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Show DEMOCRATS AND CTIVIL SERVICE. There is a good deal of grumbliDg in the Democratic ranks, or as the Mugwumps would say, among th "spoilsmen," at the dreary prospect ol thero not being offices onough at3Prosi-dent at3Prosi-dent Wilson's disposal to go around. The withdrawal into the civil eervicu class bv President Taft of some 35,000 fourth-class postmasters' positions from the appointive class, appears tc create an aching void among fnithful Democrats, and tho Springfield (Mass.) Republican, in view of the grumbling, asks why the Democrats do not make a thorough job of it by repealing the civil service law while they are about it. It will be remembered that that precisely what the House of Representatives Represen-tatives started to do at the rogular session ses-sion which began a year ago. The House passed a bill providing that the tenure of office undor the civil service should last ouly a few years, and thou tho incumbent should bo obliged to pass another examination, and so on successively until finally the Republican Republi-can occupant of the position could be got rid of. It is certain that the Democrats will not suffer themselves to bo thwarted in thoir desire to huvc control of tho public ollie.C3 by any obstacle that they themselves can remove; aud if thoy are able to so amend tho civil service law as to throw open tho competition at least, for all tho poiulious to Democrats Demo-crats under the manipulation of a Democratic Dem-ocratic civil servico board, it need cau.se no surprise to sco tho Democrats take that courso, or ovon repeal tho civil sorvico law altogether; for they are extremely desirous to have tho offices, of-fices, and naturally, ainco few Democrats Demo-crats arc in office. The party mon would consider It a great anomaly to havo control of tho offices and not occupy them. Evidently some surprises arc in ttorc for thoso simplo enough to think that the Democrats will bo cou-lent cou-lent to remain out of office while their party is in power. |