The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-05

cans oratorical mendacity? Come
with me, reader. and you STALL see
him. Here he sits in the Patent
Office examining an application for a
patent on a churI or hustle or an
improved baby walker. There he is
in the Pension Office, hard at leglti-
mate work under d ,mocratic Conn
missioner Black, who with a s:na Her
force passed. many moe pensio n
cases than any Republican commits
sioner. and paid $S,OOo,O00. more
in pensions than Republican Dud-
lev, his predecessor, You see him in
the Treasury Department, in the
Land Office. the Indian Office, Post
Office. Department.. everywhere hard
at work. How tame he looks. he
will lot hurt you. His malign ener-
gy is scotched. There is a restless
oent-up-ness about him. 1t seems
abnormal to him to be confined to
honest work during political cams
paign, bat be will get used to it
it will not kill him. By and by the
novel idea that he is paid to work
for the United States :nd not Tor
the Republican party will take root
in the worm soil of his mortal sense.
His innocuous political desuetude
will be blessing to the country,
What wonderful changes have
taken place in twenty months? They
have overcome US like a summer
cloud, not dark and portentous, but
big with salujrious showers.
Twenty months ago, the property
owners in Washington We're 1espon~
dent. It was predicted that Dem
ocratic President would dismiss all
the office holders, that FIVE thousand
owners OF homes in Washington
would have to sell at loss, ard
that a fall in real estate would fol
low. The result has been the re-
verse of that predicted. Instead OF
Wholesale dismissals, only the idle,
the incompetent and the dissipated
were cast out. The health, the mora
tone and efficiency of the public
service was greatly improved. An
improvement in real estate ana in
general business followed as a nat
| ural result. The Government EN-
pIoyee and his dependents. who con
pose fully one half the population O
Washington, no longer feel that thei1
living d, ponds upon political ser
vice, or uro1 the ms and ours @
political parties. He has become 8
changed uan-mOre respected by
Others. having more respect for him
self. His credit is better, and now
instead of selling his home, he Lold:
it at higher price. Hundred. wins
have heretofore rented property o
lived in boarding houses. are buyins
and building. One more term O
honest Democratic Administrator
will place the Nationa
Capital on the solid groun'
of assured prosperity. It VIII r.qulr
another term to enable the tree o
political life which Cleveland ha
planted and watered, to take roo
and bear fruit. Should Blaine o
Logan or Sherman come in tw
years hence, it would surely be ul
rooted.
l believe that large majority o
Office holders here are 40 longer Rs
publican. They enjoy securit
under civil service reform that the,
have never known before aud the,
are compelled to See every day til
improvements which tue CaDine
officers and the heads Of division
under Mr.. Cleveland have h.troduC
ed. They are made to do NOR
work for the government, but the
are no longer required to do dirt
and dishonest work fo- the Repaid
can party. They are no1 harrasse'
day and night with the ren:ctjo'
that unless they assist ia the reele'
ton OF this member of Cong.ess q
that Senator, they will lose his inf,
cnce. and lose their bread and bul