The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-08-11
The New York Democratic View.


Tt was not expected that the Demo
cratic party ia New York would fail to
turn the Republican disagreement over
the choice of United States Senators to
their own benefits and to. make all. the
partisan capital they could out of the,
recent disgraceful jangle between the
two factions. The Democratic mem
bers of the late Legislature, through
their Joint caucus committee, have is
sued an address to the Democratic citi-
zens of the State, and to the, citizens OF
New York who are not Democrats.
The address sets forth how the discords
and quarrels of the aRepublieanmajority
in. the Legislature have wasted, nearly
two hundred days of the session, the
source of which was the spoils of office.
The three counts on which they arraign
the Republicans of the State are (1.) A
mistrust of the people of the State
They dared not adjourn SO as to let the
question of the Senatorial elections go
to the people. (2) A quarrel over
''the spoils aof Office with a practical
coutempt for every principle sofrwhae il
known as. Ciyilseryice Reforms and
(3.) An abuse of power, from its long
use until 1.-TWO of the least capable
persons have been drawn from the
House and transferred to the Senate"
They also call attention to the corrup-
ton in the dominant party. and bemoan
the fact that we have. already 100, 600
Federal office-holders in this country,
and the number is constantly increas-
ing.N hs1eyo5 Lisnp -br'tf
These Democratic saints no donbt
feel badly enough whenever they COM
template the degeneracy of the times,
and especially when they look at their
he
| depths of infamy to which they have
descended. Their, solicitude for the
public welfare entities them to the re-
| spect and gratitude Of their fellow
! country because when the Demo-
cratic partyiof New York gets scared
at the .corruptions about them it is GER
tainly- high time to look out for break
| ers ahead. ...,'5., -
1t is most likely that the Administra-
i tion men in the New York Legislature
win admit that the trouble, now happily
over, originated in the spoils system, as
the, Democrats charge; but they will
| probably claim, that it was to cure the
| party of that bad system in one Of its
| most offensive forms, and to eliminate
boss rule from the party, that the fight
was made. They will also, deny that
their opposition to the reelection of
the recalcitrant Senators was 4.in con-
tempt of the principles q Of Civil
| chosen 1.-TWO of the least capa-
BILE persons from the popular branch
of Congress TO fill the highest places OF
the State in the Congress of the United
States In, short, it is likely that our
| friends in New York will Join the gem
eral issue, and plead not guilty to each
separate count IN the Indictment 1t is
true that the Republican party of New
York is responsible for the election of
the two gentlemen. who foolishly and
| needlessly resigned their seats in the
United States Senate; but they can
claim credit for a. having sfgnally
rebuked those servants, and : have
punished them sevGeiy byaI sending
them back, to the ranks, deprived of
distinction, and with no promise OF pro-
motion. 1t is unfortunate perhaps that
so much time was wasted IN 'disposing
of the matters hnt. the Republican party
of New Y ork and of the Nation are both
better OF for the effort, although irdoes
not appear that the Democracy has
been the gainer blythe operation That
it should now rise up as a sturdy advo-
cate of Civil-service Reform, and be-
moan the prevalence of the corrupt
spoils system-after the disgusting rec
ord il has made on both SUBJECTS an
evidence of reform and progress that
the country had gnotzrexpected TO wit
ness in the. present. year of grace
Good men everywhere will rejoice to
know that the Democracy of New
York intends ator set its face like
flint against every species of bribery
aud corruption in and out of the
Legislature, and that 1t has not
only repudiatedl forever the old Jack
sonian battle-crY of s'tofthe vietors be-
long the spoils,n but that it wishes to
see n wholesome reform in the civil
service This is what the = recent ad-
dress TO the Electors of tho State virtu-
ally pledged the partyito, and no one
ever knew a New York Democrat to
talk for, effect. People who may re-
member the quarrels of Tammany and
-Tafnrnany, the splits in Democratic
Conventionsythe bolt, of John. Kelley,
and the mercilesse wars which, faction
has waged against faction for years, may
perhaps. smile to think the men who is
sued this address shotld feel so scandal
lied all at once over little wake that
has been held at Albany Or when we
think of the eorruptions of Boss Tweed
and his gang of Official thieves. aided
and abetted by some Of the judges OF
the New YORK Courts-all Democrats
it is evident that this Caucus Commit
tee has not read the lessons of their po-
litical lives backwards. p. o..s zr-d 5
The ,icioles that hung suspended from
the Temple of. Diana were pollution it
| self compared with the Democratic
members of the New York Legislature
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