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Party Politics.

That the country was suffering
from party spirit all the evils an
ticipated from it by the Father
Of his Country; that every de-
partment of the Government had
become corrupted by the uses
made Of party spirit to put bad
men in position and shield Off
cial peculation from it's legal and
moral punishment; had become
SO manifest to the popular judg-
ment, that the professional and
managing politicians of both
POLITICAL parties were constrain-
ed to make open professions Of
civil service reform to propitlate
popular favor. Hence the fol-
lowing planks in their respective
party platforms, as adopted in
National Convention:
The Republican plank:
The inyariable rule in appoint
ments should have reference to the
honesty, fidelity and capacity of the
appointees, giving to the party in
power those places where harmony
and vigor of administration require
its policy to be represented, but
permitting all others to be filed by
persons selected with sole reference
to the efficiency of the public ser
vice, and the right of all citizens to
share in the honor of rendering
faithful service to the country.
The Democratic plank:
Reform is necessary in the civil
service. Experience proves that ef-
ficient, economical conduct of the
Governmental business is not posi-
BILE if its civil service be subject to
charge at every election. be prize
fought for at the ballot box, be a
brief reward of party zeal, instead
of posts of honor assigned for prov
ed competency and held for fidelity
in the public employ; that the dis
pensing OF patronage should neither
be tax upon the time of all our
public men, nor the instrument of
their ambition.
From the foregoing it will be
seen that both parties were
pledged against the heretofore
prevailing policy of using the
offices ofthe country rs rewards
for party service, and distinctly
repudiate the doctrine in politics
that "to the victor belongs the
spoils." Yet how do the politi-
clans regard these pledges? Do
they not invariably denounce
every departure from the spoils
system as an act of treason to
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be ignorant Of the motive and
tendency of this proposition
that it is aimed at religious or
ganizations solely; for in the
very next paragraph he declares
himself in favor Of extending
the fostering care of the govern
ment to common schools and the
University. Now, if, Gas a mat
ter OF simple justice there should
be no exception why should
the people of the State be taxed
for the support of an institution
for teaching the classics and sci
ences, IN which not one in five
hundred can participate, and levy
taxes upon like institutions sup
ported by voluntary contrlbu-
tions? Why should the proper
ty of one man be taxed to edu-
cate the children Of another in
our common. schools? The an
swer to these questions is: Be-
cause such institutions are re.
garded as necessary to promote
social Improvement and maintain
public order. DO not all private
schools, churches, synagogues,
lyceums and literary and scien-
tific institutions, open to public
use, promote the same end?
Why should the voluntary con-
tributions of the people to the
same objects-from which NO
revenue is derived, be subject to
taxation, while the others are
supported by taxation? While
the State guarantees to all per
feet freedom Of religious opinion,
1t seems to US but "a matter OF
simple Justice to all to exempt
from taxation the means Of pub
lie worship and education to
which the State is not called
upon to contribute a cent, and
for the creation and enjoyment
Of which those interested volun-
tarily tax themselves. Our gov
ernment, like all other enlight-
ened governments Of the earth
recognize an over-rullng Provi-
dence and the fundamental prin-
ciples Of religion; while it guar
antees to all " freedom to wor-
ship God according to the die.
tates of their own conscience,
without discrimination. This
condition we would maintain
inviolate; not by inidelizing the
people, but by securing to each
freedom Of conscience, and the
unrestrained exercise of theil
religious freedom.
There are other points in thi:
manifesto of Mr.. Andrews which
we will discuss hereafter.
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The late fair of the Sisters of
Notre Dame in Salem, Mass, in
aid Of the new convent, yielded
a profit of $4,000, but everybody
paid in silver, and not one none
tary institution will receive the
funds On deposit.
Queen Victoria is about to
make an addition to her Balmo-
raj estate at cost Of $4S5, 900.
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MARCH SO, 1878.
Constitutional Convention.

