The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-01-05
THE SENATORSHIP.
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Why Senator PendletOn Should
be Reelected,
And the Unholy Trlpartlte Alliance
Relegated Far TO the
Rear.
lrrOm tho Cleveland Catholic Unly,r. !

lfrom tho Cleveland Catholic Universe
We have already candIdly expressed
our dOctrlnaire preference for Mr.. Thur.
man over any candidate named for Ohio
Senatorial hOnOrs; hut we do not con-
slider that any OF Mr., Thurman'a diain.
terested friends would, under existing
circumstances. present his candidacy
with purpose OF undermining Mr. Pen
dlet0n, or 10 long as his canvass bids
fair to be successful, which we believe
we may my IL the present outlook. The
conditions which would almost impera.
lively demand Mr.. Thnrman's candi-
dacy, should be such ~ would promptly
commend themselves TO Mr.. PendetOn's
own patriotism. and lead him aud his
familiars TO be foremost In the support
Of Mr. Thurman.
The present conditions almost ~ i'm.
peratiyely demand that the dlslnterested
friends OF Mr.. Thurman shall support
Senator Pendlet0n's candidacy. The
contention chiefly made against him;
the popularity OF the main opposing
candidature; the ant6cedents Of 10 many
Of the professional politicians enlisted
in that candIdature; their present prac-
tlces as paraded In the public prints
all impose II as duty ot good citizen
ship to defeat this Northern Ohio can
didacy, and place the Democracy OF Ohio
In line with the party at large, AZ hon
estly seeking to reduce the grievances
Of the people by reforming existing
evils. Of which not the least is the cor.
TuptiOn OF machine politics.
IL is claimed, and not denied by the
one most Interested, that Hon. Henry Il,
Payne IN not persopnllya a candidate for
the United States Senatorshlp. Yet the
vicious activity displayed In his canvass
has not been estopped by this claim;and
we may frankly add that among the
most active professionals who initiated
and are urging his canvass, are men
who, TO say the least, are not accepted
by the Democracy Of Ohio AZ exp0nents
and clean.handed representatives Of
pure politics, and whose urgency In
this affair IN very reasonably liable u
grave suspicion.
But II Is not confined to silent sus.
plcl0n, charges OF vile uses Of money
uro broadly asserted, aud II becomes the
duty OF good citizenship to he yigilnnt
watchers Of what IL transpirlng; aud II
bribery can be brought home, 10 brand
and punish any man, whatever his sta
ton, who would seek To degrade tho
commonwealth by selling tO the high
est bidder, her embassadOrlal seat IN
the college ~ her s.stOf states,
This IL In spiril aD act Of treason
against the security and majesty Of u
free, sovereign and independent atatel
The chief contention now made
against Senator Pundlet0n, IN his civil
service record. Are we then to under
stand that Democratic professions OF
civil service reform were merely fraud.
ulent device by which 10 dec0y voters
In the last Presidential campaign We
hold not, Civil service reform III now
essential 10 tho very perpetully OF our
institutions, IL IL Democratic prlnci-
pie, and should be Democratic admin
istrHtiye policy.
Are we also to understand that Hon.
II. b. Payne Is opposed to civil service
reiOrmy
Let us remark that 50 long as polite.
ians zee the chief good only In the dis
tri6uti0n Of offices, 80 long Will there
6e u deadly inciyism, which neither tho
name or professions OF any party can
eradicate.
The dominant party has n right 10
control, within constitutional bounds,
the policy OF an administration, aud to
take all ollice.appointing measures In
cidental thereto; but when tho error
troepa In that an administration ~ u
mere dispenser of patronage aud 10 be
ruled 10y lts partisans irrespective. OF
the general welfare, then we have u
condition that can only end In subyeIt'
ing tho general liberties. Tho states
never provided for u President OF u
party; the provision ig for an executive
agent Of all the states united, and his
powers come through tho constitutional
the platforms OF party,
These, too, are days when II behooyes
the Democracy OF this great western
stale-.wh0se Ohio valley interests are
10 closely identified with the interests
OF tho Mississippi valley--to give close
attention 10 tho revenue reform that
purposes TO relieve tho agricultural
South aud West and the lab6ring classes
of the country generally, from The bur
thens of bounty aud toll exacted by the
swollen m0neyod corporations East, aud
their few but powerful affiliations In
our own state, NJ well az here and there
throughout tho COntederncy.
Certainly this IL not tho Time TO place
In tho Federal government u Senator
from Ohio, however honorable his pri-
vnto record, whose affiliations arc natn.
rally with that plutocratic school with.
In the Democracy 20 recently rejected
In thq defeat Of Mr., Randall for Speaker,
II Ohio IN 10 rank, much less to lead, In
the Democratic array Ol tho New Years
crucial battle, II cannot be effected by
now intrusting our Senatorial delog0-
tion to II millionaire pr0loCtlonist, whose
candidacy " avowed In opposition To tho
civil service aud tnrllI reforms.