The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-10-08
THE MACHINE IN POLITICS..

was declared elected, by LHe Eight TO
Seven Commission, aid ere he had for
gotten the services OF the Southern
members of Congress. who were sup
posed to be a party to the " ornIsiy
Hotel Conference, lac issued the follow
ing order:
s'No officer should be required or
permitted to take part III the manage
ment OF political organizations, eau
cuses, conventions, or election cam
paigns. Their right to vote and to ex
press their views on pubic questions,
either orally or through the p, ess, Is
not denied, provided 1t does not Inter
fore with the discharge OF their oiflcIal
duties. No assessment for political
purposes oa otficeis or subordlnates
should be allowed. I his rule is appll
cable to every department OF the civil
service. IT. should DO understood by
every officer OF the general government
that he is expected to conform his con-
duct to its requirements"
That order Is explicit, and has never
been revoked. The President, who
Sssnced it while In reform mood, does
not pretend to.enforce it, and comes to
this coast to escape the responsibility OF
It's violation. A letter IRON v asilng-
ton, referring TO the manner Ill which
tho Government has been converted
into a parity machine, says:
"Every Cabinet officer has taken the
stump for the Republican candidate.
There has not been three Regular mem
bers of the Cabinet with Hayes at any
Cabinet meeting for nearly three months
past. The business Of the GovernmenG
has been left, chiefly to subordlnates,
since the Chicago convention assembled.
It is impossible for any man to transact
business, requiring executive approval,
in Washington. Clerks in Departments
and Federal offices, throughout the
Union, have been assessed two per
cent of their annual salaries for the
benefit of the Garfield campaign fund.-,
and those who.haye not paid this assess
ment are Threatened with dismissal
from Office. Jerks who are known to be
public speakers have been drafted into
campaign service, while their wages are
paid by the whola people. Ten days
leave OF absence, with pay, is granted
to clerks in the department to 60 home
to vote for Gal field. Campaign docu-
ments, not properly frankable, are
transmitted through the mails free. by
the Republican Congressional Commit
tee. The Government printing office is
run almost exclusively ON campaign
documents, at. the expense OF the ma
tion. Government Clerks are detailed
to address and mail these docu--
ments, and their wages are paid.
cut of the National Treasury.
a bureau of statistics is maintained at
the public expense in the Treasury
Department., to. write up comparisons
between Waslington's Administration
and those of Grant and Hayes, in which
that of the Father OF His Country is
shown to be more corrapt and dishonest
than the Republicans have been in the
past twelve years. Ministers to foreign
countries have been granted leave of
absence to come home and participate
IN the campaign. In short the whole
power of the Administration is. being
used for partisan purposes, and the peo-.
pie are expected to. be SC blinded by
party prejudices as to overlook it."
That these assertions are true there
is not the slightest doubt Everybody
who reads knows, that the President
and Secretary of War are on this Coast,
and that Sherman, Evarts,. Devins,
Thompson, Schurz and Maynard are
making stump speeches through the
Eastern and Middle States, while
the telegraph. day or two ago report
ed that all the clerks in the. Depart
ments at Washington were sent to
Ono and Indiana to vote next Tues
day. The Government, which is sup
posed to be conducted for the benefit Of
h. thni Ia