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absolute. imagine that tho present
executive cleveland was then presi-
dentl is much stronger man than he
gets credit for; but neither he, nor any
other man ever saw, is strong enough
to neglect the forceful element of his
party and win. Men who in any polti-
cal affair depend upon discontented re-
cruits from another party are sure to be
disappointed in the end; for men who
straggle from the ranks, either i'm war
or politics, have no standing in either
organization and are unreliable in their
action, and consequently without power"
"Can civil service succeed"
"Civil service in a government like this
is not practical. A life tenure in civil
Office means a civil pension list, Just as life
service in the army means military PEN
sion list; then again, it is not a good thing
in republic to grow large life office
holding class. Weneed new blood in the
control of the business affairs Of the nation
occasionally, as well as in all other mate
rial concerns. This civil service law will
never be fairly administered by either
party, and therefore both parties are
better off without it,"
The venerable gentleman evidently
filled the bill as "party man." As no
one is obliged to accept his opinions of
different parties, it is Of interest to read
his reasons for his own change Of rela-
tions. He said:
81 was printer on The Congressional
Globe with Gales & Seaton in 1920, and
went Immediately from their employ to
edit the leading Democratic paper at
Harrisburg. had two years before that
edited The Doylestown Democrat. This
was when James Monroe was president.
In looking back over these intervening
years find that have seen and often
times been part of the successes and
defeats Of every political party that has
lived in this country to any purpose. !
remember the contest between the Fed
eralists and the Democrats and early
took my position with the Democratic
party because it was then liberal in its
views, broad in its craftsmanship and
championed the cause of the common
people.
"The aristocratic Federal party was
succeeded by the Wings, who were fully
as conservative and almost as high in
tone. They succeeded once or twice
only by accident, as that party never
possessed the elements of popular favor.
The Democratic party lived longer in
successful achievements than any other,
for the reason that 1t stood closer to the
people. But during the first sentimental
combat with slavery it drifted into the
championship of that curse on our ma
tional life and thus slid away from the
general sentiment"
81 am fond of public life. / take as
much interest in its lights and shades to-
day as l ever did. Although have given
up all active participation in political
affairs, yet ] have not lost particle of
my interest in public concerns, and
watch the drift of political life with as
much interest as ever. BY the way, we
are in the midst of a negative era in our
national progress that is hardly interest,
| ing. These are the days when there are
| no great questions to call out the powers
| of our leading men. All nations pass
| through sentimental, tragic and negative
| times. Our sentimental era came with
the struggle against slavery, which
brought on the tragic in the shape OF
| civil war.
| "These two combined brought out the
best there was in our public men, and
they followed so closely upon each Other
that each aided in the development OF
thought and action upon our national
necessities. The settlement of war ques
tions after peace was declared kept
strong men TO the front or gave even
weak men an opportunity to show them
selves to the best ADVANTAGE Nnu LAr4