Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1876-07-13
Experience proves that efficient

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omlcai conduct of the Governments
bus,ness Is not possible if its civil sery
ice be sulject to change at every electio,
De prize fought for at the ballot hoy
he briei rev ard Of party zeal instea,
OF posts OF honor assigned for proved
competency, and held Ior fidelity in ths
public employ; that the dispensing
OF patronage should neither be a tas
upon thetime OF all our public men no
tne instrument of their ambition. Her,
again proiesIons-attest that the parf,
in power Can work out no practical o.
salutary reform. 'a' f'''
| heicrm is. necessary even more ia tb,
higher grades of the public service
Presftient;;- -Fic5-PTesident. Judges Sen,
ators, Representatives, Cabinet officers
these aud all others 10 authority are IN,
! peoples servants Their offices are no,
a private pe:quisite, they are a pubIi,
trust. When an annual of this Repub,
lie show The disgrace and censure of 8
| Vice:President, flata Speaker of the
/ House of Represcn, atiyes, marketing
his rulings as presiding officer, three
Senators pro6ting secretly by their votes
as law makers, five chairman of the
ling committees of the late House ol
Represent aiives exposed in jobbery, a
late Secretary of the Treasury forcing
balances in the public accounts; late
Attorney General misappropriatirg pub
lie funds, a Secretary of the Navy en-
riched or enriching friends BY percent
ages levied off the profits OF contractors
With his department, an ambassador to
England Cen ured for a dishonorable
speculation, the Presidents private sec.
retary barely escaping conviction upon
Trial for guilty completely IN frauds up.
ON the revenue, q Secretary of War i'm
peached for high crimes and confessed
misdemeanors, he demonstration is com
plete, that the first step in reform must
be the peoples choice of choice OF hon :
est men from another party, lest the
disease of one political organization in :.
toS; lilo 1ody polite, and lest hy making
no change of men or party we can get
NJ change of measures and no reform.
All these abuses, wrongs. and crimes
the product of sixteen years ascenden-
cy of the Repub ican party. create q
necessity for reform confessed by Re.
| publlcaus themselves, but their relorm~
ers are voted down IN convention and
displaced from the Cabinet. The party
mass OF honest voters are powerless TO
resist tie eighty thousand officeholders
its leaders, and guides. Reform CT n
only be had,by peaceful civic reyolus
ton. We demand a change of system.
a change of administration, chang of
parties, that.we..may baye change OF
measures and of men. ~
TIE NOMINATION.
Nominations for candidates for
President being in order, Col.
Williams nominated Hon. Thos.
Hendricks, of Indiana.
Mr.. Whitley, of Delaware,
nominated Mr.. Bayard.
Levin Abbott, eff New Jersey,
nominated Joel Harker,
Francis Herman, Of New York,
nominated Governor Tilden.
THE FIRST BALLOT.
Allen, Sc; Tilden, 403I; Par
ker, 18; Hancock, rs; Bayard, ,27
Hendricks, 1884.
THE SECOND BALLOT
Allen, 54; Tilden, ,467; Parker Is
Hancock, II; Hendricks, 1O8;
Thurman 2.
Before the result Of the ballot was
announced, Iowa changed 20 votes
for Tildeu; Illinois changed "a for
| TiIden, and 18 for Hendricks;
Missouri changed 20 for Til den,
and 10 for Hendricks, thus giving
TiIden 531 votes. Excess in favor
Of Tilden, 80 votes. "
! East DAYS PROCEEDINGS,
Sr. Louis, June 29.--The Con-
vention was called to order at lO:'
20 q. M, The interest was evil
dently greatly abated, and many
delegates left, leaving their alter
mates in their places.
The galleries contained but few
spectators.
Prayer was offered by Bishop
Robertson Of the Episcopal church
The Char announced several
telegrams which were read:
One from Sedalia, Mo-, say
ing: "Wo fred one hundred guns
for Tilden," and hope for Hend-
ricks for Vice P esident. Anoth.
err from the Mayor of Cincinnati
and others approving the ticket,
One from Jackson, Miss, pledg-
ing the State to the ticket. Une
from Mount Vernon, Illinois, say,
jng: "The nomination of Tlden
was received with great enthusi'
asm."
MANY others Of o similar char
acter we're read endorsing the
platform and candidate, which
elected great applause.
HENDRICKS NOMINATED.
Illinois nominated Hendricks
for vicesPrssidert. and he was un.
;roousl,, nhoean an tha 6ret hal.