The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1883-01-07
NUMBER 1.


IN
The bill recently passed BY consress,
ostsnsibly for the reform Of tho civi
Service. has not met With the snthusi.
astio reception from the people that tn
trainers evidently anticipated, and the
reason is clear. The bill Il q fraud
and was intended 10 deceive the public
from the hrst. for while its leading ad-
roeAtes in congrns were makiug .
great parade Of THAR patriotic desire TO
correct abuses In the Civil Service De.
partment, they know perfectly we'll
that the adoption Of the MEASURE wouid
produce little or no change In tho OBJ
JeetionAble system, from the fact that
the reforms proposed in the bill affect
only comparatively few OF tho ofac-
iais, and they only the lowest in the
iists Of the service. Those high In au-
thority; those upon whom the restric-
tions OF the bill could have been alone
effective in bringing about rsforma-
sion, are wholly untouched by its pro-
visions. Such wretched trickery as
that manifested in this bill is infinite
iy more disgusting than the most braa-
On edIontery, and is . species OF rns-
cality much more dangerous to public
interests. When grave Senators and
Honorable Representatives In the Con-
gress of the United States have fallen
SO low as to assume the role Of gang
OF unscrupulous ward politicians, it's a
mi'ersbly cold day for the country.
This fraudulent bill was the pet
scheme Of Mr.. Pendlston, a Democrat.
We arc sorry to say, and was indorsed
by many members of both political
parties. That all who aided the bill to
Its passage know It to bo sham, Ia
hardly probable, but that q large ma.
jority did, thero can bo NO doubt, for
the evidence of its insincerity is plainly
stamped upon its face,
Since Mr.. Pendleton assisted In The
elevation to seat on the Supreme
Bench Of the United States, of one Of
the chief censpirators in tho Hayss
fraud. by which the great crime of the
century was perpstrAted, honest, fair
minded Democrats have lost all faith
in his integrity, believing him capable
OF depth Of duplioiiy reached only by
those Of his colleagues who recorded
their votes in harmony with his In the
matter of the confirmation of Stanley
Matthews. The Endorsement of that
man by leading Democrats was nm
open admission on their part OF pr.vi-
Gus treachery to their party, oven
though the nominee, instead of being .
mere political pandersr, had been the
ab!ast jurist on American soil, and few
thinking Democrats in the face Of thsss
facts, will be surprised that Pend.ston
should have been the author and adyo-
cate OF the shys.er Civil Service Re-
form bill recently enacted into law,
The fact is that at least q number of
the Democratic leaders in Congress
have for years past been hand-in.gloys
with certain leaders of the opposition,
and their public dsnunciation of the
corrupt acts of the Republicans was
mere buncombO mouthing for tho hood
winking of their humbuggsd constitu-
ency' The hrst thing to be done by
the Democratic party. in order to ever
again achieve victory, is to at least re.
tire to the rear, all such OF its leaders
as furnish proof Of their having be.
trayed their trust and acrifcsd their
honor.
That some such are still holding the
party helm, there eau be no doubt.
and that unless dopossd from no re-
sponsiblo post, they will again lead
to disaster and defeat. 10 Just AZ certain
as that Judas betrayed his Lord and
Master.