ior editor Of this paper met with
an accident by which the upper
bone Of his right arm was brok-
en-. since which time lie has not
written ,or dictated a sentence
for publication, and has not suf-
ficiently recovered the use Of the
limb to apply it to much active
use. Previous to that causuality
he had announced himself as an
independent candidate for Dele
gate to the Constitutional Con-
vention, which afforded the cay
otes OF the press an opportunity
of yelping at him in his disabled
condition, as it is in their nature
to do-misrepresenting his po-
sition and falsely accusing him
of seeking party endorsement
after he was physically disquali-
fed from carrying on a canvass
with any hope of success.
1t is a matter Of public noto-
riety that for the past eight
years-during our residence in
this Territory-we have in 70
single instance taken an active
part in any party primary, eau
Gus or convention, or supported
a party ticket as such, and this
for no other reason than that no
political principles have hereto
fore been at issue III any elec-
tion in tbs Territory; the only
practical question presented with
the candidates being who would
best serve the public interests.
There has been no election dur
ing that time in which We have
not supported portion Of the
candidates of both parties, with
- out identifying our paper with,
or asking any party favors from
either. For thirty five years
previous to that time we had de-
voted all that we were and all
that we had to the promotion of
principles as represented by the
Democratic party. Those prin-
ciples are as dear to us now as
they ever were. We have never
betrayed, compromised or sur
rendered the least one of them,
and never during our most ar
dent devotion to party, sought
its success at the expense Of prin-
ciples; ever holding to the doc
trine that principles are para
mount to party and that without
principles party is delusion and
a snare-a mere device Of delna-
gogues to cheat the many for the
benefit of the few; which is ap-
parent in the fact that through
the machinery of party, princi-
pies are frequently ignored and
each party is controlled by a
ring composed of few of the
most active and INSCRIPTIONS,
with the division of spoils as the
sole motive to action. This is
eminently the case in Territorial
politics.
The position of Delegate to
the Constitutional Convention
offers no Inducements in honor
or emoluments. The honors only
such as a Delegate may achieve
for himself, and the pay not
above reasonable expenses. 1t
offers, however, the first case in
which political principles are
involved ever occurring in any
popular election in the Territory.
The principles involved In the
formation of State are vital to
It's future welfare and to popular
rights. The issues presented are
between centralizalion and diff
fusion of the powers OF govern
ment; between monopoly and
popular equality; between special
privileges and personal rights.
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the most remote bearing upon
general politics; yet there IS no
section where the party politi-
clans are more eXacting of party
discipline, or more vindictively
denounce the exercise Of person
al independence in elections. A
life of devotion to party princl-
pies is cancelled in their cstima-
tion by single departure from
caucus dictation IN favor Of civil
service reform which they pro-
fess to favor in the abstract
while rejecting its practical ap-
plication.
In selecting candidates for
Delegate to the Constitutional
Convention, all conceded that no
party issues were involved, and
that good policy 5equired that
the election should be kept as
free from party bearings as
practicable, after using the party
organization only for the pur-
pose of calling conventions. In
this view, the great mass Of the
voters took no part in any of
the proceedings in bringing out
candidates, leaving the whole
matter to the management of
the few professional politicians.
Under this arrangement strict
party tests We're applied to the
candidates as paramount to all
other considerations. The pro-
position in the Republican Judi
cial Convention to endorse the
nominatian Of Col. Larrabee,
was denounced as an outrage
and an insult to the Republican
party, though the Colonel had
served three years in the Union
army and never voted a party
ticket in this Territory. The
proposition in the Demo
cratic Convention to nominate
an old Democrat who had retus-
ed to identify himself with party
politics in the Territory was re-
ceived with the same spirit, in
both cases leading to q recess of
the convention to ."fX up
things and resulting IN both
cases in the determination to
nominate none but an uncem-
promising partisan. All at
tempts at compromise have re-
suited in the same way.
Now what we want to suggest
in view of these facts is this
not less than ten persons are
interested in civil service reform
and good government to every
one interested in keeping up
party organizations on the spoils
system. Through party discip-
line and party spirit, the few
have heretofore managed to con-
troll and direct the many to the
promotion of the selfish inter
ests Of the former, and so long
as this submitted to there is no
hope of an honest or efficient
administration Of government,
The power is in the hands of the
people to regulate all public
abuses; this they can never ac-
complish until they first emanci-
pate themselves from party dom
ination. Trust no leaders; sub
NIT to the dictation of no party
caucus the practices of whom Oh
which are manltestly inconsist
ent with theirprofessions. That
man is voluntary slave and de-
serves to lose his liberties who
permits a party to control his
judgment in voting for Delegat-
es to frame the fundamen-
tai law Of the State upon which
the rights Of the people are bas-
cd. 1t is strictly the first politi-
cal act Of the citizens of this
commonwealth and each ind1-
vidual should exercise it as an
act of o7ereignty Independent
of all party control.
The late fair of the Sisters of
Notre Dame in Salem, Mass, in
aid Of the new convent, yielded
a profit of $4,000, but everybody
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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-19
FoRTUNE.TELLER's ALMANAC.

To dream Of having a great number of
ervants is-madness.
To dream of q bear foretokens mischief,
which your vision shows you is a bruin.
When a fashionable young lady dreams
of a flbert, it is a sign that her thoughts
are running upon a colonel.
To dream that ycur nose is red at the
tip is an intimation that you had better
leave off brandy and water.
To dream of a mill stone about your neck
is a sign of what you may expect if you
marry an extravaganza wife.
If you dream of clothes, it is a warning
not to go to law for, by the rule of con-
t%raries, you will be sure of a ~nonsuit.
To dream of a fire is a sign that if you
are wise you will see that all the lights in
your house are out before you go to bed.
1t is very lucky to dream that you pay
for a thing twice over since, afterward,
you will probably take care to lave all
your bills receipted.
For n person in unembarrassed circum-
stances to dream that he is arrested is very
fortunate for it is a warning to him on nc
account to accept q bill.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-19
OBEDIENCE.

