The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-23

posi'iohs ny The use of patronage
,hat they cannot rely on such means uuder
Dis administration. The very announce
ment OF such principles and purposes Inv
me candidate OF great party tends to the
sieVation OF our politics. Already It's ben
encent ELECTS have been seen and felt in the
character of men who are being nominated
for congress and other high official sta.
lions. This lie especially true in Governor
Hayes own state, where he Is known to be
a man OF his word, who promises nothing
that he does not perform, and utters no
opinions in which he does not earnestly be-
lleve. The nomination of such men az
Gen. Jacob ID. Cox, Stanley Matthews, and
Judge Force is sufficient guaranty that
the republicans Of Ohio earnestly support
GOV. Hayes views on this important sub
lect, and have already begun the work OF
reform.
TR's IS no new departure with Governor
hayes. ~ is CONSTANT with his whole
public oa.cer. 1t is in harmony with his
practices during his two former terms as
governor of his state, and with his public
utterances cefore his name was mentioned
in connection with the nomination for the
presidency. Under the practices and in
1luence OF his administration of the general
government We may confidently expect re-
form in national, state and municipal gov
ernments. 1t will be easy enough to re.
form the civil service when the executive
is relieved from the embarrassment of the
demands for appointments and removals
made upon him by members Of congress,
and is thus left free to exercise his oath of
Office. The house of representatives lie
charged by the constitution with powers
and duties which are wholly in.
consistent with the idea Of its
members having any share of the RESPONSE
blity for appointments and removals. The
practice of allowing members of the house
to control appointments or removals, is an
unwarrantable interference with the duties
and responsibility of the executive and is a
hindrance to the proper performance of the
constitutional functions of the house. The
constitution provide, that certain appoint
ments must be made by the president by
and with the advice and consent of the
senate-but the nomination is to be made
in the first instance by the president, and
the sole duty of the senate is to give or
withhold its advice and consent to the ap-
pointment. If the senate as body can
not originate nomination, much lees does
the constitution contemplate that
single senator or any num-
Der of senators may control the action
or VIII OF the president In making a nomina-
ton. The duty Of advising and conserving TO
nominations is imposed upon the senate as q
body. and under the constitution the president
and the country are entitled to have the judy
incnt OF the senate upon each nomination sub
mtted TO 1t. II is said that the practice OF the
senate has long been to give or withhold its ad.
Vice ana consent TO Nominations for certain
offices accordingly as the senator OF the domi-
nant party from the state in which the nomi-
nee resides, may favor or disapp, owe the
appolment. This is in effect transferring the
appel Iting power from The president and
senate to single senator, or rather 1t is a sur
render of the power and duty OF the senate To
a member OF that body and gives to a single
senator arbitrary power to reject good noml-
nation Tor reasons entirely personal ana In no
way affecting the fitness OF the nominee for the
office. 1t may be said that this abuse OF power,
for &c is certainly nothing less, is one
which cannot be reformed by the preside mt.
This Is narrow view OF the subject A
president of earnest convictions and innexible
pun pose, backed and supported by the people,
can correct any abuse, even though 1t be prac-
ticed In the secret session of the senate. Sena.
tors derive their offices and the powers Incl
dent thereto from the people, and when they
become thoroughly III earnest, no department
OF the government is beyond their power or re.
form. 1t is not to be doubted that a clear
and decided expression OF the will OF the
people on this subject would be respected and
obtyed by the senate. The republican party
through Its declaration Of principles and the
letter of It's candidate, stands pledged before
the country to the reform and elevation
Of the civil service. Let the work be
Thorough. radical and complete" No great
reform was ever accomplished by hair
hearted measures, or achieved by men who did
not enter upon the work with spirit and en-.
ergy. IN such movements the advantage is al.
ways with the party which under Intelligent
leadership assumes the aggressive and presses
| forward with determination to win the fight.
In this conflict we battle for what we know to
be right; and have enlisted under true and
noble leader who Is accustomed to victory. We
nave tne cooperation and support of men who
nave long taken interest In public affairs and
who have seen and deplored the growth OF the
system which we seek to destroy. Our ranks
are crowded with young men who see the me-
cessity for reform and are frmly resolved to
protect ana perpetuaJe the blessings OF civil
liberty and good government. The cause we
have espoused Affects not only the present but
future generations. A system which tends TO
abuse OF constitutional power and to official in
capacity and the corrupt use OF patronage-if
permitted TO continue for great length OF
time leads to the decay OF government This is
overthrowing the system itself.
Inc democratic party attempting to take
advantage OF the temper OF the people has un-
furled Il banner bespanged All over with the
word reform. But earnest and sincere reform
ers VIII not be deceived into the belief that
that party has either purpose or ability TO car
ry forward substantial reform. They do not
forget mat the very system and practices
which we seek to abolish were introduced by
the democratic party more than forty years
ago and were continued so long as that party
retained power. The democratic party could
no more be trusted to reform the civil service
than lank and hungry wolf TO gut I'd sheep
iold, There Is something grotesquely absurd
In the appearance OF the democratic party with
reform banner ahd under the leadership Of
one who was graduated In tine political school
or Tammany hall The traditions and prac-
tces OF that party FORBID belief In the sincerity
OF It's new pretentions IL favor of reform
What IL now wants is 10 "reform" the repub-
llcan party out OF power, and itself in. The
democratic cry for reform would be silenced by
It's party. leader, the moment 1t came into
power. Not SO with the republican party. II
IL Is yet In power, and does not propose to
spare 1t own followers or adherenrs in Carrying
out It's promise. 1t has chosen for its heaos,
men VINO are fully committed to thorough and
radical reform, and whose lives and public ca
reer give unqualified assurance that they Will
faithfully fulfill what they and their party
have promised the country shall be done. The
republican party has achieved great results
II has wiped out the blot OF savery-and made
us restoration forever improbable. II has laid
broader and deeper the foundations upon
which the fathers builded this great republic.
il has given vitality and practical operation to
the grand declaration that all men are created
scorpion which had been standing menace to
the peace OF the country and the integrity OF
the union since the adoption OF the Kentucky
ena Virginia resolutions OF lI9s %. 1t has Sc
many things wisely and well, and as a party
organization II has not absolutely failed or the
achievement .,Sl1 OF anything undertaken by 1t. 1t
dom, and has shown itself courageous In strik-
Ing down oppression and wrong, and In setting
up liberty and right IN their place. 1t is party
OF Ideas and convictions, and has ever been
ready and willing 10 learn wisdom by expert
ence. IL now attacks vicious system OF civil
service and has chosen for Its leader man
conspicuous In his own state for hts well ma
tured views In favor OF the purincation and
elevation OF that service. such party may
safely be trusted TO carry out all neediul re-
forms. The only hope for present reform
Thorough, radical and complete" is in the sue.
cess OF the republican party.
OTHER ADDRESSES.
Atthe conclusion of Mr.. Bristow's speech
addresses were made by Judge Poland,
Hon. Levi Underwood, and Hon. George
q. Benham-but the lateness of the hour
at which our report closes forbids further
mention of them.
Political Notes.
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