, 1877-02-25

t Tho ohce-beCgars have begun their work
, The legislative halls at Springfield are in
: tested with the men With petitions asking
, signatures to appeals to President HAYE
for Office. We notice even that caucus
has been called to decide who of all the Re
publcans Of Illinois shall be selected by the
President for a place in his Cabinet, aud
which place shall be assigned to the repre-
! sentative Of this State. With the fatality OF
all such cancuses, the probability is that the
caucus will select some one man for some
particular place, and will, according to
precedent, declare that no other man in
Illinois shall be selected for place in the
| Cabinet, or for any other than the place
designated Cox. HAYES in all probability
| will select his Cabinet from pub lie men with
whose record and history he is acquainted,
and who will not need petitions and resolu-
tions to make him aware Of their fitness and
ability. It being understood that the Legis-
latire cnucus will have but one choice of Office
in tho Cabinet, and but one person to till that
particular Office, all the othsr aspirants aro
compelled to seek minor places. Thus, Pc
uuons are IN circulation recommending men
for Collector Of Customs, Collector Of Inter-
nal Revenue, Marshal, aud Postmaster, in
Chicago, and also for subordinate places
under these officers. The value of these ne
t1t1ons, o. their want Of value, was happily
Illustrated Ill 1850, when q memorial Was ad-
dressed to President GRAFT asking that the
gentleman who was then Speaker of the !
House Ill the General Assembly bo mr.
rested, and for. his various crimes. !
all enumerated, be be forever BAH
lshed the United States and denied the
privilege of claiming to be an American citi-
zen. This petition was signed by all the
members Of the General Assembly, and con-
splcuously and officially by the gentleman
whose Punishment was asked. These Office
begging papers are evidence more than any-
hing else OF the utter pauperism of the sup
olieants. They are generally signed without
for the same reason that . man
owes dime to and hurries away from the
nendlcant who offersto make profert of his
9utr1dity. Still, the disgracefnl business is
'olng on at Springfield, aud be fore the Leg
Stature adlourns they will have recommend
d to the new President not only enough
'ersons to f1ll all the Federal Offices in this
tate, but also to supply complets new
orce to fill the diplomatic corps.
1t would be well for these Office bepears to
cad over what Cor. HAYES said on this sub
sct Of appointments and renorals from
ft1ce, in his letter Of acceptance, and also
lat part of tho Republican platform l
1opted at Cincinnati on the same subject.
9th of these documents are instructive I
aiding just at this time, when President y
about to be inaugurated who declared that I,
would not accept second term, 50 that u
might be independent and free in his pur- -
Use to reform the civil service, especially in L
Q matter of removals and appointments. ~
'titions for Office, even for Cabinet Offices.
not likely to have much weight with a st
'esldent who does not propose to make ~
anges for change sake, nor to overlook the 1E
lnts Of capacity aud integrity On the part "a
the persons to be appointed. II