The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-03-07
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THEIR RIGHT.

The Media Ledger, Congressman
"Jaak" Robinson's stalwart paper,
SAYS much has been said of late about
the gross depravity Of ohiceseeking
and about the uuutterable scorn of
Office sc sker5 that pervades the mind
of Mr.. Cleveland There is scarcely a
little newspaper I'm this broad land
that fails to tell us that the rush has
begun already by those eager to hold
public place and fttingly tao, from
those journals that affect high-tOned
and exclusively correct standard,
there is a general prediction that this
invasion of the spoismen promises to
be more revoltinsly vulgar and nause.
Gus than ever before. COngressmen
it is said are dazed with the number of
applications pouring in upon them
and with the absolute ferocity of the
hungry and expectant horde awaiting
the gift of position from the newly
elected President. Away back from
afar there comes hungry howl that
suggests toNthese superior and self
exalted journalists the bawl and yawn
of herd Of half starved byenas and
causes them to shake and shudder in
theirdluty frames.
Nobody expects anything else Of
course. EiiJors-and statesmen too
who find it beyond their chalk line to
impress the world in any other way,
rarely fail to fall back upon the eXpe-
dent Of plying their fellow creatures
and worshipping themselves. II does
not seem probable, however, that
these self lrrighteous folks will he able to
drag Mr.. Cleveland into their fratern-
ity and their attempt to do SO is in
expucable. To give place to such a
theory one must be stepped in the very
dregs of infatuati0u. President
Cleveland certainly does not despise
these oflice.seekers and their is moth
ing disgracefIl in the ambition Of any
American citizen to hold an office and
TO take part in the government Of our
country. Where would our free insti-
tutions be and how long would they
exist if honorable and worthy men
considered it their duty to fOrego their
privileges and shun the responsibilities
which the Constitution has placed
upon d e 3?
President Cleveland has been in Of
flee nearly all his life. He was the
High Sheriff Of his county, the Mayor
of a city, the Governor of a state and
the President Of great Country. He
has illustrated in his own career the
evolution of the highest place in the
political world from the humble sta
tiou in plain citizenship and taught q
lesson in the possibilities that float in
the face of any honest lad. Is any
one fool enough to believe that Mr.
Cleveland held all these offices and
three times received the nomination
for the Presidency by a virtuoui
endeavor to escape them? If any
man does so think, he is a fit subject
for a straight jacket in a first-clasi
lunatic asylum.
Onioe-seekers may come along
They have the right to hunt place
among the busy workers ia th'
national hive, The government o
the United States does not belong t.
any particular class and especially i
does not and ought not to belong t.
the freaks, cranks and dudes who. il
their own estimation, are a grad
above their neighbors and friends bu
who only succeed in demonstrating u
the rest Of the world their own lacl
of mauliness, honesty aud common
sense.