Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1885-04-03
HONEST AND CLEAN

Already sufficient proof is before the coun-
try to satisfy the people that President Cleve-
lands administration will be honest and
clean. 1t is safe to infer that there will be
no political scandals TO humiliate the gov
eminent at home and abroad during the
next four years. There will be no gigantic
and swindling whiskey rings having their
agents in every chamber of the Executive
Mansion and through every bureau of the
Treasury Department-no huge star route
associations conceived in iniquity and per-
sonal aggrandizement, with headquarters in
the Postofflce Department and reaching
through every vein of the postal service of
the country. Brazen-iaced defaultep will
he few and scarce because the different
branches of the public service will be care
fully and honestly supervised.
The more we study the formation of the
cabinet, the more thoroughly are We con-
WINGED that the Presidents idea was to give
the country an administration that would
command the respect and admiration of the
people for its integrity and high purposes.
Only two of them have had much acquaint-
ance with practical politics, and these two
have records that will bear the closest and
incest scrutiny.
1t is but natural to suppose that there
will be much grumbling at the outset be-
cause of the manner and delay of the dis
pensing of patronage. 1t has and always
will be so in cases where the reins OF gov.
eminent are shifted from one party to an
other.
1t is not hard 10 sec that the rush for
office is great, and it is In consequence of
this rush that the office.seeking class are
not responded TO as rapidly as it might de-
sire. We must bear in mind that neither
the President nor any member of the cabi
net has had much experience in handling
patronage. 1t is evidently the desire of the
President To serve the people, and conse
quently there may be considerable delay In
making the desired changes. Recommends
tons may be supplemented by inquiries and
inquiries may provoke contests.
We feel satisfied that the President will
make the changes demanded of him in the
several departments and throughout the
country. Not to do So would be acting in
bad faith and in defiance of the expressed
wish of the party which elevated him to
the high position which he enjoys. We be-
lieve these changes cannot be made hur-
ridly, because the President wishes to avoid
mistakes az far as possible. Those who
were the first to apply might not be entirely
satisfactory to the people of their respective
localities, might not make the character OF
officials that would reflect credit on the ad-
ministration.
We do not hesitate to say that VIC want
TO sec the official axe handled promptly and
vigorously, but it is safe 10 infer from the
slowness with which the President acts that
his great desire is to get competent, clean
and honest men TO I'LL the Offices What ht
means by competent men. such rs can MI
the duties Of their respective offlces-honesi
men, such as will not be conniving at every
species OF fraud as will advance their own
or the interest Of party; clean men, such as
will hasten TO hunt up and clean out d
the archives of the government the filth and
corruption of the Republican party