Richland beacon., 1876-08-19
FISANCiAr orrSr.GNS.

VIII DC N>t
FISANCfAr orrST!GNS
Our financial system tf .xpcdirnts must Er
reformed. Grld amt silver afc the real >iah-
dard> of value, and our rational currcucy will
10, I've perfect medium al cXrhan.c uu,H il
shall be COnvcr!obe Il. TIE ul"a>ure Of the
hnlieI As ! have heretofore sad, no one
desires rc.L"n TO specie payments more
Than do; but ! io not believe hat il will or
can be- reached II harmony with he interest,
o. the -"cpie viii ARTIFICIAL measures 70 tie
cont acdon - tie currency, am more than |
believe '"at wealth ur ref'h3Teut prosperity
can be created Ivy an iuHat on Of currency.
The laws Ci finance cGnnO; Jc d'sre"ar,lcd
win impunIiy. Tnc liza neal pul.cs Of IA"
: Government. If ihdccl !; desc YES the name
of pOhcy at ~. has been in disregard oi
those laws and thcrci,,rc he's distdlbed com
Incrcal Id business confidence as well a
hIntcrcd a re'rru To- specie parEcnts. Olc
feature of 'Iha, policy was the resumption
clause Of rrc 9rt OF l~iJ. L'clI has culliar-
rasscd the county by the antici patton Of =
compulsory resumption iur which no prepara-
ron has been made, and without any assur-
ance that it woaid Ec p~Lcgicajlc The
repeai Of rl:nt clause j. necessary, rliay the
nat"ral Opc "a o. of iuauc.al laws may be-
restored, tIat ;Ic business 81 TIE cuuHtry may
IN sriiered from is d'-'n.n'rig and depressing
influence, and tha; 4 crrrn To spec.c pay.
mcnts may be !ec:'..ieu by lie subs.i.il loh
of WISER and more mudcGt legislation aud
w5ich shall na'nY rely on Judic;ous system
OF pLblic economy aud o,iicial rc;rchchment,
grd above all IN the promo,,on of pTo,Gc.iry
III al the ldrs les OF the people.
,ip u1I u.,l p.Sf,pI no raurnl # ia.
resumption clause Of the net of lSIj To be
backward sirp ia oar rc,drm to specie pay
merits, hut ,hc rrcove'y o. false step, and
although ,;'e rcpeal may lol Il time he pre-
vc'ic,', yet the determination uf the Demo
G ate par! Oh t;..s subject has now been
declared. Thee should be 10 h-udfance,
put in the way Of a &c uru To specie p#vmcntS
" 4 such h'udrancc, ,ays the platform OF
;hc -. Louis Conveu'.oL, we Gcnounce the
resumption clause OF the act of 1879, aud
demand its repca'." ,norou hly believe
that by pua,ic economy, by official relrcncll-
mcnts, and by wise fn, nee enabling uS to
accmnuIoIe ,ac precious mciaIs. resumption
at an carly PC od is possible, without pro
ducing AL artificial scarcity of cu'icncy OF
disturbing public or commercial cicdii, End
hat these reforms. together with the rcstora-
confidence, encourage the usc,ul invcsuneut
of capital, III uieh employment 10 labor, and
relieve the cnunt~y from the paralysis oi hard
times. VITA the iIlrsirics Of the people
there have been frequent l,te'f repccs. Our
pario II truly srys that macy inGus' ie, have
been Impoverished to srb,G'zc few. Our
commerce has bccl degraded to au inferior
position on the high scTs manufactures have
been di rini>Ted. az 'cUliurc has been cnilar-
rassed, end the distress of the industrial
classes demands that these things shalt be
! reformed. The burdens the people must
/ also be i:hiened ny Il = eat change in our
| system o. public expenses. The prnnigalc
expenditures wGich Increased ta~ation from
! tive dolIa's per capita in 1860 To eighteen
dollars in 1870 tells it> own story of our need
OF fiscal reform.
/ THE COoLiE SYSTEM
Cur treaties with foreign powers should
| also he revised aud amended, in so far a.
they leave citizens of foreign br,h in any par.
ticular les secure i'll any country on Garth
( ihan they word he if they had been born
! upon our soil TIE inqniious cooiie system,
which through the agency Of wealthy com.
! pcr'es imports Chinese bondmen and eslab-
li,hcs species Of slavery and iuicrfercs with
the lust ewards of labor on our Pacific coast.
should be utterly abolished.
! REFORM oF THE CIVIL SERVICE.
most heartily irdorse that section of the
: platform wh'rh declares thar Ihr civil servi.,
ought not to he subject 10 cIIar.,e nj every
I election. and that il ought not 10 Le made the
b'ict reward Of pay zeal, but ousht TO be
awarded for proved competency. and held fol
fidelity IN the public employ. | hope never
again to see the cruel and remorseiess pros
cription for political opinions which has di,
@raced the adniuis. ration of the last eiult
years. Bad as tic civil service now is. as nj
know. IT has some men OF tried integrity ant
proved ability. Such men, and such mel
only, should be retained, ia any consideration
who has prosliuied his Office to the purpose
of partisan intimidation or compulsion. or VIII,
has furnished money 10 corrupt the elections
This is done aud has been done in amos
every county in the land. 1t is blight upor
the n;orals OF the county, and ought 10 u
reformed.
THE PC. Lie SCHOOLS.
or scciarian contentious, AMI in rcsycc; :
! our common Schools, have uuy This {" ~
Thai IN my lud.Ineni. rhc man nr irl''y lA2