The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-06
HARRlsoN,s HYPOCRISY.
Harrison the President Condemned b,
Harrison the senator.


Harrison tho President Condemned by
Harrison the Senator.
The following example of the dead
ly parallel will repay attentions:
Especial d Dspatch to do lift up a hearty
the Globe-Democrat.l prayer that we may
First Assistant Post never have q President
master.t;onernl Clark who will not either pur-
son still continues his sue, ana compel MS
work of decnpitnt ting Cabinet advisers to
fourth. class poStm1s- pursue, INC clViEserV.
ters of the Democratic &C pollcV pure ana
variety and substitut- simple ana upon u 1ust
ing for thom Repub- oasls nilowing III Q
leans During h caccused to be heard.
week Just C Hose d ana deciding against
changes were made in them only upon compe-
i,Oig Offices The high. tent proof and fairly
est number of changes either have that kind
made in one week was oi civll service or,
'Ol6 The Inter nun. for Gods sake, let us
ber broke the record, have mat othcr FRANK
which breaking oc. "a n d bold, IL brutal,
cured nbont The m d. method of turning men
de of May The pastland women out simply
week gave the recordlf or political opinion.
n close call, although Let us have one or the
Mr.. ClarRson made no othcr.
special effort. Since
the incoming OF the
present administration
over 11,O Democratc
postmasters OF III c
fourth class have re
tired from office either
voluntarily or involun-
tary
The quotation on the left hand
speaks for itself and needs no explana-
tion. That on the right is from
speech delivered in the United States
Senate or hIarch 26, 1886, by Benjamin
Harrison, Senator from Indiana. 1t
might have been supposed that becom-
ing President, Mr.. Harrison, in de-
parting from his pledges in II way so
brutal thatin a single grade of single
department of the service he has
forced out over II, 900 experienced men
in less than four months, would have
adopted his own alternative and so
would have been frank and bold in his
brutality. The country does not need
to be told that hypocrisy has been as
marked feature of his administrative
methods as the brutality he himself
has defined. In the process of forcing
out these thousands of tried public
servants, every method known to parti-
san greed and rancor has been en-
ployed. Where designations have not
been forthcoming on demand, the
threat of charges has been held over
the heads of incumbents, and they
have been given to understand that
the nature of such charges is an adj
ministration secret.
The New York Evening Post has
done good service in exposing this
method, especially in the case Of Mrs.
Mary l.. Clay, of Huntsville, Ala.
She was postmistress there, and her
resignation was demanded. She asked
to know the nature of the charges
against her. The answer was anotice
of her removal. The Administration
claims to have the report of special
agent on charges showing her unfit
ness. When application was made at
the Post-Ohice Department for in
formation concerning these charges
it was llatly refused, with no other in
formation than that the contents of
such papers would not be divulged in
any case.
The best comment on such policy
for use in this connection is that OF
the speech from which we have al
ready quoted. at is" said Senator
Harrison, "a policy inaugurated by
this Administration, policy that is
without precedent, and that will be
without initiation policy of stimu-
lating and receiving secret charges
! against the reputation of men, ay, as
/ shall show presently, not only
against the reputation of men, but
against the reputation of women; o
denying to the accused any access tC
or knowledge of the charges, and oi
acting upon those charges in the
dark"
Now. what is Harrison the President
as he is judged out OF the mouth o
Harrison the Senator? Was Harrison
the President pursuing "a civil-serv'
ice policy pure and simple" in turning
out over 1000 fourth-class postmas
ters between March and June 10:
Was he frank and bold, if brutal. .
in having charges filed by specia
agent against Postmistress Mary l.
Clay and refusing to reveal the nature
of the accusation or the names of the
accusersP Is not Harrison the Presl
dent condemned by Harrison the Sen
ator as IL canting humbug?-St Loui'
Republic.