The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-09
SWIVEL SERVICE Reform.

whether Harrison or Cleveland Is
elected the Mugwump SWIVEL service re-
former is completely discredited. Mr..
John T. Doyle in the current number Of
the Forum tells Us that the broad aims Of
the reform fare to take out of political
contests all inducement to Office seek
ing" Mr.. Doyle complacently asserts
there Is less Office seeking than there was
ten years ago. Mr.. John T. Doyle is .
very purblind person. The civil service
reformers are all bowling for the election
of Cleveland. Who is Cleveland2 Cleve-
land is the man who went into the White
House in March. 1885. with his mouth full
of civil service shibboleth, and who went
out of the White House in March, 1889,
completely discredited with the civil
service reform cult The New York
E1ni'ls Post, the New York Times
and the New York World all Bit
terly denounced him for his support of
Tammany in December, 1887, and its cor
rupt candidate for district attorney, John
Il. Fellows. Mr.. Carl Schurz denounced
him in public letter; ex-Mayor Hewitt
denounced him; tho friends Of Samuel J.
Randall charged Cleveland with having
turned loose the whole yelling pack of the
federal office holders in Pennsylvania to
hunt down Randall and his protectionist
friends to defeat. The New York Evening
Post of May IS, 1883, said:
The painful truth is that We doubt II q single
independent voter In this state, of the thou.
sands who supported President Cleveland in
1854, any longer attaches any Importance to the
utterances of the members of the administra-
ton the subject of civil service reform or any
longer refuses 10 believe that the presidents
promises and professions have been violated or
disregarded, on a great scale, with the utmost
holiness, in suudry places and n divers man
ners, and that men like Judge Maynard and
Surveyor Beat,ie have actually been detailed or
told of TO practice as much civil service ahuss
az can &c readily concealed or disguised when
they are found out aud exposed.
During the last two years the "civil
service reform" press of New York and
New England have been whooping I'M
Cleveland early and late, and have been
denouncing Tammany and David B. Hill
without stint. For weeks after the nom.
ination Of Cleveland the Mugwump press
ana politicians of New York and New
GHt5Adlu ueNeE Aost al opportunity 10 de-
scribe the leaders of Tammany Hall and
David b. Hill rs the defeated and dis.
grantled engineers OF the most corrupt
political machine in the country.
On the 18th of September las. Mr.. Cleye.
land came to New York city and made An
alliance. offensive and defensive, with
Murphy. Croker, Sheehan & Co.; David B.
Hill took the stump for Cleveland: the
Mugwump contingent was completely ex.
clnded from the management of the cam.
raiEn; the anti-Tammany men were in
s,ructed to place no third party local
ticket in nomination, and it Was perfectly
plain that Cleveland had been c,ntursd
body and breeches by TammAny and David
B. Hill. TIE close, confidential friend os
Mr.. Cleveland. Mr.. Dickinson, Chairman
of the campaign committee issued N.
order Let Tammsny have the lo,,1
Offices" that is. let the Democrats ma
chine, which is constructed and n, =,
the spoils system. work its will, ana NJ
Cleveland approves this policy.
ANY criticism OF Mr.. Clevelsn. hecsr,.
OF his surrender to Tammany on mar, -
the civil service reform press and noli.
ticiass Of New York and New Env,.,s,
None. Any denuncistions today Of r.r,.
many, OF Murphy, % Croker. saeeha, I'D
David s. Hall in this syest-sesn,sd civil