The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-07-18
HAYES IN A PICKLE


backs, and many llilIe lwitatlons have
attended al his Efforts to serve The
people. Folks wIll poraisl IN mlsundor'
standlne him, The republicans can not
seo clearly through tho white house
spootacIcs. can not at all understand or
value ollhor rs preferences or IT. pref
ldieos Now the great enterprise Which
aroused IL enthusiasm, which enlisted
ts bost powers, and from which II cx
poolcd tho most satisfactory results
was the hopeful scheme Of organizing
the next house That hope has with
cred aud lies dead without hope or
prospect Of future resurrection 10 add
TO the gravity Of the situation thopros'
idout stands sqnarely committed toI
civil service reform, That clrcum'
Rlanco does not directly trouble PRESS
dent Hayes much, but indirectly 1t does
bother the very lilo out Of him The
very men NJ whom the b0noliocnt prin'
clplo is loyelod are they who have been
most efficient in beth his service and in
that of the party AT his bOcIS, and most
Inefficient in the service of the people,
Tho professional Republican olliceholder
Is tenacious Of Official life, Grim
death and "SpauldlnRs glue" don't
understand the first principles Of the
hold faa business compared with them,
Now the work Of dotoching these Oil,
cial barnocles Is just n little more of
II task than Mr.. Hayes bwgoincd for,
1t is adding insult to injury when he
elects a man from the public service
for incompetoncy, dishonesty or any
other sufficient cause, and then bar
the doors against any future return by
slipping civil service into the slots,
Presidents who hold by such tenure
as Mr., Hayes does should not calculate
too certainly upon making the official
bed voritNblc bed of roses. Better
titles TO oniciQl authority than his have
contondcd with this same official pickle,
notably John Tyler and Andrew Johns
SON. They did not come out first best.
Fraud may serve to inaugurate pres
ident but il can never win him that
hearty popular support which he must
have in order to stamp his administra.
ton upon the history Of the country in
u desirable way
Chambcrlain's speeches, Blaine
speeches, the arrest of the returning
board, the North Carolina ollicholder's
domestic row, are all circumstances IT,
ritating and unpleasant to such title
rs Hayes and must be doubly 50 to i
man of his personal deceucy Demo
Gratis have nothing to complain Of Al
that is required OF them is to watch the
situation and secure the organization o.
the next house. Mr. Hayes, Mr., Nor
ton, Mr., Blaine, nor any other decent
semidecent or dirty political dog mus
have q paw IN that job. Perhaps Mr.
Hayes understands this We think
he does, Judging from Tia,
announcement the other day, that he
had abandoned all hopes OF naming the
speaker. With that hope went nj
chance for organizing tho now party
which was to purify republicanism, alb
sob democracy and legitimatiso, ant
probably re-elect Mr.. Hayes in 1880
twas big stake, and n man naturally
abandons it with reluctance as he hold.
on to it with tenacity. Next to physi
cal death comes the death of cherish
ed hope, or n hopeful ambition, anc
when Mr., Hayes somi-otllcially an
nounced the Abandonment of his pur
pose to organize the next house, that i
just the way thoughtful people read it,
1t was pitiful tombslegend, and thos,
who sauntcred about the political
graveyard where so many lofty hope.
had found interment, could not fail I,
bc attracted by it, Even the willow
by its side wept and moancd, while til,
carpet>hog representatives of the tru,
power Of republicansm tear their hal
and rend their garments, even lill,
Bullock and Chamberlain. "Lct u
have peace" has brought moro of sor
row to them than joy to any one else