Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-10-06
General Rosecraus and His Critics.

timists, and the Tribune editor according
+ ly harps on his Oil string after every
f body else has tirea c. its note. Satur
days's issue contains another diatrib
: against General Rosecrans. Doubles
! his latest unprovoked attack on the OLE
3 soldier is the result of the recent coloret
mems convention in the Old Dominion
which in all probability has so rufflet
his temper that he gave vent to his pen
; up bitter, ignorant hate and Incorporate
sectional gall toward the new Register o
} the Treasury, alleging cit seems to be
confessed that in his doings in the Treas
ury he knows no more of its method;
than a child" which in his jaundiceC
eyes, is great national calamity. There
fore, this somewhat demoralized would
be Blaine adjutant cries out "fussy
Rosecrans"
1t is surprising that no one else is
frightened but this hero of the home
guard Republican soldiery. However,
the announcement is gratifying for the
same observations are applicable to any
policy of 'fussy" of the name of Blaine
ism that may be emitted by him or his
lieutenants. The guano diplomat is more
affected than any politician in the country
to the policy OF 'tfussy," as all his
theatrical posturing in the Mulligan bust
ness and peculiar, diplomatic epistles
prove. His policy OF 'fussy" would have
frightened many people if his chief mag
istracy programme had been success.
But the failure of his latest political en-
terprise has Invested the policy of
'fussy" OF the great American ''fussier"
of all its dangerous qualities His mag
netic guano "fussy;;" his Peruvian and
Costa Rican "fussy;" to be brief, his
spirited, hemispherical, millennium
''fussy," are all vanished, as it We're.
Alas the equanimity of the home guard
hero, too. "Yet he is going to reform the
latter, at least And he begins by asking
the resignation OF everybody in the bust
ness who knows anything about it,
How often has this editor walled that the
people "decreed all this?" Again, has he
not frequently asserted that, since the
present Administration would be re-
sponsible for its acts, it would be only
Just to employ parties who are in full
sympathy with the party? But when the
President, through his agents, requests
the resignation of Federal officials, the
disappointed partisan of the modest Mr..
Blaine has suddenly discovered that such
requests of Republican officials are high
and helnous crimes against his party.
When Cleveland went into office he
found all the places of government, big
and little, IN the possession of the oppo-
nents OF the Democratic party Although
hostile to the spoils policy, the President
proceeded to make removals from office
Ill order to relieve the Government of its
partisan character. In all the vast de-
partments OF government, Democrats were
nowhere to be found, except a few who
suddenly turned up after the November
election. Now when General Rosecrans
seeks to select men who assent to the
Presidents policy, this editor squeals and
calls him "fussy" Therefore he is not
the generous politician he would have
his readers regard him in times past, but
proves himself 'proscriptive PARTISAN
1t is curious, however, that the foremost !
editor within a radius of Thousand
miles, who frequently changes his views.
should expect others to change theirs so
often as he does and because he does. Il
seems stranger still that he should set to |
work to make converts to each new DO
litical faith as soon as he embraces
it. He should write a book, GLOW
and Why I Became Civil Service
Reformer." He thinks the President
could not show better appreciation of
its advantages than by continuing to en-
ploy the services of the persons who are
conversant with the duties of the position
they now hold, and have nothing new to
learn. This advice is entirely disnter-
ested and altogether patriotic. Many of
the people who elected Mr. Cleveland
resident, however, are inclined to the
opinion that large number OF our pub
lie servants have had too much experi
ence. The people thought Mr.. Blaine
knew entirely too much about the man.
agement OF public affairs. They freely
admitted that he had much experience.
one OF the arguments against him was
mat ne had more experience than would
oe peneflclal to the country. This was
What they were afraid of. They preferred.
md accordingly elected, Mr.. Cleveland
VINO mad much less experience and knew !
little about the manage
nent OF affairs at Washington. He was
70 Inexperienced subsequent to his nom
natlon that some editors grew "fussyu
n experimenting that if he was at the
1apltof he could not find the White
House. ii'o
1t is expected that Mr.. Rosecrans will
III to reform the civil service. 1t is not 7
expected, however, that he will do this
y continuing in position all or even most
I the persons who now hold them.
lost ,: OF the men now holding public no.
luons obtained them because they were
artlsans. No person is better acquainted
18th that fact than this editor. There is o
0 reason why these should continue to
ola Offices under the psesent Admins :
alton. --e''''ii'''- r
1.-The putting of such man in a. place y
Re that, OF which he is perfectly ignor- =
NJ. doubtless the editor relies on the r
fess dispatches to establish the above I
,sertlon Other than press rumors of
nat evidence can he adduce to SUPPORT 6,
IS piackguard statement? 1t is merely
preteXt Tor him to complain. 1t proves
that he was not sincere when
stated that Democrats were entitled
the offices, for when Southern man
celVes an appointment it makes him
ussy;" but, when he sees man of
e character and reputation of General in
in a position he grows ssfus- =
er, and exclaims that it is humiliatino 4
appoint the old "know nothing" officer y
that post. 1t is evident the :
Know nothing" was appointed to
at responsible place, simply because
e PRESIDENT and his advisers had faith r,
MS honesty, in his capabilities. and u
5 IS general intelligence, and were pleased