Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-01-25

over to the tender mercies of Republi-
can spoilsmen between 5000 and Il, 200
timorous, trembling, fearful, squirm-
ing Democratic officials whom civil
service reform had clothed as with a
garment. There has not been such a
wholesale slaughter of the innocents
since the days of King Herod. Thus
was the countenauce of General GROs-
VENoR made to shine. He and his CO.
parceners emerged from the Cave of
Adullam and fell upon the victims.
tearing and rendiug them, while the
reforners toppled into the Slough of
Despond.
Another thing happened to warm the
cookies of General GRosvENoR's heart
when Hon. William F. Burdell, treas
urer of the Republican State executive
committee of Ohio, issued his famous
circular inviting-and his invitation
was tantamount to a command-all
Federal officials to come down with the
dust to assist in the great work of po-
litical reform-with big, big R-then
being carried to fruition by Hon. MAR
Gus A. HANNA, Senator and chairman
of the national Republican committee;
Hon. CHARLES DICK, Representative
in Congress and chairman of the Ohio
Republican State committee, and Hon.
George b. Cox, the hoodlum chief of
Cincinnati. the maker and unmaker of
Ohio statesmen-a Sort of Buckeye
Warwick. Laughter and applause on
Democratic side.
How much fat Mr.. Burdell fried out
of the Federal employees I do not
know. In round numbers, there are
about 100000 of them, with salaries
ranging from $50, 900 down. Assam
ing that the average salary is 81 1000,
we have total of 500, 900 600; and
assuming further that the average
''free-will offering" in the Cause of re-
form under the thumbscrew process of
Mr.. Burdell was 10 per cent, the result
is 81 200, 000--a neat sum to he ex
pended in conducting a pure election
in Republican State. Mr.. Burdeu
may have received and disbursed more
or less. He knows; and, if it will not
disturb the equanimity of my learned
friend from Pennsylvania [Mr. BRo-
SIUSl, late chairman of the Committee
on I, ivil Service Reform, ! suggest
that he introduce a resolution to APP
point COMMITTEES with power to send
for persons and papers to ascertain
precisely how much blackmail Burdell
ICCClVNu OuCIalS, anu
while he is at it, to have a comnai ttee
of exploration appointed to discover
whether the Civil Service Commission
has been kidnapped or destroyed or in
any manner curtailed of its fair pro-
portions or has become a mere tender
to the Republican party. tLanghter
| on the Democratic sidel.
Contemplating these two stupe ndous
uirtnr,aS nf "A
varying the famous words of Yelling
ton at Waterloo, say, up, reformers,
and at them'
If the President takes ten more steps
backward, the civil service reform sys-
TEN will be a schoolboy's tale, the won
der of an hour; and if Burdell 10 allow
ed to run at large and to raid Federal
employees when he pleases, Congress
will soon be called ON to establish a
soup house here in Washington for
their sustcnance, for the money he
squeezed out of them in 1899 in order
to carry Ohio is not drop in the bucket
compared with the vast sum the Repub.
Leans will need to carry the country in
1900.
If Burdell and his ilk are not choked
off Federal employees had, one and
all, better take the benefit of the bank,
rupt law.
The CHAIRMAN. The time of the
gentleman has expired.
Mr.. RICHARDSON. l ask that the
gentlemen time be extended five min
| utes.
There was no objection.
GENERAL GRosvENoR AND THE
WILSON BILL.
Mr.. CLARK of Missouri. Ont In
my country there dwet a lawyer, Col
George w. Anderson, who for foui
years was a member of this House
He was always a brilliant orator, but
in his younger days not we'll up in the
technicalities of his profession. Or
one occasion he was about to be knock
ed out Of court WHEN Judge Porter