The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-12-15
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a. the union i e due 10 Massaehu-
sets that examination Tor fitness
vers Theoretically substituted Tor the
old idea thai partisan service eonsti-l
tuted claim on public once We
,rans thar very little has been done
save elothe a theory in legal language
not even the president. who vas rel
former. respects either the letter or
me spirit Of The law when these would
interfere with his own purposes OF the
activities Of his friends It ie true
that he dismissed mall clerk from
Government employ for political ae
|tlvty. but the same offense IS com
mitted on every hand BY bigger men
without reproof and he has just reap
pointed the postmaster at Washington
hose activities along this line
i ere 50 bitterly criticised BY the Bon
eparte.conraad commission even to
the extent o: carrying useful party
workers on he payroll while their
tine was given 70 The primaries or
worse
But even theory. we might e1
peri some reseect for the law IN Mas
sachusetts And yet very curious
protest against Il comes from that
most unexpected quarter. and we have
waited to see how this protest would
be appreciated BY the public, Two
brothers named curley were reDubii-
can politicians in that state one an
alderman in his town and the other
member Of the state legislature
TWO Of their workers had applied for
positions ia the civil service but had
lfailed to prepare for the examination
! their failure was certainty There,
upon the two curley brothers person
Jared the applicants before the exami-
nations and signed the papers with
their names. The attempted fraud
was discovered and the curleys were
condemned to Imprisonment for the Of.
tense. Upon this their neighbors
gave them an ovation on the path to
the Jail. speeches were made and the
tramp took on the senblance Of a Ro-
man triumph while the criminals were
Failed as mortyrs. Is this the view
Massachusetts, takes Of her law? II
L already thing to be used but not
abused" to the point Of detection
Should the Judge have bent In the
criminal law to save the men from
the punishment OF deyoting the civil
service rules 10 the uses Of partisan
policy or Of charity, as the case may
be? Hear tlism Alderman curley
sreaRing to his friends before the
sates Of the .pil said:
Two Of our followers two neighhors
Wished to better their condition, IN
cur effort to assist them to obtain
fhe aecessarie, Of life. to gain posi-
ton where they and their families
night BIO enabled to actually live, We
cook the examination for them. This
was all"
And Legislator Curley made bid
for future nomination. when he
old The voters on the same occasion
4 am not ashamed OF what | did
il was due to iargeness Of heart, TO a
5ssire to better fellowman spirit
that never troubled those who We're
81 anxious for our conviction. The
voters Of our ward look at the matter
rightly. and think the community al
large, too. weighs 1t fairly. We were
.ot actuated ~ personal gain. nor by
criminal instinct or desire 1t was
aerely an expression Of the law laid
down in the golden rule TO help do
unto Others as you would have them
% unto you.
viii they lie nominated. respec
lively for Governor aud congressman
Sheu they have served their terms2
Now that the Port Arthur squadron
mas been put out Of business, II would
not be surprising If Admiral Togo
we're to decide to sally forth to NEE,
the oncorains second Pacific squadron
Then there world be something doing
as long as the second Pacific squad
rcn lasted