The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07

stroke, the meaning of which lies
much deeper than the indication of
a simple purpose to purify the at
mosphere surrounding the prosecu-
ton of these cases." The prime
cause, so far as Mr.. Attorney Bliss
is concerned, was the desire to pun
ish officials who have not paid that
profound respect to himself which
he thinks is due to the intimate
friend of the President. 1t was up
on the report of this smart prosecu-
tor, who draws 500 per day. and
whose bills for the last year to the
amount of $34,O 600 have been approx
ed by the Attorney General, that
the action of the President was tax
en-. Yet Bliss is a very insignii-
cant person, nothing of a lawyer,
and not so much above suspicion
himself as to be a proper person
for employment in such capacity
1t was due to his manipulations in
the Jury room that the late grand
jury refused to indict Kellogg, late
United States Senator. But on the
part of the President the late bold
stand-a complete change of front
was the result of the recent cleo
tions. Mr.. Arthur heard something
drop Nov. 7th, and he is making des-
perate efforts to recover himself
There are circumstances almost with
out number to sustain the view that
up to the present time MI. Arthur
has had no desire to secure conVic-
tions in these Star route cases. And
now in the face of this sudden spasm
of virtne the fact remains that the
net in which the conspirators were
to be caught vas so woven or 30 cast
as to hold the little fishes and let
the big fishes slip through, and it is
too late for the public prosecutors to
disavow any responsibility for the
failure o fjustice in the case. The
dismissal of these five officials is q
good thing in itself. Whether it is
a good thing or not for the interests
ofjustice in the Star route cases will
appear hereafter. When Brady and
Dorsey are actually in prison, and
not until then, people will be pre-
pared to score a point for the Ad-
ministration.
The orders issued in some Gov
eminent departments recently, re
quiring the clerks to do six and
half hours work every working day
and to desist from receiving visitor:
during office hours are the direct re
suit of the late elections. Pension
Commissioner Dudley is given tt
posing as a reformer. Some of hi
"orders" are famous for their bonn
bastic style, and excite a good dea
Of merriment about town. The Com
missioner of the Land Office, how
ever, is not open to any such charge
but probably it occurred to him tina
this is a very good time to turn owe
a couple of new leaves. 1t is a NOV
by NO means s%uperfuous. The wa.
in which time is squandered in til
Government offices is wonderful.
The half-hour's intermission 70
lunch is generally spent on the stree
and the lunch time taken out of tn
: Governments time. 1t is agains
, this abuse that the Land Office Gil
cular is directed, as well as the prac
, tice of virtually stopping work hal
l an hour before the office is CLOSED
i The result of the late elections ha
been to q sudden spasm of vii
, tue among the officials and an i'm
mediate cutting offof cakes and alel
but it won't last. Now that the dev
) is sick he wants to be a saint, bu
his illness will not continue longe
$ than a month or two. A darby O
fetal is one CT the most amusin
sights in the world-the airs he give
: himself, his immense importance
the grandiloquent manner in whic
j he spreads himself in his office cha
and surveys his Office desk are del
y cious to the lover of a joke.
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