| Show THERE is great sorrow and tribulation among those who went to Washington without distinction to get it there in an appointment which to most has proved an ignis fatmis To many the hopes of a life were to be realized in an appointment appoint-ment but like most life hopes they have been shattered These seekers after God gold we mean thought that civil service reform was to begin when they got in it i I began just before and should continue always Horace Greeley gave the best recipe fora gold resumption that was ever given which was that the way to resume is to resume It is the same with reform and the way to reform is to reform re-form and Cleveland is doing it How often must these wouldbe servants to the public have recited Longfellows The Village Blacksmith and wish they could I say as was said of him I Each morning sees some task begin j Each evening sees it close I Something attempted something cone I Perhaps they would prefer to have the I reading changed to suit the theme on which they dwell I I Each morning sees same task begin i Each evening sees its noes Something attempted nothing done I They will find their tine I consolation in another poem and following its narration narra-tion become Arab fold their tents and steal away from Washington i |
