Nebraska advertiser., 1877-06-21

gentlemen eminently fitted to aid in
the grand work ofrescuing the nation
from the slough Of despond to which
the indulgences of previous admins
tratlons had consigned 1t.
Every department of the civil SER
vice has been or will be subjected to
the closest scrutiny, and incompetent
and worthless officials decapitated.
No individual will be allowed TO set
up political claims adverse to the pub
lie veal.
AS a specimen of the reforms recent
ly inaugurated, mention may be made
of the Bureau of Printing and En-
craving, an establishment designed
for the manufacture Of the securities
and currency of the government.
Prior to the installation Of Mr.. Sher-
man, 1t had been extravagantly. If
not loosely conducted, entailingan an
ual cost upon the government of up
wards of one million of dollars. 1t
had upon its rolls hundreds of useless
employees. appointed on the recon-
mendations of Democratic and Re-
publican congressman, who were ac-
tually In each others way. Secretary
Sherman at once instituted search
ing inquiry into the management,
deposed large number of useless in
efficient and unworthy SUI erintend-
ents, reduced the working force from
one thousand down to two hundred
and forty employees, thus making
saving 10 the government Of 81 600
per diem. In this undertaking he was
ably seconded by thenew chief of this
Bureau. Hon. Edward McPhersen, of
Pennsylvania, and assistant chief Col.
o.. II. Irish. of Nebraska, both of
whom by their energy and intelli-
gence are peculiarly fitted to superin-
tend this most delicate trust. These
gentlemen have already instituted a
system of safeguards and checks SO
thorough and complete that In the
manufacture of millions of dollars
daily, there cannot be q loss to the
government of SO much as the value
of cent. Mr.. McPhersen represent
ed his district In Congress prior to,
and during the war, and his reputa-
tion for integrity is national In char
acter; while his assistant, Col. Irish,
Is esteemed as one of the most accom-
plished lawyers at the Washington
bar.
The policy of the President in re-
fusing to bolster up state governments
by the use of bayOnets, is gaining in
popularity daily. Now that the bay
onet has been taken from southern
politics. the raceeuestion will be elm
mated therefrom. Hereafter the ne
gro vote In the South will be divided
between both political parties, and
there will be no barrier against the
Southern whites allying themselves
with the Republican party. What
the South wants is peace to be allow
ed to manage her internal affairs the
same as New York or Connecticut to
develop her resources &C., and 1t mat
ters but little with that people wheth-
er the administration is Democratic
or Republican. Already the Bourbon
leaders of the Blaekburne, Whit
thorne Tucker stripe are mourning,
and refuse to be Gomforted because
the meme rekes on the wall tells them
that the day of sensational notorIety
is past, and that no more may they
use the voters of the South as the pot
ter does his clay.
Gentlemen who are thoroughly ad-
vised opon such matters regard the
election of Republican speaker as a
fOregone conclusion. 1t is difficult to
say who Will be the caucus nominee.
Messrs. Garfield and Foster are po-
tential candidates and the latter's
great popularity with Southern mem
bers will doubtless insure him the vic
tory.
No less than twenty Southern Dem
ocratic members have declared their
intention to desert the wavering for
tunes of the doughface Dem ocracy,
and will be found ready to rally to the
support of the ADMINISTRATION at the op-
perfume moment.
Messrs. Butler and McVeigh have
finished their war of words, and the
usual tranquility Is restored.
Don Piatt the crack-brained jour
naIiSt, no gained unpleasant notori-
ETY. by advising the assassination of
the President, is now tulsome In his
praises Of the new administration,
thus calling to mind the following
line from Goldsmith
"And those who came to scof remained to
pray"
The philanthropist, w. w. Corco-
ran, Is receiving contributions from
the denizens of Washington, to be ex-
pended In the erection of monu-
ment to l.. Enfant, the engineer and
architect who laid out and planned
the city of Magnificent distances"
l.. Enfant accompanied Lafayette to
the struggling colonies, and served In
the Continental army as Major of
He fought under the
Count Pulaski In the siege of Savan-
nah where he was wounded. He SUBJ
served OH the staff of Wash
ington. He lies buried on a farm
near this city, and 1t proposed to re-
move his remains to one Of the beau |
tiful squares which his fancy design
ed nearly a century since.