The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-08-08
"OIVIL SERVICE" REFORM IN THE
aIXTUHNTH DISTRICT,

SIXTEENTH DISTRICT.
The Republican Congressional conven-
ton, held at Massillon yesterday, exhib-
tied a funny feature of Hayes's civil SER
vice reform. Every one hereabouts
knows that Mckinley, the nominee Of
the convention, is the special friend Of
the White House fraud, and 1t is equally
we'll known that he entirely disregards
the Hayes rules of civil service reform,
80 called. He had postmaster removed
at Canton last year, without cause, ex'
Cept to make room for one ewho had earn
ed his (McKinley's) favor, by doing dirty
political work in the campaign, and
openly boasted in his organ, the Reposi-
tory, that the Hayes Administration re-
ferred the matter to him, and he (Mc'
Kinley) ordered the change to be made.
The Massillon postmaster came to Can
ton and hired the Canton G. A. Band,
The Canton postmaster accompanied the
band over, and marshalled the music
into the hall where the convention was
sitting. Again, the Wooster postmaster
led off in the oratorical fireworks depart
ment, by sounding the moral-political
key note of the campaign. A deputy as
SCISSOR or two hung on the outskirts Of
the little gathering; and guager took
an active interest in the proceedings. 1t
was, altogether, sweet and lovely. And
the Major was so bland
We never thought much Of Hayess
famous order of civil service reform but
if it had been enforced in this district
yesterday, it might have Kept EIayess
Wooster postmaster from acting the fool,
He made the speech of the occasion. Nc
Kinleys was tame, and fell fiat in COM
parison. For the deCeaCy party it was pc
culiar, to say the least. In harangue
filled with vile slang, he made an attack
on a private gentleman not at all active
in politics, but Democrat and physi-
clan. Among other things, the Wooster
postmaster said the gentleman "did not
know a woman's pelvis from the jaw
bone of an ass" If reports be true, the
Wooster Hayes postmaster does know,
But this was high.toned Compar-
ed to other stuff expressed by
the Mckinley key note sounder,
Mckinley should have Hayes order a
paddock upon this fellows mouth, then
there would be one less ass's iaw.bone
in motion during this campaign. This
fellows name is Mcclure, and he is also
editor of the Wooster Rep. Now, had it
been a Democrat who had thus played
the ass, our opponents would have said
whisky was the cause. But that being
impossible in leader of the "party of
great moral ideas," and one of Hayes's
postmasters, we can only attribute the
condition to serious constitutional
trouble in the head and heart.
We had hoped this campaign was to
be conducted on principles of common
decenCy, free from mean personal detrac-
ton and venomous vituperation, But,
here is this Wooster jawbone Mcclure
splitting out his rattlesnake malignity !;
and few days since the Ravenna Re-
publican-DemOCrat assailed General Wi
ley, attributing to him the meanest and
most sordid of motives for entering the
army. The Repository too, endorses the
article by copying it. 1t is evident the
Major is not disposed to control his
home organ and so keep 1t within the
bounds of courteous decency. 1t is ap.
parent that the plan is to appeal to the
worst passions to stir up hate, to avoid
fair argument and to win by senseless
bloody shirt" jswbone hurrah.