Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-12-13

such tests may be falrly considered con-
elusive, should be extended to all subor-
dinate positions under the Government
also recommend such legislation as,
while leaving every officer as free as any
other citizen to express his political
opinions and to use his means for their
advancement, shall also enable him to
feel as safe as any private citizen in
refusing all demands upon his salary for
political purposes. A law which should
thus guarantee true liberty and justice to
all who are engaged in the public service,
and likewise contain stringent provisions
against the use of official authority to
coerce the political action of private
citizens or of official subordinates, is
greatly to be desired.
The most serious obstacle, however, to
an improvement of the civil service, and
especially to reform in the method of
appointments and removal, has been found
to be the practice, under what is known
as the spoils system, by which the ap-
pointing power has been so largely en-
croached upon by members of Congress.
The first step in the reform of the civil
service must be complete divorce be-
tween Congress and the Executive in the
matter of appointments. The corrupting
doctrine that ''to the victors belong the
spoils" is inseparable from Congressional
patronage as tbs established rule and
practice Of parties in power.
''Under the Constitution, the President
and heads Of departments are to make
nominations 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
interests of the public service demands
that these distinctions be respected; that
Senators and Representatives who may
be judges and accusers should not dictate
appointments to office"
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 craftsmanship, and
that it can be permanently done only by
7 the cooperation of the Legislative and
/ Executive Departments of the Govern
ment, again commend the whole subject
: to your considerste attention.
, 1t is the recognized duty and purpose
, of the people of the United States to
} suppress polygamy where in now exists
: in our Territories and to prevent its ex
Y tension. Faithful and jealous efforts
j have been made by the United States
? authorities in Utah to enforce the laws
Y against it. Experience has shown thai
0 the legislation on this subject, to be effec
n tive, requires extensive modification anC
e amendment The longer action is delayed
!, the more difficult it will be to accomplish
d what is desired. Prompt and decided
:, measures are necessary.
|. recommend that Congress provide TO
e the government of Utah by a governo
n and judges, or commissioners, appointed
l. by the president and confirmed by tn
1t Senate-a government analogous to tn
n provisional government established TO
= the Territory northwest of the Ohio, b,
s the ordinance of 1887. If, however, it i
d deemed best to continue the existing form
d of local government, I recommend tina
l. the right to vote, hold office and sit o.
j, juries in the Territory of Utah be confines
1t to those who neither practice nor uphol
e polygamy.
Our relations with foreign countrie
nj | IF icfn
l. and have presented no occasion for cor
IL Germ as to their maintenance.
If The efforts of the Department of Stat
lie to enlarge the trade and commerce of tn
Of United States, through the active agenc
f. of consular officers and through the dis
e. semination of information obtained frol
10 them, have been unrelaxed The interes
d. in these efforts, as developed in our con
lie the information secured by this mean:
Of to the trade and manufactures of tn
is country, were recognized by Congress
at at its last session, and provision wa
Or made for the more frequent publicatio
r of consular and other reports by til
fit Department of State.
ny The prosperous energies of our dome
of tic industries, and their immense produ
a. ton of the subjects of foreign commerce
n invite, and even require, an active deve
in opment of the wishes and interests
n our people in that direction Especial
important is it that our commercial rel
of | IL A.
RI of South America, with the West Indi
nd and the Gulf of Mexico should be direc
CHI and not through the circuit Of Europe;
hit systems, and should be carried on in Of
by own bottoms. The full appreciation
he the opportunities which our front on Il
Dr. Pacific Ocean gives to commerce wi
le- Japan, China and the East Indies, wi
all Australia and the island groups which
ne along these routes of navigation, shou
on inspire equal efforts to appropriate
ed our own shipping, and to administer
IN our own capital, due proportion of I'll
"a trade.
he An additional and not unimportar
ew although secondary, reason for fosteril
he and charging the Navy may be found
re- the unquestionable service to the expa
by sion of our commerce which would
Der rendered by the frequent circulation
Ca naval ships in the seas and ports of
by quarters of the globe. Ships of t
lie proper construction and equipment, to
ia of the greatest efficiency in case of m;
ed thine war, might be made constant a
active agents in time of peace in t
I'VE advancement and protection of our fl
,he eign trade, and in the nurture and di
5he pline of young seamen, who would, NJ
My urally, in some numbers, mix with a
on improve the crews of our merchant shil