Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-07-17
POETRY.
c. A. B0UTELLE'S LETTER.

y. n. DUU lELLE , LEI Ell.
Hon. G. A. Boutelle has written a
letter to the Republican convention
of the fourth congressional district
of Maine that very forcibly depicts
the shortcomings and deficiencies Of
the present administration and the
utter failure of the Democratic ma
jorlty in the House to redeem the
prediction pledges of that party
We publish extracts which can moi
fail to be interesting to our Repub
llcan and instructive to our Demo
cratic readers.
Maine is to render Judgment up
on the attempt Of the Democratic
party to conduct the national admin
istration, and its verdict of "weigh
ed in the balance anG found want
ing" should be given with an EN-
phasis that will ring clear through
the country like trumpet-blast.
a year and Il half of Democratic
rule has exposed the hollow mockery
of that party's pretentions, demon
strated the falsehood OF it's election
eering SANDER of Republican admin
istration, and humiliatingly adver
tised Democratic incapability.
Instead of +" turning Republican
rascals out" the penitentiaries have
been ramsacked for Democratic ap
pointeeS to office. Instead of" cleans
ing the Augean stables" the second
year of the "reform" administration
finds Democratic House of Repre-
sentatives vainly seeking to white.
wash stupendous scandal of job
berry in which Cabinet ministers fig
ure as principals and their Demo
cratic subordinates as accessories.
Instead of lifting high the banner
of "civil service REFORM under
which the Mugwump contingent
rallied for Cleveland and pure pol
itics" in 1884, it has been used as a
doormat by that distinguished Of
fee broker, Eugene Higgins, and
has been trampled under the muddy
boots of the hungry and thirsty
until Democratic commissioner of
pensions is enabled to testify that
"under the rules" as now applied,
he obtained l4S Democrats out oil
152 appointments, and the Demo.
Gratis OF the House are proposing to
amend the law so that the g REFORM
party can grab the other four.
Instead of proving a distinctively
American administration, its Post
master General has nullified the laws
by refusing to afford the encourage
ment to American steamship lines
that was voted by Congress, while
paying instead large sums to the
subsidized steamers of foreign coun-
tries. And a Democratic committee
is how championing in Democratic
House a bill that proposes to strike
down the last bulwark of our ship.
ping interests by opening our for
eign and coastwise trade to vessels
built abroad.
Instead OF restoring our navy
the Democratic administration has
signalized its policy only by want.
on destruction of the business of that
enterprising Irish-American, John
Roach, whose work of lifetime
has been the creation of the greatest
shipbuilding establishment on this
side of the Atlantic; while the de
partment that has paid many thous
ands of dollars to British draughts
men tor plans has been unable thus
far to furnish designs Of the vessels
provided for by the last Congress.
Instead of the 'retrenchment and
economy that was promised, the
estimates for expenditures have
been largely increased, and we fine
the Democratic state convention Of
Maine in its platform denouncing 6
Congress in which its party has 1
large working majority for having
"devoted six months of it's labors
and all of its ingenuity in devisins
ways and means to deplete the treas
ury OF its surplus millions to the
neglect of important legislation.
The same Democratic state conven
4 ton denounced the Damocrati,