Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-06-13
AN ODIOUS COMPARISON.
IErom the New York Herald

The blaine organs are not wise when
demand to be told what h e pres
emf administration has done during lis
three months tenure of office.
They are not wise, because their out
cry suggests to other people a cOmpar-
ison between these three II last
past and the same three months our
wears ago when poor General 0ar,
field occupied the white house, anu
Mr.. Blaine was the actual head OF the
administration.
The Garfield Blaine administration
came into power with the good Will OF
all factions of its party and great eA-
pectations from the country at large.
The reformers OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES nap
DIV in the election of Garfield; Inc
machine politicians, so called, were
glad to have peace and the promise OF
fair play. The Blaine faction OF curse
was jubilant. 1t was a happy family.
The cabinet, with Mr.. Blaine at the
head and Mr.. McVeagh at the tail, was
also a happy family. Formed by the
Joint effort of two of the most exper'
fenced politicians i'll the country, Gen.
eral Garfield and Mr.. Blaine, its mem.
bers s'looked seven ways for Sunday,
as an old proverb says.
There was no pretense OF CIVIL SER
vice reform. The new administration,
or that part of it which enjoyed the
favor of Mr.. Blaine, made removals
and nut its friends into office just as
though there had been a change or
parties; and the papers OF the day re-
ported Washington as far fuller OF
office-seekers than it was said to De
| when Mr.. Cleveland came into power;
| The business of furnishing enemies ana
| rewarding friends went on without
even a hint of regard for the public
| service; and on the Esd of March Col,
| lector Merritt was astonished to II
| himself suddenly and without notice
| kicked out of the custom house i this
| CITY. and kicked into the london
| Consulate, to make room for MIR. Rob-
| ertsOn. ,
Mr.. Merritt had been by general
acknowledgment a capable collector;
he had still about two. years to serve,
he had not been all active partisan
but he was summarily turned out to
make room for asuccessor who had
been a very active partisan and a very
useful follower of Mr.. Blaine. At the
| same time another active partisan and
very useful follower of Mr.. Blaine, Mr.:
William E. Chandler, was nominated
solicitor general.
Collectors of revenue are o
mates of the secretary. The solicitor
general is a subordinate of the attorney
general. But the Inexperienced polltl-
cian' al the head of the administra'
ton, Mr.. Blaine, cared nothing fol
that. The New York nominations
brought ON a fury of excitement within
the party, which presently spread al
over the country. An "experlencec
politician" like Mr.. Blaine ought tt
have been able to foresee this evil re-
, suit. A statesman would have Doll
foreseen and avoided it. If an mex
perienced man like President CLEVELAND
/, had so blundered as to get his party by
the ears and throw the whole country
into a blaze of unwhOlesome excite
ment by the time he had been twenty
days in Office, the public would scarce
> ly have forgiven him. But the Cleve'
land administration has not in any wa.
disquieted the country. 1t has gone
on u~nobtrusiveIy doing its duty to tn
; public, making uncommonly few mis-
lakes, and these not OF an importan
> kind.
J On the 23d of March Collector Mer
i rift, a good officer and a good republl
! can, was kicked out and his successo
2 named. Thereupon followed
: furious contest and deadlock in the re
l publican senate. which ended amid in
! tensely bitter public excitement o.
the 18th of May, after a struggle Q
nearly two months; that is to say, /
| the resignation of Senators Conklin:
y and Plat, who asserted that Presiden
, Garfield had been induced to play ther
false. On the 10th of May Mi. Rot
ertson was at last confirmed as collec
: for of this port. On the 18th Mr.
William E. Chambers nomination q
; solicitor general was reported withou
recommendation and was rejected, an
on the goth the senate at last adjourn
y ed amid an increasing and very bite
Z excitement of the public mind, whic
! eliminated on the I'd of July in the a.
: sassination of President Garfield.
y Under Mr.. Cleveland's rule the sci
= ate was able to adjourn on the 9TH {
April, and, although it has a republi
can majority, the Cleveland admins
tratiOn gave it no occasion for com
e plant, and the country goes on 8
peaceful as though there had been n
{ change in the administration, muc
. less a change of parties.
:, A great multitude of good either
:, who voted for Mr.. Blaine last NOven
Der because they feared that the acce
u sion of a democratic administrator
. would bring confusion and trouble O
u the country AVE seen by this time thu
= their fears were groundless, and, col
e trasting Mr.. Cleveland's first thrt
months with the similar period in tt
y Garfield Blaine administration, al
we'll content to see an honest though
as the Blaine people insist, an sine,
perienced" democrat at the head