The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-01-24
Nasty on the New Policy.

It requires a great deal Nv judg
ment to he the only man witch kin
read, in community like the Cross
Roads. I opened the copy Nv the
Louisville Courier JouyneL witch comes
to the. Corners, and my eye happened
to lite onto Cleveland's letter to
George Wilyum Curtis, definin his
poSishun on the CIVIL Servis question. |
Thinkin any utterance from Cleve-
land on the subjik Nv offises wood
hev a tendency to allay the feelin Nv
the people, l commenst readin to
them to wunst. This wuz mistake
A man witch acts es reader to a COM
moonity like ours shO0d alIuz reed a
| DimOkratic utterans hiSSeIf afOre he
makes it known to his people
The fust part Nv the letter in witch
he announced his dPtPrminashin to
observe the letter and spirit Nv the
Civil Servis heresy excited EN-, but
thct wuz nuihip TO wot happened
when I come to this paragraff:
"There is class of government
positions which are not within the
letter of the Civil Servis statue. but
which are so disconnected with the
policy of an administration that the
removal therefr0m Of present incumJ
bents, in my opinion, should not be
made during the terms for which
they were appointed, solely on par
tisan grounds, and for the purpose Of
putting in their places those who are
in political accord with the appoint
ing power"
They riz to their feet eZ one man.
"Wat exclaimed they, "d0es this
axident from Mo- York perpOse to
retane in places of oner and profit the
cussed Ablishnists vich hev bin fat
TENN on EN- for yeers, while we witch
hev fought, bled and died fur the coz,
hev bin Twin on husks ?''
"Wuz it fur this" exclaimed Issak-
; Gavitt, "that / voted twice in four
different townships in Inieany, and
give NV my substance to defray the
expenses NV keepin NV nigges away
from the poles, To make ShO0r Nv the
: eleckshun Nv Demokrat to COngris
from this deestrick ?'
And there went up SIGH howl Nv
odd Cleveland !" ez never heard
: in my life.
In the meentime l had bin readin
the next paragraph in the letter witch
wuz this:
But many now holding such posi-
tions have forfeited all just claim to
retention, because they have used
their places for party purposes in dis
regard of their duty to the people
and because, instead Of being decent
public servants, they have proved
themselves offensive partisans and
unscrupulous manipulators of lOca
party management"
red it to EN- and then remarkt;
"Gentlenan, yer cuSses Wuz all rite
only sitely prematOOr. Our noble
standard barer is all rite. | agree
with him ez to the abslOOt necessity
NV dom suthin in the way NV Civil
Servis Reforn-on his plan. 1t is
quite satisfactory to me-his plan is.
700 will observe that he SCI he will
not make appointments on partisan
grounds. Very good. But 700 will
also observe that men now hoIdin
otfises which hev bin concerned in
lokle politikle management, will hev
to go. How will that affect us here
Lubbock, the niger postmaster, hez
handled the males satisfactorily,
believe, looked at merely ez a post.
master. The one paper that comes
regulerly to me he8 never bin mis-.
carried, and the letters addressed to
lottery otfises hev bin sent out
promtIy.
Bascom gifts his bills from his whole
sale likker deelers in Looi>ville with
CRATE promptness, and thetwo letters
that came to other citizens doorin the
last quarter Wuz both delivered.
Even the copy NV Hdrper'S Weekly
we subscribed for after Mast got to
DRAWN US Kentuckians with a decent
face onto us, was delivered regulerIy,
irrespective Nv PARTY affilliashuns.
Likewise Pollock. the Collector NV
Customs, and Bigler. CoIlekter NV
RevenOo, hev made good offisers, so
fur eZ | know.
"Are these men TO be retained and
me and Deekin Pogram and Issaker
Gavitt to be bept out in the cold ?
Not any. Reed the second paragraph !
These men have bin active lokle ma
nipoolaters NV politix. Joe Bigler
and Pollock hev organized the Re.
Publican party reguIerly, and Lub-
buck hez tried to vote at every eleck-