The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-11-25
VOICES IN THE AIR.


The Utica Observer objects to civil.servlce re.
form not merely as impraclicable but as undesir
able If 1t were possible The result would be:
"A crowd OF ofice.holders rot removable during
good behaVlol-a set OF men In antagonism to our
system Of government" Well, what have we got
now A crowd OF Office holders not removable
during good or bad beha vior-a set of men In
antagonism to our system Of government "RO-
tatiOn In Office" says our esteemed contemporaa
ry, us the first rule Of the land" Very true, but
the Offices don't rotate worth cent. They have
not rotated for twenty years. they won't rotate for
four years to come, and they may not rotate dur
ing the life Of this generation. The strength Of
the Federal office holders has Increased so fast
that they are already able to control an election
and secure the permsnency Of their own posi-
tionS against anything less than complete reVo-
luton Of popular opinion, The political power
Of the office holding class is the growth Of twenty
years Of hxity of tenure, multiplication OF offices
and Capitalization of governmental functions.
Democratic victory might have destroyed 1t,
but since Democratic victory was not fOrthCom
ing let us try what virtue there is in dose Of
civil service REFORM Buffalo Courier (Den)
The Democratic papers are, in considerable
numbers, taking up the question Of civil service
reform. The matter is particularly pertinent at
this time when there is an imminent danger that
the force of Office holders will be increased dur
ing the next Administration, ard made far more
effective under Garfield than 1t has been under
Hayes. Two proposi;ions-thS establishment Of
q Government line Of telegraph in connection
with 10 mo III EnFuinn national GUEtpnd nF
education, which are quite likely to be forwarded
by the Republican party, involve the creation OF
not less than 10000 additional Offices. Whatever
is done must of course bs done while Congress
remains Democratic; no reform measure is likely
to pass Republican House. The time for action
is very short Bridgeport Comm Farmer dem },
NOv 18Th.
This is good time to remember what General
R, E, Lee said to lady who, on taking her sons
TO Washington.Lee University, spoke very bitter
ly Of the Northern people: MADAM, do not train
up your children In hostility 10 the Government
of the United Slater. Remeber we are one coun.
try now. Pray dismiss from your mind all sec.
tional feeling and bring them up TO be, above all,
Americans" 1t is to be hops that this will not
be considered an indication that Gen. Lee was
not true Democrat, or that he cared nothing for
State rights and Virginia. Charleston NeV8 Dem
NOv 18Th
There is another matter also with regard to
which, If professions count for anything, both
Democrats and Republicans ought to be in en-.
tire accord. 1t Is the long talkedof reform In the
civil service. This reform is demanded by the
people irrespective Of party. Ttov don't want
any halfway, halfheared reform such as that
attempted by President Hayes's Administration
They want the civil service fully divorced from
politics. so that 1t shall not be affected by chan
ges in the administration Of the Government. In
no other way can there be an honest and an efh
cient civil service This matter must be disposed
Of some time, and 1t might as well be settled dur.
ing Galfield's administration as at more distant
peri d.-Nep Orleans Times IeR.) NOy. 18Th