St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-29
CLARKsoNs DIAGNOSIS.

nCI.ARKsoN feproduees in Ills Iowa
PAPER the very elaborate speech he re-,
gently delivered before "a Republican
club in Boston, which had rendered him
banquet. All the current public topics
are incidentally disposed of in approach
Ing the central5tIeme ofscNil service re
form. His mission to tlIescapltalsgf Mas
s9chusetts had for its chief obieetfto dis
sipate the sentimental notions about the
public service that obStruct the work of
practical politicians and which have
had more lodgment in Massachusetts,
than any other state. 1t may fbe CON
coded that his position is in harmony
with the methods his party have oper
Rted upon after the campaign platforms
have been laid away. He has
the courage to defend the =spoils
system as the proper one for
the conduct of the government.
His views are not notable for their,
freshness and novelty ,lbut thdir interest
arises from the fact that they are those
he has illustrated in his high position
under an administration elected on re-
form platform, 10 which the president
and those in his advisory family still
profess some sort of adherence. Not.
however, an assertive and obnoxious at
tachment that world DbStract CLARK
son in the most marvellous industry in
putting Democrats out of Office. Nor
will,there aepuIe from the White house
any word of rehIllle for 'tliis quasi
official exposition of the object lessons
%lrD aI,a aF toto
GLARKsoN system makes all the offices
the .prizessof the party workers. They
Should be filled by those who earn them
by their party service and tsueeesSlfn
filling the baliotboxes. s'T0itRe sYiet0rs
belong thetspoils.n All from the presi-
dent down should be of his politics,
with the minor exeeptionof .the'railway
mail service, which was not altogether
an exception when MI. 'CLARKsoN and
Ills crowd came in. competency and
efficiency are not to be put before parti-
san devotion. Reference tehis presents
alton of lthisiSubject is had just now,
not to discuss any of its features, but
for the light it affords upon. the remark
able change in the reading supply of the
peoDlelas setlforthzby AIr. CLARK son in
this speech. The popular taste does
not run to Republican literature in
these later, times. phs lis where the
spokesman sounds the alarm bell. 1t is
Interesting to note how he states the
situation. He is an old newspaper man
himself, and can speak from something
besides theory and the statement of
others. HE asks special smugWump at
tention to his ayerment that this great
change was inaugurated by the ''perni-
eious activity" of Democratic pestmas-
tiers .under CLEVELAND. lie awards
them the ereditef having done more
to circulate dIewspapers.t than anygpOstal
Officialslsince the organization of the
republic. This gave the Democratic
press the long reach ahead. Among the
specifications in the city of Boston,
where he was speaking, there used to
lie three Republican papers priiitedt0
one Democratic, and now the reverse is
true. In New y orll geu Hhaye to fhunt
over six or seven daily papers at any
News stand lbeforega Republican sheet
is found. This was very lnuch the case
ip;Ghieago. and,all the large cities. He
brings in Rowell's Newspaper Direct
DRY as authority, and finds from it that
$50 Republican dailies with a circtila-
tion>efioyer 1000, and an aggregate of
oneand a;half million copies, are over
borne by 800 Democratic dailies,
with an aggregate circulation of
two and a half millions. The
weeklies, too, that mainly find the peo-
pie in their rural homes, show $50 Re
Publican with "a circulation sexceedipg
1000 each, and an aggregate of two
millions and a half, while the Demo
Gratis have / ,S46 weeklies of over LOCO