The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-07-14

We referred last week to the spoil
system as deadly dangerous, not only t;
those in power but to the country. Thil
strife over the spoils ia now threatening
to disrupt, il not destroy, the Republican
party. 1t was the love of spoils and the
fear of exposure that caused the Repub
liCsn leaders to resort to perjury, forgery
and fraud to count in fraudulent Hayes
The Republican is the party OF spoils
spoils the Constitution, spoils justice and
right, in order to secure and hold on tc
the spois.
1t has sadly spoiled and corrupted the
country, and the disease oil Office per.
vades the Republican party to fearfdl
extent. The disease grows on what il
feeds, and the craving desire for Official
place increases more rapidly than Offices
can be created to supply tie d msnd.
Even in Ohio we beheld the late Re.
publican General Assembly hurrying to
change laws in order to reorganiz1 the
state benevolent institutions. Even
where Democratic trustees had kept in
Republican officials, ss in the Cleveland
asylum for the insane, the hurry for
change was eq ,allY manifest under the
Charles Foster administration. They
we're jus as rea y to kick out Democrats
where they retained Republicans in
place, as where it was otherwise. This
was all rig It, and demonstrated that
Foster &C.,. gave Democrats no credit,
nor held them in more respect for re.
tanning Republicans in place.
With Republican Boards no Democrat
need apply. No matter what his q lalif.
cations and eminenCe, nor with what
signal success he was managing the in.
stitution, he had to walk the plank be.
cause he was a Democrat, The narrow
ness of this prosCriptive parry is unde-
niable.
Right here at home the same spirit is
shown. Probate Judge Heldenbrand ap.
points none but Republicans to the Coun.
ty board of School Examiners! There,
too, no Democrat need apply Heden
brand, however, will be ia king smooth.
ly, honing to get Democratic votes! This
year, this shoull be all ausgespield.
The recent attemp to murder the
President is attr butable to the demoral
izing tendencies Of the spoils system.
There is evident need of reform in this
matter, and as soon as possible Congress
should grap2le with it.
One Of the infamous growths under
Republican rule, is the assessments re.
quirad from officeholders for party pur-
poses, 1t was Star route Dorsey who
carried Indiana for Garfield and Arthur
by means of money and corruption. Gar
field's letter to "Dear Hubbell," appe al.
ing to Star route Brady fer help, shows
what is expected of these prominent De.
partment officials in campaign. Is
there not great need of civil service re-
form2
Senator Pendleton has in the Senate a
bill carefully drawn, proposing the first
steps in reform in the departments at
Washington, in the matters of appoint.
ments to and tenure Of office. So far as
we have observed, Republican papers
have been very free il denunciation and
ridiCule of it.
With the wisdom of "the deaf adder
that stoppeth her ears" the Repository
opposes civil service reform. That or.
gan boots at the idea of bribery in the
Sessions-Bradley case at Albany. But
sensible people everywhere recognize
he fact that comparatively little of
what actually occurs is exposed. Where
me case of bribery comes to Ii ht scores
emain concealed.
Considering this bribery business at
Albany, in connection with Star route
)orsey's work in Indiana last fall, and
With the Star route and custodian expo
ures at Washington:-Is it not time the
Republican party was completely broken
lpon the wheel of a righteous public