The Wilmingtonian., 1885-09-26


this sugar coated pill was swallowed by the
Federal Office holders of this county, Mar
shal McMullen of this state was summarily
beheadcd and his place was filled by radi-
cal Democrat.
No one questions the moral or legal right
of the dominant party to make removals ad
li6itun1, but right to lie about said removals
is religiously questioned. President Ceve-
land stated that there should be no remov-
ais except for cause, has he been true to his
plighted faithP
President Cleveland next tried the often
sive partisan dodge, but it evidently dawn
ed upon him that it bor,lered upon
the ridiculous to supplant Re-
publican official who had defined the princi-
pies OF his party with Democrat who had
acted in the same manner towards his own
party.
If party service ipse Sc were criminal then
it is evident that he could not make fish
of one and flesh of the other party. After
the 'offensive partisan business" aborted,
there came cry from the heads of the
departments at Washington ''prefer charg-
es'' against the Republican office holders,
and ''give us an excu Sc for demanding their
designations. What monstrous PROPOSE
f'f6 itisln VINO would Transform him
self into a spy and formulate false charges
against an honest official, is fit only for
prison vault But this ''pet prefering
charge section of the administration was
tried in Brooklyn this past week. Wegher
Bacon, like cur Postmaster Swiggett, was
an exceedingly abe, upright and good man.
Bacon, like our postmaster, had given such
efficient moral service, and was SO honora-
BILE that the powers at Washington demand
ed that there must be some sort of a "pre-
text given for Bacon's removal.
| A secret agent found James Jardine, a
man who had been discharged by Bacon
from the service for gross intemperance, aud
who had sunk about as low in the scale OF
humanity as it is possible for man to do,
and who is known as IAN inspector of free,
lunch counters" This Jardine was found
willing to prefer charges of irregularitie;
4 D. e,,hn
tain Bacon was asked to resign.
Think of it, free lunch router, bloated
blear eyed gutter pup preferring charges
against a man whose honest record
was known of all men, ant
worst of all Mr.. Bacon was ostensibly dis
missed from Office and implicitly disgracet
because of charges by man who would no
be believed upon his oath.
The administration at Washington is nei
+ ther one thing nor the otheI-all that car
be said is that it is dishy-washy, dough
faced collection of amateur and nondescrip
statesmen. The first fatal mistake of Pres
: ident Cleveland was in not calling Judg
a Thurman to be his chief adviser
d After IKE last Presidential election wa
+ determined public sentiment indicated dt
cided preference for Judge Thurman as th
Premier of the incoming administration
= but petty jealousies predominated and th
k "noblest Roman of them alp was most III
e graciously ignored. Had the Presider
i been surrounded by broad comprehensiy
minds like that of ex-senator Thurman, h
would not have been subjected to the sorr
plight Of recalling two-thirds Of his nom
10 nations.
. But comparatively few Democratic a.
pointments have been made, but the propo
tion of oonspicuously unfit mateli
resurrected by President Cleveland is sin
ply astonishing.
ie 1t is claimed that when the Presdei
Is makes a mistake he remedies it, be it so, b
re chronic backsliding cannot be deemed vi
tue, and the wholesale blunders perpetratC
by the President IN making nominations,
i not creditabls.
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