, 1877-09-03
'cw England, Which arc pcrtIncnt 10 present
ju1ftk.s nnt1 utyf11r njTutrs

The President. spcaklng oftIc Ohio campnle
said TINT tho Rcrubljtans hare fnn3c the mis-
take OF trying to cover tto much Crount1 with
their platform. They spread thcmtclvcs out
tho th(r' and do not make any point nitl, suf-
t|ctcnt nfafnncke and forrc for an effective can-
vass: fhc President thinks that tic popular
mind rarely rczcs upon more ttlnn ore Issue ut
once. lhrFe may bc one Or TIVE HuhRlhFaFy
fslIta ltit tn nnkc d successful rAmpaiQn hIa
dominant feature must hc brought fntb trsfn-
tnefsc afnl kept constantly t'cft'rc the nc0pfe In
st'I'nn "Tatory anil f'cw'nancr fltc't.sion; Evi.
en'srtc fDr the Ohio Republicans was 10 nut
Themselves In accnrh with tho pacla'atInn
noflry nf The As1ninlst ratfoll, and n make IN
aVgretsfTc fight on tint l1nc. As!nntng as
between all !acttinna Of tho country md
o'.r'lfencc Tn All paris Of the Constitutions they
might hare rlacc.i the Democrats In the attl-
t!ilr Of trreconcIlah1cs. frckfn- to psrpctnate
:efla''alls'n .s'!, l,y encouraging tho South TO
stand together, and ny antagunizinE MI Admin
ttrat!on which Is cntleaynrInp to bring Admit
M era 0f pcaCc attd RnttI feeling. ha the cam
taiKn Is M'w being u,fdnctcl In Oift'. tho ptcsf
tcnt tts nnt think thai tt'e result can be taken
h;y the country ~ IN .cxl'rc.aton Of tn!nio' On
lbs cursc ~ Occ. I,ott, platforms l.,slortc The
central bailey nf tlir Administration. 1t can-
not, therefore,, be held that tho Administration
!. cfntatn.nc,l II The statn gocs Democratic, or
l. cst'cr!ally approvei II It Eocs Rcpuhtnan.
Ihe approval IL Given in atlsanrc VI the election
y tic two platforms: AS Republican, Mr.
Ilaye' would. Ut course, he giatl to iIavc hin
I.lrty sllcreet1, hui iic; ia not EonG to wnrrY
asHnlt i. atr! be dtrs not hcIcvc that the ssu:.
tess of the p,lEcy he Is pnss,Itng Ia dependent
upon The result pf tue election.
IN ftcEar.l II the approaching meeting of Con-
ercts !he President says that he ,tucs mot ngrec
with t!lt'sc slo anticipate violent partisan a,-
ii Speaker hY the House, he will not he sur.
psiscsI II there should mot pceur single strict
l,arty vote ot' All Important measure during
the The, whole session.: The ancftIons
tIls:r rrinonct,zasson, tariff, banking, ruIl.
roads, tntesnul improvements. fnrcsvn rt,fn-
1n"rcc, ctc.s and upon no one ot ts,em Is either
party aErcet'. Thu President expects that the
Democrat: will elect the Sneaker. Party disci.
pline Will keep tte.n together for that p1rpo.c;
hut Wien the work ol legislation Is hcvlif, thu
c"lshlon will be lost. The rucstion al sciMling
IL general t,trs*agc to Congress at thc extrI
Fcstloil Or waiting until the regular December
session has not yet been determined, but Il Is
probable that onlv a lJrlcf ,ncasagc, relating
J. desired, witt be prepared for tho
Octol'cr meeting: The appropriations for The
ariny will. 1t Is believed, be votcd promptly a'pl
thinks II wouta be wise. mud may recommend III
LUIS Iucssagc that discretionary power si,ot,ld he
Rtscn tho Executive TO Ill up tho companies to
qedtn9 gfs a1s -sa u cas-, o. a.
establishment. by this sy.tcm no new rcc!-
n'chss w1ultl he created. nor would tkcre Nv
unY increase In tic number Of officers Tic
organization woul,l remain the same, hut itA
effective turcc could he considerably augmented
by new enlittn1cntt.
In the numerous newspaper criticisms on
the Presidents Urncr to tt!lcc-hnltlrrs, sccre-
tary Sclsarz l,as usually been given the credit
or bainc Of Injecting this novcl nution lnto
the policy Of tho Administration, but Il wouEu
appear tint Secretary Evarts shares nt lcntt
equally III tho responsibility. lie defends thu
Uftlcr NJ essential to tho emancipation Ut the
suffrage from the control Of thu professional
politicians. pnrtr action laA been 70 influenced,
he says, BY r1llues ami rings Of snen who l,nyc
Gaen abic to Mse the Federal Offices to
strengthen Their power, That tho private citt-
zc,, has loo often hcc,l unable to cxcsyisc any
INFLUENCE IN tho conduct nt public afFaira. Such
. systeH corrupts tht suffrage. nni makes 1t nu
longer nj expression OF the public will. ttr. EY-
Rrts tlhnk* that, In ortter to reform this abusct
It is ESSENTIAL that tho u!l1cchOlcra sllu,llu nut
rmploy thc time for wttcl, they nrc paid BY thu
Guvcrnmcnt III oiEorts tu contrul primaries aud
conventions, so as 10 make their action tho cx.
supposed to be represented !n ttlcn, but OF ihctr
owl trlllsh purposes. In many places tho
o!Trchnltlcrs have heretofore formed close
corporation, with power to till vacancies and
provide for All Unbrokcn sItcccas1on. Tl,cr hayc
constituted d surt uf pcEpctiut directory, which
tue attwkl1oldcrs, who nre tho no,-o!l!rchold-
lug public, could not dtsplace. The expression
measures, through the established furms Of
p1lltiea1 organization, has thus become nxeerd.
1ngly difficult au,l often impossible. On this
theme nI tllc emancipation uf tic suffrage, Mr..
Eyarts intended 10 deliver an address In New
York at s.rne datc during the fall canvass.