The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-02-23
PATRIOTS AND PARTlsANs.

Conspicuous Citissn Gives His Views
on Party Duty aud Patriotic Public
Duty---A Noble Example Of the Latter
In Major Carter of Terre Haute.
The News DEMOCRAT: The Pitts
burg Daily Post of June 2G, 1885, edi-
torially said: There is aC least one
honorable Republican ofliceholder II his
name Is Major W. w. Garter of Terre
Haute, Indiana. Here is the manly
and honorable letter addressed by him
to PRESIDENT Cleveland a few days ago:
SIR-Having rather actively and
honorably participated in the political
campaign of 1884, in favor of the sue
cess OF the Republican party, and its
candidates, and supposing that you
prefer that, some one whose political
opinions accord with your own, should
occupy the office, and not caring to
Improperly embarrass you, / hereby
respectfully tender you my resignation
as Collector of Internal Revenue, for
the seventh District of Indiana, to take
effect at your pleasure, upon the ap-
pointment and qualification of my sue
cessOr. There are many honest aud
capable Democrats in this district,
either one of whom would fill the Office
with credit to himself and the public
service, and allow mo to express the
hope and belief, that you will exercise
| that discretion and care in the selection
of my successor, as will insure the
faithful execution of the law, and the
collection of the public revenues.
Very Respectfully,
W. w. CARTER.
What a contrast there is in the Coz
| duct of Major Carter and the Republi-
can Oillceholders of Pennsylvania.
"The Republican Ofliceholders of Penn
| sylvania sometimes die, and more
frequently are removed, but they never
| resign"
Why, wonder, did the editor of the
Post simply allude to the state of
| Pennsylvania; did not his remarks, as
justly apply to Ohio, in fact to all the
states, aud to the Republican Office
holders of the United States, aud is it
not also another fact, that every Re-
publican ofliceholder, holding office
| under the present administration, will
cling to their positions as tenactously
as they did in 1885? Although they did
| actively participate in the campaign Of
1892, in favor of the Republican party,
| and did thereby demonstrate their
| partisanship to that degree, that would
give JudJ BTOuuuS LOT LDBlT removal
from Office, were the ideas advanced by
! President Cleveland in letter ad-
dress d to Geo. w. Curtis, ct al, (pub-
! lisned in the Pittsburg Daily Post
March 16, 1857 carried out, reading as
follows:
MANY now holding positions
have forfeited all just claim
to retention, because they have
used their places for party pur
poses, in disregard Of their duty to the
! public, and because instead of being
decent public servants they have proved
! themselves OliciCu3 parti5aDs aud uu-
1 scrupulOus mauipulator5 of local party
management. The lessons of the past
should be unlearned, , and officials should
be taught that efficiency, fitness and
| devotion to public duty are the condi-
tion of their continuance in public
| places"
If the principles embodied in the
foregoing, and President Cleveland's
general order TO heads of departments,
July l4tb, 1886, (fOund in tho Postal
Laws of 1887, Section 1907 were applied
70 the Republican OilicehOlderS, now
holding positions as pOstmGsteT5 and
such, very few there are indeed, that
would be permitted to remain in office
after tha 4th of March next.
! Feb. l6, 1893. M