Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-01-29


community like the Cross Roads. /
opened the copy NV the Louisville Cotl-
tier JerneI wich comes TO the Corners,
and my eye happened to lite onto Cleve-
lands letter to George Wilyum Curtis,
defnin his posishcn on the Civil Servis
question. Thinkin any utterance from
Cleveland OH the subjik NV ofiises wood
hev tendency to allay the feelin INV the
people, ] ccmmenst readin the letter TO
'em towuiist This wuz d mistake A
man witch acts ez reader to commooni-
ty like ours shood alluz reed Dime
kratic utterance hisself afore he makes
II known to his people.
The fust part NV the letter id witch he
announced his determinashen 70 observe
the letter and sperit NV the Civil Servis
heresy excited EN-, but that wuz nuthin
to wac happened when come to this
paragraft'i
"There is class of Government positions
which are not within the letter Of the Civil
Service statute, but which are so disconnected
with the policy of an administration that the
removal tncreftom of present incunbeuts I'm
my opinion should not be made during the
terms ior which they were appointed, solely
putting i'm their places those who are In polit
Zeal accord with the appointing power"
They riz to their feet ~ one man.
await" exclaimed they, "does this
axident from Moo York perpOse to re-
tame in places of honor and profit the
cussed Ablishinists wich hev bin fat
TENN on EN- for yeers, while we witch
hey fought, bled and died fur the coz,
hev bin livin on husks?"
"Wuz il fur this" exclaimed Issaker
Gavitt, "that voted twice in four diff
ferent townships in Inieany, and give
NV my substance to defray the expenses
Inv kecpin nv niggers away from the
NV Dimekrat to Congris from this
deestrikp'
And ther went up sich q howl en- /
never heard in my life.
In the meantime had bin readin the
next paragraff in the letter witch wiz
this:
But 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 TO the
people and because, instead of being decent
public servants, they have proved themselves
offensive partislns and INSCRIPTIONS ma-
"Gentlemen, yer ctisses wuz all rite. only
slitely prematoor. Our noble standard bedter
is rite l agree with him az TO the absloot ne.
sessity nv doin suthn I'm the way NV Civil Ser
Wis Rcform-on his plan. IL is qA'te satlsfac'
try to me-his plan Is. 700 will observe that
he sca he viii not make appointments on par
tisan grounds. Very good. But 700 will also
hev ben concerned in lOklc politikle manage
ment, will hev to go. How Will that effect MS
EereY Lubbock, the niggor postmaster, hez
han ln1 mail /
looked ut merely ez postmaster. The
one paper that comes regulerly to me hez
never bin miscarriCd d, and the letters addrest
to lottery Offices hev all been sent out prompt
ly. BascOm gifts bis bills front his Wholesale
likker deelefs i'm Louisville with great prompt
mis-, and the two letters that came TO other
citizens doorin the last quarter wuz both de-
livercd. Even the copy NV HdrpeT's Weekly
we subscribed for after Mast got to drawn us
Kentuckians with decent face onto us, wuz
delivered rcglerly, irrespective NV party am
linshens. Likewise Pollock, the Collector NV
Customs, and Bgler, Collekter NV Revenoo,
hev made good ofisers, so fur ez know.
Are these men 20 be retained and me
and Dcekin Pogram and ISsaker Gavitt to
be kept out I'm the coldl Not any. Reed the
second paragraf! These men have been
Blgler and Pollock hev organized the Repub-
lcan party reglcrly, and Lubbock heZ tried VI
vote at every cleckshun, and wood hev dun
II, he'd not we three, wich are gon to hev
them places, Halleloogy, broke his head every
time no showed his face ut the poles. These
men amt agoin to keep ther places, becoz
they hev bin polltishuns. My trends, don't
tear yoor shirts. Kin 700 find postmaster
which hesnt voted the Rcpublikin tikkit
doorn the gloomy quarter NV century we
hev jist past throY Kin yco find postmaster
anywher in this broad land wich hczn't at
tended caucusses and bin delegate To cOnven
shuns and SIGH? That settles IL. President
Cleveland will sweep EN- out eZ with broom
President Cleveland will hcv none siCh In offs
President Cleveland Is fur Civil Servis Re
And" "O "' '' ''''
At this pint Joe Bigler appeared
How the cuss got into the room without
my seein him don know, but there hC
wuz:
Il beg pardon fur interruptin the reverend
gentleman. IL is troo, ez he seq, that Lub
three oiIises in this village, hey bin somewa
active in support NV the Republican party.
hev voted every clcckshun, and Pollock he
every tune but four-yoo remember when yot
chased him away from the polls-end LIB
him Fur votin the Republican ticklt andlrit
ting out the Republican vote, we take ou
place with them witch Cleveland Is a g0in Il
| hist, and VOC will doubtls take our places
| May ask IT, when 700, Parson. and lssake
! GaVitt and Deckin Pograln are Installed, Il
| 700 are goin to drop pollytix for evcrI Arr
| 700 goin TO leave orr the fatlc habtuy votin
ana nv takn any part In pohytiX! Ef so, W,
shall be glad TO Tcsinc our places to-wunst
| and hev yoor appointments made imncjtly
| lncsmuch az every Dimekrat in tho Corner
| Pollock, Lubbock and myself, and the Hcpuh
! llkinS NV the Corners Will be permitted to vot
In pccco. DO yoo Parson, expeck to quit pol
! itiN eZ soon cz 700 arc appinted!
| coo3ent git together answer t.
this question in time, and | escaped 10y
immeiitly remarkin that we wooden
continncr the discushn. One thing IN
mite depend onto, however, that Tn,
! Dimekra ic citizens NV the Corner
wood never consent 10 the continyyo
ance in offs Nv Radikcl disturbers. ant
that we shood never Geese to revere tho
memory NV the crate and immorta
Jaxon whose watchword waZ perpetoo
ally, "To The victcrs belong the spoils.
Josef LATED hi, pekoolyer laff, anC
retired, and we immelitly organized
ourselves into mcetin and past rego
lOoshens commendin the noble stant
taken by the President, and ashooril
him that every Republican offs holdc
in the State NV Kentucky he'd bin an &C
tive maEipoolater NV politix, and in tn
intrest NV Civil-Servis Reform shood b
immeiitly removed, and sound Dino
Gratis substitootid After witch Bascon
invited the party to take suthin, wicl
wuz acksccded TO with alacrity
All tue ljlnOcrlSN NV the C0rnerS Ut
satisfied with President Clevelapd's pc
sishen on the Civil-Servis Reform.
PETRoIErd V. N.isBY,
(ReformeT, ez hE understands it).
mo FUNERAL HERE, you BET.
The Republicans Not in the Throcs {
Dissolution.