The Indiana State sentinel., 1886-01-06

charge of Affairs which have been Demo
cratic; the fret tAipg they do IS 10 fire every
Democrat and put IN Republicans No
body grnmbles, and Il they. did II
4 would be- Just the ssDe. When John
sherman took his eat the other day
as President of the Senate, be commenced at
once to indulge in the luxury Of clean
sweep. He found Colonel Hughes East on
the payroll and several other Democrats
who bad been appointed by the late Vice
President 70 minor positions. Sherman, the
old iceberg, cooked up his head in perfect
horror at such sight and dismissed the last
one OF them and filled their places with Re-
publicans. All of this was done while Dem
ocrats were howliDg about standing by the
civil service law, the most infamous num-
bug of the age. How is q with Democrats?
After the issues are formed, policies mapped
out and the people have exerted every nerve
10 elect men OF their party, the men elected
turn apolosists for the people who elected
them. Instead of firing the whole Republ-
can gang without proof or ceremony they
call in a muswumD and say: What do
you think about these fellows being turned
outP' Well" says the mugwump, ''you
must first have charges preferred against
them. and if you find on evidence that they
are criminals, mUrderers, horse thieves or
foot pads, turn them out and I'll tell yOu
what Democrats to put in" Then the DEM
ocrats who have been working twenty-four
wears for the party. and have an undueS-
toned right 10 expect Office under Demo-
cratic rule say to the Democratic officers
and the administration: why don't you
turn the Republicans Out?" on" says the
uDgrateful official, 1--WE are on trial now, you
know, and if we don't humor them we can't
carry the elections any more" YES" says
the Democrat. "but this country went Dem
ocratic and the people want Democratic
government. Ii they had wanted
Republicans TO stay IN office they
would have elected Republicans to
keep them there" II know" says the faint
hearted and cowardly cuss, 'ibut we are not
so sure that the law will justify us in turn
ing them out. We must go according TO
law. Our mugwump friends say we can't,
and all the Republicans will kick, and we
want to set an example" And so these weak
kneed, apOlogeIic, chicken-hearted. blue
bellied officers retain Republicans in power.
and the will of the people is absolutely de-
feated. The Democrat insists that Republi-
cans should go, and the very fact that they
are Republicans is sufficient argument and
ample reason to sustain this proposition. If
there is any sincerity in politics, any truth
in the statement that the Republican party
is opposed TO the Democratic party, if there
is any reason in electing Democrats to office
it is certainly proper to oust all Republican
officials. Why should the country, every four
years be thrown into commissions and expend
millions of money to elect the heads of de-
partments, if they are to play second fiddle
to the opposing party? The Democrat is in
favor of bouncing all such officials, all mug
wumps and all officers who forget that they
are Democrats as soon as they are elected.
Such towards and ingrases are unfit for office.
A Democrat in office who demands that each
applicant shall employ lawyers to present the
law and prove the constitutiOnality of the
acts for turning Republicans out, needs a
mild request to resign his position that his
place may be filled by one who has Jackson's
idea of Democracy and Jefferson's notion of
justice Let US say for the benefit of all such
skimmed-milk Democrats, that the Constitu-
tiOn of the United States, the moral law, the
Democratic faith. the voice of the people,
the verdict of 1884 and the code of ancient
chiyalry, demand that the Republican Off
cials must CO. Let them not discuss how, but
60. Entertaining these views, the Democrat
can not honestly support any pretended
Democrat for office who wants an excuse, a
law, a charge or any other pretext for turn
ing Republican out of office, except that
be is Republican. And any officer who
courts his enemies at the expense of his
party friends, and gives them Office or keeps
them in, to the prejudice of Democrats who
put them in Office, on the shallow pretext
that he wants to gain votes and support for
himself or party, is unfit to receive the sup
port of honest Democrats and ought to be
turned out for incompetency and idiocy.
This is straight talk from the shoulder, but
it is pure Democracy all the same, and that
is the kind of goods the Democrat handles
every day in the year. We take no stock in
shoddy Democracy, no milk and water
statesmen go with us; we won the battle and
now we want to see the party of the people
come into possession of the government.