Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-06-12
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LANCASTER. JUNE ia. 1885
Read Out Of the Party.


The New York Herald is industriously |
engaged in reading Mr.. Randall out of the
Democratic party, and Mr.. Dorman b.
Eaton has undertaken the greater task OF |
reading him out of Congress and the coun- |
try. It is nothing new for the Herald, |
which represents no principle and no party,
to be reading persons out of other peoples
parties; and every time there is a fresh
shaking-up of its editorial organization
there is a new departure. For the diver
sion of its readers and the safety of the
country it blows hot and cold by turns and
seasons, and the people it reads out i'll the
spring it is pretty sure to recall in the fall,
when it reads the other fellows out. What
it says is only curious, not significant.
Its special grievance at Mr.. Randall is
not his reported opposition to the Morrison
tariff bill-which, by the way, there has
been no opportunity for him as yet to
manifest on the floor of the House-but the
report that he is unwilling to promote any
effort to carry out this pledge of the
Chicago platform
"The Democratic party is pledged to re-
interests"
If il were true, as the Herald says, that
"Mr. Randalls whole power and intlu-
ence in the House of Representatives are
used and have been used during the whole
session to prevent any revision whatever
of the tariff" it would be a serious affair:
but it is not true. Mr.. Randall is not on
the ways and means committee, which has
to do with the tariff. He has not declared
his unwillingness to amend the tariff in
accordance with the Chicago platform
and never to our knowledge has he de-
clared against "any revision whatever
of the tariff" On the contrary he has
again and again declared that he
favored revision of it " in spirit of
fairness to all interests" 1t certainly will
be time enough when the tariff debate
comes on, to determine what attitude the
different Democrats of the House will as
sumo regarding it and to pass judgment
ON them. We bide that time.
Meantime this work of reading out
members of the party goes briskly on. A
good many gentlemen read the president
out because he is said to favor civil service
reform others read out Secretary Man
ming because he favors a restriction of sill
yer coinage Others again would exclude
Watterson, Carlisle, Morrison and Hurd
because they are said to be free traders
Beck is read out because he favOrs silver.
We do not think any of these gentlemen
need go. We have watched this reading
out business with much interest for some
years. We observe some gentlemen in
dustriously engaged in it now who only a
few years ago were the victims and sub.
jects of 1t themselves some of them were
actively engaged only few years ago in
the most vicious assaults upon their party
and its candidates they were read out
they came back or rather they stayed
the party needed them they needed it.
The Democratic party is big party, and
generous organization. 1t needs all its
honest members and it tolerates liberality
of thought and wide divergence of senti-
ment among them, even on the tariff, the
civil service and the silver questions. 1t
likes frank, courageous, honest and in
dependent men, and it cOnserves their
differences to formulate sound, safe, con-
servative policy. And it is not going to
read anybody out because of differences of
opinion upon questions on which it
tolerates difference.
As for Mr.. DOrman b. Eaton, chief pro-
moter and exponent Of the particular sys-
tenn of civil service examination, which the
Republicans applied very feebly to their
own administrations, and are now 50
hypocrtically in favor of for Democrats,
the party of the present administration has
no use for him. He is cranky old
man, full of lttleness and in all
that makes for broad craftsmanship and
high patriotism far below the average
Democratic congressman and politician
whom he regards per sc as a " spokesman"
II is to be taken for granted that few peo-
pie read and smaller number are infu-
enced by " the open letters " he is now
writing to read out of public esteem any
body who favors a change in the rules he
and not Congress nor the president-has
made to restrict the choice of civil service
appointees to persons under As years of age
and 10 four names which the examiners
PICK out. These, with Ea tons other per-
ior.nances, are among the eccentricities
winch nave helped to make his system
ouious ana ny his offensive personalities
he invites discussion which will only
serve TO set him forth in his true LIGHT
which is very far from that which shines
about an elevated statesman or AN unssI
fish patriot.