The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1883-01-23
PENpLETsN ARD DEMOCRACY.
Proof Positive That tho Civil Scr.
vice Bill Was Demanded By
the Ohio UomocrScT.

The wsyns Coan,y .Dsnscyat Aus
~cells ;he turn" ca Hr. rEEsLrTsH's 90.
tractors:
10 proof Of sse assertion shas Sen ator
Fsndislcu's EVIL service bill Is IL accord
With the Views OF ths Oh!o DeHocrscs.
Ii s 10. necessary TO 90 vety tss bsck
IN years. At the Convention stld Of
Cleveland in 1880, ahots!y after the Fs-
,ionsl Convention, the cosatni,tse on res.
olu,tons composed Of Geofg. Eosd!sy.
Alex Losg. 3. ! Bancroft. John 4.
McMahoa, J J. moore. David Il Can.
nihgs, r. L. Dicke,, James Taylor.
Thomas r. Powell, David Joy, Jota l..
Vance, VIM. Z. Finck, n I. Southland,
=. n. Wililston, A. J. Warner. " 4.
OwesAev, Jchs Clark. Z. D Eshelnsn,
E. B. Hatfield. RUFUS ?. SpsIdiug. re-
ported tee following, uAish wan .isS,sd
By the Convensioa:
"Re,olsed, TAst me Democrass OF
Ohio adept IS Aeis ewe shs aasissal
Democratic platform"
Tsst Nstional Democratic platform
, contained the fonowias:
aalninisrGina Ia making places ls me
civil aervics revard foS political crime
ANs DEMAas RryoKx BT sTAruTE, which
shah Esks ID forever Impossible for 6
defeated candidate to bsibs ais wsy TO
he sssa Of 9 usarpsr by eliasias Villains
upon ahs people,
At ths state Geavaahen hela 10 80.
u0bus in 1891, the Ceamlttee en- See
ela,lans, eeraaased Of R g Rawiss,
james Y. PArkeE. ] W Dnn,sr. C. d
satiana'qhsn. Geo W. Anasewa, 2. II
| Hurd, Urlsh Slosa, Il r. Niles, 2. Il
Thorn. ". Z Haynes. Lao Ehart. Alisa
. Mya4. Gibson 4. Athsrtaa. u. Nav,
j. B Drake, Js1es Aenss. John a
CiOrk, W r. Pi1'ey, usary Aplherp
sad Jeha w Heisiey. reported sbe fel'
ioring, which WAS adopted by tss Con
vsrtien:
"Resslvs6. That We are in favor Of q
eivn service reform whereby Offices shal
he ksid to be public trusts to be adaln,
istersd fof shs public good, no, speiis se
be sajoYed a. ,he reward Of partisan sea
or service"
| At the State Convention hsid at Co
lumbus last yesr, 1889. the Committed
en- Resolutions, composed Of I G Hew'
lM, Moses T Wilson. G " Houk, G
lM. Lanlsoa, Z r. Daan. G. N. SaltE
gsh4r. J. z. Neal. r. T. N'ies. p c
Dsashsr,y. Charles Eossa. Leo Ebert
IL Z Al.sa, Joseph P. Hoffman, D. L
Wadswersh. A. J. Warner, 5. ID. HIM
ter. ]. "a. Zs,sp, L D. Thornton, JohE
R. woods. john " Hois!sy and 5acoi
Mueller, reported the following, Uh!cI
was aaeptsd by the Convention:
! Resolved, That We favor koaeet &c
form In the civil service, and desouae
tAs eztortisa sf rnsaey from Office hsls
.rs TO scrrrpt tba hsilot sRd eenUol cleo
siess as . most tsreateEiaS, ss Il 10 tn
aoat .usidieus danger, tsst bsssss fre
govsFsasst, eAa tie shameless rassrts &
such metaess BY she party In pswee &
carry !ts snds. evidences the utter aban
donn.nt Of principle for pIass and spell
snder 'boss' rsls."
The above are the planks upon whic
1.-The Democrats of Ohio have stood 10
tee past three years. They are no
merely the views OF ona or Two rses, ID
shsy ase tia voiss Of shs entire part
proclaimed bv its representatives In Con
veatiees aaasaSied, asd sfser ssra b
F, ,hs eatfs DeHocFstia press ana speaser
of Obie. Read them end taeR read Sen
I stsr Penale.oa's eivil aervics rsferm hi
e aaa yoa will And that they eFs Ia snsir
! accord TAs eaiy difference is that .h
r hill does not 60 as fss a. tas pian
adopted la 1881, far tSe rsason shst
change Ia compliance with the aoc'ria
] advocated by tbs Democracy Of Ohio
: 1881 would gcqaire change 10 ssc'lo
q, article II OF sbe Constitution OF ii
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