Show NEXT TUESDAY only a few day separate us from the second day of november when the people of the united states will be called upon to choose their rulers and legislators for term of four years the el to be one of he hardest ever fought in the political arena of our commonwealth the great preparations which hav been made on both sides during at idaet the last six months are indication that each party considers the contest almost asono for death or life one party has now been in power nearly a score of and it is no wonder that it clings with desperate tenacity to the possession of the there is too much in the control of the national politics not to both carlies to a strong struggle for this also places the combat on an inclined plane with unequal footing the republican party which has con theral executive since the fourth of march 1801 acquired a foothold which it la riveted A iho uund of nee holders their fani ilien friends and purveyors are deeply interfiled inter filed in the continuance of he same party at the helm the people a haye grown accustomed cus tomed to republican rule or enla rule that they realize little enthuse for a change this change is indeed the key note of all the dienie of the democrat who baft for wenly year wandered in the desert and are hu atar the poti of official patronage stilly we by no concede thai the chance is to be simply a or olace hold ar or purely considerations thie may be tho impulse with the lower ranks I he camp follower of the democratic party lut ath lie lend od wili the baues the change ir grander deeper going and wider reaching U purports to be radical change of ahr na tiona pofi c under great point view the industrial delicy of the country civil bervice eer vice and abe to begin with the ditl the plat f inn cincinnati punk which rings with aid loud clarion alie into ahn of diew an I voices it regard ji the immigration ft docial leprosy eating way the life and health of americal Ameri caa while labor therefore There fere it contemplates an abali lion of thee Tilbe it in the of annulling the burlingame Burli name treaty or in so thai unfortunate document a o pro act alie while laborer from alio yellow competitor the democratic party through iti press organs and through the mouth of it lias so often and so earne eUy defended defea ded ali policy of a radical cure of the social and nd atril ulcer of llie states that the latter inay well be expected to sho and a linearly and rousing iti lint too nell that the republican either for alie mercenary of olt nd manufacturer jorfor over aged of diplomacy hare hitherto ailed to i apple flier and with alie chinese liou they are m record and on file for tacit or it approval of the evil nd their very presidential hae too often opened his jn advocacy of the chinese influx and the mon golian labor to be entitled to much ut leit in elioe states where the evil hai its baleful influence ne may well expect the golden slate and the silver slate to swell the democratic rank the second great asue of the campaign ampa ign is civil service and ita necessary reform here we fand that republican have made ample promises given numerous pledges but these in water ind en graven in sand how nobu s butic did not the cincinnati cons bention of 1876 get over the civil service plank in the platform what expectations of a sweeping reform in the federal machinery of office did not the people indulge in after reading the pompous declarations in mr baye letter of in truth men who hal seen behind the counter and looked into the scenes could not withhold a knowing smile of commiseration at alie tain hopee republican administration and form the incompatibility of these tiro words had been protea too long to fill with confidence who had watched the course of event fine 1860 with all its belknapp Bel knaps bab cocke etc neither were their apprehensions and diffidence unjustified true after mr clayes got into the while house to occupy another amne chair there wa great flourish of trumpets about the reform going to be inaugurated at once and consummated not long after but it was only the bounding of bran and the tinkling of ayra hals we believe mr hap bened to have the civil service res form itch and if he had had hie hands unfettered he might have done tome lhing to roll the sisyphus stone up hill but what was he anyhow nothing more than a tool in the handset ho had ina ted him and failing to elect him smuggled him on to the pi evidential chair by a most detestable compact lie was not put into hid position to after hie notion and acs cording to his conscience he wag merely the figurehead of hi party and quite other hands pulled the made him move line way or blut this became palpable in the with gen arthur whose removal from the new york house was aimed at by mr ayes but resisted rei isted and ly koe coe conkli g and other of the true managing board of the republican parly it came to a lock to a standstill and finally loan arestie arm but the upshot of all the wrangling wae that mr iiames bid A tender adieu lo 10 his civil service reform love once for all and retook betook himself to more popular and profitable occur rations such ai vetoing legislative enactments and obstructing the course of the national lawmaker law maker but civil service reform was dead it only lived the life of mummified pet in the editorial column of liar pere wittily for a while and then it vanished like ghost leaving nothing behind it but a disagreeable odor for the republican party they have not even attempted to revive the corpse with galvanic induction r when the convention chicago 14 the aji pula brought before it attention del gate from texas lannigan we believe we hie euphonious patronymic declared the of alio llio ua his blunt but wonderfully true what are s her for anyhow but to lecure thie of alie re publican party thi what keep them together a parly onee in a while hy may have lat or altae pr ite of reforms but it never to much they touch the blatant evil existing in the of federal will na iberi only witia ir tin ger but the democratic py tro iose lo 10 cilc it unrelenting graep they will grapple willi the and eive dream anil visions the goby go by this can be expected of he pirty which once a tilden at banner ditc itc WC anil lia lilan as clidel what ie has done in the line of reform while governor of new york male lie w very likely to do when ft member of sul or even as dimple counselor and friend to the anil there are of afe way tho country ponder therefore between the prom isoa led or even contradicted by hi and the told m evidence iu to carry the party victoriously into the federal adminis ad minia tra tion it ie the industrial aide of tho parly principle ut for toda we arl limply refer to our on a for revenue only and the other planks in tho democratic platform anken all lu ie placed before dead sea apple with brilli aul kin nd rotten core republic cani itin and a found fro ill the ten million holmn taft nation |