The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-16

newspaper cranks and Mr.. Cleveland
and his hecless and strikers in the
cabinet and Congress, agree that
civil ser vice reform means honesty.
capability, ana economy in office
and in the management of the PEG
ple's money and the peoples affairs.
But these cranks and hypOcrits say
it means the retention Of all honest
capable Republicans in office, and
the utter Ignoring Of any party lines
in the future as to the filling OF any
subordinate positions under either
Of the great poli.icals parties. Well,
the Democratic party and it. head
may be fools enough to believe and
act upon this humbug, bat we are
constrained to believe that the Re,
publican party possesses more wis>
dom, patriotism, honesty and sense
of Justices than to believe IN or act
upon any such unreasonable, unjust,
undemocratic and unrepubhcan theO-
ry; and If they should, through the
blunders, nonsense, tOm~foolery Of
Cleveland, Lamar, and others, ever
be restored to power, they will make
the fur fly, from what few Democrats
Mr.. Cleveland and his civil service
cranks may put in Offices during his
term.
Mr.. Cleveland has 80 many good
qualities as q President, and we 50
much desire TO support his Admins
tratiOn in all things. that we are the
more deeply mortified and hurt, be.
cause of his false notions, and un-
reasonable position on tue question
of the civil service of the govern
ment.
And we confess we have no hope
of his retreating from his false
positions because the members
of Congress, the newspapers, and
the conventions Of the states are
misleading and ceceiving the Presl
dent, and inducing him to believe
that he is endorsed by the people. all
of which is untrue, or we have decelv-
ed ourselves most egregIously.
Mr.. Cleveland's appointces are
lauding him to the third heavens all
over the country. This is natural
/ 1t is a matter of meat and bread
with many, and with the independ
ent class of his appointments more
wisdom, di secretion, sound sense and
true manhood are displayed. They
are as wise as serpents and as harm
less as coOng doves. They neither
approve nor disapprove. The oyster
or clam speakes louder and more tc
the point.
AS to the members Of Cong, ess
they are hankering after the crumbs
that fall from the rich mans table
They want them for Cleyeland's
Democratic dogs, to enable them tc
bark for their return to Congress
while he (Cleveland greatly desires
them carefully saved for his Re-
publican puppies SO you see from
fear of the wrate Of the man in the
White House Congressman opentt
not their mouths in public. but
) whine and grow cur~dog like be-
hind the curtains and in the dark.
if each men Der of Congress, eact
newspaper and each individual
who has an intelligent, honest opin
ion on the subject, would speak il
out in plain English, he and his
Lamar8, and Thompsons would be
startled as with clap of thunder
from a cloudless sky.
To show the stupcndous folly oil
the petegogne feature of the civil
servl"e. read the following from the
New York Star:
A few days ago it was announced thai
a civil service examination would BE-
> hell for three vacancies in the list O
$4,000 clerks at the Custom House, anc
yesterday there were exactly s4O apple,
atoms. The lot *a6 divided INTO three
GLASSES, and IMeSsrs. Comstock. Berry
anti Howard, the examiners, went t.
work on the eighty that were examined
yesterday. like number will be eX-
amined tO>day and to morrow. but The
lucky three will not be known for
week or two, and until the papers are
passed iipon.-N. \. Star.
How much more. manly, business
like Democratic. common sense
like and ineXpenSiOn would il
have been for the President or The
Secretary to have taken three honest
capable Democrats and given then
these three places.