The Red Cloud chief., 1884-08-08

Even Mr.. Thurman. vel sca>n,~a
and sensible on most suhyecis. falls INTO
the drlusaon TIA; 10 barn 81 nS<hing ba.
= constant rcI-ti,son "a Ihs rhr.se. ADD
speaks oi the democracy ss the party
OF reform" The cd gentleman o<sghi
- remember thai IL "rclorned hsfn
out If the In tel State. S~nAicrship
when he was \ caddaio oc!nr~ the ohio
Legislature 70 saocs~i Mr.. fcndl1ion. =
few months ago. simply because be as
rather too clean "a suit bis party also
that Mr.. rrndlcton himself "a. 'r~
formed otr 1T of @ .or the sols rcasou
tha, he hal bestowed rs name upon o
ball to purify the Cvil Service
Youthful Democrats who have so:h.
ing bat the dovny promise Of = beard
upon their checks may BE- excused for
supposing that their party ever wAs 90
ever could or would D. the party ui
reform" bat an old stAgcr like Mr..
Thurman. who has waved hi. bandanAs
through the political storms oi morv
than n quarter Of \ century. should
know better than Ia talk tn ~. negk
bors. rs he d 4 on his rctnrn dum ChI
cago. about the DcInocratse parry of
reform"
Mr. Thurman can hardly ~ unaware
81 the fact that hen the iirst series of
ID mocraiic adininistraiions came "a "a
end by the election of Harrison "a 1870
there vas exposed n mas 81 drial-
cations by Democratic ofiicc-holders.
larger b. many times In proportion "a
the number employed than the country
had ever seen before or has cvce ss-n
since.
lie must know tn II the spoil. system.
which he and his fcllox parti.ans pre-
tend To discover IN Republican sdmin
i>traiion. was the inyen inn. and has
always been the pet doctrine. II The
DemocrIssc party.
He must know tha. every carnest
Effort tina, has been made 10 nd National
politics of appointments To and re-
moyals from office As n means of party
rewards aud punishmenIs-which con
stitute the ,poil- system has come
from the Republican party AMI rrceiv
Ell Is main support from Republicans
lie must know that no Democrat
who values his psrty-standing. or who
evcr expects m Office. darcs 10 identify
himself In any practical way with .
movement for reform in political usage
aud methods. Senator Pendlcton's cI-
p%erience and fate viii serve as = warn
inc to- every Democrat who il seriously
tempted To do anything approaching
actual reform in the Civil service or IA
anything else.
He must know tina, his party has been
1n.xifny far xeh.s % ..nz sr...n.. -
form year after year. until IL apparent
Is presented an issue 10 the Republic
ans on the tariff ques,ian; aud tina,
when that issue WA accepted the Dem
ocrats sncaked out Of il by hiding under
n platform that not even Ben Butler.
with all his astuteness, was able 90 un
ders,and.
lie must know that i'm the convention
and since the convention the Democrat
ic orators and candidates have shown
no, the slightest liking for q discussion
of tariff changes with which they filed
their platforms and orations a wear ago.
He must know that the Democratic
party has not q principle that IL dsrc'
to assert openly and defend manfully;
that it, tactics in the present campaign
are simply 10 ''arraign' the Republic
ans in wild phrases. invented In con
y~ention Hobbies. and try Ia raise \ dust
under cover Of which they can make Q
successful run for the offices.
Mr.. Thurman has not the excuse oi
youth or ignorance which some Of his
fellows can plead. aud he shonld no,
try TO impose on his conhding neighbors
BY using terms which can not bc IN.
tcrpreied in any honest way be exposes
himself TO the charge Of either incxcus
able ~carelcssness or downright misrcp-
reseniation- -Detrox 20, and Trfbsa<