Connecticut western news., 1876-08-18
THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN.
The Letters of Acceptance of Governors
 Tllden md Hendrlcka.

The letter of Governor Tiden, accepting the nomination for the Presidency, and of Gov 1 ernor Hendricks, accepting the nomination for the Vlce-PI Presidency, tendered by the Demo- | cratic National Convention, have been given to | the public. Governor Hlden e&p aims that uu- | avoldable engagements prevented h.s acknowl- { edglLg g at an earlier day the honor conferred | upon nim. He ten proceeds to argue that the | present depression ill business arises from | governmental consumption, tha5 there has | been waste of capital since 1865 (which can | only end in universal disaster" In eleven years Federal and local taxation has amounted | to seven thousand five hundred millions Of | dollars, the evil effects of which have been aggravated by most unscientific and ill ad- Justed methods of taxation" He thinks a | check should be put upon the tendency of Congress to extravagance by an amendment to the Constitution sep arating into distinct bills | the appropriations for the various departments | ot the public serv.ce and excluding all topics | Of independent legislation. Such an amend ment would remove the duress which often | compels President to |" assent to objectiona- | ole appropriations rather than stop the wheels | of the government
 | After presenting the necessity for reform in | public expense the governor takes up the | question of the South. He shows that much | Of our business distress is to be found in the "systematic andinsupportable misgovernment" imposed upon the States of the South. He shows the effects of ignorant and dishonest administration in the issues of fraudulent bonds, and taxes which amount to confisca- ton. He believes in reform that will be reconciliation. He says that, if elected, he
 will use his powers to protect all citizens, whatever thelr former condition, in every
 political and personal right"
 On the currency question Gov. Tilden and Gov. Hendricks are in accord. Gov Tilden points out the blunders i'll our whole financial legislation since the close of the war. First, | the governor would repeal the resumption act
 because 1t means nothing. Then he would aou va h Ap I--. l ders, and when we had that central reservoir of coin" he would resume. He indicates no ! time when this resumption will take place, although he thinks the sooner the better. He
 has no faith in statutes fixing c, rtain days for resumption, because they are not respected. This whole business, he proceeds to say, " be- longs to the domain of practical administrative statesmanship. The captain of & steamer
 about starting from New ork to Liverpool does not assemble 8 council over his ocean chart and fix an angle by which to lash the rudder for the whole voyage. A human intel igence must be at tie helm to discern the shifting forces of the waters and the winds" On the question of civil service reform the two letters are in accord. MT. Hendricks would Keep In office ''some men of tried integrity and proved ability" He would allow no man in office who had used money for election pur- poses. MT. TIlden thinks civil servlce would come from elevating the standards of appoint ment, then by " conscientious fidelity" ill re- moving incapable subordinates, then by abol- ishing unnecessary offices. When this is done there might be '' 8 patient, careful organiza- tlon of & better civil service system" Gov. Hidden says, ill substance he will appoint the pest men he can find, remove "incspable people, and then in time go about the organi- zatlon of 8 better civil service.
 Governor Tllden accepts the idea of one term as principle by suggesting the passage of an amendment to the Constitution limiting the Presidency to single incumbency, and by admitting that the eligibility of President to reelection has been fatal to all civil service re- form.
 Referring to the St. Louis platform, Gov Tilden says: The convention, berore making it's nomins:ions, adopted 8 declaration of prin- clples, which, as whole. seems to me wise exposition of the necessities of our country, and or the reforms needed to bring back the government to it's true functions, to restore purity Of administration and to renew the prosperity of the people,
 In concluding hls letter he says: Educated in the belief that it is the first duty of citi- zen of the republic to take his fair allotment Of care and trouble in public affairs, have, for forty years, private citizen, fulfilled that duty. Though occupied in an unusual de- gree during all that period with the concerns of government, l have never acquired the habit of official life. When, year and half ago, entered upon my present trust, it was m order to consummate reforms to which Ihad already devoted several of the best years of my life. Knowing as I do, therefore, from fresh experIence how great tue difference is between gliding through an official routine and working out reform of systems and poli- cies, it IS impossible for me to contemplate what reeds to be done in the federal admin istration without an anxious sense of the diff cuties of the undertaking. If summoned by the suffrages of my countrymen to attempt this work, shall endeavor, with Gods help, to be the efficient instrument of their will.
 Gov. Hendricks concludes his letter by say ing that he is IT entire accord with the plat form Of the convention by which he was nomi- mated ss 8 candidate for the office of Vice. President of the United States He adds Permit me, i'll conclusion, to express my satis- faction at being associated with candidate for the Presidency who is first among his equals as 8 representative of the spirit and of the achievements of reform. If he shall be chosen by the people to the hign office of fresldent of the United States, believe that the day of his inauguration will be the begin nlng of new era of peace, purity and pros- perIty in all departments of our government.