Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-07-12

EXECUTIVE ADVISERS.
II 10 . generally accepted principle
that ell Governments. Of whatever form,
should have facilities that would keep MP
With the requirements OF the country
governed. Forms and modes, at one
tine amply Sufficient. TALL short in The
course Of time OF giving satisfaction, or
even common justice. ana should be 70.
modelled and reorganixsi. Tbs Presi.
dents Cabinet 10 to-day one OF those in
stitutions that requires revision and .x-
tension in proportion to the increased
demands upon II rendered consequent
BY the growth OF the country and the
corresponding magnitude OF the inter.
ssts committed to its care. Eigbty.ssven
years have elapsed since the Federal
Constitution was formally ratified and
adopted. At the inception OF our Gov.
eminent au embryo cabinet was formed,
consisting Of Secretary Of State. Sec
Rotary Of the Treasury and q Secretary
Of War. The Offices Of Postmaster Gen.
eral and Attorney General were created
and oiled at the same time. but were
held subordinate to the three former
ones. Through successive administra-
tons the Sscrstaryships were equalised
and arranged till we And the Presidents
for tho last forty years with . cabinet
composed Of seven members, each with
vast and varied aggregate Of interests and
public business to attend to. The rapid
strides made by the county in the last
three decades are matters OF universal
knowledge. The multiplication Of public
business and the importance Of the same
has kept IN equal pace and the Gov
ornamental requirements Of the present
day are - far in advance OF thirty
or forty years ago, as the country itself
10 in advance Of ito condition ct the com.
mencsmsnt Of the same period. From
this follows the necessity Of enlsrging
the Cabinet and increasing its usefulness
and ito power. Upont this head the Con.
stitution 10 silent, aud In legislation lies
the only remedy. The Cabinet Is 1t
stands, 10 entirely insufficient to minister
to the great wants Of the country; wants
that make themselves felt every day.
that can not b reached BY direct leeis.
lation, aud yet must be attended to
promptly and deeisively, We have. for
instance, = Secretary Of the Interior, an
oficsr who gets the muni6cent sum OF
5000 year, and who 10 expected by
virtue Of his position. to be pure Of heart.
clean Of hand and thorough business
man. In bis Department are huddled
together eight or ten different Bureaus.
which BY their individual magnitude are
entitled to have separate places assigned
them. The Bureau OF Education, the
importance of which can hardly be over.
estimated. occupies . subordinate cor.
ner. So with the Department Of Agri.
CubNses W0Aoo WIN Atb cAOIWouu Am-
portanoe and results, IL laid ON an alfeady
overloaded position. Then We find the
Land Ofiios. the Patent Office. the De-
partment Of Mines-wsll worth separate
recognition requiring more attention
than can be given them. Aud lastly the
Department OF Indian Affairs. As mat.
ters stand at present, this above all
others. demands prime aud separate
recognition. It involves questions Of
honor. philanthrophy. finance. fraud, and
--as 10 the existing circumstances-the
lives Of the country's bravest. Yet 1t IL
slowed away like musty rec ords in su.
coordinate Office Of the Interior Depart.
ment. Justice, true economy and due
regard for the nations welfare, requires
that the present crampsd and concsn-
trat+d style Of attending to the nations
business should be made give way to
what the spirit Of the times needs.
Economy 10 good thing 10 its place.
but in the instance We have cited, suicid.
al. unjust and destructive to national
life