The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-08-03
P0LgTICAL SHOTS.

P0LaT1CAL SHOTS.
One of the lost arts-the. indict-
ment of whiskey thieves,
Hayes talks glibly about civil SER
vice reform. So did Grant,
aLot no guilty man escape" Cali
THE roll, Henderson, Bristow, Custer,
Yaryan, Dyer All good sound Re
pubiicans. Not a rebclamong them
Noxt,-S Louis Republican.
1t is not true that all clergymen
who oppose Tildon are thieves; but
| it is true they are acting in harmony
with thieves, who all hate and fear
Tilden.
Four years ago the " Y. Tribune
called Hendricks "a man of marked
ability and integrity" 1t is differ
Ient now Things have changed
since Hannah died"
The Republicans profess an ardent
desire to reform. What are they do
| ing to accomplish it2 Removing all
of Bristow's friends from office and
pardoning the scoundrcls that they
succeeded in convicting.
Let US pray heaven that Grant
may be brought to his senses before
he sends the pure and useful Chand-
Ter to follow Bristow, or Nights the
happy young life of Cameron the
second by hurting him after Jewell
Chicago Times (lad.(
The Republicans persist in repre-
scnting Gov Hendricks as an intla-
ZIONIST, but they don't protlncea par
ticlc Of proof, Let them bring for
ward any declaration or net OF his
favoring imitation, and then it viii
be time to answer them.
Benedict Arnold used Just such
scandalous language towards the Pa
triots of the Revolution after his de-
sertion and treason as Senator Nor
ton does in regard to the Democracy.
Everything was all right in both
cases until their desertion.
Business is Observation-Disclosures
are silent,-NIcn are out of employ
ment,-after eleven years of Republi,
can rule since the close of the war
There is no hope of Il return to form
or prosperity withoutrcform. There
is no hope of a reform without u
change Of Administration.
The New York Herald says Goner-
al Gordon's revenue bill is civil ser.
vice reform in u nutshell. 1t does
not contemplate the complicated and
cumbersome machinery which was
part Of General Grants attempt, but
it provides against the use of the pat.
ronagc Of the Government as Il 70.
ward for partisan services, andmakcs
integrity and worth the important
qualifications of oilice.holdcrs and Of
iice-soekers, In the past the civil
service rcformers approached the
question Of reform as it was some
thing very like an offence to hold
office. No such ideas enter intoG Gen.
eral Gordon's bill, but its purpose
rather is to make both ofiicc-holders
and ollice-holding worthy OF respect
The measure is one which ought to
pass, and no filter tribute to the sin.
certify Of the professions of both par.
ties on this subject can be afforded
than for q Republican Senate and
Democratic House to adopt this mea'
sure without delay,
The oGice,holders, headed by Zack
Chandler Conkling, Cameron, Nor
ton and others, nominated Hayes At
ter indorsing Grants administration
in enthusiastic terms, and Hayes ac'
cepts, fully concuning in the indorso'
ment of Grant, Hayes stands on
Grants platform.
Grant has had "a Cabinet minis
ters, exclusive of BabCock, 2 socrcta'
rios of State, 8 secretaries Of the treas
ury, 1 secretaries of war, 9 secretaries
of the navy, 3 secretaries of the in
terror, 3 postmastors general, % attor'
ncys general, a hill containing
greater number of small potatoes
would be hard to find in any patch