The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-09-26
Common Sense Of the Thomas Case.

ion of the Democratic party consul
red disappointment one thatshoulu
not have been made. This dissatlr-
action was not confined to the civil
Service Reformers and Independents
1ut was felt even more angrlIy ny
he Democratic aspirants for Once
who felt that all the rewards were 10
be given to the men OF the Morris
Thomas sort, while the faithful Dem
ocrats with cleaner records could eX-
pect nothing. The Democrats III
general resent the selection OF sever
al men whose appointments were re-
sisted by the Civil Service Reform
Association. Their appointment 10
office ofIends the clean spoilsmen, as
well as the Reformers. This Is
fact that must be kept in mind by all
who desire to understand the present
situation. 1t is in part the Ieellhg
that supports Mr.. Findlay in his at
tack upon Mr.. Thomas.
AS soon as the appointment was
made this opposition showed Itself.
A set of charges, in the nature Of an
indictment, drawn by the Civil Sci
vice Reform Association, and presen-
ted by a committee of responsible
gentlemen, who made these charges
in the most public and most formal
wav. Whether the specific charges
were properly proven or not, they'aC
least, establish the fact Of general
reputation not to be enYied, Oppor-
tunity was given to the accused to
meet the charges, and he filed very
lawyer-like answer, cleVerly relying
mon counter-attack rather than
upon defence. Mr.. Findlay folli r
ed up the attack, and Of Of an pc -
dence -i44Jfe could L -'H"I'Iohal eVi-
". % - repaired by the civil SER
'9lte reformers to negative such
points of the defence as may seem
worth it. Thus the matter hangs be.
fore Secretary Lamar and President
Cleveland.
Will the administration yield to
this formidable pressure and remove
Mr.. Thomas There are many rea-
sons why it should, and perhaps
stronger ones why it should not-at
least, until after the elections. Pres
ldent Cleveland may haye made up
his mind not to send in the name of
Mr.. Thomas to the Senate-Where it
Will meet certain and humiliating
reJection-and yet he may not desire
to enter into the Democratic family
quarrel or even to examine very
closely the charges and the evidence
against Mr.. Thomas. The reasons
Tor this are quite plain and simple;
for, whether Democracy may like it
Dr. not, Morris a. Thomas is a repre-
sentative man of Maryland Democ-
'acy. He comes to the departments
1t Washington fully endorsed by the {
eaders of the Democracy. When the
Democracy selected Arthur p. Cor
nan for senator, they by that act
sent him to Washington as the Off
;lal adviser Of the President in mat
ers of this sort. The SORT of man
hat German is was as well known
when the people of Maryl land accred-
ted him to Washington as the sort
If man Thomas is. Nearly all the {
elected officials in C0ngress-except
Ir, Findlay-united i'm telling the
resident and Secretary Lamar that {
Norris a. Thomas was a man of the |
ort that politics needs. They make i
light of attacks upon Ills honesty and '
efend his character. SO the admin |
'tration appoints him as MARYLAND
Democrat ofthe "most straitest sect"
And now, when the charges are
rOught against him, Senator Coz /
nan goes to the administration and t
equests that Morris 4. Thomas shall /
e retained, for this removal would 8
nIure the Senator's hope of re cleo i
ion, the request is hard to deny.
Tor it must be borne in MIND that the c
eople of Maryland have by electing
'orman accredited him to the Presi- {
ent. If the Democracy want to tell il
ne President that he is not to be &
redited, it must discredit him by r
Cheating him. The true way-the S
My way-to get rid of being repre- Il
9nted in office by such men as Nor.
. a. Thomas is to defeat the men
nd the machine that make such an.
inevitable. The existence Il
the Democratic machine implies Ii
he existence of such machinists as il
homas and such engineers as Cor Y
IAN and if the people of Maryland fl
ant the machine, they must take II
with all its appurtenances. 1t is C