Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-10-03
Raise Their Wages.

engaged in saving the country. It
feels that its efforts have not been Sec
onded as they should have been by the
local press of the State. Whether the
editors have all been taking their va
cation at the seaside or among the
Adirondacks. leaving their Offices in
the hands of the unthinking Devil. who
would leave the most important mat
tiers of State for game of marbles, or
whether they have simply retired to
their back yards, to fight heat and flies
with jug of old-fashioned Tamarack
and palm leaf fan, casting aside all
important matters for the time being,
we are unable to state. However this
may be, we know that matter of
grave concern is not receiving that at
tention that its Importance demands.
The vast army of Federal officials who
secured positions under the present
administration did so with the calm
assurance that their duties would un-
der no Circumstances take them into the
political arena. They were to discharge
their minds of all political matters in
order that they might better perform
their official functions. The expert
ment was to be tried of permitting the
people to guide the political machine
in their own way, with only a sugges-
ton now and then from Mr.. Cleve-
land, while government officials con-
fined themselves strictly to their Of
fetal employment. The experiment
came near proving disastrous. The
people acted in the most insane man.
ner. They attacked England's fnan-
cial supremacy in this country with
such vigor and recklessness that for a
time it seemed that that supremacy
would be utterly destroyed, the coun-
try dishonored. and the foreign bond
holder be compelled to receive no
more than he had paid for. A loss of
English supremacy in this country
meant the widest imitation aud the
overthrow of every sound financial
principle. In this hour of stress and
danger Mr.. Cleveland, as we have on
an other occasion pointed out, proved
himself to be more of patriot than a
civil service reformer, and at once
brought the Postal Brigade into ac-
ton. These, ably seconded by other
bodies of Federal officials, have sue
ceeded in preserving British control of
our treasury, have stayed the silver
tide, have rendered it possible to issue
bonds little longer for the aid of the
suffering house of Rothschild, and
have rendered their services of such
vast Importance that they should be
held in fearful memory by every one
of the four million idle workers that
are in the land. ALI these services are
extra-not nominated in the bond.
They should be paid for by a grateful
public. Especially should this be so
when it was expressly understood that
services of this nature were not to be
required of them.
We hope the local press of Missouri
will aid US in securing to these men
proper compensation for their services.
What is done should be done quickly,
for the campaign of 1896 is at hand,
and it presents a very harrassing as
pect. Judge Thomas should not be
compelled to employ type writer to
instruct the voters of Jefferson county
from his division of the pie counter at
Washington, unless he gets paid for
the expenditure. Mr.. Carlisle cannot
in fairness be expected to personally
superinteud the Republican campaign
in Kentucky. and at the same time
work up bond issues at Washington,
without receiving extra compensation
1t is great hardship upon the rel
atives of Senators Palmer and Mills,
and our own Riley Hall, who have
been induced to accept Office under
this administration, to be compelled to
work like horses to save the country
and get no pay for so doing but their
salaries. The unthinking outsider
may feel inclined to inquire, why
don't these men resign if they are not
satisfied with their jobs? The reason
is obvious. They would be as liable
to be imprisoned for contempt of the
United States courts as any engineer
who refuses 10 run an engine when a
strike is going on. If, in 90. one of
them dares to leave his post the fate
of Debs will surely be his. 10 view of
all the facts, We hope that the press of
this State will rise to the occasion and
make an energetic effort to secure re-
Enumeration for the services these peo-
pie are compelled to perform outside
of their official duties. The country
ought to be willing to pay for its sal
walton.
IF your child is puny, fretful, trou-