Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-01
4 Frank Confession.

- NUN
The Charleston DdHy MUR is n
staunch Republican paper, and has
always, we think, stood squarely
upon its party's platforms. The
Mail said in one of it's issues Of last
week:
Senator Gallinger, of New Hamp-
shire, strikes the correct note this
week when he characterized the
civil service system as n "monu-
mental humbug." Another men,
Der added that it was "a delusiOn, "A
snare and fraud.n This sounds
right; it indicates strong feeling
on the part Of Republicans to repeal
the unfair aud unconstitutional meas
ure, and has a significant ring for
1900. The issue must he met with
out fear or trcpidatiOn, and ON its re-
peal rests the success of our party
Tor years to come. No man who has
the welfare OF the party and of the
people at heart will vote for its con-
tinuanCc."
Now will the Mat please inform
its readers how it reconcilcs the fore
going with the following plank in
the Republican platform adopted at
st. Louis last June:
1.-THE civil service law was placed
on the statute book by the Rcpubli.
can party, which has always sus.
tanned it, and we renew our repeated
declarations that it shall be thor
oughly and honestly enforced aud
extended whenever possible" The
extension Of the civil service rules.
by MIR. Cleveland, by which SO many
offices were put beyond the reach of
the hungry plaCe-hunters in the =.
O. p, Is the thing that now hurts 50
badly, though done in strict accord
with Republican platform drclara-
tons. Evidently the Mai does not
stand on the plank we have cited :
but does ii mean to charge the Re
puolicanS with the enactment of nm
unconstitutional measure and does
! il mean to admit frankly that the
success Of the party depends so
much upon securing the offices?
What has become Of the patriotism
OF the &. o. p.? DO they fight for
nothing but the loavcs and fishes .
The leaders will have to discipline
the WdH, for surely they will not al
low that paper to give them away
by such frank confessions as that
made in the foregoing extract.
MANFIEID'S OPINION. Hon.
w. l.. Manifold, editor of the Uuync
County Ne,Cs, and one of the Demo
cratic members of the Constitutional
Commission, a'S the following, rs,
III ms opinl"' most important
changes nrc,t,'' " our organic law ::
LIST. To provide for thorough and
efficient registration Of voters and
stop SO much corruption in the cleo
tiOns.
2nd. Re-diStrict the State for cir
cult judges that the inefficient and
expensive criminal courts NAV be
abolished.
Bird. Pay all otiiccrs, both State and
county, fixed salaries and provide
that all fees he covered into the
State and county treasures.
18th. Pay members OF the Legis.
lature fixed salary and limit the
session of the Legislature only to
not less than sixty days.
9th. Increase the SALARY of the
Judges of the Supreme Court of Ap-
pcals i'm order to secure the best ma
terial for the court of last resort.
9th. Abolish the irreducible SHOOT
fund and provide that the prcsent
fund be distributed to the counties
per capita in stated amount each
year just as the distributable fund is
distributed until the same is cy-
hausted, and to be used in no other
way and for no purpose except to
pay teachers and relieve the people
to that extent of the burden of dis.
trict levIes.