The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-12-05
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WAsnNoToS. Nov. I5. 1894

WAsnINoToS, Nov. 10, 1884.
In two weeks Congress viii asnom..
bio. Three months later President
Cleveland will be- inaugurated. From
now until tho fourth of March tie
Capital win be In u sermcnt. After
The fourth OF March the fsrmeni vii
not be able TO express itself In any
thing milder than explosions.
In the midst Of this Joyous, solemn
crisis |, behooves tho Democratic par
| y TO be calm, and clement. Turn the
rascals Out, turn some OF the already
marked and condemned rascals out
not laisr than the iifsh of March, but
after they aro out, hasten slowly or
you Will hurt some who are the re-
verse Of rascals, and you may hurt
the Democratic party irremediably.
you have heard Of defeats who were
really victories, Tot Us beware that we
do NOT allow.our victory to prove n
ruin. This Is what our enemies are
hoping and predicting il Wilde
But who arc tho condemned rascalsi
The I'D raacals ars FIRE. the Dud-
leyItes-those who like Dudley
have left their desks and Ia dIllance
of Civil service laws and common
honesty. have been aglting for their
country enemy while receiving their
country's pay. Treat them as much
like desertsrs to the enemy as the con.
dIlIons OF the ease will allow. Capt.
ital punlshment Is not allowed 10 pol
Itics but happily you can take OF
si,si. es'ieial heads. They have had
their tria.. Ud' with their official
heads. -.
Then there Is another ct who may
not be DudleyItes, but they were ap-
pointed by Hayes and their tenure Is
an outrage against vpx populI ct vex
Del. These special appcintees OF
Hayes, Uperman, Chandler, Evarts,
Kellogg ct al, should go without dls-
crimiuation. For eight years they
haye eaten the bread OF thoft. Il Il
too long, too long ol Lord. Lsl that
crime be avenged at once, so Ear as
may be. For this reason the talk OF
Offering Echurz to place ia the Cab
inet Is saerllage, treason, bane and
wormwood, or worse, IL you know q
name for II. Schurz was Hayes
Secretary Of the Interior. aud genteeI
punishment 10 the Court Of Vienna IL
good enough for him. IL Is true that
Schurz worked fer Cleveland and
persuaded few Germans 10 vote for
him, but the German vote did not
materIaIlze very well Ia any inpor-
tant or decisive strong hold. We are
not indebted to II for the admir- istra-
tl5n which Is TO be, and n the Inde-
pendent Republican conugent must
be recognized 10 The Cabinet, it can
be recognized by the apoIntment OF
some one less obnoxious 10 ,rilden, 10
Hendricks, and 10 the party that cleo
ted them 40 1876 than Hayes'ex-cab-
Inet officer.
The next class Of rascals that should
be turned out ar not SO emphatIcaIly
rascals as they are loafers. They do
not work, were notappoInted TO work.
They are the sons, nephews, cousins.
nIeces, daugh,e re, aunis, mothers-In
law and friends Of prominent Repub-
lIcans, aud when say they do not
work I mean precisely what ! say.
Is notorious, and honest Rspubll-
can Office holders will bear me out 10
the assertion, that there are hundreds
on the pay rolls wis do practically no
work, while there are many who do
not work one half their time. These
people are paid at the rate OF from
5000 to $2500 per annum, and their
presence on the pay rolls IL crying
shame.