San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-09-18

90 Gtvo tho ffoolo0oS que 0t00lt y0k f0e
moving Nj. Cornell from the olace of
Surveyor, on account Of his defiance
Of the civil service order. He did
this In the face of Senator Conkling'e
denunoiation q the Administratioo,
and his iusolent remark that reform
10 the last refuge Of . seoundrel." But
when Mr.. Cornell, at Oonkling's dio-
tation, was nominated for Governor Of
New York last year, and Was known 10
be in alliance with the Tammsny wing
Of tho Democratic party, Mr.. Sherman
entered the oanvass and earnestly ad-
vocated biz election; % did Eecretrry
Evarts, while the President himself
caused . statement TO be made in
the newspapers that II he were 10 New
York he would cordially give Mr., Cor
nell his support. During this canvass
Mr.. Sherman wrote to Appraiser
butcher: II cordially approve Of your
taking part In the Cornell and Hos.
kins campaign, and will do all 10 my
power to favor their election. I have
no objection to the Goyernment em-
ployes making contributions to the
fund" So pititul game Of fast and
loose ID more detestable than the ab.
sence Of any pretense Of principle or
consistency, and forcibly illustrateb the
omnipotent foulnsss Of this Admins.
tration. Every feature of; the, civil
service order Of three years ago;
every phase and similitude Of the re-
form, 10 openly disfegarded, and every.
where treated with contempt, 80
completely, in fact, has tho civil ser.
vice become the mere football Of
scheming party managers and fash
ioned itself into the old warp and woof
of Grantism, that in the late Chicago
Convention the Committee oou Reso-,
lutions, hating before the accusing
party record. repeatedly voted dowA
tho proposition TO allude in any way,
to tho subject. When the Convention
afterward was compelled to deal with
il on its introduction by 3 Massachu-
setts delegate, tho resolution offered.
according to George William Curtiss |;
was paired into the utmost possible
harmlessness," and. then practically
blotted out by the nomination Of Q
man for the second place on the ticket
whose management Of the Now York.
Custom House had boon gths beau {
ideal of the spoils system, and an jn..
suit to the Administration which Of.
terward crouched at bis feet in atone-
ment for the only decided spasm Of
virtue which had exercised its oon-
science. II anything was wanting to
round out and and beautify these olos--
ing acts Of the Convention. II was the
keen irony embodied in the hungry
and wolfsh inquiry Of tho patriot
Flanagan, of Texas: What are We
here for If not for Office and patron
age ?" And If any political fact could
be made absolutely certain, 10 is, that
civil service reform, after . life Of ira
vail and sorrow. was at last 10 it's
grave; while you all know that Gem
ersl Garfield himself, in his letter of
acceptance. has preached its funeral
and written its epitaph. asi 10 lgrD
THE BLOODY SHIRT"
This. gentlemen, is tho record Of the [
Republican party since the close ofitho
war and the settlement Of the questions
1t involved, This is the sum total, of
its promised achievements III the work
Of reform within the party" and IT,
shows how entirely safe Secretary
Schurz is in predicting that tho mil.
lenium will not follow the election Of
the Republican ticket. / have spread
out before you its reiterated professions
and promises, and the unfailing viola
ton Of them which has followed as the
night the day; and / ask any iair-
minded Republican TO give me . eipglei
reason, or even o respectable pretext,
for believing that the long delayed
work will be accomplished. Il viols.
ted its pledges made 10 1858. II Prov
ed equally false TO those mAde in 1872:
Il has defiautly Knocked its plighted
promises in 1876, which still kept alive
the hope Of many Republicans; spd
now, ss the climax of its unrebuked
recresncy, il even musters the courage
to disavow the stock professions which :
have 30 long masked its real character.
II any honest man is still inclined to
trust It, l point him to these danger
signals all along it's pathway. bcckon-
ing him to beware. BY its fruits IL
must be judged. and II % q will be
nailed TO the pillory BY an overwhelm-.
ing popular verdict. The Republican
leaders understand this perfectly; and
hence, at the very threshold Of this,
canvass, we find them rcsorting TO the
old game which they played 80 skin
fully 10 1872 and 1876. They arc ask
ing us to excuse or condope their muI.
tiplied acts Of m sg ,vernmcnt for tho
last twelve years. on the score of what
the party did during the war; and they
insist, with their old time vehemence.
upon the total depTsvify Of the Demo-
cratic party and the exhaustless saving
grace Of their own. The keynote Of
the canvass was struck by the Repub-
licsn candidate for Governor ia his
opening speech st Indianapolis. He
gave Us to understand that should Gen g
eral Hancock be elected. Utah. with
her polyeamy would be admitted q .
State, and thus give the party two
Senstors; that the Indian Territory
would be carved into another State.
with two more Senators; that Texsa :
would be divided into Eve States. and
thus give the party eight additional
Senators; that the judges Of the Su-
prene Court Of the United States