St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 30, 1884

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‘o Pa be OE ge ee eae ad «made Suits md Dress | Gloves, ‘Best Patent Flour in the World ia 7 nd Carpet Co, GOODS! at Lowest Cash © ry evening until © LLL A Se et eet, —_——— ee nLE FACT A SHIP LOAD. ARGUMENT. CARTERSVILLE, Ga. two members o0f my imme. ying suffered for many years ty, and having been treated» rious medical doctors, were at iTrec by one bottle of ‘Dr. J. Regulator. Its effect on such md well may the remedy st Friend.” or ‘a respectfully. JAMES W. STRANGE ABSOLUTE SUCCESS. tner of Atlanta, well and favor- the United States asa General : “I used this remedy before antation in a great’ number of | absolute success.” Straight. No. 1 Family Patent. All these brands received FIRST PREMIUM over all competitors at the Great St. Louis Fati’84, : IMPORTERS x Railroad Car, Sleigh and Sad- dlery Plushes and Moquettes, SAMLC. DAVIS & C0. HAS, -DAUERNHEIM town, Ala., writes: “Have used extensively in my practice © It is not aspecifie; itisin my remedy for the diseases for | PT) ied.’ m, Texas, writes: “I have been | Regulator for several weeks and © My case is of long standing, an physicians. I have tried every of, but the Regulator is the ver relieved my distressing suf- os Norasviaa, ALA. Female Regulator has hen thor- né in a great variety of cases, and i that itis unrivaled for that h it claims to cure. J.C. HUSS, M. D. h and Happiness of Worher ™, sants. > RecuiaTor COMPANY,” Box 28, Atlanta, G. , S aes 2 = es j | / JOBBER AND RETAILER IN ne ea ‘WALL PAPER! 2 | WINDOW SHADES! _ WEATHER STRIPS, ETC. | 214 NORTH BROADWAY. \ a - 4 ee . yu —~ ALEXANDER’S DRUG STORE N. W. Corner Broadway (Fifth) and Olive Sts. Pure Medicines, Fine Perfumery, Sponges, Mirrors, Hair Brushes, Combs, Soap and other Fancy Toilet Articles. | ALEXANDER’S UNRIVALED GOLOGNE WATER, Prescriptions accurately prepared by competent apothecaries un- der the supervision of M. W. Alexander, graduate of Philadelphia Col- lege of Pharmacy. '#Another Crand Effort! mWe are Bound Not to be Undersold : ll surprise everybody. Another large reduction in a hg one ee bb ve ane will he sold regardless of cost at almost own price. A Grand Clearing Sale of FURNITURE of every descrip- to makeroom. Now is the time to stay geo outfit, while you can get it without a very great outlay of money. not forget the number, 1008, 1005 FRANEILUIWN AV. t.. NIEDRINGHAUS The health of shall be preenye Boe R MEG. COMP ER RESORTS. TON HOTEL, heated 5 > at 7 , ‘i f eee : es p oS "et RM aa “ : t : ie — 4 a .% : — ss OR x ee iy SFG Pee ras? eae t 4 aa § . apie o ys) og > a - A ‘ 7 S i’ ot 2 | ds of | Coking: . ’ thirty days. : or cash, or on easy payments. aS : f * 4 e ’ : HER Stove, Furniture and Carpet Company, SPECIAL BARGAINS IN MILLI For Receptions and Evening Wear. , TT 100 dozen Pond Lilies, all shades, 50c a bunch of 6. Trimmed Hats in Large Variety from $2 up. The balance of our stock of Silk and Linen Hand- kérchiefs, Lace Collars and Fichus at YOUR OWN PRICE Great Reductions in Corsets, Satins, Velvets and Velveteens. feot free and natural action. straps. The heel straps are Sizes from 1 to 9. “Alas! alack!” cried Bricabrac When Mrs. B. appealed for shekels: : “] think, ay Cok, ou’re late this year McNichols’. Strong men and good long hours have stood Tne town, you know, is fixed for snow; New carpets down and ready; For Mac’s creat drive, as I’m alive, e's sel G steady. ng arms he cousforee, warm, leaves she new the low prices and weekly vay, and help th ose who have STANDARD NEEDLES FAIRBANKS’ SCALES ‘Westinghouse Engines, Smith-Vaile Stean ‘Pumps, Eclipse Wind-Mills, | Hancock Inspirators, Roller Chain Belting. Fairbanks & Co., oY. W. COR. 14TH SGeOND CLARK AV. ne ~~ hs Number of skate corresponds with number o Largest Skate stock in the country, *‘Henley,’’ EC, MEACHAM ARMS G0,, sz. roms me. A. J. JORDA Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Foreign and Domestic UTLERY. The Largest Variety in America. Fine goods a Specialty. 