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Show OFFICES AS SPOILS OF WAR Wo mean Mr. Hughes' arraignment of President Wilson for wanton dismissals dis-missals from tho diplomatic service of men who hnd won their places In It by merit; for choosing' Incompetent Incompet-ent men for government work requiring requir-ing special skill and for assenting to bill nfter bill creating now offices In tho nggfegato a largo number to bo filled without any regard for tho civil service laws. In all this mattor Mr. Wilson has ' been exceedingly vulnerable- Whether from careless- ness or indlffcrenco, preoccupation with other things or n deliberate purpose pur-pose lo throw a certain nmount ot spoils to tho party swlno In order to get tliolr otes for tho great measures meas-ures on which ho had set his heart the truth Is that tho President1 has again and again laid himself open to tho attack which Mr. Hughes mado leccntly. It Is tho most destructive criticism which tho Republican candidate candi-date has yet uttered. Now York Evening Post. |