Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-06-23

HE Cts houlS Msculpo tlchet le nOt
 liable to enthuse the people compris-
 ug the mugwump element 10 sny great extent. Their particular hobby is ''civil service" and Oleveland's record on that much abused plank of his pet platform IS by DO means brilliant. ID the excit- ing times prior to the election in 1884, when Cleveland hsd his drag net out Cor snoh small fish as straddled the fence of uncertainty, he promised promiscu. oosly all that was asked of him, and promised with the recklessnees of a man
 wholly ignorant of politics, and so Do- tieesble did this ignorance become that sben Ben Butler was asked 10 withdraw his name from the Convention and sc- cept position in Clevelsnd's cabinet, he answered that he could not afford to accept position in the executive fsmi- ly of 80 inexperienced politician. But there were many people less ssgacious than But tier, who were misled by the promises made in apparent good faith, and very large class of these deceived individuals comprised the admirers of the civil service theory, who were desir- ous of seeing it put in successful prsc- tice in this country, as it had been in England, Relying entirely upon the utterances of Cleveland, they placed implicit faith ID him and lsbored earn estly for his election, and unQusstioD- ably contributed largely 10 his success ful campaign. The resul: was that with 10 8 short period after his inauguration ia spite of solemn promises and earnest assurance, they saw him violate openly every creed that the civil service reform CTS held sacred, pledge after pledge was broken, and with modification and dis gus [, they were soon led 10 realize that they had been duped, and made a cats paw of for bis own selfish ends, They saw him turn out honest, experienced office holders and appoint men whose only recommendation was their unscru- pulous seryility to his desires. and worst
  under a false color and wearing the gsrb of a worshi2er st their shrines At last the mark of duplicity was dropp- d altogether and Cleveland appeared the champion of the Democratic war cry "lo the victor belongs the spoils," and never has that party of rebellion and corru Dtion had more earnest advocate and the Republican oflce holders a more uucompromIsing foe. It is said that time makes ell things even, snd the day of reckoning Is at hand when Cleye- land aust stand at the bar, and give sn scco1nt of himself to these misled fol- lowers of 1884 That they will bitterly resent his unfsithfulness there is DO doubt, and Cleveland cannot afford to lose this large contingent. The north pole IS not farther away from Cleveland than the White House after be has been deserted by this strong element of hls success in 1884, Thurman plays but 6 slight role with the civil service men. His rec ord as 0 hard listed Jaoksonian Democrat is too well established by his speeches and Congressional record to allow of false promises. even if his high sense of manhood could be induced to 'efcend to such political chicanery, but
 Thurman is DO ehsflstsD and must be taken by his party for better or worse inst exactly ss he IS. If men of the uD- blemished reputation of Gresham, sher- man or Allison receive the repablIcan nomination, it is safe to predict they will receive the liberal support of ibe civil service advocates.