Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-05-28
THE kiCKERS,
Personal Ambition the Motive Of Those
Who Attack the President.

THE KickERs.
Personal Ambition the Motive Of Those
Who Attack the President.
Senator Eustis, of Louisiana, is in
open revolt against the Administration.
The Cincinnati Enquirer also arrays
itself against the Administration. Mr..
Eustis is provoked because he has not
been able to influence the President in
the matter of appointments in Louisi-
ana; while Mr.. Mclean, the proprietor
of the Enquirer, is angered because of
his failure to control the Federal pat
ronage OF Ohio. With both these men
personal ambition has been the ruling
motive. and now that they find them
selves without the coveted power in the
Presidents council they lash the Ad-
ministration with all their might. But
how absurd it is for men who aspire to
be statesmen to grow angry because
they can not have just what they want,
Such men should be taught that the
Government of the United States is not
child's play, and that a Democratic
Administration can not be conducted in
the interest of clique or of one or two
men in section. The interests of the
whole people are to be considered and
not the interests of particular individ-
ualS.
The great charge brought by ill-dis-
posed Democrats against President
Cleveland is that so few removals are
being made; that so few Democrats are
being appointed to office. But Mr..
Cleveland's policy was well known be-
fore the election, and it is too late to
object to it now. The Chicago platform
was clear enough upon the subject of
Civil-Service. and Mr.. Cleveland was
very clear and emphatic in his inter-
probation of that platform. Democrats
worked with enthusiasm to elect their
standard bearer, and now that the
choice of the people occupies the White
House, how unjust and unwise it is for
individual Democrats to chafe or bolt.
President Cleveland gives very gen.
eral satisfaction. His acts during the
two months of his incumbency are
taken as an earnest of his purpose to
overhaul Federal affairs thoroughly and
give Us q pure and efficient public serv-
ice. He has made some mistakes in his
appointments to be sure, but when it is
remembered what a burden the Presi-
dent has on his shoulders it is
remembered what a mass of business
demands his attention, it is wonderful
that the mistakes have been so few.
In the first place Mr. Cleveland en-
tered the Executive office with a staff
of Cabinet officers against whom
naught could be said. In the selection
of his official family the new President
proved at once his sound judgment and
his boDaSt ,1,,rpoCo Eaob Sacratsrv
was imbued with the spirit of reform.
and each entered upon his duties with
genuine enthusiasm and a firm hand.
Pledged TO reform. a rigid eXamina-
ton into the books of the Government
was at once instituted by the Admins
tration. Each department was cor
rupt. and each Secretary gave his per-
sonal attention to the work of over
hauling the accounts. The Secretary
of State has been kept very busy setting
the wheels of the new diplomatice serv-
ice in motion. The Secretary of the
Treasury has unearthed Republican
rascalitv in his department. and has in
troduced business-like methods in the
conduct of Treasury affairs. The
Secretary of the Interior has
found corruption in the Pension
Bureau, in the Indian Bureau and
in many subdivisions of his
by Mr.. Lamar and his faith
full assistants The Postmaster-Gereral
found his department in the hands of
partisan inspectors. These inspectors
were the powerful aids of Republican
was the Postmaster-Generars first
Mr. ViIaS ha haa,, to bo
task and has used the reform broom
The Secretary of the Navy has made
his hand felt on John Roach and other
jobbers, and has reformed
the clerical force in his department.
The Secretary of War has made many
important changes in his department,
and the Acknowledgement has not been
slow in bringing about a new order of
things in the Department of Justice.
Since the 4th of March all the Gov
eminent red tape has been rolled into
greet ball and put out of sight Court
etiquette, introduced by Republican
Presidents in imitation of the forms of
effete monarchies, has been replaced by
dignitied but simple customs, in keeping
with free Republic. The thieves that |
for twenty-five years had made them |
selves at home about the departments
have fled from Washington.
And so long as honesty. intelligence |
and Democracy prevail. where once cor
ruption and imperial living were the |
rule, the peorle of this country will not |
find fault, although the Administration |
does move slowly, and hundreds of |
rascals in Federal offices throughout the |
States are still drawing Government !
pay. For these Federal officers will be |
reached in time, and now that the de- |
partments at Washington are working
the time will not be long de- |
layed.
Senator Eustis and Mr.. Mclean NAV |
howl, but the rank and the leaders of |
the Democracy, as well as the rank and |
file, remain faithful to the party of re-
form. There is less disafection now |
han usual. -Richraonsd { Fa.) State.