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99 Democratic "Capability With a mere handful of excep tions the Republicans have not men as capable to fill the offices as have held the places under Democratic rule. Alleghany Star. Ye gods of Hepsydam! Did you ever I We have a mild cu riosity to see the Star skirmish 'round and gather up a few ev idences of Democratic 'capabil ity." With what gratitude and joy they would be received by the Democratic party ! The old critter certainly never needed help worse than now. But, Mr. Star, we are free to inform you that this much needed liniment is not to be had. Doesn't any body with as much observation as a guinea pig, know that, since God made the earth , there never has been an administra tion on the North American side of this planet that was char acterized by as much botch work legislation, extravagance and wholesale devilment as the late Democratic administration -has been. For the past four years the country has been completely in the hands of the Democrats. What has been the result? Nothing but falling revenues, disordered finance, prostrated industries and social discontent. Their course along tariff lines was a striking evidence of "capa blity." Their tariff laws afford neither revenue for the Govern ment, protection for capital nor wages for labor: There has been "no day in the past four years that has not witnessed some new triumph of Democrat ic "capability" some bank closed I .some railroad" in hands of a receiver ! some merchants broken ! some furnaces extin- diiisbfir! ! Krvmfi maimed and'dis- abied veteran stigmatized, ana T ; 3 3 j 1 J UX iillU-tJU. VV1L11 UJ.S1IUX1UJ. 11U driven to asylum or grave. It is an epoch to which no lover pf country will ever revert with out blush of "indignant shame at the destruction of resources and the degradation of -dignitx and " honor. ;- This. porjo6; of Democratic rule has no paralel, except in the time of Walpole, described by Macauley ' as an era of dwarfish talents and gi gantic vices, a paradise of cold hearts and narrow minds golden age of coward, bigot and slave. Civil Service A Humbug. Of all the rotten-hearted, fraz- zled-edged frauds . ever palmed off upon the American people, the so-called Civil Service Re form takes the lead. There is not enough reform or honor in it, if converted into salt to save the gizzard of a chiggar. It is surprising to note the evils that are growing up under it, besides this , it is no merit system at all. The verdict of the American people at the polls, on last No vember, was that the Democrat ic party, that had driven our country to the very brink of ruin, should be consigned to oblivion, and that the great army of hair-brained, headlong Democrats, who filled the vari ous departments of the Govern ment, should be retired to pri vate life. But what do those people hear to-day? News comes down the line that Civil Service is going to hold about everything in sight. This means that thousands upon thousands of Democrats, who couldn't stand an examination upon how to shovel sand off a flat car, will be permitted to hold over. It means that those men who worked day and night to overthrow the party that had ruined the country, will be de nied the previlege of attending to the peoples' business. The number of offices under Civil Service now amounts to about 178,717 with salaries ag grigating. $99,589,800. Before the enactment of Civil Service, these were practically all at the mapysiiii, vi, tacu. new auinims- tration. Toniay there are only auuui i,ouu places leic open It is safe to to say that there are more incompetent people in the service of the Government to-day, on account of Civil Ser vice, than ever before. Besides, it costs the Government mors to get the same amount of work done. Another great objection to the Civil Service svstem is the life tenure feature,- because it will make necessary in a few years a Civil Service pension list, which will grow larger and larger, so that before long the old and decrepid, discharged from the Service, will maka a pension roll larger than the en ormous amount now paid in pensions to Federal soldiers. Bryan Not Crazy. It is told that Wm. J. Bryan on one of his trips visited an insane asylum. He manifested more rational class of patients to be found in such institutions, and they showed considerable interest in the presidential can didate. One of the number plied Mr. Bryan with questions, and finally asked him what- he was there for, and what his fad was. The official who was showing Mr. Bryan about the place ad vised him to humer the pa tients, so . the visitor answered the query" by saying : "My. fad is the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1." His ques tioner stepped back, looked at Mr. Bryan from head to foot, and in a tone of commiseration, you're simply a damn fool - r Here's a Bargain! We will send you by mail, post paid, 24 XXX 6-inch white Envelopes and 24 Note Heads to match, with your name anct address neatly printed on each, for 30 cents in stamps.
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