The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-04-23
BILL ARP CIVIL SERVICE.

letter, inviting answers to q few questions con-
cerning President Cleycl,nds 5 mode of admins
tering the Government.
II seems now tba, there is little nothing
in politics. save Offices and spos. ami the Qucs
ti)n is: Who shall fiji the one and be filled by
tie other? thought that question set
ted long ago at tho polls and that all of us
would go into office or get something outside
aud be happy. think that Mr.. Cleveland is q
great and go",l man, but he misunderstood the
boys when he heard them shouting, Turn the
rascals out, now he has been thirteen months
hunting for the ''rascals and hearing evidence
on both sides and the way he is progressing it
will take him thirteen years to get through.
Well, that is II kind and charitable view to take.
1t is a hard duty to turn good, honest man
out of Office when the office is his chief support.
But time about is fair play and fair play is
jewel, AMI twenty-five years Of '.ins ought to
suisfy any reasonable party partisan,
whether offensive or defensive. believe tha,
orr boys would enter into n solemn covenant,
right now, that if they were allowed to stay in
for the next twenty-five years they woull all
step down and out aud give up the lease and
make no claim for hcttcrmcnts. Personally. |
will do that and give security.
Now, if there were any great national ques-
tions that divided the par,ies--que~tions like
tho tariff or the Blair bill. or the silver busi
ness, or the Mormuns, or the henfhen Chnec-
there might be room for party contention for
control Of the Government. But the parties
nre split up aud mixed on all these, and there
is but one single issue which the boys can
form n straight line AMI that is the Offices.
MIR. Cleveland was elected on that single issue
Turn the rasc. out by which we meant
turn them all out. Not that every mother 3
s,n was Il rascal, but the honest ones were
scarce and in bad company and under bad coli
troll, and had to play shut mouth and be accc,-
sorcs after the fac. like II receiver of stolen
goods AMI So we punched the whole concern
together and called them all rascas. But sup
pose there are no rascals aud all are honest and
capable and deserving. How long is n man to
hold Office. public Office that belongs to
he people! l. MT twenty-five years long
enough when there are u dozen outsiders who
win,it: Why, We Democrats here of the Solid
South won't let democrat stay in half that
long Rotation is the word. Rotate.
| used to have some grand Utopiau ideas
about reform, aud thought that may be the
good men of the whole country could gct to gethcr
and make new party that woudn steal, and
they could be elected and run the machine on
the pure and honest principles of our fore.
fathers but have abandoned such hopes Re-
form is good word. but in politics it don't
mean anything-not a darncd thing. \ few
years ago sent boy to annapolis to stand al
examination for n place. There were lI0 can =
didatcs and only - to he taken. The boy was
~, Dnl thoroughly prepared
hut he was Democrat "". -. ----- -
The - taken were oil Republicans, ever,
mot.er son, and some OF them didn't hav
sense enough to get out Of shower Of rain
But their fathers or their unclcs, or ihe
cousins were Republican members of Congress
md offensive partisans to boot.
offensive partisaus. Well that is the poorcs
excuse in the woril - turn = man ont for
Where i> the reform in turning one offensive
partisan out to put another offensive partisan
in. We hollcr hurrah for our side, and W,
ought to-
Tho people turned Auther out and made
blaine take a back seat AMI that meant turn
them ali out even down TO the postmaster a,
'Ty Ty and 'Too-nigh and 'IarLtimcs'. whose
Office don't pay fifty dollows year. Turn the
Republicans out is the word.
admire Mr. Cleveland for many things, but
he can run with the rabbit and bark with the
hounds His administration has got to be Dem.
ocratic or nothing. Those Republicans held the
public offices 50 long they really believe they
have "A 10 foo nnln ia
and theirs heirs forever. They don't confess &c
n quit claim, and they don't qui
claiming either. Why it pretty near
takes the military to get them ont. Mr. Clevc
land ought 10 wake up from his Utopinn dreams
his obnoxious lcsUctUdc, and shake his ambro
sial lock- and say file lett, march. lie will
lose some good men and get some bad ones in
their places, bat we cant help that Tn,
country can be worsted. 1t is high time ha,
new set were in training. 1t will take on,
boys ten years to get expert in the spoil,
business as the Republican,, are now 1t vii
take year or two for the natural dilii,!cnce tC
wear oil and TO get familiar with all the avenue,
AMI nigh cuts 10 Overlooking treasury: but they
will learn in due time They will first look
then lIngcr. then embrace. But any chang,
will be for the public good. and if our boys q,
plundcrng 1t will give wider spread O
national tav"rS and save filing q bill for distriba
ton. So let Mr. Cleveland reconsider his way.
ald be wise.
would like an Office myself sort of sim
qHa Mon but see chance. There used tc
lie way Of creating an office just to fit n man
but | don hear of it now. Mr. LcDuc and
Mr. Loring did remember mo AMI appointed
me agricultural correspondent for NY county,
but there is no pay attached to it-nothing bu (
few turnip seed and tobacco sced-and that is