The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-03-18
THERE could be nothing more alb

THERE could be nothing more alb
surd than the paroxysm of mingled
rage and fear into which many OF
our Democratic friends have fallen
over the non-action of Mr.. Cleve-
land in the matter of distributing
the spoils. Ofcourse, they are very
hungry and very dry, after their
long exclusion from the official crib,
and their impatience is natural; but,
added to the pangs of ravenous
appetite, whetted by absolute pos
session of the long promised land,
comes the dreadful fear that
perhaps, after all, they may not
be invited to partake of the
feast of fat things, of which they
have continuously dreamed, To-
these many years. Luxuriant fan
cy had painted immediate, uncon'
trolIed, unstin:ed possession, on
and after the fourth day Of March
and behold, two precious weeks
of time, reckoned minute by min
ute, have rolled by, and the master
has not yet invited them to partake
nay, they have an ever-hauntine
dread that they may not even bt
hidden to the feast. 1t is this wear
ing, worrying. killing uncertainty
this horrible fear that after all there
may not be a full and general re-dis
tribution of the Offices, that civil
service reform may not be a myth
and the tenure of Office law a snare
that has caused this sgonizing, but
amusing, commotion among oul
friends of the Democratic faith.
Let these hungry and thirsty as
pirants possess their souls in pa
thence; in good time their opportu-
nifty will arrive. Let them remem'
Der that the President is pledged te
civil service reform, and that a
decent regard for public opinion, as
well as for himself, requires, at least
q seeming observance Of it. They
need not fear that be will appoint
any bat Democrats TO Office, but be
cannot. at one fell swoop, displace
all Republican incumbents without
bringing the necessary routine work
of all the departments of the gov
eminent to a stand; and, moreover,
he must ascertain to a certain ex-
tent, at lesst, the qualifications OF
those who propose to take their
places. This may not, and evident.
ly it does not, suit the impetuous,
headlong member of the party
who took it for granted that Cleve-
lands election meant that there was
a rose in the garden for him, and
Immediately rushed off to Washing
ton to pluck it, but to his dismay
found that amid the pressure OF
absolute business and the selection
and induction of his Cabinet into
their positions, the President had
neither time nor inclination to con-
slider his claims. Thousands OF
these precIpitate and boisterous ap
plicants for days haunted the cor
ridors of the White House and OF
the departments, importuning the
President and his Cabinet Tor speedy
action. and. failing in their efforts,
sadly and madly turned their faces
homewsrd, bowling with rage and
ripe for treason against the new ad-
ministrstion that has not We, BECOME
accustomed 10 the fit Of its new
clothes.
Dearly beloved: this government
machine is . pondsrous one, and
srinds slowly. 10 good time your
tnrn win come, and you may OF
may nos enter upon your reward;
bst fail not 70 remember that ths
race 10 not always TO the swift.
Watch and pray. The day Of small
things will arrive in doe season. In
the mean time don't make fools OF