Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-11-19
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The agony of The Phoenix over Republican Of
flee holders supplanted by Democrats, is really
interesting II is evidently thorough disciple Of
the Republican theory that the offices, every one
of them, belong 10 Republicans because Republi-
cans grabbed every one Of them when they
in power and that the sacred cause of civil ser.
vice reform is outraged whenever any place goes
Ia democrat Consequently its walls have been
heard in the land over every change that has been
made What il says about c. b. Hyde as postal
clerk ON the narrow guage railroad everybody who
knows the man will agree to. He a faithful
and honest official, veteran, and deserving
man, and if Democrats had heretofore been allow
ed a share of the offices, Mr. Hyde would he ONT
of the Republicans who ought 10 he retained But
before there can be "A true system of civil service
reform, an equilibrium must be made in Office
holding, and the monopoly which the Republicans
have had for - years broken. II The Phoenix
made lis complaint on the ground that there were
several Republicans still in Office in this vicinity
whose rank, luud-mouthed partisanship should
have subjected them 10 removal before Hyde We
should sympathize with II entirely. But the post
office department can't be expected 10 know these
facts. Several names might be mentioned that
would come under this class. and there is some
suspicion that those fellows who used 10 be the
best Republicans, arr now hanging on by doing
dirty work for Democratic politicians. While
we are sorry that Hyde is taken and those others
left, no reasonable man can dispute that some OF
them ought To he taken. And The Phoenix simply
makes itself ridiculous with such whines as It
makes and such reasons as il gives for them Re
former Of last ,reck.
rus, as to all intelligent observers of
he course of Democratic politics in Yer
mont, and in Windham county especially
for the past year and half, the really in
terestingn thing about this is to see c. II.
Davenport making haste to come, even be
fore he is called to the support of the polit-
ical methods of Hiram Atkins The time
was when Mr.. Davenport and his Reformer
We're understood to he independent and
Ia have a mind of their own in political af
fairs, and the chief thing which they were
Supposed to exist for was to expose Mr.. At
kns's methods as a boss and defeat them
when possible. But one day last spring,
after the Reformer had ventured to free its
mind in a very mild way about some of the
buss's local and state performances, Mr. At
kins printed one or two little paragraphs
threatening 10 show up certain interesting
passages in the career of certain young
man who had set himself up as a reformer
and a critic Of his betters-and ever since
then Mr., Davenport has been as dumb as d
dodo about Mr.. Atkins doings, no matter
what they have been. He even make,
haste 10 run before and defend Mr. Atkins
as in this case of Mr. Hyde, which Atkins
himself does not attempt 10 defend, 81
much for Mr.. Davenport and the humiliat
mg attitude which circumstances have com
peeled him To take toward events over which
he once hoped TO exercise a controlling in
huence
And now for the real point at issue. The
,,rnix has never in any instance com
kned of the removal of a government Of
Gal because he was Republican, or be
l,e his place was given to Democrat.
as stood for clean politics, decent meth
and an adherence To those PRINCIPLES Of
service reform which this Democratic