The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-04-26
Corespondence of the SOMERSET PRFss.

Correspondence OF tue OOMEhSEI kESS.
WASHINGTON D. c. April, 23d 1877
Three things the Administration is in
tent upon. /. To conciliate the South.
and settle forever the Southern Difficulty.
2. To restore specie payments. 3. To
reform the Civil Service. With regard to
the first President Hayes land bis Cabi-
net are with him) is fully determined to
see peaceful and kindly feeling existing
between the North and the South during
his Administration. He wants and means
to spread his hands out over the country
and say, "Behold how good and how pleas
ant thing it is for brethren to dwell to-
this end will be presented at the Extra
Session of Congress in Jure next and al
though the EXTREMES of both parties not
willapprove them, the President will un-
doubtedly find adecided and over whelming
majority with him in favor of peaceful
settlement with the South.
As to the restoration of specie payment,
cannot better express the ideas of those
who favor it and are working for it than
by using the words of one Of the leading
New York Papers: at is known that a
very large majority, both in the Senate
and House, are in favor of something to
bring about a restoration Of specie pay
ments. The President is known to favor
silver resumption, and the votes even in
the last Democratic House show decided
majority for some such measure. The
two Houses have been closely canvassed =,
and IL ia found that the silver resumption
ists are largely in excess Of the gold inter-
eat. .. Should however, the two
Houses fail to agree upon any scheme to
resume, the President can afford to wait.
The Sherman law passed in January 1875,
gives large powers to the Secretary of the
Treasury, and as last resort, he can re-
sumo in 1879 in spite of Congress provided
the law is not interfered with. The opposi-
tion to the Administration will certainly
never be strong enough to overcome the
veto of the President, is case so unlikely a
thing should occur as an attempted repeal
OF Sherman's compromise Of 1875.
The civil service reform would seem to
be already begun, yesterday no less than
three hundred employees were discharged
from one Bureau in the Treasury Depart.
ment and still there is more tofollow? The
President and his Cabinet are determined
to employ no more force than is absolutely
necessary to the performance of Govern.
ment business, and those only who are in
efficient are to be removed except in such
Bureaus as are over-crowded with employ
es. In those cases, as far as it is possible
those will be discharged who have othel
provision for their maintenance or whc
belong TO families, other members o
which have Government employment
This, of course, cannot be carried out il
all cases and there will doubtless be 1
great amount Of inevitable suffering in ma
ny families whose sole means Of supper
was cut off by the discharge of one of it
members from a government clerkship
Twenty lady clerks were discharged from
the Revenue office on Saturday and mucl
dissatisfaction is felt by their friends. In
deed it il impossible but there must be
seeming injustice done in this reform, TO
the abuses date too far back to be report
ed, and each party now dealt with cal
turn round and cite worse cases even nov
tolerated. For instance, one lady who wa
discharged Saturday, not because she wa
incompetent, but because she had siste