Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-27

7 NNAiltAt Ullil NNUtllAf fl
suing with reference 10 nnndh INV
ments. told him that Demo
Gratis had moi maintained a pollticol war
fare for over twenty years IN
~ office, ana / warned biu
that II this administration did moi chanv,
ITS policy, 1t would become involved In
sea OF complications The secretary
looked me In the face, and, STRENGTHENING
up, replied The sea OF complication,
\ VIII he welcomed in such an lssue.ir
Ana when the senator told him that Ia,
masses, the men who did the voting
would lose all interest in the adminlstra.
llon II this cause was continued. MIR
bayard Is represented as replying: "rhcn
I popular government is failure. II "A
party Is To administering government onl,
/ 10 put It's followers In office, popular gov
eminent is Il failure"
IN TINS Mr. Bayurd ~ rcnrcscntcd ns
I declaring the settled intention of tb,, nd.
hlhiStratlon to keep Republicans In Office.
uu' chirdcleliZlng all who desire to see n
chhhge as being governed hy the "spoils
system and desiring to run the govern
Z Weht unlN Tor the offices Although th,i,
uaS pech rs yet no denial ON the part of
Mr. BaSard OF this strange, umpatriotic
ana uhdcmoCmtlc utterancc, | am MT
prepared To believe he made II And /
must say IN all cnndor that | was counlIy
surprised that II should have mot Tn
HNHErrE's approval The slogan of the
presidential campaign was, "ruru the
raScalS out" II was maintained that tho
Republican party IN its twcnty-four Years
ul power had shown that II was Thor.
oughly corrupt and il was understood that
there would by Il complete change of rul-
crs II the Democrats trlumphcd. Now If
Is insisted, according 10 this extract from
the Washington Star, that the president
must he allowed to run il with Rcpuhli.
cans, ana iicomplicationS arise from such
II source Mr.. Buyard wei.
comes these complications and thut
any other course than thus CONTINUING
Republicans In office means that oponu-
lar government Is Il failurc.,' Surely Tur
HAIEIrE does not indorSc such n scnti.
ment: Certainly 1t does not hold fhnt
there are not Democrats enough In tho
country, honest and capable, to nh an the
offices, without holding on TO the rotten
carcass OF RepublicanlSm? OR does II fol-
low IN the line of the News that holds ON
To the unconstitutional civil-scrvicc oct.
employed to keep Republicans in Office,
ana says thai lis repeal viii be a Demo
cratic OilllldcrI And does II sanction the
ilradc oi that paper on our con
stcSNncn, who are charged with en-.
deaNorlng to bring about speedy change,
when, In reality, they ought to he cen
Surcd Tor rheir tardincsS? Five months
nave elapsed since the Inauguration, and
there have been very few removals of
prominent Republicans in Texas, while
the worst aud most offensive of them re-
tain their places.
What constitutes the administrations
Is II the president and his cabinet QUAR-
tered at Washington, or DOVE understand
by II the entire machinery OF govern
meut!
The change in officers Is not a question
OF "spoilS, as contend, but of prjncl
pie, and Democrats are more worthy of
the Offices than Republicans because
their Views Oi government are correct.
and they are more directly responsible In
carrying out the pariy'S views OF reform
III II had been announced during the prcsi-
dental campaign that Mr.. Cleveland an
ticipated keeping Republicans in Office.
that men who sought position under his
would be regarded ms dis
reputable and "spoiS" men, that our
would he denounced for de
string to hasten change, and that faith /
III party service for years would have
been regarded ms n dlsunnlit- 1
cation, that Il Democrat OF strong con /
'lctionS, equally with Republican,
was To be set aside ms an "offcnSiyc par
IiSan," what kind of support would Mr..
Cleveland have rcCcivcdI Yet This is thr
light in which the administration is rcp-
resented in the editorial columns OF the
News and by Its Washington correspond
mt. And such ! understand Ia bc the
position of TIM GAZErrE, while in the
same issue of the paper as the article
I'M criliclsing appears the remark OF Mr.. +
lcNcnnd, who Is represented rs saving
hat he VIII give preference to The mem
hers of the Grand Army of
HE Republic, "all things being
equal, while Democrat, who
mas employed his best energies for yenr.
10 bring back the government 10 an hon
Isl administration, is To be ostraclscd.
rnE GAZErrE has not one word of ob.
cctlon To Clcycland's Endorsement Of the
irand Army of the Republic, which
: essentially Republican, nor against
he influence of the civil-scrylcc commits
,iOn, which Is under control of thai
Iarty, but II seems 10 think II all right to
,ecp Republicans IN office, while promi-
tent or working Democrats are 10 be cX-
'ludcd.
II the present federal administration I,
not essentially PARTISAN then there has
iot been q partisan administration since
he origin OF the government. hold
hat, other things being equal, Democrats
re more entitled to places of public trust
han Republicans, Not only so, but that
I l. neither Just nor safe to leave Repub-
leans In office. II this Is Democratic
let il loo Differed and con-
rolled by Democrats, from the highest
position to the lowest. ia man thinks
otherwise, le might just ~ well have I
'oted Tor Blaine. 4 party never made !
nything by driving OFF it, .
ricnds and counting IT. enemies. and II
his is the course the present admins
ration designs pursuing, you may rely on
that il Is paving the way for Demo
ratio defeat in 1873. But you may rcly
N II, also, no such sacrifices will De per
nitied The men who labOrcd zeaiously
u the late canvass, and the four millions
4 American voters that cast their SUI