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Show A GOOD DISMISSAL. It was good the way the President dismissed Assistant United States Treasurer Leib. It was i clear, from the showing, that Mr. Lieb believe that he commanded so much influence that the B1 president would not think of dismissing him, forget- l ting that the President still carries the big stick. It I! would be safe to wager that Mr. Leib belongs to the Wayne McVeigh, Whitelaw Reid and George William Curtis school of politicians, who twenty- ( five years and more ago organized an inner circle of the truly good and determined to control the Republican party or smash it. They first showed ' their true hand in their fight against Roscoe Conk- 1 ling, their cry against him being that he was a boss. Not one of them dared to impeach his !' ability or integrity, but he had more influence than all of them, and they did not like him. Indignant In-dignant at the insults put upon him, he resigned, and made an appeal to the legislature of his state for vindication. Then President Garfield was assassinated, as-sassinated, and the cause of his assassination was charged upon Conkling, and a cowardly legisla-" ture could not breast the tide, and defeated him. But an investigation of the custom house of New York was made and only two men there had ob-tained ob-tained appointments through the influence of Mr. I Conkling, one being a crippled old soldier, the other a man permanently incapacitated through I saving a drowning woman's life. But there were thirty-three employes found who were given places at the request of George William Curtis. When Mr. Blaine was a candidate, they all turned Democrats and worked for Mr. Cleveland, all but Reid. They have ever since been an un-i un-i ruly, gang, posing as oracles and threatening I thunderbolts if not listened to. j We do not know that Leib belongs to that school, but think it a safe wager that he does, for their two grand characteristics are to shout for J purity in politics and to all the time look out for j the perquisites. We are glad the President called the gentleman down, for it is clear that he looks I upon public office as a private snap, and it is al- W ways good to see one of that kind walk the plank. |