The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-07-23
washington Letter.
WAsHINGToN, July Us, l885.


WASHINGTON, July Is, 1885.
There are many people in Wash
ington and doubtless many more
throughout the country who are
not aware that there has been
change of administration. The dis
charge of a venomoRs republican
from a government office here is
still sufficiently novel incident to
cause a sensation of terror and rage
in the gang which has held on
through thick and thin, by fraud
or force, for so many years. When
it was known that Cleveland was
elected they all expected to go, and
at once set to packing everything,
always excepting their bloody shirt
Such a thing as holding to the
promises of platforms had never
been practiced or believed in by
them, and it never once occurred
to them that Mr.. Cleveland and his
cabinet would live up to the very
excellent precepts and principles of
their public utterances and plat
forms. The first few days after the
4th of March were passed in expec-
tation of deserved dismissal by
thousands in the public service here
in Washington. But DOW that they
have remained so long unmolested
they have assumed the mental atti-
tude Of the "pampered goose" and
believe that this democratic admin
istration was created especially for
their use. Whenever any one Of
them is pulled away from the pub
lie crib the others set up a cackling
and kissing which is deafening and
confusing, and the whole radical
press from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific joins the chorus. 1t is a great
pity that these removals were not
made more rapidly and in battalions
or at least in squads instead of one
at time.
There has never been but one
right and decent way to transfer
the government, and that is one
which commends itself to every body.
The six or seven thousand officer
contemplated in the civil service law
should be left to the rules. The
rules provide abundantly for cases
of incompetency, INSTRUMENTATION
or immoral conduct. The remain
ing offices, more than one hundred
thousand in number, should be
dealt with openly, fairly and cour-
ageously. They belong to the adj
ministration and the administra-
ton owes nobody an apology for
taking possession. The people
called the democracy to govern and
they expect them to do it. There
is no occasion for secrecy, stealth,
accusatlon-no need for anything
except absolute assurance that
changes shall be made in the inter-
ests of the people, of order and of
purity of government.
The president has declared that
he regards office as a trust; that
patronage shall not be used for I'M
worthy ends, bat that the good of
the country and the reputation of
the democratic party shall furnish
the standard by which it is to be
dispensed. Proceeding upon such
theory, and Loyalty seeking to
bring it to full fruition, it is neces-
sary to move along.
The war department is in receipt
of dispatches from the Indian Ter
ritory which say that the disaffect-
ed Indians are becoming quiet and
that there is a favorable outlook
for the settlement of the Difficult
ties.
Thus a promising Indian war has
been efectually nipped in the bud
through the energy and judgment
displayed by the administration.
The savage scalpers had provoca-
ton enough, and were ripe for an
outbreak, but the sudden concen-
tration .of 1000 soldiers in Indian
Territory was an argument and the
only one they could understand.
The opinion of the attorney gen
eral in the Dolphin case has fallen
like thunderbolt ON Roach, Chand
Ter, Robson and it may be said the
entire ring element Of the republi-
can party, and they realize now
that the 4th of November was a day
of hard luck for them, the doom Of
fat fraudulent contracts and admin
istration jobbery.
Secretary Whitney has undertake
en- an entire reorganization of the
nine government navy yards not
later than next fall. An investiga-
tion with this object in view has
been in progress for several weeks
and it will efectually break up the
navy yards as political organiza-
tions and rout the republican party
from one of their strongest and most
corrupt stronghOlds.
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