National Republican., 1880-07-07
Turn out The Ec,,cIs.

To ne Editor Of The Nd'iuvW Rcpijiicdn:
SIR: No COOL republican wh1 honestly dc.
sircs the success of his party will question the
necessity In the pryscut emergency OF cxrlcs.
ing the undisvuicd right of removing from
office nCu who Utg not In sympathy with the
party in power. "Solf pr,scrv, tiou is the frs.
law Of nature" aud polite, SHOULD be no OK
Cgption 10 the general rule. II il is right to
advocate the election Of republican pr,,si-
dcut, and TO expect that In the selection Of "A
cabinet aud other high officials po'ilics should
be considered, then there Is no reason why
| the srlne rule should uOt he applcl in the
| appointment of clerks and al, other govern.
mont employees. All republicans agree in
| this. The only difference Of opinion is in re-.
| gard to who Is responsible for the abuse of a
| trust which results in retaining persons Of
democratic proclivi,ios in lucrative positions
| at the expense pud to the injury Of good re-
publicauo. rnc general opinion is that tho
heads of departments arc the responsible par
ties. M greater mistake could possibly
exist. The chiefs Of divisions are the guilty
parties In most cugcs. Take, Tor instance
the first auditors Olirc ur the trca.ury. There
arc about forty five ulurl;s located therein: OF
that number no, over twelve eyer vote, and
about onc.third Of thom never voted rcuuh.
licln ticket In their lives. There arc four
cNlcs Of divisions; two Of them were ap.
pointed us democrats before the war, have no
republican influence, Nud never voted Il rcDuL.
licsu ticket They are democrats yet There
have been fourteen promotions on the recon-.
meudutinus OF the auditor Of late; tarrc Of
these only had ever served In the ARMY, aud
only lpurcvcr voted at ALL If democrats must
be retained, IL is no moro than fair that they
should occupy the lower grades and let mcu
who spend their mouey IN going homo 10 vote
aud 10 help their party have the best positions
These chiefs OF divisions NOT only ho'd posi-.
tons that belong To republicans, but they pre-
vent the promotion Of republicans. There is
but 0ng ont OF the four who would disrrimi.
nate In favor of republican i'm making pro.
uoli0Gs.
Take the navy department. Here the
chiefs OF divisions arc naval officers. Thry
appoint democratic clerks or men of demo.
cratic proclivitys. 1t is but recently that
Secretary Thompson himself appointed two
aged m'n 10 minor positions in that depart
mont, who wore friends of his early DAYS in
Virginia. but who are democrats and cX.cou.
fdgrutcs On, Of them was 30 extremely
iceb,e that the secretary sept him homc aud
appointed his SON IN his stead. There are not
twenty sIJnch republicans out Of tine wnuir
force Of clerks ia this department.. Tho war
department is Just us bad, 4 II u'orl, r'uh
could be organized there without. aug uuui.
whatever giving the presidency ut ig lo u
$1,000 c!yrE, who, during the war was s.u.
teucrd 30 the Albany pcu.'u.'iuy for one
year for pleading guilty before 20 military
Tribunal 20 ruhbjng the a,rt.aul diving soldier
iu the hospitals OF tine Cuuuiry. The ,ccrr-
tuy-hip Of the cub could go 90 neatly
dressed democratic C'urk, who killed 70 "Liu-
cola hhemg' in a drunken brlwl during tine
war, ual was puupusi uul hy President John.
SON, while tlch.hruers aud bmneu.hY.ia..
eau be found iu abundance iu thti auomalDuS
brigade CUhd The general service bureau.
"'nle woods nrn ruil pr lhem.' Ia the census
o.'iao II Is said that three rhoors and % tiger
were given In one ot tho rooms when Han.
cocks nomination WA, announced. This, too,
In % branch of the service too pUro uud lofty
10 descend TO tho level OF politics, hul which
is crowded 10 oycrtpwug with r,d-hut Iobel
muu aud women al the same. In the
general oStnttint there arc some uiro young
men OF respectable southern Gmiiirs wht
arc hUrmhiug for Hancock and who are not
afraid Of removal mt present. II is to be
hoped that Maynard Will purify that depart.
m"ut before the approuchiun battle Of O.Dubrr
and November A. tho District ot Columbia
building the prospect for the republicans rs
absolutely scleuuE Tho place Is uli of
cnpperhcad rN.rchol democrats of ALL mttiou.
ulilios, from q Danish Jew mp 90 50 high-toupl
southern gentleman, b. taEl, sgr' iuc'udiug
the most curious auIWl ever known In tho
political Wnril called "i Georgetown rtpuhli.
tgav of the city. Ihla ls only one rpuhi.
can chief of division u the whole buiIlu..
Commissioner Drut Is laughing dl oy.r hi.
face at the idea uG llaucp.ys nomination. aud
expects to ho reuppoiuted by him jC he is
elected iur he says he was un invited ggc, to
General Hancock wedding many years ago
in the west, The rcWh.i'm national COM
mi,tac hu. jus, sout ogt ils assessment cilcu-
lar Every republican Official should support
the party 10y Wl means iu his pswgr bat lH BE-
i,.r Tor republican Official To- pay vbi'e N
democrat iu lun s,mo ruuu Wi'h U.m laughs
nt the 3cu and hWwas tr !Imro.," let
the administration lp i.5 duty hv turning UI'
the rbols phe.l iu position ly d. u Oh"
green and mnIHu Mp'y dnNa ur l7,r anil lh0ro
ygnbor How many republicans would ho al.
lowed 20 hDN plyg.s uud,rl J.wn-wUu ale
WiuisIuliuuf NAVY ltEp,
pro0essorN A. Q1ou was drowned In tho
bay a. Galveston, luN, yesterday.