Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-11-10
PEANUT POLITICS.
Civil Service "Reform"- Harrison as
a Humorist.
tFrom our regular correspondent.)

lanu, is ininaterlal. lie has acted,
and Mr. Morton's undercoachman,
who was unjustly arrested by an over
Jealous Democratic official and con-
demned to deportation by another. on
the flimsy pretext that he had been
brought to the United States in viola
ton Of the alien contract labor law,
is free man. This action was only
taken after the use of an amount of
red tape, which under the circum-
stances was little short OF disgraceful
to all who had anything to do with
the matter. Before Mr.. Carlisle acted
the case was formally referred to the
Attorney General for legal opinion
and was discussed at Cabinet meet
ing, and yet his decision, that the
man was domestic, servant, would
have been arrived at by school boy
in one minute after the question was
put to him The fact of the matter is,
that the administration has been made
ashamed of the whole business by the
general condemnation of such peanut
methods of trying to make capital
against Mr. Morton which this arrest
has received from reputable newspa-
pers, regardless Of politics.
All of the Republican messengers
and watchmen in the departments at
Washington and in the custom houses
| throughout the country having been
supplanted by Democrats Mr.. Clevc-
land has issued an order, extending
the classified civil service to include
those positions, aud the country is
duly notified that another great adj
vance in civil service reform has been
made, and incidentally, that several
] hundred Democrats who otherwise
would have expected to have stepped
down and out of the public service
soon after the Inauguration of the next
| Republican March 4, 1897
-now complacently look forward to
\ drawing a government salary for the
4 rest of their lives.
The good things promised with the
new tariff law are slow in making
/ their appearance, but some of the bad
/ tI,;,re - Lae bro,,rLt 400 ,,arx, ,,,,,ah
| in evidence. For instance, according
to the official figures, the public debt
of the United States increased more
than thirteen million Of dollars during
| the month of October-to be exact,
SI5, $50. 1854. The Treasury surplus
which the country was assured would
soon be accumulated under the new
tariff may come in time, but no indica-
tons oft are in sight, unless one wears
peculiarly constructed spectacles.
81 notice." said an Indianapolis
man who is in Washington on private
| business, that Gen. Harrison has
been letting the public get a little
glimpse of a part of his mental make
up that only those fortunate enough
to be on terms of personal intimacy
with him have known he possessed.
refer to his ability as huinorist of
the refined, Oliver Wendell Homes
RI .p1,f ~, fAI II
parts of his recent New York speech,
which, by the way, has never been
excelled in a single speech as con-
else statement of the difference be-
tween the Republican and Democratic
parties. His using the grasshopper,
because nobody knows in what direc-
ton it will next jump, and doesn't
itself know, to illustrate the position
of the Democratic party on the great
questions o. the day. was one of the
aptest hits of the campaign. and I
predict that the term 'grasshoppers'
will stick to the Democrats during the
nextPresidential campaign, and longer,
if that party survives another national
election"
Like master. like man." Mr..
Cleveland GOODNESS towards the car
didates of his party made itself felt
very perceptibly in the ranks of the
small fry Office holders, and it will be
strange, indeed, if some of the defeat
ed candidates do not take advantage
of the coming session of Congress to
let Mr.. Cleveland and the country
know what they think of such party
treason. A month ago it was expect
ed by the Democratic managers that
not less than 5000 Democratic office
holders would go to their homes in
the several States to vote, and the
estimates would have been very cor
sentative one had Mr.. Cleveland not
set the example of refusing to register
and vote. With that example before
| them two-thirds OF the Democratic
officeholders concluded to save the price
] of a trip to their homes. 1t is said.
but that | do not voucll for, that a
quiet tip was given to New York
Democrats i'll Office, that they would
stand better with their superiors if
they did not go home to vote. At any
rate few of them went, and those who
did go were mostly personal friends OF
Democratic candidates for Congress.
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/ THE COMING WOMEN.
II a women goes into politics, who
will take care of the finances of the
churches ?-Atchison Globe.
/ Are you going to vote the straight
ticket dear? ," The straight ticket