The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-08-21
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE,

WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE,
WASHINGTON,
Aug Is, 1888
EDITOR DEMocKAT-
"Ciyil Service Reform" says Gov.
ernor Hendricks 10 his speech open.
ing the Indiana campaign, els sham
and a lie." 1t has been sham and q
lie every day since Mr.. Hayes, on the
18th of March, 1877, renewed his
pledge to make it reality. Govern.
or Hendricks does not mention all Of
the contradictions to be found be.
tween the promises and the perform
ances of the Administration, but in
this reference to one of them he has
described them all. But the promis-
es and professions are still heard.
Junketing in Ohio or Rhode Island,
Mr.. Hayes worldly condemns his pre-.
decessor for quitting the Capital.
Signing an appointment for the last
of the Louisiana. rascals, he writes a
letter in favor of putting pure men in
office. Condemning the interference
of Office holders in political affairs,
he, holding the highest office in the
country, promises liberal contribu
ton to campaign something
no other man in that office ever did.
That he afterwards forgot to pay
over the, money, when his promise
had caused thousands of subordinates
to subscribe and pay, is further Gu
rious illustration of the devious ways
of the man. "Ciyil Service Reform"
as carried out by Hayes sis a sham
and a lie.''
1t is certain that Dennis Kearney,
though in a manner vouched for by
General Butler, has failed to make
the impression in Boston which he
made in San Francisco. The parts
of his speech which received most
applause in Boston were palpable pla-
giarisms, and the rougher portions,
which seem to have been enjoyed in
California, were somewhat coldly re-
ceived in Fanieul Hall.
Mr.. Manton Marble proves very
conclusively in his late newspaper ar
ticle, that Governor Tilden believed
thoroughly in the Democratic doc
trine that to the two Houses of Con-
gress is committed by the Constitu-
ton the power to count the Electoral
Vote. This, however, is equally the
belief of Senators Thurman, Bayard
and Ransom of the Electoral Com
mission, and of Senator Conkling and
other Republican Senators who aided
in the passage of the Electoral Com
mission bill. So Mr.. Tilden is enti-
tied to no special credit on that
ground. Mr.. Marble further at
tempts to show that Governor Til
den was earnestly opposed to the
Electoral Commission. He succeeds
in showing that the Governor op-
posed it for time as matter of ex-
pedience, and opposed some details
of the original bill. The eminent
Senators mentioned, and many 9th
ers, were of one opinion, and Govern
or Tilden was Of another. They are
all entitled to honor for the parts
they took, and we may hope that all
of them, having accepted the Com
mission as a necessity only, will
help to put affairs in such shape that
another one will not be created.
Captain James B. Eads, of the
Mississippi jetties, is in this city
for few days. The magnificent
success he has had in improving the
navigation of our great rivera sue
cess even more important to those
who come after than to us--have
made him a welcome visitor wherever
he goes. To make the entrance to
the Mississippi River as safe and easy
as that to New York harbor is a
work that will never be forgotten.
MEMO.
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