Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-12-16

mediate measures for securing and enforcing
service, and its protection from recognized
abuses, and that the experience referred to
has demonstrated the feasibility OF such
The examinations IN the Custom, houses
and Post Offices lave heen held under MANY
conpens;lt.s the extrn IaHN performed
by the dificers Who Aatte conducted tlIeni and
m e.se Of sis
devotion OF time aud labor withOut pecuniafys
seward. Auontinuance qtsthese labors gra-
out All appropriation by Congress for cpmpcn-
sation, it is not practicable to extend the sys-s
tenn Of examinations generally throngho1t the
all such OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES be conducted
upon uniform system md under general su 5
utes authorizes the President to prescribe the
regulations for admission to the civil service
of the United States, and tr this purpose to
each candidate. III RESPECT to age, health,
branch Of ssrvice INTO, which iie sseksfo en-;
for want ofthe reqv isisss .p,ropriation.
expenses Of j eommission. to be appointed by
OF this section. whose duty it shall be to de-
wise just. unifor1n and efficient -system- Of
competitive examinations, and to super.
the entireciv service of the Government.
am persuaded that the facilities which such a
commission will afford for testing the fitness
of those Wlro apply for Office will not only be
welcome Il relief to members OF Congress
rs it will be to- the President and heads OF
Departments but that it will~afso greatly
tend to remove the causes of embarrassment
which now inevitably and constantly attend
the the erams OK
The most etfectual check upon the perniciOuS
competition of influence and official favorit-
ism, in the bestowal of office, will be the sub
StitutiOn of an open competition OF merit be-
tween the applicants in which every one can
make his own record with the assurance that
his success will depend upon this alone
also recommend such legislation as, while
leaving every officer as free as any other citi-
use his means for their advancement, shall
also enable him to. feel as safe as amy private
airy for paiiticai purposes. "a law w which
should thB guarantee true liberty and justice
to all W o'are ehga IN the public Service,
against the use of official authority to coerce
the political action of private citizens or Of
official subordinates, is greatly to be desired
improvement of the civil service, and es-
pecially to reform in the method of appoint
practice, under what is known the SPOTS
system, by which the appointing power has
been SO largely encroached upon by mem
bers of Congress. The first step in the re-
form of the civil service must be q complete
divorce between Congress and the Executive
in the matter of appointments. The corrupt
spoils is dnseparabls; from Gongressionai
derstood BY applicants for office, and by the
people generally, that Representatives. and
age Of thei he resp 1 dis4icss and States.
1t Is rotnecessaly to feeite Mt length the evils
resulting from this invasion of the Executive
functions. The true principles OF govern
ment on the subject of appointments to office,
as stated in the National Conyenti9ns
eounry hase again and again be e
approved by the American people, and navenot
been cailed in question in anyquarter. These
this all important subject, are the statement
of principles that belong to the constitutional
structure of the Government.
Under the Constitution, the President and
Heads Of Departments are to make nomina
tons for office. The Senate is to advise and
consent to appointments, and the House of
Representatives is to accuse and prosecute
faithless officers. The best interest of the pub
lie service demands that these distinctions be
respected that Senators and Representatives,
who may be judges and accusers, should not
dictate appointments to office" To this end
the cooperation of the Legislative Depart
ment of the Government is required, alike by
the necessities of the case and by public opin
ion. Members of Congress viii not be relieved
erarcasto appointments to office until, by leg
islative enactment the pernicfous practice is
condemned and forbidden.
1t is therefore recommended that All act be
passed defining the relations OF members of
Congress with respect to appolntment to of,
that the provisions of Section l76S and of the
sections following, of the Revised Statutes,
comprising the Tenure of office act, of March
Believing that to reform the system and
methods OF the civil service in our country is
one of the highest and most imperative duties
of stateemanship, and that it can be perma-
nently done only by the corporation of the
Legislative and Executive Departments of the
Government again commend the whole sub
ject to your consl SeI 1 attention.
ia no fl,,txy nd If he
people of the United States to suppress polyg
amy where it now exists in our Territories and
to prevent its extension. Faithful and jealous
efforts have been made by the United States
authorities in tab to enforce the laws against
it, Experience has shown that the legislation
upon this subject, to be effective, requires ex-
tensive MODIFICATION and amendment. The
longer action is delayed the more difficult 1t
will be to accomplish what is desired. Prompt
and decided measures are necessary. The
Mormon sectarian organization which uphOlds
polygamy has the whole power of masking and
tory. @By its control ii the grand and petit
juries, it possesses large influence over the
heads of this sect do, the local political
power of the Territory they are able to make
of to fRs anI OF
In fact. do prevent its enforcement. Polyga-
my will not be abolished if the enforcement
of the law depends on those who practice and
uphold the crime. 1t can only be suppressed
by taking away the political power of the
sect which encourages and sustains II. The
protect the Territories is ample: 1t Is nota
case of half way measures. 8 The political
power of the Mormon sect is increasing; it
controls now one of our wealthiest and most
populous Territories. 1t is extending steadily
into other Territories. Wherever 1T goes it
establishes pOlygamy and sectarian political
power. The sanctity of marriage and the
family relation are the corner stone of our
American society and civilization. Religious
liberty and the separations Of Church and
State are among the elementary ideas of free
institutions. To establish the interests and
principles which polygamy and Mormonism
have iInperiled, and to fully re open to intel
Igent and virtuous immigrants of all creeds
that part of our domain which has been, in a
gr eat degree, closed to general immigration
by intoierant and immoral institutions, it is
recommended that the government of the
Territory of Utah be reorganized.
recommend that Congress provide for the
government of Utah by a Governor and
Judges, or Commissioners, appointed by the
President and confirmed by the sSenate-a
government analogous to tire provisional
government established for the Territory
northwest of the Ohio, by the ordinance of
1851. If, however, it is deemed best to con-
tinue the existing form of local government,
recommend that the right to vote. hold Of
flee and sit on juries in the Territory of Utan
be confined to those svho netherpractice nor
adopted. Il is believed that within a few Years
the evils which now affiict Utah will be eradi-
Gated, and that this Territory will in good