The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-17
NAsnY's N0cTUHNE.
The Corners Democracy Frightened Over
CIsSOland's letter.
CONFIDENT \ R0Aps, !
(Which is in the State nv kcntucky,)

|
, the only man witch kin read in q CON
munity like tho Cross Koads. ] opene
the copy Nv the Louisville Courier JtTHt
which comes to the Corners, and my cy
happened to lite onto CIcvcland'g letter Il
George WiIyum Curtis, dCfnin his posi-
shen on the Civil Seryis question. Think
in any uttermCe from Cleveland on th'
subjiIl Nv oiiiScS wood hev Il tendency Il
allay the feeIin NV the people, commcnS
| rc0din the letter to em wunst. This wui
q mistake, A man wtch acts cZ reader iC
u commoonity like ours shood aIInz reed
q DimekratiC uttcnnce hiSseIi aiOr1 III
makes it known TO his people.
The fust part Nv the letter in wich ne
announscd his determinashcn 10 observe
the letter and RPerit Nv the Civil Servis
heresv excited EN-, hut that WuH nuthiN
to wat happened when l come to this
paragraph:
"Thero is class Of Government posi-
tions which are not within the letter oil
the Civil Service statut", hut which are SO
disconnected with the policy OF an adj
lninistration that the removal thcreirom
OF present incumbents, in my opinion,
should not he made during the terms for
which they were appointed, solely on
partisan grounds, and for the purpose OF
nntting in their places those who are in
political accord with the appointment
power"
They riz to their feet .ca one man.
'WAtin exclaimed they, "docs this axi-
dent from Moo York perposa to retain i'll
places OF honor and profit the cusscd Alb
Iishnists wich hGv bin iattrnin OIL en- tor
ycers, while We witch hey fought, blcd and
died fur tic COZ, hey bin livin on hUsks /"
"Wuz il fur this" exclaimed lssakcr
Gavitt, "that voted twice in four dHer-
cnt townships in Injeany, and give Nv my
substance to deirGy the expenses Nv
kecpin Nv Niggers away from the poles, TO
make ShOOr Nv the election NV Il DimGkrat
to COngriR from this drestrik?'
And Their went upsiClI q howl nv "p-n
CleYelandw az never heard in my life.
In the meantime had bin reading the
next pnragraHin tie letter, wich WIZ this
it"Bit many now holding such positions
| have forfeited all Just claim to retention,
because they have used their places for
party purposes in disregard OF their duty
" tIlc bCopIeI am bV'1"SSf ''StS"" " "
ing decent public servants, they have
proved themselves offensive narlisans anu
interruptions manipn!ators OF local party
management"
] red it to EN- and then remarkt:
Gentlemen, yer cnsses wu@ all ritc,
only sIitely premHtoor. Our noble st"n-
dard bnrer is rite. agree with him cS to
the absiOot necessity Nv dom sHthin in the
way NV Civil Servis Reform-on his plan.
1t is quite satisfactory 10 mc-his plan ls.
ZOO will observe that he seq he will not
make appointments on PARTISAN grounds.
Very good. But you will also observe
that men HOW hofdin otiises whirh heN
bin concerned in !okIe poiitiklc manage
ment will hev to go. How will that
affect lis here? Lubbock, the niger post
master, hcz handled the males AatlsIac-
t0rily, bclecvc, looked ut merely r% Il
postmaster. The one paper tilNt c0lHCs to
me hcz never bin miScGFried, and the let
tiers addrest 10 lottery oIIises hey ak D III
sent out promptly. I5asccom gifts his bills ~
from hoIesalI !lkker declers Ill Loolsy'I!e
with CRATE promptnis, ana the two letters
that came to other citizens DOOM the last
quarter WIZ both delivered. Even ti't;
copy Nv Ha'Pd's Weekly We subscribed
Tor after Mast got to drawn us NensuG;E'
ians with a decent face Onto US WIZ DE-
li"crcd rcgIerly, irrespective NY party
aitiliashons. Likewise POLLOCK, the CoI-
leet'r NV Customs, ana ltgler, Collector
Rcvenoo,hev made goodoiliieEs, SOUR ez l
know.
care these men TO be retained and me
and Deekin PoGram and lsSaEer G"vitt To
be kept ont i'll the coltI Not any. Eecd
the second parAgraiI! These men nave
been active loklc man!pooI4tera Nv pom,
Tx. Joe Bigier and Pollock hev organlSGSd
the Republican rArtv reGIerly, anu i-ah-
book has tried TO vote at every cteCksntlh,
and wood hev dun it he'd not We three
witch are Iotn to hey them places, halle
Ioogy, broke ms he'd every tune ne SNOW
ed his face, ut the poles, These men amt
goin to Keep their places, beGo% theE
hey bin p9!!t'sh"ns: My TRENDS, don't
tear your shlIts. Kim 700 ND a post
master which hezcnt voted tie lt"puhH-
kin tiEkit doorin the gloomy, 4uarteI. ov
century We hey l'st past ihro? KIND ,.
700 find postmaster, anywh'r, IN TINS
broad lard wirh hezsnt a"tMGGa eaHc"S'
es and bin delegate to C0hVcnshnns and
Sich? That settles IT.. lrts!Heat CleNe-
land vii! sweep EN- out G" with broom.
President Cleveland vii! hey none sch IN
otis. President { ley9IAnd is fur Civil
ScrViS Retorm, nmt n0thrn sherter. fFes!-
dent Cleveland
AZ thispIHt 5co H'g.eV appeared. How
the. Cuss got INTO the room without my
seein, him don't know, but ther he W IS
81 beg pardon lnr lntcrFuptIn the lev
erend gentleman, y IL troo, ez nc se7'
that Lubbock, POLLOCK an! myself, wen
holds three ollccS Ill thls village, hev nm
somewhat active IN support Of me l;ePND'
hEin party. nave VoteHeVery elecKsilun
and Pollock he| every time DHt iour--yoo
remember when WOO chased him away