The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-06-13
Democratic n, aReform..

Democratic aReform." .a3s1s7
While the Democratic press Of the
country puts on q bold front and talks
loudly and often brazenly of the Demo-
cratic success In 1884, the most saga
cious leaders of the party see innumera-
Bile obstacles IN the way Of eleeting,
Denocratic President. Trouble never
-comesu toodthe iBourbons in q gentle
shower but always assumes the nature
The tariff discussion alssi 4 in the last Con.
gress, and the pipe-laying that is now
going on for Speaker Of the next Ma
tional House of Representatives., have
developed the fact that the party ID,
about evenly divided between free-trads
are in favor of Samuel j. Randall cleo
ton, which would be, considered a tri,
umph of the protectionist wing.
Next after the tariff trouble comes
Democratic Reform. !" 1t is "su-
perb" article on which to urge the
election of superb candidates to
Office, but when applied to the practical
management of public affairs, has failed
to give satisfaction. a "a
In Pennsylvania the REFORM has
been tried Just long enough to warrant
the prediction that no other s.Bourbon
Reformern will again occupy the sEx-
ecutive chair in the Keystone State.
The Republicans Of that Commonwealth
have sunk personalities, and will 90 into
the next campaign with an unbroken
front and fight for the principles of
their party.THd fIas fraL515r- - I.
In New York the sReformers" have
had everything their own way for the
past year, and yet they are not happy.
In fact the &iReform" has BEEN so
marked that the Republicans of the
Empire State,have closed up their di-
vided ranks and are again preparing
IN the coming struggle to add another
victory to the many they have already
achieved. is acknowledged by MEM
bers of all Parties that the session of the
Legislature which closed on May 4 was
the most discreditable with which the
State has been afflicted for many years.
Although the Democrats had an over
-whelming majority in the Assembly,
| they resorted to all manner of unfair
ness to render the opposition helpless.
Rules were modified or abregated, arbi.
trafy and unfair rulings Of the chair
were frequently resorted to- and the
'.gag" was constantly applied to facili-
i beltCl RAA<Ao6A Ral kOoCcrr W4bAA q = 1CkALCoo
disregard of the rights of the minority
| The Senate with its narrow Demo
cratic majority exhibited partisanship
quite as intense and purblind as that
which prevailed in the Lower House,
and the Lieutenant Governor fairly out
did the Speaker in his subserviepcy to
the dictates of Democratic party inter-
est. In the matters of legislation the
good measures were few and far be-
tween. The subject of Ciyil-serviee
Reform, which the Democrats strove In
vain to escape, was handled as gingerly
by them as q ten-year-old boy would
reach out toward the business end of a
hornet. ftp 10 fiulsfg tHE.ii
The New York Times, in noticing the
commissions and omissions of this !" Re-
form y body says: "a more contempt,
ible exhibition of incapacity and dema-
1 gogism combined could not be conceived
than the pottering over the subject oi
4 prison reform which finally resulted in
the passage of bill to submit to the
people the question of abolishing
the contract labor system. The
Aqueduct bill, which is intended
to make q huge political job of great
public work, was perhaps the erowning
disgrace of the session. The Reappor.
tionment act was. partisan !, gerry.
mander. The Excise bill for New York
and Brooklyn is in the interest of liquor.
sellers and q menace to good order and
morality in those cities. The General
Surface Railroad bill is a specimen oi
the jobbery which invariably met with
favor at the hands of the majority. The
prevailing influences Of the session ale
well illustrated In the defeat of such
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fees and that for the regulation of ele.
vator charges, while such schemes as
the Storm King Bridge and such petty
i jobs as that relating to the publication
of the Court of Appeal reports were put
through by party vote. ~ biGssf
l.. Democratic editors are deprived Cd
their usual defense that this criticism or
the part of Republicans is for the pur.
pose of making political capital, fol
Governor Cleveland in his message tc
the Legislature the day before the fina
adjournment, on the subject of the nom
ination for the, immigration Commits
sionership, pictures his fellow reform,
ers" as q set of scamps unfit for the so.
ciety of honest people. He tells them
i point blank that the Reform man.
agement of that important department
has been ga scandal and reproach tc
civilization, that '.the money of the
State is apparently expended with nc
regard TO economy; the most disgrace
full dissensions prevail among those
having the matter IN charge. Barefaced
ljobbery has been permitted. and the
poor immigrant, who looks 10 the in
stitutions for. protection finds that
his helplessness and forlorn condition
afford the readily seized opportun.
ity for imposition and swindlingn
The Governor further charges thai
ian overweening greed for patronage'
has been the basis of the censurable anC
disgraceful action of the New York Leg
islature. Governor sCleyeland's wordl
are not of local application alone, bal
maybe Justly applied to the whole Union
where the Demo ocratic party has foot
hold. s. An oyerweening greed of pat
ronage" has been the guiding star o
Bourbonism ever since the war. Prin.
ciple has been re1egated 70 the rear ant
every make-shift resorted to for aeces
sion to power and the capture of pef
Democratic Reform is stupendou1
fraud, and the people have never failed
to recognize its true character when
has been put to the practical test o
controlling public affairs. Wise ant
economical Republican management
whether in State or Nation, may some
i times get monotonous, but one year o
Bourbon rule is usually enough to senc
the people back to that party which ha
many times, in peace and war, beel
weighed in the balance and neve
found wanting. ."-LdsasiFsg (Mieh.
Republican. -, - - - ! hs1s sI
The Hall of Records, opposite tn,
New York approach to the Brooklyn
bridge, says thee New York Mail, hal
reached the age of one hundred AM
twenty-seven years, and there are asso
Citations which make the removal of tn
structure. a source of, regret, but it ha
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