612 WASHINGTON AVENUE. McNICHOLS NOBLY STOOD THE STRAIN! | porate Be she euaeny, thd foand all the a sets under the an ou want to hurry up if you expect te get a The ONLY McNICHOLS, 1022-1024 Market Street. FOR ALL SEWING MACHINES. NUNES - JALKUT MILLINERY COMPANY, 604-606 Franklin Av., through to 829 N. Sixth Street. “RICHMOND” Half. Clamp Club Skate. SMGOIPIED Loy pues Has spring steel] bottoms, eorrugated shank. Is fall nickel plated. The bottom is shaped to fit the sole of the shoe or boot perfect Has toe aj § and light leather instep or heel referable to heel c stay and strengthen the ankle, often preventing serious and painfal accidents. Is made with Turkey Boxwood wheels with brass bushings, and every wheel perfectly true, each pair incased in separate box. ly, thereby giving the lamp in most cases as the straps OO “Kitselmann” *“*Richmond,”’ 400, 402 & 404 N. 3d st. Price Pe Pair, S si shoe ee HE: WAS STOCKED TO MEET IT! “T'll have b chairs in pairs; I'll have pda os Be cherry, Doors off the portieres with frinee, ajand ote plush an tarry. ve him a fair show. In All styles end the best Sotng sont She did not ng ts did it. need be without a good h Oo man — who has “Di d general stores, sewing and can goede ealers, um at Fae te ig rye ey : obtain er Pee Only.” We also keep in stock a fal su of Repairs for all “4 are OS Cans, Screw Drivers, Oil,ete. Send for prices. Dealers only. BLELOCK MA NUFA NG CO., : ’ . 309 Locust Street, St. Louis, Mo. neys constipation and mala- ies, Hostetter's Bitters is a tried remed yto the which, mtd Soe their . } ‘ F : - ‘a . : " . . ey , . ar, zi >"2 - ‘ v - bers so se " Fas . . 7 : baca. #4 a we ee . : ; i Rex aes *% s » > 7 Se aS yay, % : res ni a? pr a] 1 A Power Fairly Enslaving the Chief Executive. The New York World’s Editorial on “Cleve- land and Reform’’—Timely Hints to the Incoming Party — Governor Cleveland’s Position on the Civil Service. By Telegraph to the Post-Dispatch. New York, December 30.—The Wortp, in an edi- torial on “Cleveland and Reform,” says: “Govern- or Cleveland's letter to the National Civil Service Reform League wil! doubtless be warmly discussed, but perhaps not as warmly indorsed by many of the politicians of his own party. The President elect promulgates no new doctrine and takes no sudden position. He stands where he has always stood, the advocate of genuine, practical civil ser- vice reform. The only thing novel in his present declaration is that it comes at this time. It has been the common practice of candidates to amplify reform views before election, and to be silent after election. But it is a characteristic of Governor Cleveland that he speaks at all times truthfully and seriously, and means what he says. If anybody expected that Grover Cleveland would have one voice for the campaiga and another for the Présidency, he did not know the man. Two points are covered in the letter. A civil service law was passed by the votes of both political parties. It is now on the statute book. Public sentiment calls for its enforcement, Even if it did not, the President-elect. reading aright the requirements of true Democratic faith and public duty, would be bound to enforce its provisions in good faith and without evasion. Here a politician less truthful and open-hearted than Grover Cleve land might have rested secure inthe impregnable Democratic position that existing laws must be en- forced, The Governor goes beyond this, and main- tains that in the interest of A GOOD CIVIL SERVICE the incumbents of Government positions not protected by the law, but wholly disconnected from the policy of the administration, should not be driven forth solely on partisan grounds, pro- vided they have proved their capacity and fidelity, and have not used their offices for unscrupulous po- litical purposes. It is likely that many “active” politicians will disapprove this portion of the Gov- ernor’s letter. -We heartily indorse it. It is in en- tire harmony with the position of the Worxp, taken some time ago. The Governor, in his blunt, fear- less way, seeks to rid himself of importunate office- seekers by reminding them that “while Democrats will receive all proper consideration and preference, their claims to offices, not embraced within the Civil Service rules, will depend upon as- certained fitness and not upon persistent importun- ity and self-solicited recommendation.” This is candid talk. It means the beginning of practical reform. But the President-elect could have gone further. The real reformof our system of Civil Service cannot be fully completed until the Presi- dent himself has been emancipated from the bond- age of his OVERWHELMING APPOINTING POWER. But this, of course, depends upon legislation and Congress, not executive judgment. Reform is needed in the su- ‘| preme control as well as in the conduct of the civil ;eervice, It is not consistent with true democracy or a real republic that any one man should hold in his hand the destiny of hundreds of thousands of the most active, ambitious and pushing people, who all long for some sort of office or public