Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-11-17
THE EXECUTIVE ADVISERS.

Ii Is one oil the tsbeutiai Pi'hS'P's' "
all governments, moro especially oil
Republic, that the executive, consulting
and governmental facilities should keep
pace with the requirements Of the nation
or country in question. It's now some
eighty-six years since the Federal Con-
stitution was formally ratified and
adopted. At tho time of the inception OF
our Government nm embryo cabinet was
formed as sort OF Executive adjunct,
and though with all the venerable char
acteristics of the executive, it has but
lily kept up with the country's demands;
on examination we find that when Wash
ington first placed himself in the Presi-
Dental chair be had three consulting
assistants. a Secretary OF State, oil the
Treasury and OF War. The offices OF
Postmaster General and Attorney Cen
eral were created and filed at the time,
but were held subordinate to the three
former ones. By slow degrees the sew
eral secretaryships have been equalized
and arranged till We now find the Presi-
dent of the United States with cabinet
of seven, each with vast and varied
amount of interests to WELD and control.
To determine the demands Of the past
and present with reference to Govern
mental requirements, it's but necessar,
to contrast the condition Of the countr,
at the commencement OF the century AM
its present status, yet for the last quar-
ter Of q century there has been no mate
rial or beneficial change In the Cabinet
In relation to the formation of the Cabi
net the Constitution is silent; Legislation
must be turned to to remedy the rresen
defect. That the present system falls fa
short Of meeting present necessity is I
matter of common observance, and thu
press is commencing the discussion o
the question as to the propriety and fea
sibility Of enlargiDg the Cabinet and 1t
field Of usefulness. We now And a
executive advisers Secretary of State,
Secretary of the Treasury, of War, Of tn
Interior. OF the Navy, an Attorney Ger
eral and Chief Justice. and yt
this bureau is entirely insufficient I
minister to the great and growing want
OF the country, wants that cannot b
intimately reached by legislation an
yet must be met and dealt with. Som
OF our greatest interests are almost Ell
tirely unrepresented or huddled in
oonglomerate heap under the provision
airy charge Of the Secretary of the II
terror. In this department is placed eigl
or ten different bureaus OF statistical an
general information which by their ind
vidual magnitude are entitled to havin
separate departments created for them
Take for instance the Bureau Of Educt
ton, the great political interest no
manifested in this matter is indicative
the Importance OF this branch OF the pu
lie service and the rank it takes anon
our peculiarly American institutions, y
We find it occupying subordinate ar
neglected corner in the great storeroo
of the Interior Department. Likewi
the Department OF Agriculture; wi
millions OF the most fertile acres on Goo
footstool, with the most stupendous !
suits accruing daily. with all the farmil
and agricultural knowledge OF Euro
brought to bear on American soil, Ii
Department is also tackled on to the I
terror Secretary's province and not Civ,
one.hundredth part of the time or atte
tion its Importance demands. Tn
comes the Land Office, the Patent {
fee, the Department of Mines, and
whole train of others all demanding
separate and distinct place in the nation
fostering care and attention instead
being as it were tied up in sack a
thrown under the table. And last. thou
not least comes the Department Of Indi
Affairs. This OF all others demau
prime and separate recognition, yet it
slowed away rs SO much useless tru
in a subordinate Office. Involving as
does questions OF philanthropy, hont
finance, fraud and other specialties
the occasion one would suppose its pc
ton would be in proportion to its rel
tive Importance, and it certainly deman
it. The cases cited are but very few
many entitled to separate control ana
tention and all prudential motives of il
tice and economy as well Us desire
keep up with the progressive spirit of I
times demand their realization.
Erostratus achieved immortal reno