How terribly we are all afraid of that
word obedience, ever striving to shake of
the yoke God has put upon us. /" Wiyes.
obey your husbands; children, obey your
parents; servants, obey your masters"
Wives obey your husbands.n II is a
divine command it echoes do NJ from age
to age, reverberating through t - corridors
of all time. To obey is the hsrdest lesson
a wife learns, and one many never learn at
all. They do not recognize it as n Divine
command, they only regard it as mans ar
rogance and love Of authority. Obedience
signifies inferiority, they think, and that is
what no woman cares to acknowledge her
self. No law which comes from Divine
authority has the force Of degrading the
one on whom that law is imposed. Obedience
does not necessarily imply inferiority, nor
Is subordination to one in authority de-
graduation II rulers were not necessary in
the household and the State they would not
have been appointed by Him who is wiser
Than man. If rulers are not obeyed, an
archy and riot ensue, and, If only for the
cake of ~insuring order and peace, obedience
hould be cherished as one of the most in
portant of household virtues. There can
be but one dominant power in the house,
and both revelation and nature teach us
b that one is. In the short sentence,
4AS auspaau IL tue ueuu Oh tQe WIG,
we are told into whose hands God has placed
the regal wand of household power.
Obedience lies at the very root of domes-
tic life it is the chief cornerstone in the
temple. Children, obey your parents"
is a divine injunction, but one which the
modern child is unwilling to heed. Shaking
off the parental yoke, like the wind he
"goeth where he listeth " and by his con-
tempt for home authority he places another
element Of discord in the household, for
confusion must follow in the train of dis
obedience to law.
Servants, obey you, masters comes
from the same Divine source. Wife, chill
dren, servants-the tripIe,wreath of home
bound and made seour by the husband Tor
house-band), who is head over ,all-the
dominant power invested with authority by
Him who is ruler and governor over an en-
tire universe.
The thought Of the power and place God
has bestowed upon man should not fill him
with.arrogance and ~conceit on the contrary,
he should ask himself the question, WHO
it sufficient for these things?" 1t should
inspire him with tenderness, love and con-
sideration for those who nave been placed
under him and, while Nsearing the purple
of royalty, he should noseE loosen his grasp
on the sceptre of justice.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-19
BIsMARCK'S BEST.

In the after years, when Bismarck, his
friends and his foes shall all be under the
sod, the following will rebound more to his
praise than his greatest diplomatic feats
Though always kind and courteous in
female society, Bismarck has never distin-
guished any OF the numerous beauties he
has met in his life, so as to authorize even
a suspicion that he paid special attention
to any one woman, still less that he courted
any. He has had affectionate and respected
female friends-among whom the Grand
Duchess Helena of Russia must be reokoned
but the only women who, to all appear
ance, have found room in his heart and &C.
cupied il, are his mother, his sister, his
wife, and his daughter.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-19
1NAccuRAcY IN CONVERSATION

The tendency of women to exaggerate
in conversation, makes them unreliable both
as witnesses and relators of facts Indeed,
In narrating what they call "faots,n We
must be prepared to receive the commune
cation with some allowance for the Vivid
fancy of the speakers.
This spirit Of exaggeration which makes
the statements Of women so unreliable as a
general thing, does not proceed from an in
herent love of untruth, or a wilful intention
to deceive.
Women are apt to be led away by their
feelings, and to color Judgment more by
passion and prejudice than by q calm, eau
tious view Of facts as they are. They .see
through a glass darkly,h and thus seeing
their statements are clouded by error. !
They do not pay strict attention to what
they hear, and have never trained their
minds to deal in facts. They are apt to
skim over matters, instead of diving down
after the pearl Of truth. They deal more
with fancy than facts, lacking methodical
observations and Judgment.
q Truth is something we'll worth attaining.
and is attainable by q little trouble and
properly d~isciplining the mind and the
tongue. Let every mother, when q young
daughter is repeating what purports to be
facts" pin her down to a "plain unvar-
nished tale" stripping It of all exaggerated
expressions and embellishme nts Of fancy.
Make her state the truth in its severe sim
plicity, neither adding to nor taking from,
and let it be the truth and nothing but the
truth.
Teach her, too, the prepe. meaning of
words and expressions. Let her under.
stand that it is one thing to be sick"
another to be ill.," THAI a person may
be ugly" without being a perfect
fright" That q man may be bad and
yet not be the worst man in the world -
that you may be livery cold " and vet
not be frozen to death" A bonnet may
be pretty and tasty" and yet very far
from being perfectly splendid y and a
young man may be :" agreeable and pre-
possessing !" and yet it is quite lossible,
indeed it is more than probable, that he is
not at all " divine.n
If this system of training the speech is
attended to early in life the habit viii be
acquired by the time maturity is reached Of
strict veracity in conversation. Things will
be represented just as they are and not as
they seem to the vivid fancy and careless
Judgment of the speaker.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-19

