New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-06-29

| VO NoUOuASO VIC pollCy WEiCU tuN6 uIc'
cards the liberty loving German and toler-
ates the revival of the coolie trade in Mon
| golian women imported for immoral pur-
poses, and MongoliAn men hired to perform
| servile labor contracts, and demand such
notifications of the treaty with the Chinese
Empire or such legislation By Congress
within Q constitutional limitation ae shall
prevent the further importation or immi-
grafton Of the Mongolian race. Reform ia
necessary. and car never be effected but by
making it tie controlling issue of the cleo
tio1s, and lifting It above the two false
issues with which Ito Office holding class
and the parry n power seek to smother il;
the false issues with which they would
enkindle sectarian strife in respect to the
public schools, of which the establishmert
and support belong exclusively tn the s.s
eral States, and which the DemOcrst
party has cherished from their toundsti,n n
and resolved to mainrsia without partially
or preference fer any Glass, sect or crrsd.
and without contributing frOm the treasury
to any; tho tase Issue by which they seek
to light anew the dying embers of sectional
hate between kindred peoples once On -
naturally eetranged, but now reunited in
one indivisible republic and a common des-
tiny.
Rarorm is necessary in the civil service.
Experience proves that Efficient, economical
conduct of the governmental business is
not poeeible, if its civil service be subjected
to change at every election, and be prize
offered at the ballot box as @ brief reward
of party zeal. instead of posts of honor
assigned for proved competency, and held
for fidelity in the public employ; that the
dispensing of patronage should neither be
tax upon tie time Of all our public men,
nor the instrument Of their ambition. Here
again, professions falsifed in the perform
ance, attest that the party in power can
work ont no practical OK ealutary reform.
Reform is necessary even more in the
higher grades of public service. The Presi-
dent, Vice President, judges, Senators,
Representatives, Cabinet officers - these
and all others in authority are the peoples
servants. Their Offices are not a private
perquisite; they are public trust. When
the annals of this republic-the disgrace
and censure Of Vice President; q late
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives
marketing his ruling as a presiding officer:
three Senators profting secretly by their
votes as law makere; five chairmen Of the
leading committees Of the late House OF
Representatives exposed in jobbery; late
Secretary Of the Treasury forcing ball
ancee in the public accounts; a late
Attorney General Misappr0priating public
funds; q Secretary Of the Navy enriched or
enriching friends by percentages levied OFT
the profits OF contractors with his depart.
ment; an ambassador to England censured
in u diehonorable speculation; the Preei-
dents private secretary barely escaping
conviction upon trial for guilty completely
in frauds upon the revenue; Secretary of
War impesched for high crimes and con-
fessed misdemeanors-the demonstration
is complete that the first step must be the
public choice of honest men from another
party, lest the disease of one political or
ganization infest the whole body polite,
and thereby, making no change Of men or
party, We can get no change of measures
and no reform.
All these abuses, wrongs and crimes, the
product of eixteen years of ascendency of
the Republican party, create necessity Of
reform confessed by the Republicans them
selves. But their reforMers are voted
down in conven lion and displaced from the
Cabinet. The parry's msss OF honest votes
is powerless TO resist the eighty thousanf
form can only be had by q peaceful civi3
revolution. We demand q cnsrge Of sys-
TEN, q change Of administration, chargn
of parties, that We may have a change
men. The reading was frequently ir.f'
rupted by applause.
The denunclauon Of the resumption q
and demand for its repeal, was receive
with special favor.
At the conclusion. DorsL elmer said the
committee had adopted and Endorsed
Though not as part of the PLATFORM .h
resolution which he had read, indOrsing II
action of the House of Representatives il.
cutting down appropriations. He exhOrtea
the convention to nrmness also regarding
the resolution as to the just claims of SCI
diere, sailors and widows and orphans.
MI. Ewing, Of Ohio. took the platform,
and said, at the request Of several members
Of tho committee, he presented the minority
report, recommending the striking out Of
the following clause in the majority report,
to VT:
..As such q hindrance We denounce the
clause of the act of 1875, and
We demand its repeal"
He proposed TO substitute therefor the
words:
.sThe law for the resumption of specie
payment on the first OF January. 1879, hav.
ing been enacted by the Republican party
without deliberation in Congress. and with
out discussion before the people, and being
both Intellectual to secure its object and
highly injurious to the business of the
G onntrv. should be forthwith repealed"
Mr.. Ewing moved, and Mr.. Eaton, of
Kansas, seconded, that the amendment
thus suggested be made Mr. Ewing pro-
ceeded to state his objections to the clause
only one clause of the resumption act-thst
one fixing the time for resumption, thus by
implication leaving all the rest to stand az
The construction given
to this will be that the Democratic party
wants resumption earlier than 1879. An
other objection is that the resolution as re-
ported potters with the question of which it
treats; it commits the party to a reduction
of greenbacks and the perpetuatiOn of the
national bank system, leaves the Secretary
of the Treasury, with power to issue gold,
awaiting the day of resumption; policy for
which the Western Democracy almost
oppose the resOlutiOn-a bill
for which the Democrats are not resporsi-
BILE, q measure which never received
Democratic vote
Here time was called, and much contu-
sion eneued in consequence of efforts to Sc
cure more time for Mr.. Ewing
The chair ruled that as objection was
made the time could not be extended.
Mr.. Dorsheimer appealed for the with
drawal of the objection, and it was with
drawn by unanimous consent.
Mr.. Ewing was authorized to proceed.
Another scene Of confusion ensued.
Mr.. McLane, of Maryland, renewed the
objections to hearing Mr.. Ewing further.
Finally. Mr.. Ewing thanked the conven-
ton for the kindly spirit manifesto toward
him, and said he would trouble them no
further. [Cries for Ewing "Ocder;"
Order"
Mr. Doreheimer said he proposed right
here to make straight issue between hard
and soft money. (Applause.l By that we
will stand or fall. II you want soft money,
give your votes to its most distinguished ad-
vocate. But if you want to give us any show
the platform as presented. (Applause.] This
is a compromise in which the East hse
yielded so much az to have already elected
q strong protest numerously signed bv the