The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1884-12-04
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From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Nov. IS, 1884.

From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25, 1884.
Everybody and her husband in
W Washington realize that a revolution
is at hand. 1t is in the heart and
in the minds eye. Soon it will be
felt and seen in every avenue and
channel of official, social, and politi
cal life. Washington and the coun.
try will know that the election of i
Democratic President means some
thing.
Until the last week the Republi-
can Office holders here hoped even in
despair that by some miracle Cleve.
land would be counted out Now
that they realize that the end has
come, some Of them are preparing to
march forth on March the fourth.
During the last week there has
been ell astonishing conversion OF
Office holders to the doctrine Of Civil
service reform, which they interpret
to mean thai to the victims belong the
spoiIs. According to their argument,
Mr.. Cleveland is the great apostle Of
this doctrine and has been elected
by the independent republicans to
carry it out. BY this Interpretation
OF Civil service reform many OF the
rascals who left their work during
he campaign and stamped their
States far Blaine, or warked for him,
circulating scapds s!ous lies about
Cleveland, and many more WHO spent
the time that belonged to the public
servios in writing mendacious politi-
cal letters FOR malignant republican
journals hope to continue in ot1ce:
They are men who haye been APP
pointed by INSCRIPTIONS republican
leaders Of the Observation-Disclosures
sry.and. Dudley type for theiF eff
alsncy in this class ef WORK, abd to
continue them in Office would be a
uegation OF November the fourth:
and . grotesque spbvers;on Of the
principles Of true civil service re-
form. These men have stolen their
salaries from the public treasury,
because they haye given their time
and energy not to the public service
Of the United States, their legitimate
employer but to the private service
of the republican organization, or, to
drawit it finer, they have been drawing
the peoples money but working for
themselves. Stripped Of all para
phrase, these men are thieves
thieves, To continue to harbor
them wopld be as monstrcns as II
Christ had made deacons. elders, and
vestrymen of the gamblers and money
changers whom he scouTged from the
Holy Temple,
Some utterancos of Mr.. Cleveland
have strange and terrible sound to
the clerks in the Government offices
here. lie has said that clerks should
be retained only during good beha'
yisr, and that his desire was to man.
age the affairs of the country on
| business.like principles. He believes
they should be retained only for
competency and honesty, like the
clerks in private business houses, and
also that they should work just as
long and faithfully as those clerks,
do. 10 carry out these ideas will
produce q greater revolution in the
60 yernment Offices here than tna
partizans Of siller party hope or fear
It viii result in the wholesale dis
eharga of ornamental dsones and idle
sineHr:sss. male and females wbo
eomc 20 Office at niue o'clock IN zhe
morning end leave at four Ia tie 81
ternoon, but who actually and truly
do not average three hours Of legiti
mate work per day. 1t seoms 80 IN
credible that clerks should be y;.t''
Of the rate Of from $1,000 to $500
per year ios this playing at @rfK