St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-20
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CITIL SERVICE 2EFORN.
Il is both interesting and amusing to see
the prOfound interest the Republican papers
are taking just now In the subject OF s'civil
service reform" They are filed with long
dispositions upon IFS beniacenee, coupled
with qussi-eulogiums upon the President
elect for his prospective irmness in declin-
ing 10 turn the Republicans out and put the
ID mocrats 10.
The Republicans sptly illustrate the man
guilty Of some ofIense, who sees in each bush
an officer. They develop that mental condi-
ton which causes individuals 70 90 about
talking Of their personal affairs, under the
delusion that what is uppermost in their own
minds must be the prcdominating thought
in the minds Of every one else.
We trust our Republican friends viii pos
sess their souls in patience and not Lecome
too much agitated. They have several
months warning OF their Impending doom,
and they will display more wisdom
If they begin preparing for their future state,
instead of, like the murderer under sentence
Of death, looking for reprieye on the march
10 the scaffold.
The Democrats are entirely tranquil aud
it is painful 10 see this Republican agitation.
Their tender regard for the civil service
might almost be expected to touch a heart Of
stone, but the Democratic heart Is a sort Of
rock-ribbed granite. covered with some i'm
pervious substance Ike asbestos, - To speak,
aud IT is doubtful whether ali the Republican
tears can ever reach the solid granite heart
imbedded within the outer covering. II the
deluge Of weeping should wash away the
asbestos, the ease with which the Democratic
granite heart would shed the tears would
surpass the ability OF 4 duck 10 breast a
storm. These are sad truths, but It lie some
times the part OF kindness TO ''tell the
truth" and our Republican friends may as
well prepare the face the inevitable.
The great issue OF the campaign upon the
Democratic side was a demand for an oppor-
tunity to ''inspect the books" The Repub-
licans sought to conceal the real issue by
shouts about the tariff but the Democracy
held them to the rack aud the people voted
that the books should be inspected. Itwould
be difficult TO invent any higher degree OF
civil service reform, than the order that
once In quarter OF a century the books
should be inspected and the record Of the
public servants made public. The country
is in danger Of going to the demnition bow
vows because there is change Of admins
tration Of public affairs. It would have
been In much greater danger If the people
had not ordered a change.
The Republicans must go.
1t is not only the fate Of war, but Is natu-
rally demanded by the public interests.
The GLOBE will not hypocrticaIly assume
that this policy is not in accord with Demo-
cratic desires and demands. It is, and it
ought to be. For nearly twenty-five years
the Republican party has been in power.
and their one absorbing aim aud principle
has been TO keep the Democrats out, and
now, when they have been soundly thrashed,
they set up the wall that the Democrats
should allow them TO remain. Virtue, hon
esty and ability neither begins or ends with
the Republican party. II We were inclined,
in this hour OF victory, to be unkind, we
might say that the reverse Of all these attri-
butes begin and end with the ''grand
old party" but under the circumstances the
GLOBE contents itself with the declaration
that as much virtue, honesty and ability ex-
lists In the Democratic ranks as In any party
this country ever had.
At the end Of the next quarter Of CEN
tury 1t will undoubtedly be important to have
the books again inspected, and the GLOBE
now and here, pledges itself in advance, to
join with whatever may be the opposition
party twenty-five years hence, In demanding
q change in the political control Of the coun-
try. The GLOBE looks forward, with no little
degree Of interest to the Presidential cam
paign Of 1905, when it proposes to make it
lively for the Democrats. The Republic
can party will long since have
been gathered TO its fathers,
but some other organization will have taken
its place and it will undoubtedly be ''very
hungry and very thirsty crowd. But There
ought to be change Of parties four times in
a century and the GLOBE announces that as
its platform regardless Of the hearts that
may ache as the result