Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-10-06
General Rosecrans and His Critics.

timsts, and the Tribune editor according
" harps oh his old string after every
body else has tired OF its note. Satur-
days's issue contains another diatribe
against General Rosecrans. Doubtless
his latest unprovoked attack on the old
soldier is the result OF the recent colored
mems convention in the Old Dominion !;
which in all probability has so RULED
his temper that he gave vent to his pent
up bitter, ignorant hate and incorporate
sectional gall toward the new Register of
the Treasury, alleging at seems to be
confessed that in his doings in the Treas
ury he knows no more of its methods
than a child" which in his jaundced
eyes, is great national calamity. There
fore, this somewhat demoralized would
be Blaine adjutant cries out "fussy
Rosecrans."
1t is surprising that no one else is
frightened but this hero of the home
guard Republican soldiery. However,
the announcement is gratifying for the
same observations are applicable to any
policy of "fussy'' OF the name of Blaine
ism that may be emitted by him or his
lieutenants. The guano diplomat is more
affected than any politician in the country
to the policy OF "fussy," as all his
theatrical posturing in the Mulligan BUSH
ness and peculiar, diplomatic epistles
prove. His policy of "fussy" would have
frightened many people if his chief mag
istracy programme had been success.
But the failure of his latest political en-
terprise has Invested the policy of
''fussy" OF the great American "fussier"
of all its dangerous qualities. His mag
netic guano "fussy;" his Peruvian and
Costa Rican "fussy;" to be brief, his
spirited, hemispherical, millennium
'fussy," are all vanished, as it were.
Alasl the eqnanimity OF the home guard
hero, too. "Yet he is going to reform the
the resignation of everybody in the bust
How often has this editor walled that the
people "decreed all this?" Again, has he
not frequently asserted that, since the
present Administration would be re-
sponsible for its acts, it would be only
just to employ parties who are in full
sympathy with the party? But when the
President, through his agents, requests
the resignation of Federal officials, the
disappointed partisan of the modest Mr..
Blaine has suddenly discovered that such
requests OF Republican officials are high
and heinous crimes against his party.
When Cleveland went into office he
found all the places of government, big
and little, in the possession of the oppo-
nents of the Democratic party. Although
hostile to the spoils policy, the President
proceeded to make removals from office
i'll order to relieve the Government of its
partisan character. In all the vast de.
partmcnts OF government, Democrats were
nowhere to be found, except few who
! suddenly turned up after the November
election. Now when General Rosecrans
seeks to select men who assent to the
Presidents policy, this editor squeals and
calls him "fussy" Therefore he is moi
the generous politician he would have
his readers regard him in times past, but
proves himself "proscriptive partisan. -
1t is curious, however, that the foremost
editor within radius of "thousand
miles," who frequently changes his views
should expect others to change theirs SC
often rs he does and because he does. II
seems stranger still that he should set tc
work to make converts TO each new po
litical faith as soon as he embraces
it. He should write book, GLOW
and Why Became Civil Service
Reformer." He thinks the President
could not show a better appreciation OF
its advantages than by continuing to en-.
ploy the services OF the persons who are
conversant with the duties of the position
they now hold, and have nothing new to
learn. This advice is entirely disinter.
ested and altogether patriotic. Many o.
the people who elected Mr.. Cleveland
President, however, are inclined to the
opinion that large number OF our pub.
lie servants have had too much expert
ence. The people thought Mr.. Blaine
knew entirely too much about the man
agement of public affairs. They freely
admitted that he had much experience
One OF the arguments against him was
that he had more experience than woulf
be beneficial 10 the country. This was
what they were afraid of. They preferred
and accordingly elected, Mr.. Cleveland
who had much less experience and knew
comparatively little about the manage.
ment OF affairs at Washington. He was
SO inexperienced subsequent to his nom.
ination that some editors grew "fussy''
in experimenting that if he was at the
Capitol he could not find the White
House.
1t is expected that Mr.. Rosecrans vii
aid to reform the civil service. 1t is not
expected, however, that he will do this
by continuing in position all or even most
OF the. persons who now hold them.
Most OF the men now holding public DO
sitions obtained them because they were
partisans. No person is better acquainted
with that fact than this editor. There is
no reason why these should continue to
hold offices under the psesent Admins
tration.
"rhe putting OF such man in place
like that, of which he is perfectly ignor-
ant" Doubtless the editor relies on the
press dispatches to establish the above
assertion. Other than press ruImors,
what evidence can he adduce to support
his blackguard statement? 1t is IN erely
pretext for him TO complain. 1t proves
conclnsively that he was not sincere when
he stated that Democrats were entitled
to the offices, for when Southern man
receives an appointment il makes him
''fussy;" but, when he sees n man of
the character and reputation of General
kosecrans in a position he grows "fus-
sier," and exclaims that it is humiliatinp
TO appoint the old "know nothing" officer
to that post. 1t is evident the
"know nothing" was appointed to
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