Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-10-19


pected to reform the Civil Service
to manifest independence of hi:
party in his appointments and in
his enforcement of the Civil Ser
vice act. Is it now the opinion OF
a slngle one of his intelligent sup
porlerS that in this respect he has
met their expectations Do we
not hear the more candid of them
now saying in effect; "Our expec-
tations were unreasonable and all
surd We now see, as we did not,
that the tremendous force of party
organization and influence is far
to great TO be resisted by any Pres
ident who must depend upon his
party for power to carry out any
purpose, in Congress or elsewhere,
ana for every hope of renomina'
ton and re-electlon'Y Do not these
men feel that Mr.. Cleveland has in
fact done Just what they believed
he would not do; that he has viz
tually turned over to partisan man.
ayers the selection of officials and
the administration of the law
Have they not read, without any
effort to answer it, the crushing
disclosure OF the Presidents errors
IN selection Of officials, and of his
substantial surrender at every dis
puted point to the dominant in
! 1uences in his party
These are not the only subjects on
which his course may be criticised
with the same reason. In manage
ment of the finances and the cur
rency, in regard to appropriations
for improvements and foreign mail
service, in the conduct of foreign
affairs aud i'm the neglect to defend
American rights, in his treatment
Of the Chinese question, and in
other matters Of large Importance,
the conduct of the President has
finally come to be that which the
temper and the supposed interests
of his party dictated, without re-
gard to his previous convictions or
declarations. But on the one chief
isS'm of the campaign, the tariff
quet va, this disregard of personal
assurance before the election, this
surrender to the predominating
force within his party, has been
especially complete.
Mr.. Cleveland gave deliberate
assurance, in order to secure an
election, that under his admins.
tIdtion the tariff question should
be treated with strict regard to the
needs of American industries and
the interests of the workl0gmen.
alDndoubtedly he then meant tODur-
gaze prudent and moderate coulse
sclolt the extreme Free Traders ? Of
the dis ear and his confdene. Into
i curiously ill.infgfmed they
Curibeir fmss theory that
Matrimony is full American in
\ few weeks ago - raw materials
took a census Of there they could
in that city of Ost cheaply. They
teresting resultf that denomination
of the totals, owe depended upon
cent. of the divCyiews. upon unre-
second time soon snship of tn ell
of their first alhancei the leadership
ten per cent. remainedopular move
Baltimore last week asented, for
was sent tOJail. His secObss oeen
remained away and refused r!e
prosecute him. His first wife for
gave him before the trial was Gu
ded, and kissed hin gOod-by when
be was led to his cell. A New
York bigiamist was stOutly de-
Tended by the woman he had
wronged, because she claimed that
he never would have
married a second time unless lie
was laborIng under temporary III
sanity.
SO the world goes. Some throw
of the matrimonial yoke to put on
another ; some refuse TO throw II
Of, even tor the most abundant
reasons. And in getting married 2
Millions marry for love thousands
marry for money, and thousands
marry because they don't want to
remain single. Indeed, matrimony
is The general result Of million
causes, aud tie average particl-
pants in Wedding can never tell
last what got them there.