The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-03-08

lzlng element in its own ranks, get
rid OF every jobber who seeks to -.
the party for personal ends, and sbov
its sincerity in the work of Nation,,
$ reform in the same way that Cover
]. nor Tilden, Of New York, made IL.
) democratic party of that State tina
e reform party. We want the cut.nn.-
j ses of the nation dealt with as he h.
dealt with those of New York CITY
e and State-crushed out like Tw.a,,
: and his nefarious crew and the onc.
= powerful Canal Ring.
Tie appointment Of Honorable II
5 c. jewell to the position Of Chief 81
e the Bureau of Engraving and Print.
3 ing, vacated by the resignation Of
7 Mr.. McCartee, gives general satist.c.
: ton. 1t must not be though, how.
ever, that McCartee's retirement from
: the public service is not regretted
) alike by the twelve or fourteen hun.
dred ladies and gentlemen who served
under him, by Congressman, and by
the citizens of Washington. Mr.
McCartee attended to the business
of the government as faithfully Is Il
it were his own business, and, Il.
though he was republican, / pre-.
sumo, or he could not have got tho
important position he held, and 70.
tanned it SO long, he absolutely r..
fused, on all occasions, to consider
the politics Of any applicant for en-
ployment. Spinner used to get I
great deal Of praise for the efficient
discharge of his duties as Treasurer.
but the responsibility of that office
is not near as large as that Of the
Superintendent of the Bureau Of En-.
craving and Printing. The strongest
thing, perhaps, that can be said Of
Mr.. Jewell, who has been for some
years the principal assistant Of Mr..
McCartee, is that he was recommen.
ded by the latter as the man every
way most competent to succeed him
i'm short, that he knows how to run
the bureau now, without having to
learn the business.
Mr.. S. S. Cox, of New York, was .
success in the Speakers chair, as all
his friends capable of appreciatiBg
him knew he would be. 1t lie some
what of a misfortune, unhappily, in
the United States, for a Statesman 10
be also a man of letters, a scholar, or
a wit. Because Proctor Knott, Of
Kentucky, made one Of the most hui
morous speeches, which, by the BY.
had the good fortune to hear, th.t
was ever made in deliberatiye body,
several lunkhea'ls Of both parties
thought it impossible that he could
be q tit man to preside over the Coin-
mittee on Judiciary. The countyy
knows, however, that Mr.. Knott il a.
men of gooi legal nln,l anil superior
pr fessjenal attachments. OR friend
Kelly, Of Pennsylvania, is a superb
eloeutio:.ist, and the Hisem.res con.
tend that, therefore, that il all there
is Of him. They are sadly mistaken.
Cox is rot mere politician, as most
Of his critics are. He is a states man.
y good, substantial and belles-l es.ses
scholar, = first claas ;onrnali,t and
writer, aud j hard snd {
steady reader Of more solid Literature
than usually finds its way into tho
daily journals. His knowledge az
the parliamentary low of Great Brit.
ain aud thc United States is equal, il
rot superior, to that Of any. min in
The country. If Mr. Kcrr's health
shonld necessitate a change in tho
speakership, there is no man in the
country who would fill the chair so
satisfactorily to the House, and cred
tably to the country, than s. $. Cox.
B.
REPRESENTATIVE MEE.-In the list
IT Grants proposed new Cabinet ]