The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-07-12

Harrison the President Condemned =
Harrison the senator.

| UAHHiSON0 HyPOCHiSY.
! Harrison shs President Condemned y
4 Harrison ths senator.
/ The folio sing example OF tho dead
~ parallel" will repay attention:
1 Especial Dispatch to' do lift IN . hearty
the Globe penocr prayer that No may
first Assistant Post. never have President
master-l;encral Clark who viii not either pur'
son stlll continues his sue, And compel MS
work Of cecapitatlnx Cabinet advisers -
fourih.eiass postmasr pursue: the clvilsers,
tiers OF the DcnocrAtccs policy. pure and
variety and substitut- simple and upon : just
ting for them Ropnn- bass allowing m . .
licanA During tn accused 20 be heard.
week 1ust close ana deciding against
fs ois sse ere r Rsi ssn rsso asa r
est number Of changes either have that kind
made In one week wasof c.vii service. or.
,Oi6 The latter num- for Gods sake. LEI Us
Der broke the record, have that other frank
which breaking &C. ma noiu. " brutal.
CURED about the m d. method Of turning men
die Of May The past|and women out SIMPLY
week gave the recordfor political opinion.
close call. aitbouxhlI.e Us have enc OF NC
Mr.. GARRISON made no.ofhss
special effort Since.
the incoming OF thel
present admin sirafioni
over ITO q Dsmocraucl
posfmasfers OF fhel
fourth class have rel
tired from once eifherE
voluntarily or in,oiun-I
tarily.
The quotation on the left hand
speaks for itself and needs no explana-
ton. That ON the right Is from a
speech delivered in the United States
Senate on March 26. 1856. by Benjamin
Harrison. Senator from Indiana II
might have been supposed that becom-
Ing President. Mr.. Harrison. in de-
parting from his pledges in a way so
brutal thatin single grade Of a single
department. OF the service he has
forced out over IL 900 experienced men
in less than four months. would have
aSopted his own alternative and so
woald 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 rs 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. Who're designations have not
been forthcoming on demand. the
threat Of charges has been held over
the heads Of incumbents. and they
have been given 10 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 a notice
OF her removal. The Administrator
claims TO have the report Of special
agent on charges showing her unfit
ness When application was made at
the Post-Otfice Department for in
formation concerning these charges
1t was fatty 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. 1T is.' said Senator
Harrison. "a policy inaagurated by
this Administration, a policy that is
without precedent, and that will be
without imitation-a policy OF stimu-
lating and receiving secret charges
against the reputation of men. ay. as
l shall show presently. not only
against the reputation Of men. but
against the reputation Of women; OF
denying to the accused any access to
or knowledge OF the charges. and Of
acting upon those charges in the
dark"
Now. what Is Harrison the President
a. he is judged out Of the mouth Of
Harrison the SENATOR Was Harrison
the President pursuing "a civil-serv-
ice policy pure and simple In turning
out over 1000 fourth-class postmas-
tiers between March and June Isl,
Was he frank and bold. IL brutal.
In having charges filed by special
agent against Postmistress Mary l.
Clay and refusing to reveal the nature
OF the accusation or the names OF the
accusers? l. cot Harrison the Prcsi-
dent condemned By Harrison the Sen
ator as canting hrmbug psf. Louis
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