The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-06-29

head To moro than eighteen doll ars pel
head; since the peace the people have
paid to their ttNagatherers more than
thrice the sum OF the National debt,
and more than thrice that sum for the
Federal Government alone.
We demand rigorous frugality in
every department. and from every oil,
Ger of the Government; reform Ia nec-
essary 20 put stop to the prOtllgatt
waste OF public lands aud their diver
sion nom actual setLlers BY the party
ia pOwerS which, Las squaadpred two
hundred -mhtious-of acres upon rail.
roads alone, and out OF more than
thrice that aggregate has disposed OF
less than u sixth directly to tillera of
the soil; reform Is necessary to correct
the omissions OF u Republican Congress
and the errors of our treaties and our
diplomacy, which have stripped our
lellow'citiLens of foreign birth and
kindred race on the Atlantic Oi
the shield ofAmerlcan citizenship, and
have exposed our brethren OF tina Pa.
ellie coast To the incursious OF
race not sprung from the same great
parent stock and In fact now bylaw
denied citizenship through naluraliga.
ton, az being neither accustomed to
tho traditions of ~ progressive civiliza-
tlon, nor exercises 10 under equal laws;
We denOuuee the policy which thus
discnrds the liberty,loving German
and tolerRtes the revival OF the coolie
trade Ia Monaghan women, imported
for Immoral purposes, aud Monaghan
men held to perform sercile labor con.
tracts, aud demand such modification
OF the treaty with the Chinese empire,
or such legislation by Congress- within
constitutional Limitation rs shNll pre-
vent the further importation or immi.
grafton OF the Mongolian race; reform
Is necessary and can never be effected
hut by making IL the controlling Issue
of the elections and lifting Il above
the two false issues with which the
oillce holding class aud The party ia
power seek 10 smother IT,
First--The false issue with which
they would enlSindle sectaran strife In
respect to the public schools, nl which
the establishment aud support belong
exclusively TO the several States, and
which the Democratic party hus cher.
ished from their foundation and is re-.
solved to maintain without partlality
or preference for auy claa4, sect or
creed, aud without contributing from
the treasury of the general govern
meut.
Socond-phe false issue nv which
they seek 70 light on6W~the dylhg en-.
beers of seolIoual hate, between kin
drod people once unnaturally estrayed
but now united IN one iuyisi bic repub.
lie and common destiny; reform is
necessary in the civil service; EXPERT
ence proves that efficient, economical
conduct Of the governmental business
IL not possible if the ciVll service be
subject To change ut every election,
bo n prize fought Tor at the ballot box,
he II brief reward of party zeal, .. /, in.
stead at posts Cf honor assigned for
proved competency aud held iur tldcl.
ity IN the public employ, iiint the dis.
penslng of patronage should neither
he tax upon the time of all our pub.
lie men, nor the instrument of thcir
here again plpiudices, ialsi-
hed IN th0lr performance, attest that
the party In power can work out 40
practical reform; reform Il necessary
even now IN the higher grades OF pub
lie service President judges, Senn.
tors, Representatives, Cabinet officers,
these and all Others IN authority are
the peoples serving their offices are
not u private pcrqnlSite, they are
public trust when, the annals
Of this republic show the
Disgrace and 0ensuro of a
Vice-Prcsident, II late Speaker OF the
House of Representatives, marketing
his rulings as 4 pEesiding officer, three
senators protiting secretly Uy saeiL
heir votes AS Lawmakers, five chair
men of the leading committees of tho
late House Of Representatives. eX-
posed in jObbcry, late Secretary of
The Treasury forcing balances ON the
I'ublic accounts, Il late AttOrney-Gen-
tral misappropriating public funds,
a Secretary of the Navy enriched ny
Anriching friends by percentage, of
he profits OF contractors, with his de-
larlment, AT ambassador to England,
ensured In n dishonOrable speculation,
he Presidents private secretary, bare,
y escaping conviction upon trial, for
guilty completely in frauds upon che
'evenue, u Secretary OF the Wa im-
peached for high crimes, and confess
I'll misdeameanors,t the demand II com
plete, that the first step in reform must
bo the peoples choice OF honest men
from another party, less, the disease OF
political organization infest the body
polite, and less by making no change
Of men or party, we get no change Of
aud no real form; all these
abuses, wrongs, crimes, are products Of
sixteen years ascendency OF the Re
publican party, creAtes n necessity for
reform confessed by Republicans them
selves, but their Ieformers are voted
Town in convention and displaced
rom the cabinet; the party's nlass of
honest are voters powerless to resist
,he eighty thousand office holders, It's
eaders and guides, reform can only be
lad by peaceful civic revolution; we
lemand n change OF system, u change
II administration, change OF parties,
hat we may have O change OF meas
lres and of men.
The reading was frequently inter
'upted by applause. The denunciation
If the resumI ton act and demand for
ts repeal was received with especial
favor. At the conclusion Mr.. DORIS
leimer said the committee had ADOPT
ed and endorsed, though not as part OF
The platform, resolutions, which he
read, endorsing the action of the
House OF Representatives in cutting
down appropriations, and exhorting
them to frmness; also resolutions M
10 justice to soldiers and sailors Wild
oYs and orphans,
Mr.. Ewing, Of Ohio, took tho plat
form at the request OF several mem
bers of the committee and presented
the minority report recommending
the striking out of the following
clause OF the majority report, to-wlt;
"As such n hindnncs we denounce
the resumption clause of tha rat OF