The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-03-20

sense about himr-who will give them
what they w-ant-mOney without work.
profits without capital. good republican
government without their taking toomuch
trouble themselves TO be good republic
cans.
The general apathy Of the people Of
Massachusetts while Butler Is working and
making the strategic arrangements which
are the necessary preliminary to the deci-
sive battles of his campaigns, compared
with the dismay which they exhibit when
he actually makes his coups. l. something
curious. They certainly cannot expect
him TO remain idle, and, as the Republican
organization In such States as Massachu-
sets is that which wise and prudent poll
ticians make use Of TO further their de-
signs, of that he naturally makes use.
IL l. hardly probable indeed that
he will organize a Corruptionist
party by that name, holding meetings To
which none but corrupt men are admitted.
issuing platforms pronouncing i'm favor of
robbery, fraud and embeZZlement, and
electing representatives who pledge them
selves In writing TO advocate none but
schemes of spOliation, and recommending
appointees on the ground of their service
in the way of theft and imposition and
their conspicuous sacrifice OF public duty to
their private interests. The people of
Massachusetts seem always to TO be wait
ing for the organization Of some such
party as this. and nothing seems TO surprise
these good, honest. confiding people more
than 10 discover, a. they do now every few
months, that the thieves and despoilers
make use of the very organizations TO which
they themselves belong.
The part played by the President in the
appointment OF Simmons seems TO have
excited as much hostility and display of
astonishmcnt as that of Butler himself.
But we may observe that this is not the
first appointment OF this kind he has made.
After sending Sickles TO Spain. and reap
pointing Casey in New Orleans, and with
drawing the name of Benedict, and letting
Mr.. Curtis be driven out OF the CivlServ-
ice Commission, there seems to be no par
ticular reason why Simmons should not be
put over the Boston merchants. the brood
Ofimporters' as Jayne calls them. Indeed.
the Presidents amusing offer 10 nominate
some one else if the Massachusetts dele
CATION can agree on any other nominee. he
knowing very well they cannot, and If
they could the principles Of civil-service
reform :" demand imperatively that their
wishes should be no more regarded than
those of any other well-meaning citizens
this offer seems, here in New York, where
we understand the system decentralization
at Washington pretty well. to be a very
natural and obvious way of arranging
things.
The attempt TO organize an honest mans
party was made in earnest some three
years ago. and. had the plans Of those who
had the matter really at heart been carried
out. we should now have either a President
of undoubted character and intelligence,
and got rid of the Butterflies at one blow,
or. the attempt falling. the nucleus OF
a reform party would have been left with
which to begin another campaign. There
we're plenty Of Simmonses to be seen in
various offices of trust and profit, all over
the United States. even in 1872: and Grant
had the same sort of belief in reform that
he has now. If il was only necessary then
to have confidence in Grant. and a few
well-known principles which were settled
and enacted into law some ten years since,
1t is equally unnecessary now to take any
active steps. II, on the contrary. it Ia
necessary TO be very active now. and make
a stand in such cases as that of Simmons,
those people seem TO be- i'm the right who
have always maintained that the creation
of an active and earnest and persistent OPP
position is the crying need of the country.