Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-12-31
Hungry and Thirsty"

1t used to be said with no small
degree of propriety that the demo-
cratic party was both ''hungry and
thirsty SO far as the government
and appointment offices were con-
cerned it was true that a large num-
ber of place seekers were in condi-
ton of starvation and agony. They
turned their longing eyes toward
the dim light that foreshadowed a
day when their party should come
into power, and there should be a
distribution of places and benefits
from dn,aannrn+in hands f length
the day came, and the emaciated and
eager crowd came to the front; they
appeared in the villages, eager to
run post-offices they were seen IN
the cities. along the coasts, and on
the Canadian border, eagerly crying
for places in the customs offices they
thronged the city of Washington in
almost countless numbers, and the
new administration was besieged, be-
labored, captured, and well nigh
overcome.
AS fast as changes could be made,
they were made: but here and there,
when some efficient republican could
not we'll be spared and removed, the
crowd fingered, longing for a hitch
at the public crib. Human nature
shows one of its pitiable phases at
such times; and, unfortunately, it
shows about the same in one party as
in the other. Election time came
around. and. to the utter bewilder-
ment and surprise of those who were
we'll fed and housed under democrat
ic rule, the hopes of years, possibly
of a lifetime, were blasted. The
other crowd, equally hungry, had
cast the most votes where they were
needed, and the administration is
soon to pass into other hands.
Now what is the spectacle? Anoth-
er set of office seekers appears, and
it is astonishing what host there
are. They are seeking the smaller
places they are beseiging friends
and strangers for help and for posi-
tions they are laying pipes and
forming plans for the capture Of ev'
cry post that is worth anything, and
strange thing about the matter /:
fellows who have been served we'll
as well as their abilities and efficiency
deserves-are clamoring for places
again. Wait, gentlemen There arr
things becoming and things unbecom
ING. Wait Do not show yourselve
as avaricious for place as did tina
Door crowd who had been out in th
cold almost a generation. Stan'
back, YOU old fellows, who have bee
served in different places and differ
ent capacities up to your merits
| When the new administration get
hold. give those whose business 1t
to make changes, time and opportun
: ity to select for efficiency. LII
great contest between the partle
was not for the purpose OF turnln
out of office some good fellow who
doing his duty we'll, that some seve
by nine aspirant might get his plac'
l The big battle was fought-or ougl
to have been-for grander thing
and we hope the new adminlstratlC
: will place itself so high on the plaI
: of patriotic principle, that the affal
of government shall be run on hones
: simple business principles. The be
e man for the place, whoever he MI
V be.
/, Gentlemen of Vermont, wheth
|. YOU have been governors, ,judges,pos
IS masters. convention strikers or VIII
e not, behave yourselves with becor
If ing propriety. Do not disgust yo
t. friends and become the laughll
70 stock of your political enemies
le unseeming and eager haste to get
Is the public crib.