennsyi-
wanna from defeat is TOR him to speedily
put his reform theories into practice.
dud,make a Succession of .6r$t class Gp-
uoilltnlenls % he Federal Offices ia TINT
S!.tt ",ii +.
Wat has the President to do with
saving the Republican panty IN Peunsvl-
wanna? / q, ie;tiog the election 90 10y de
iauH "c4uso" lay the removal ~ an Of
fc1 holder wac is credited 80 have moth
ing 10 do WIKI politics:
The Chicago Tribune breathes ont
E,rcer threatening, AMI slaughter, far
more hAe the old Luther OF patronage
than ike the young Mclaacthon OF Re
tOyH;
Il. Is believed the Canerous intend TO
punish he Presidsu, oy o.
der.n- their cticc-Aoldiug heuchmen %
le, ;hu election 60 by default, or take
such course IS w..i result IN the Dem
ocra.s clryicgn Hold SIMON
al voua. D'1 play q game %. Tbs soy;
on IN Republican party. It Will DO the
bo.rlan d1,T CT ne President aud Cab'-
net 20 remove from Office every treacher-
on, Csmor1niau ia 'he Safe who con-
tributes 10 such results, and 10 til their
places with 8 different class 0i men.
This viii teach them that honesty is the
best policy even in politics.
We. who are yet in the gall Of Repub-
lican bitterness aud The bonds oil politi-
cal iniquily need Il special Divine RcUe-
q H., - - - - IN
TINS. The Reformers do not accuse the
"henchmen' OF any treachery against
the President except cuTsing him with
his granted PRAYER. The President or
dcrs them out OF politics and they go out,
and therefore il is the Presidents bOunden
duty 10 remove them from office alSo9
The different class Of men he is 10 put
in is OF course men who will save the
Republican party in Pennsylvania
Again an Alabama gentleman "whO
expresses iOrcibly the sentiments OF the
best class of Southern Republicans" ad-
dresses the President: ITO be true To
your policy OF pacifcation and reform,
you must be true TO the friends OF that
policy. The retention iH office Of those
irko are indifferent 10 The success Of y0ur
policg or an impeachment TO its success by
reason OF hostility to it or want OF &C
ceptability 10 the people, can only result
in its failure"
But if politics are TO be absolutely di-
vorced from office, what have the opin-
ions of a customs clerk regarding ma
tional policy to do with adding up figures
at his desk
AS soon as Secretary Sherman returns
from his Northern trip the question OF
suspending Collectors Arthur OF New
York, and Tuition OF Philadelphia will be
brought before the Cabinet for consider.
alton" Both of these collectors then
were of course found guilty of malieas
snce in office by the Investigating CON-
mittees. On the contrary, so late as
June 4 can impression seemed to pre-
vail among officials at the Treasury De-
partment that Collector luton oil Phila-
deIphia had been successful in instituhng
many reforms thus lar during his admin
istration." Even his predecessor was an
honest, and in many respects ethelent
officer. but lacked that experience and
tact In. the transaction OF public business
which Mr.. Tuition has brought TO the po-
sition.r Collector Arthur so lar from
being censured by his inquisitors wa;
deputed 10 form the committees which
was to carry out their suggestions. Re
form, tact, experieuce-why then are
those officials to be suspended On /!
some members of the Cabinet are OF the
opiDion that these otlicisls ere not in
sympathy with the Presidents Civil Ser
vice rules. and that they ought to be
dlsnlaced hY men ia sctiye and hearty sc-