Discovered ilnr,y-hve Yeats nso " i'roi. Lyon, of
Yale, is the most perfect preparation, in tie world
for preserving and Identifying the hair.
Resides being tho best hall dressing
ever produced, Lyons Kathairon Will
positively prevent srayness, and Will re-
store new hair to bald heads, il the roots
and ~follieles arr NOT destroyed.
which the following is
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-19
F. NJ. PHILLIPS. P. O., Ft. Lara
ME, Wyo. Range, mouth of Chugwa-
ter and Laramie River.

JOHN F. COAD. P. o., Cheyenne.
Wye. MARK COAD, Camp Clark,
Neb. Range, from Sidney Bridge Ia
Scott's Bluff, Neb.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-08-13
BROS, Auctloneers.

L BoNS0N"9OA> OhOSss AuCIlouCOAos
TRUSTEES SALE OF FIVE TWO-STORY
toTTAGE FRAME DWELLINGS AND
LOTS AND NINE BUILDING LOTS, SIT
SEVENTH 1,pME = on AND EIGHTH STREETS
May LIST, 1873 and duly recorded In Ltoer 1::B
District Of Columbia and by request of the party
secured we Ill sell, at public auction on TIL UR8
DAY, the 29tn day of August, A. d. 1878, at 5
O'Clock p. m., In front of the respective premises
all those certain pieces or parcels OF land and prem
of the city OF WASHINGTON. D. c.. AS being Lots Nos.
10, IL IL, Ii. IA, Is, 10 IL FL, az 81 81 80 and
"a, OF A. b: Kelley subdivision of square 49, to-
RetheT with all the improvements, ways ease
msnts rights, PRIVILEGES, sppurtenances and her
appertaining.
Lots 10, Ii and 10 are unimproved and front on
Lot 12 being at the corner Of and 7th streets
Lots ID, 1e, II and 81 are unimproved and front
Lots Il, Is and % are improved by two-story
frame Dwellings fronting Oh 9TH street, between
II and streets NE.
Lott 80 and SO are unimproved and front on 9Th
street E.e.
Lots 81 and "a are improved by two-story Frame
dwellings and front on 9Th street, between h and
Terms: One-third cash; balance In six and twelve
months; notes bearing interest at per cent. until
paid and secured by deed OF trust on the premises
sold Al 0f St the cost Of the d
soon as sold If the terms Of sale are Complied With
within seven days from day of sale, the Trustees
reserve the right to resell the property at the risk
and cost Of the upon giving
aug12-d CONRAD KAUFMAN, irus1eeS'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-08-13
Short Words

Hon. Horatio Seymour spoke before tina
New York Seh 400. commissioners at Utica last
made his meaning clear by using only very
short words in his speech. One good point
was made by him when he said: Crime
sometimes does not look like crime when il is
set before us In the many folds of a long
word: When man steals and We call it s'de.
1alcatlon." we are at loss to know if il is a
blunder or crime. Ii he does not tell the
!Iutn, ana we are told that it is case of
know Just what we should think of it. No
man Will ever cheat himself into wron doing.
nor VIII ne be at loss to Judge of others, if he
1t is good rule, If one is at alOss to know If
an act is right or wrong, to write it Down in a
Short straight-ou English" I'm other ways"
ne sald, I'VE gain by the use of short words
say, and thus have weight with those who
hear us; and they kinde In other mirds the
iieehngs which move US. No one, who means
pauses to unfold long words of Greek or Latin
origin, nor speaks in a roundabout Way.
Kage and fear strike out their terms like the
lets straight to the point The fact that thew
come TO our lips Is strong proof that we know
and 1eei what we talk about. On the other
n IS Waen we try to tell things too great for
great, long wfnded phrases"
Love, nor hate. nor zeal over waste their
force Ih Dy the use OF involved or long winded
winch lull us as they fall upon the ear. They
nave nave clear ring which Sur our minds or
grief, of rage or peace, Of life or death. Thew
are 1fit by all, for their terms mean the same
1Mnlng TO al men,, We learn them in youth.
; Ithey are on our lips through all DAYS, and we
are thu apt terms with which we speak of
Inlngs which are high, or great or noble.
lhey are the grand words of our tongue thew
teach n Us how the world was made. God said,
Let there be light, and there was light !"