Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-07-15
TWO LEADING HbPUbiiOhN
JOURNALS ON uAHFIEi.D's LET
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springfield Republican
when compared with toy. Hayes
litter nf tour years sV", ,irn. Garfield \
communication Ia Senator lioar accept
ing the Republican nomination Tor tho
Presidency In disappointment The
candidate rlscs ne higher than the con
ycntion which put him la nomination,
Mr.. Hayes announced his advance
ani specific policioe 81 ciyllscrvico re-
form aud national paciiication NJ n time
4, gam leadership and inspire porso.
nal iollnwIng. These great issucs
which took huld np"n the
future iulmod the burden al
his hotter. Gou ,,ariicld nov says
nothing nov aud furnishes ~ inapiIa-
ton to tho campaign. llis IruaIhs are
keyed Ia tho notes al the Chicago plat
intu,, minus its abuse al the lDcnocrais.
The candidate spells nation with n vc,y
blx \ hut has words III sonHo AMI lus-
tl,o inr the South, ou tho topics al ciu
cation, tinanres aud tho talill tn ioI.
wnrd ground IN taken. lie IN inr river
aud harhor improvements, aud with ia
party takes a stride backward on tho
thin,so question. The ondoIsoinnni at
civil service reform will scarccly bo call
al ringing" and the snggosiion that
the executive should sock and rocriyo
tho information aud asSistancn' ot Con
grcsnmou Ia making appointments, IN
snmow hat yrntuitous. Tho roiormlng
element III tho Republican party will
accept General clarified n letter, but they
will not especially glory ~ H. Ihls II
not tho Voice III aproplei al tho future
crying Ia the wilderness "i politics,
New YorL Tunes.
Ia regard to the financial uu, st,on,
General Garfield contents h,msoli with
prcs,nt achievements, aud has little Ia
say IN regard Ia the future. lilo directs
attention Ia the security al tho public
debt, tho reduction oi the rate III lntrrrsi
thereon, tho advantages at the rcsump'
ton ri specie payments and tho laying
at rcsi al many questions which once
Threatened our prosperity. our
currency is now "s national as
the nag," aud "so have only Ia
maintain tho equality ol all our dollars
to secure "A "mrnsuTu III value 10y which
mo- ono can suffer losa." Thu ~ perfect.
~ true, aud Il IN probably tair state
ncui III tho average views at Republic.
runs. Hut u would have hecn sign al
the courage ~ statcsmanshlP, IN we'll M
tia saracily, II Gcucral Garfield hal
recognized tho immense difficulty, IN
decd the ultimate imp0Sslbility, at keep,
ing "all our dollars equal, and
while doprccating experiments,
in tho wrong diroctlon, hat
pointed - out some method hy
which this task could ho accomplished
There IN no doubt that whom he Ia called
upon Ia lace tho problem presented by
The inevitable action oi tho currency
laws nov on the statute hooks, General
Garfield will rely tor its solution on tho
pr,uciplcs III sound finance, u would
have helped Ia prepare the public
mind for that omcrsoncy, which IA mol
Tar distant, u he had recognized iis ap'
preach aud indicated how II should 10
met.
On tho tarih Gcn. Gartiolds expires.
SONS aru gonoralliics, oi no value ia
themselves, but, interpreted IN the light
of his recent course IN Congress, giving
little cause Tor expecting any ALL from
him in those rational reforms which aru
imporativcly demanded by tho Interests
oi In, country, aud by none more than
hy tho great body of unprotected and
oyertaxed manufactures. Neither IN
substance nor form is this part ol his
letter worthy of his posltion,or calculated
Ia strengthen him whcrJ he most needs
strength.
The portions III AIR. Garticlds letter
relating to the reform of the civil service
ARE below the level of tho platform
adopted at Chicago. lilo calls ior legls'
lation from Congress which would Ger
,ainly 10 desirable, u it we're III tho right
kind, but he ventures no definite sig.
ppstion IN to what such legislation should
bc, nor does he pledge his personal sup
port To tho principles oi the system
which has beon, In places, applied
with perfect success by Mr.. Hayes
without any all whatever rom Con
yrcss. Tn the contrary, he distinctly
takes a stand less elevated than that oi
tho platform declares that nit
ness, determined by practical test,
should admit to the servico"-by an
nouncing the necessity Of consulting
members ot Congress. whom he indi-
Gates plainly, though no describes them
in a roundabout fashion, as 10 appoint
menis. On the whole the lotter OF uon.
Garfield is very uneven, and hils Ia
place him In that commanding position
which no might have easily assumed.
u Is, however, In its most essential parts,
a fair statement Of the principles OF his
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