The Green Forest tribune., 1902-03-08

every young man that ever hopes to go to congress. Not only that, l am advocating principle in the interest of every father who has bright boy whom he is educat- ing in the hope that he may some day fill this or any other position of trust in the gift of the people. For if man must be kept in of flee continually on account of experience, the longer he is in the greater his experience, and the advocacy of such a principle leads right up to the Hamiltonian theory of life tenures in office under the elective system. If it applies to congressman it would apply with equal force to other officers and would result in strictly office holding class. The republicans have already an office holding class in the clerk ships at Washington under civil service rules. I am opposed to extending the civil service rules so as to include democratic con- gressmen. I believe in rotation in office not only as a democratic principle but an American prin- ciple, and I have a record on the subject. In 1889 I was elected representative of Marion county, l served one term and quit. In 1890 and again in 1892 I was elected prosecuting attorney in my circuit, each time without op- position in my own or the opposite party. I served four years and voluntarily retired in keeping with party customs.
 My opponent MT. Dinsmore
 however has not got a very con- sistent record along this line. He ran against E. I. Stirman for. prosecuting attorney at the end of his first term. Then he was one termer. He ran against J. Frank Wilson at the end of his (Dinsmore's) first term for a sec- ond term. Then he was a second termer. No one offered the next time and he ran for a third term and was elected. Then he was a third termer. In the meantime Col. Peel had gotten into congress and served two terms. In 1886 MT. Dinsmore ran against him when he was seeking third term and then he was an anti third termer. He was then appointed by President Cleveland as min- ister to Corea and served in that capacity for four years and on his return home made circuit of the globe-saw kings and queens,- visited many noted places, view ed the pyramids, saw the sphynx, stood on Eifel Tower, and not withstanding his long and weari- some journey of 25,O00 miles, hit the United States running for Congress on principle of TO- tation in office, insisting that ten years was long enough for Col. Peel. Mr. Dinsmore admits that he advocated rotation in office then. If it was a just principle then it is a just principle now. If it was right then it is right now. Is MT. Dinsmore consistent? In 1892 he made a campaign against Col. Peel on principle of rotation in office and won it. He has since held the office mostly without op- position. In 1894 Col. Peel ran against him. Mr. Dinsmore re- mained in Washington and made his campaign by circulars. Four years ago MT. Tilman start ed to run against him. Mr. Dinsmore remained in congress and made his campaign by cir culars. For the first time since he made his famous campaign in 1892 in which he stumped the en- tire district advocating rotation in office, that he has met demo- cratic opponent on the stump op- posing him for the nomination, he is right over on the other side of the question doing the very thing for which he condemned Col. Peel-seeking the nomination for sixth term. Not only did he advocate rotation in office in 1892, but his friends and newspaper organs all over the district ad- vocated it.'
 In support of his claim that Mr. Dinsmore had changed sides on