employ- ment. Itis hardly democratic that the President of the Republic should personally and directly dis- pense a patronage larger than that at the disposal of the Russian Ozar. Such power should only be held by anu autocrat. Ithas become A MENACE TO POPULAR LIBERTY. No wonder that its possession for eight years put dreams of a third term and possibly of a dictator- ship, into the head of a stolid military chieftain. No wonder that its control for twenty-four years in- spired an unscrupulous party with the desire to defy the popular willand hold it by fraud or vio- lence in perpetuity. What would the fathers of the Republic have known of _ the scramble for office? They never dreamed of an army of 100,000 office- holders. The removals from office in eight years under Washington numbered nine, one being for de- falcation. John Adams removed ten Federal office- holders in four years, one a defaulter. Jefferson was urged to make political changes, but he refused except in cases where persons had been appointed by his predecessor after the result of the election was known. He removed thirty-nine personsin eight years. Madison removed eight and Monroe nine in their double terms; that is only seventeen re- movals in sixteen years. Three of the former and six of the latter were for non-political consider- ations. John Quincy Adams removed two officers and both for cause. With Jackson came THE “SWEEPING OUT” PROCESS. But, with all his partisanship, we find “Old Hickory” only removed “nearly five hundred persons” from office. To-day the “clean sweepers” would have the President turn adrift over one hundred thousand Government employes, of all conditions, to fill their places with his political friends. Can we have good civil service until the President is emancipated . from this terrible pressure of the hungering army of office holders, bringing with it dissensions, heart-burnings, deceptions and assassinations? It is the duty of the Democracy to aid the President in his unselfish efforts to free him- seif from the evils and burden of patronage, and to restore the republic to the true standard of Jeffer- son, Madison and Monroe. For more than twenty years the power of this patronage has held popular liberty by the throat, and nearly, if not wholly, de- fied the will of the people. Let the noble champion who has overthrown it in the recent election Decentralize the patronage, leave to the President the appointment of all heads of departments and bureaus, all diplomatic, political and judicial offiees; give the appointment of all minor officials to the heads of the departments and bureaus. Let appointments be REGULATED BY LAW, | not by the whim or interest of any individual. Let every Government employe, except in political positions, have permanent tenure during good behavior, with such statutory for capacity and promotion fidelity as in the army and navy, and with com- plete independence of political losses and black- | mailers. Sweep away the Lumbug of a grammar “competitive” examination. Appoint men to office for their tested character and practical fitness. Keep them in office, not because they control a Senator or a member of Congress, but because they possess merit. President Cleveland, a strong, ear nest civil service reform. The honest, intelligent thinking Democratic masses will approve and sec- ond his efforts. Cleveland to Curtis Et Al. We were obliged to go to press yesterday without be aided in his efforts to stamp out its life for ever.. —= ee Se a a z Pali those Unrate, | VOL XXX, ait ST. LOUIS, TUESDAY, NO. 155 3 instance as low Ay is —— 3 >—— 7 ; iene - ‘ . . #@ Umbrella business— . me : | = nencin FEDERAL PATRONAGE, | situcriiress? cits met been recefved. That practical reform in f f Fe i I i munication, to secure such bas been passed in Congress with the asbont of both partion ebd' te Tae as at, the matenens, § maa pre aaa among patriotic peop ing 4 ood ae I nam poll piodank to this, m because m cos bee quires that this other statutes be in fai without evasion and be- cause inthe many utterances made prior to my a party to which I belong, and which I have 50 dispeetion to 6, in the that this should be done. Iam not unm of the fact, to which you refer, that many of our citizens fear that the recent the National Executive may demonstrate the abuses which the Civil Service are ineradi- " eeply rooted, and that the system has been supposed to be intimately related to success in the maintenance of and I am not sure that all those who the friends of this reform wil] stand earnest effort to enforce this law. tions