, 1877-07-01
Will Now Come to the Front and Re
organize the Party.
A Day OF Humiliation for the
Custon1-House DlctatorS.
sn.-4., f,nrre.Do,,denee af The 1sto1ns-

dples and sustaining thai party tnaa any QUO
else-Prestdent Hayes, the success OF whose Ad-
mintstration hangs upon the maintenance OF tue
Republican party iu' all its strength and purity
But the President, seeking to "retoFm
tho party from wtthin,' has issued
an order prohibiting Federal officers
assuming to control the Republican party. Inc
same order declares that Federal officers do not
hold their positions contingent upon their pay
fpg q certain portion Of their salary annually
for political purposes-to grease the wheels Oh
81 the rnachlne.'' This is revolution. Never be-
fdre has President dared to trample unaer
foot the.s. customs and ussecs u OF the party
handed down through many Administrations
from their Democratic. predecessors. such
deliberate case Of political hari-kan was never
known, according to the sages o1 the Custonf-
House and the Post-Oniee, and hereafter the
country becomes the personal property Of the
Democratic party. Thus saith the political
otfcchoider and his hackers in their several
wards, who dream Of future ofice-hold1ng, aud
have tied themselves to the wheels of the
machine I" In the hope that their ambition would
eventually be gratitled. But the non ONCE
holding portion Of the community see In the rt~
cent order Of the President.
ENAxc1fAuoS FROM FEDERAL n1cTA71oN
as regards both national and local politics. No
community in the Northern States has been So
cursed with this dictation as has this Federal
officeholders haye assumed TINT they were, par
ereeL1.oer the Republican party, and that oro1-
mary citizens had nothing to do but TO Fote as
they directed. Other cities have bad similar
erperience, to a certain extent, but nowhere
else arc the Federal officers numerous enough
to carry out their programmes But here the
Thousands Of men employed In the Custom,
House, the Post0fice, the Internal Revenue
pervicc, the Marshal's Office, and the United
States Courts, constitute an army OF most re-
spectahlc size. Every man in Government em~
piov has heretofore been mere creature OF Ills
supe.iors in Office. Eycrt one owed his
appointment to. the fact that he con-
troiled, or was supposed TO cor
troll: a certain number Of votes. The Collector
and the Postmaster we're appointed because OF
the political influence they can wield, and, IN
selecting their subordinates, they required that
thcy, too, should control ToteaI be able 10 fna-
uipulate primaries, and do good sc1Eife III soi:,
yeptIons. No caucus or primary was held
without the undcsstrappers o1 the Government
being on hand to assist in carrying ont pro-
grau,c previously agreed upon between the
nnarty lealcrs who we're responsible for the
nruy3ef running OF ''thc machine" Ihe tol-
fector, the Postmaster, and the surveyor eaFc
their orders to their subordinates TINT IN such
a ward such men must TIC chosen as ueiesa1es
ia conventions, such one nominated for Co''s
Cress, this one for the Assembly, aud
fhat one ior Alderman; for the machine
managers, having large numbers Of
hanecrs-on 10 provide for, paid more or less at.
tenrion to city politics. in order that they might
he in a position to trsule. Unofficial citizens
haye bean kept away from the primary meetings
because they found them in possession OF the
Ring managers, who had the strength to out
vote them every ::ytens,r t{mf Politics"
hare become q stencil i'll the nostr1ls OF our
people, and last year the Democrats made Il
.rood deal Of capital By applying this term rs
one OF repFoach to the Repuellcan canataates
and party managers Senator Conkilng lla:
long been recognized rs the head alfd front OF
this offending. He was Responsible Tor Tue
engineer, fireman, and conductor of "the ma
chinc-'' and they were responsible to nlni
that the train-men they employed we're loyal
to him first, and to the party afterwards;
Not even common laborcr, e.np.oYed
unGer the wcigbers on the docks, coulo re-
aday+s work unless he was sounn as rS"a1ueu
the Senator and the party, while wclghcrs were
selected for these positions because Of the
faculty they showed in controIiihe Inc Votes - OF
the Ignorant Irish 1aborers- Hence We had Re
publican Timmy O'Brien Association" " and
1Mickey: O'shea' target conpanies,-the in
aiyiduals who lent their names to these organ
cations holding good places iu the Federal
service, contributing literally to the support Of
such associations, and voting thctr members
straight on election-day. These we're the gangs
that turned out in force, under orders, to the
massmeetIngs, and did the shouting and the
parading when shouting and paradlng were
dccmed desirable. Thcn when the campaign
got red ho1 these .,,~sca were tue men l,,'.
tribute literally of their pay for election ex-
penses But they did not complain much
Of these assessments, for Uncle Sam was q
liberal paymaster. consldcratc employer, and
a. v$S11ivn f11nft rfarlr trn
closely or require too much Of them; in fact, he
was considerably obliTious OF the TACT that
they ..------.
Had THEIR FREQUENT sPREEs
and consequent absences, and permitted their
pay to 70 on all the same. Federal Office
holders we're our principal stump speakers, and
have been wont to travel the country over In ex-
citing political times, elcctfoneering for - tue
party" to the entire neglect of their alleged
Port, Is to-day the Chairman Of the State Com
mittec, while nearly one-half Of the members OF
that Committee are Federal officers. Ward
organizations are Kept alive By ofhccholding
Pssn' he1 10 s4s ept1 poans fhsl ocf1 u '4B eBs
must retire from the State Com
.1nittee or from the Surveyors Office AS the
Office pays aud the Committee does not, there
Then there must follow other designations from
the Committee- and . general reorganization Of
thst body ensue. Collector Arthur must nc
longer interest himself in running conventions,
and Naval Officer Gen. Sharpe must abandon
wrepulilng and the STUMP At the sa%s .s1l,ne, tine
butcher be heard at ratidcation-tneetings, OF
bis rotund 'pod," as Judge Hilton calls an
abdominal protube1ance, te exhibited IN 20.
litical conventions; Postmaster, James must
abstain from log-rolling hereafter, and .,fe see
that none Of his clerks or carriers tndulggc
In the luxury Of addressing their ward eau
cuses. All Federal interference In the poll.
tics Of the country Is TO be stopped at
once, and the great Republican party per.
United to run itself or expire Tor want t
the better class Of citizens, who have been sys-
tcmstically bulldozed by "the Custom House
Ring for years, till they have ceased to take
interest In politics-or, at least, ceased hoping
to have any influence in the preliminary eau.
Gus and primary, so essentially necessary to
securing good Officers. The effect Of this pro
hititory order upon the party will
PROBABLY BE INJURIOUS At FIRST, -
for Il must be admitted that the oficcholdcrs
have been Jealous workers and liberal contrib
utose in behalf Of the party. twill take soma