The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-15
Doing too Far.

Whenever q woman takes the
streets and breaches her own virtue
the world is not long in arriving at
the conclusion that she has less of that
commodity, probably, than any other.
When man goes into the public
haunts of men and vaunts his own UNI
Improbable honesty, we ut once put
ourselves ON guard against some pos
sible dishonest raid he is meditating.
II is so in all walks of life,s and under
all sorts of circums Men dis
trust that which is too loudly voicing
its own virtues. Thus il is with Mr..
Cleveland's Interpretation of the law
of civil-service reform. After reign
of a quarter of a century, after en-
joying for that heightened term the
fullncss of power and the richness of
pelf, after revcling in mass ofIoney,
corruptly obtained from the govern
ment, which has astonished the world
no less by its amount than by its dis
honest obtainment-we have the spec
tacle of an entire change in the gov
erning powers,the complete. unques-
toned substitution of the democratic
for tho republican party and still the
same old set is retained, the same
men aud methods, and of course the
same per cent. of stealage is faithfully
kept up. Doubtless Mr.. Cleveland
promised something to the indepen-
dent or recalcitrant republicans of the
east; probably one of the conditions
they exacied was the retention of u
certain per cent. of the officers then
on duty. Ii that is so they must have
gotten away badly with our
man. Since his advent to the SUI
preme power he has not changed five
per cent. of the officers. Six months
have elapsed and still, the republican
party is administering the govern
ment of the country. There is no
sign, no indication other than that
this is the fixed aud permanent polio,
of the administration. Ii this Is really
so, what encouragement is there tc
maintain ones fealty TO the party oil
to democratic theories? Republican
ism means republican administration
AS well rs republican governin.
theories, and democracy means repub
lican administration with democrats
theories. The paradox is too violent
the situation is too grotesque, tos
ridiculous, and 1t is most childish,
weak and pitifully subsorvient.
IL was well enough that Mr.. Cleve
land was deliberate, that time shout
be taken to effect mighty changes
the entire substitution of the govern
ing forces of a great nation. But 81
months have gone by and with th
exception that he has put democrat
9 heads to the departments operated b
9 republican un1crlings, no change I
speak of has been effected. The r,
? publicans despise this want of nerv
this false straining of the principl,
= of civil-scrvice reform, while the den
ocrats are angry, irritatcd and dis
gusted. just what is to be gained |
longer adherence to this we,
policy we cannot see {,
Z. the life of us. We can B,
that much is to be lost, but nothing
= be gained. We, rs party, lose Il
adhearonce of the element whic
:. however il may be despised moral
is the element that elects, and we ga
nothing from the republicans.
y needs not philosopher to dctcrmil
where all this will lead the democra
of the nation, or where ii will land
: the bright hopes once built upon civ
service reform.
II Mr.. Cleveland has carried his
depreciation ofthe doctrines OF civ
service reform too far. If il could
shown that all republicans were no
est, and all democrats rogues, jnsii
cation could be framed for his 10,
= persistence in this policy. But sho
1t of such showing, justification ca
not be made. The action of the dem
cratic editors of Indiana will be (,
u lowed by their brethren in all of Il
i states, in time. unless amendment
speedily had II is actually true In
r regular assessments are made up,
C republican employees in the depar
ments at Washington to keep up I
publican organizations aud pay f
. republican party service. This, VIII,
U a civil-seryice reform preside
l. stands at the head of the governmer
i is just a little too bad; II is going ju
= little too far, and Mr. Cleveland W
a hear something drap" one of the
fine days.
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