Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-11-19

| oOlSs duO W SuIuTOu6 III power EuO5S
agencies which he pfcturesQuely de.
nominated ''the communism of pelf, y
President Cleveland remains unsatis-
fed. He glares about for new worlds
OF infamy to conquer. new ways OF
stultifying himself and demonstrating
the hoIlowness and hypocrisy of his
constant claim to honesty of conviction.
He seems to have found his opportuni-
ty in the Civil Service Reform law.
Pledged to tariff reform, Cleveland
aided in the election of Mckinley.
Pledged time and again to maintenance
of civil service reform in letter and in
spirit. he has ever since the election
been party to scandalous. though
petty, perversion of it to the ends of
personal and partisan spite.
Friday the Postmaster of Spring
field. ILL.,. was dismissed because of his
activity in Bryan's support. For our
own part, we do not believe that any
man holding public Office should be
debarred from exertion of his polite al
rights unless he has neglected the du-
| ties of his Office. No such allegation
is made in this case. But if partisan
activity be made a cause for removal
from office it must be partisan activity
on either side The Postmaster of
Chicago was active in support of Nc
Kinley. Why does his Springfield
brother go and he stay? The Collec-
tor of the Post OF San Francisco trav-
elled all over the Central West making
bitter speeches against Bryan, but the
Cleveland theory of civil service re-
al office-holder who fought Democracy
| has suffered; none who upheld it's
cause is safe.
In Kentuckey there wages faction
al war within the Democracy-Senator
Black burn seeks reelection. Secreta-
ry Carlisle. who betrayed his party as
readily as be deserted his convictions,
wants his seat. By one of those brill
liant exhibitions of nepotism for which
the remorm administrations of Grover
Cleveland are famous, Carlisle's son
serves at comfortable pay as chief
clerk of the Treasury Department, and
has supervision of appointments to and
removals from Office. Since election
he has made repeated removals of
friends of Senator Blackburn, replac-
ing them by partisans of his father.
This execrable perversion OF a power
which, under the Civil Service law he
ought not to possess he has carried
even to the point of rem owing wom-
an for no cause save her friendship for
his fathers political opponent. To
this scandalous and abominable utiliza-
tion of the public service for the graft
fication of private malice Grover Cleve
land is a party. His order would
check it instantly. His frowu would
put an end to it. But his favor. which
the project clearly enjoys, will doubt
less lead to complete decentralization of
the public service.
Out of Office Cleveland will go with
out the favor of Democrats, for he has
betrayed and assassinated Democracy.
As Mugwump he will have little
standing, for he has violated the car
dinal precept of mugwumpery-civil
service reform. The Republicans will
scarcely admire him, for even the
British spurned Benedict Arnold.
Contemned, despised and hated. he
will carry with him into obscurity but
one consolation-an all-s Efficient one,
maybe, to one of his gross nature-he
retires rich.-NeW York Journal.