The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-08-06
Samuel J. Tilden's Strong and Salts
factory Letter of Acceptance
Concluded.
Opinion of the New York Press Tribune
Nothing In li'-Herald, "A Discreet
and Able Document Times
Crafty and Barren"
Concluded from Yesterdays Edition.

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to accumulate any reserve for their
redemption. Two and half per
! cent. on the expenditures of these five
years, OF even less, would have provi-
| ded all the coin needful to resumption
The distress now felt 10y the people in
all their business, aud Industries,
though principally caused in the enor-
nous waste OF capital occasioned by
false policies of our government, has
been greatly aggravated by the mis-
management of currency. y year and
n halt ago legal tenders were at their
| largest volume and the two million
since retired, has been replaced by
| fresh issues OF fifteen millions OF bank
notes, in the meantime the banks have
been surrendering about four millions
II month, because they cannot find
profitable use for SO many OF their
notes. The public mind will no longer
accept shams, 1t has suffered enough
| from illusions. An insnoere policy
| increases distrust, an unstable policy
| increases want OF confidence. The PEG.
| ple need to know that the Government
is moving in the doctrine Of ultimate
safety and prosperity, and is do
ing so through prudent, safe aud con-
servative methods, which will be sure
to intlict no new sacrifice on the bust
ness Of the country. Then the inspira-
ton of n new hope and well founded
confidence will hasten the restoration
and processes of nature and prosperity
will begin to return. The st. Louis
| Convention concludes its expression
In regard to the currency by declara-
ton Of its convictions rs to the practi.
cal results OF the system of prepare
tons il demands. 1t says, we believe
such system, well devised and above
all entrusted to competent hands for
execution, creating AZ no time an arti-
| fetal scarcity of currency and IT no
time alarming the public mind into n
withdrawal of their confidence in the
machine of credit, by which ninety.
five per cent of all business transact
tons are performed. A system open to
the public aud inspiring general con.
iijence from the day OF its adoption,
bringing healing on its wings to all
our haTassed industries, will set in mo
ton the wheels of commerce, manu-.
features and the mechanical arts, re-
store employment To LABOR and renew,
in all its natural sources, the prosper
ity of the people. The Government of
the United States, in my opinion,
can advance to resumption OF
specie payments on its legal ten
der notes by gradual and
safe processes, tending to relieve the
present business distress If charged
10y the people with the administration
of the Executive office, | shall deem II
II duty SO to exercise the powers with
which shall then, or may be by Con
gress, invested, rs may best and soon.
est conduct the country to that bene-
fetal result. The convention justly
allirms that reform Is necessary in the
civil service, necessary to its pur!tiCa.
ton; necessary to its economy and its
efficiency; necessary in order that the
ordinary employment of public bust
ness may not be n prize fought for al
the ballot-box, reward of party zeal
instead of posts Of honor assigned fol
proved competency and held for lidel-
ity in public employ; and the conven,
ton wisely added that reform is nee
essary even more in the higher grades
of the public service-the President
Vice President, Judges, Senators, Rep
resentatives, Cabinet officers. The se
and all others in authority, are not Il
private perquiSite-they are n public
trust. Two evils infest the official ser.
vice of the Federal Government. One
il the prevalent and 1dem0rali2ihg no
ton that the public service exists moi
for the business and benefit of the
whole people, but for the interest o
Office holders, who are, in truth, bu
servants of the people. Under the in
tiuence OF this perniciOus system
public employees have beef
multiplied. The numbers of those
gathered into the ranks of Office hold
ers have been steadily inci eased be
yond any possible requirement OF pub
lie business, while inelllciency, spec
ulation, fraud and malversatiOn of thu
public funds, from the highest place.
, OF power to the lowest, have oversprea,
the whole service, like leprosey. Tn,
other evil is the organization o
the official class into body of politica
mercenaries, governing caucuses ant
debating the nominations of their
own party, and attempting to carr,
the elections of the people by undu
influence and by immense corruption
funds, systematically collected from
t the salaries of office holders. The Off
, cial class in other countries, sometime
by its own weight aud sometimes II
alliance with the army, has been ablt
to rule the unorganized masses
, Even under universal suffrage here
a has already grown into gigantic pow
err, capable Of sitting the inspiration
of sound public opinion and Of resist
3 ing, with the use of the treasury,
change of administration until misgoy
9 eminent becomes intOlofable, an
1 public spirit has been stbDg to tn
bitch of strong revolution. Tb--,drs
+ step in reform Is the elevation y.
n standard by which the appointing po,
err selects to execute official trusts. Til
next in Importance is consideration
: fidelity in the exercise of authority I
i hold to account and dlsplace untrusl
a worthy or incapable subordinates. I'll
public interest in an honest and skill
full performance of official trust mui
not be sacrificed to the use OF incun
bents. After these immediate step
@ which will insure the exhibition
Q better examples, we may wisely 60 O
- to the abolishing of unnecessary oil
ces, and finally to the patient Garrett
% organization OF u better civil servi,
system under tests, wherever pra
~ ticable, of proved competency al