which are not within the letter of the Civil Service statute, but which are so disconnected with the policy of an Admi that the removal therefrom of present incumbents, in my opinion, shouid not be made during terms for which they were appointed, solely on ve forfeited retention, because they used their places for party p disregard of their duty to the people, and instead of — decent public servants, they have proved themselves offensive partisans and unscru- uloug manipulators of local party management. e lessons of the should be unlearned, and such officials as well as their successors should be taught that efficiency, fitness, and devotion to pub- lic duty are the conditions of their continuance in public place, and that a quiet and unobstrusive ex- ercise of individual political rights is the reasonable measure of their party service. If I were address- ing none but party friends, I should deem it entirely roper toremind them that the coming adminis- ration is to be. Democratic, a due regard for the people’s interest does not it faithful part work to be always rewarded - a tment to of wi pon sufficient inquiry as to fitness, instituted by those charged with that duty, rather than upon persistent importunity or self-solicited recommendations on behalf of candidates for ap pointment, Yours very truly, —— CLEVELAND’S CABINET, Who the President-elect’s Advisors will Probably Be. Atsaxy, N. Y., December 30.—Your correspond- ent had along talk to-day with one who is as near to President-elect Cleveland as any man can be. He said that not a single Cabinet position has yet been filled: “Idonot meanto gay,” he went on, “that the President-elect has not already made up his mind regarding certain men and their fitness for Government portfolios, for he has. I mean that he has not committed himself to any of these persons. For instance, while Mr. Bayard, Mr." Whitney and Mr. Gariand have been spoken to on the subject, and there is little doubt that they will be of the President's family, yet no formal tender of positions has been made them. Two other names are almost as well assured—McDonald of In- diana and Gen. Vilas of Wisconsin. The President having taken one member from his own yng Me has felt it due to the Vice-President that his should be equally represented. Besides, Indiana is the only Northwestern State that . ROLLED UP A SOLID DEMOCRATIO MAJORITY mM the late elect and if this majority js to be re- tained it must be through some such og The relations between Mr. Hendricks and Mr. Mc- Donald are of the most intimate character and the entire Democracy of the State has united in asking that he be given the position either of the Interior Department or the Attorney-Generalship. Gene Vilas, while not so sure of a position, has been favor- ably considered., The dissensions in Ohio will most probably prevent a nomivation from that State. Onthe other hand the President elect is avxious tohave a representative from that State, with a view to reclaiming itfrom the Republican ranks four years hence. “You may call these guesses, but they such guesses as Governor Cleveland has made so far. But you may rest assured of one thing, unless unlooked for circumstances interfere Bayard, Whitney, Garland, McDonald and Vilas will be in the new Cabinet. There has been much talk,” he continued, ‘‘of Mr. C leveland’s attitude toward civil service re ions. There is not the slightest doubt but that the most SUBORDINATE EMPLOYES WILL BE RETAINED, forthe present at least. Changes plated, it is true, but it will require fully four years to bring them about. As pol out, a Repub- lican Senate stand inthe way of enveing. like a clean sweep, Many holders of the larger Federal itions—notably several important Post Offices— eve had their nominations nfirmed the SHOOTING FOR A WIFE. A Contest in Which the Loser Came Out Winner. friendly relations were not disturbed by that fact. Miss Clancy has been home from schoolin New York State, a few weeks only. She seemed pleased with the attentions of the two friends. On Thurs- day of week before last there was A SHO OTING MATCH near the Clarion mills. Young Brant and Nicholson During the day Brant proposed to Nichol- that they shoot a match at yards best three the loser to retire from further Miss Clancy's hand in favor of the winner. ee 5s 3 ‘ E 4] te 5 = ii sks cS eey : ? ese ; *f Hf = : qo : i z oF H ir it : : | : i eo e - Fi il : : £8 iH i : ft Fs oe . . | : i ref E geant possession the death of « wealthy oe Seas eis Soni. trebun te | New soem @ eh ee ee ee —_—_-- a i hs —. ee eee eee ee ny ee mgm om .