Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1884 — The Kind of Reform they Want. [ARTICLE]

The Kind of Reform they Want.

Logansport Journnl. Mr. Hendricks, as a candidate of the party of “civil service reform”, says that it will be necessary to remove at least 50,0'1U- Republican..offi.ee- holders in the event the Democratic party should succeed to power. Of course, as a champion of civil reform, Mr. Hendricks would not dream of displacing a competent and honest official. And yet, as a jurist, he proposes to find men guilty before they are even accused. The civil service reform that will make room for the greatest number of Democrats is the reform that is most popular with that “party.