The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-11-20

nave hHNW TIC NNHm tNflhlNlN NM liiHl'
doth Arthur boon reelected, and prulin.
hly had Mr. iilniuO succeeded This
disintprOstodnpss aud the patriotism ui
the country are not very uncqunlly Ill
yiUlOl hctwpor the great parties, but IN
NY opinion my party has u much larger
/ tHrt 1T Intelligent connection which
| has thus lar supported clyil service 70
I 'ru. \ great number ot persons Ia the
| Democratic ranks are so proiudlcod hnd
| influenced on the subject that they VIII
| lumUr Tor removals Tor the sake Ot pat
/ luugr. They do not comprehend that
! ID Marty which could elect its candidate
/ only los the aid of
WIpIBLIrAN FRIENDS or REFORM
! iaf 40 chance II II nlicnhtos those
friends In the future, whom they are
/ -utu To he far more numerous than now,
| They still believe Ia the old prOscrlptive
spulis system, not cunprohonding that
/ | I. doomed. A great struggle over the
| reform issue In the Democratic
.ruks H., therefore, certain, The
/ statesmen of the party - Bayard,
| l,uUlotOn, Lamar, Garland, Carlisle,
| Randall, Cox, Morrison, Tucker, llew-
! ilt, and uthors, euch OF whom has nj.
| ready spoken aud voted for the ciVil
| service act, will stand 10y the new presi
dent In its support. But many worthy
| Democrats, and all the denagogues,
! spoilSmen and the rahble of the party,
VIII hc against II, Republicans VIII
| stand together for the act and rules,anN-
| lpusly waiting for the Democrats 10 rain
themselves by their abrogation.
THE NEW PRESIDENT
will lead the reform element OF his
| party and his clear convictions, his high
sense of duty, his courage, his strength
of character, will secure victory.
| There Is no public man In this
country who has higher
sense of tho moral obligations OF official
| life, or who is more cetain To withstand
mere partisanl and selfish appeals tn n
GOV. Cleveland, This is great element
of his power and his popularity too, rs
tho people feel now, and less my motives
be misunderstood, let me add that he
has never done me II favor and that !
could neither ask or accept one nj his
hands. Many offices outside OF the rules,
and some within, will doubtless he re-
moved for no very good reason, but so
far ms possible GOV. Cleveland will pre-
ven! mere political prescription. lie
cannot attend TO everything, much Will
depend on the
MEMBERS OF HIS CABINET,
and especially on the postmaster gen
| eral. II there are, as Is charged, some
of the officers who have used their in
| .iuence To force assessments and neg
lected their duties and violated the pro-
preties of their station to engage in
party warfare, the fate they have chal-
ienged may very likely await them.
II persons are TO be selected for public
work, irrespective of politics, they had
better attend to that work and not med
die with elections"
WHAT CLEVELAND HAS DONE.
Question-"What has Gov. Cleveland
done in New York to warrant this esti-
mate of him?"
Answer-"Buffalo was a city al
most as partisan, lawless and
badly governed as Cincinnati.
ON being made Sheriff, Mr.. Cleveland
exhibited those qualities which are be-
ing more and more needed and appre-
ciated by the people. They compre-
hended and approved his
spirit: He was elected mayor
that Republican city. His life as mayor
was continuous struggle for honesty
and fidelity in Office against the iobbers,
spoilsmen and partisans, who had long
preyed on the city. He mastered the
situation, and became known as
THE VETO MAYOR
His fearless way of dealing with them
Commissioner Eaton here quoted
from Governor Cleveland's message,
rom his letter accepting the gubernato
rial nomination and from other cOmmu
nicatiOns to show his decisive and une-
quivocal endorsement IF the civil SER
vice act, and paid high tribute to the
honesty and non partisan business ca
pacity OF the governor, as evidenced in
his administration of the affairs of the
State Of New York, and continued on
as follows:
THE RAPIDLY GROWING REFORM SENTI-
MENT
of the country has been demanding
more honesty, courage and administra-
tive capacity, with less politics in exec
utiye places. Governor Cleveland has
the distinction OF being the first man
since Washington who has been elected
president because he possessed these
qualities in .pre-eminent de-
gree. They have advanced
him more rapidly to the
the head of the nation than military
skill ever did any of her favorites. To
believe that such man, with such
history, who never sought an office,
will come to the national capital to re-
pudiate the pledges and all that is
t ness Il those n'S who me- have 70 most ost
trusted him. to make hostile all the
| Republican journals which now support
him, to ruin the prospects of This party
and disgrace himself and his country
by overturnlng work Of reform kin
s'hc'' free f'StS isld 0n for patro 9sfs
mongering and the spoiis system
of debauchery. That such an assump-
ton should be made by any sensible,
| well-iniormed man, is to me simply im-
possible. If / am mistaken in this view
/ hope the rules will be utterly over
thrown before the March winds are
over. If the Democrats enforce.
| THE SPOILS SYSTEM POLICY
| they must take the consequences. No
true friend of reform would have any
part in perfunctionary and deceptive
enforcement OF the rules mutilated in its
essential parts. He would rather await
their certain resurrection four years
hence over the graves of their enemies.'
| THE VIEWS OF JUDGE L. D. THOMAN,
the Democratic member, the civil
| service commissioner, were also obtain
ed on the same subject discussed by Mr..
Question-"What do you think will be
President Cleveland's policy as to cival
service refOrm?"
Answer-I do not know, but it would
seem that his past public utterances and
acts were sufficient guarantee that his
policy will he conservative and thor
oughly in sympathy with the present
civil service law and rules"
Question-"Will there be many reno
yalss of government officials from Of
fice?"
Answer-"Yes, and many will remain.
/ am satisfied thorough administrative
reform will cause the removal
of many officials whose places will not
be filled, and policy pursued by which
the business of the government will be
conducted
| ON BUSINESS PRINCIPLES.
The biennial register, two years
from now, will contain several
thousand less names than to-day,
AS to disturbing subordinates in these