Iron County register., 1881-12-15

are often SO cramped by routine procedure
;1.., as almost TO disqualify him from
1mstitat,ng hn thn ting, the changes required
blood from time to time into the middle rank 3
OF the service might be very beneficial in its
results The subject under discussion is one
complained of can not be eradicated at once
the work must be gradual. The present En-
glish system is growth of years, and asnot
created by single stroke of executive or leg
1slatlye action. Its beginnings are found in
an order In counsel promulgated in 1855, and
It was after patient and cautious scrutiny of
present shape. Five years after the issuance
OF the order in council, and at a time when
resort had been had to competitive exanina-
tlonS aSeXperiments, much more extensively
than has yet been the case in this country, a
select committee of the House of Commons
made report to that House which. declaring
recated nevertheless any precipitation in
its general adoption as likely to en-
danger its ultimate success. During
this tentative period the results of the two
methods of passing examination and cOmpe-
titive examination were closely watched and
ourselves upon this important question with
in the stringent bonds of statutory enact
ment we may profitably await the result of
mission of a portion of the nominations to a
central board of examiners selected solely for
testing the qualifications OF applicants may.
perhaps, without resort to the competitive
test, put an end to the mischief which attends
the present system of aDpointment. and It
wide discretion, to ascertain the characters
tics and attainmentS of candidates in these
particulars which have already referred to
as being no less Important than mere INTEL
lectual attainment If Congress should deem
it advisable ut the present session to estab-
lish competitive tests for admission
to the service, no doubts such as have been
suggested shall deter me from. giving the
measure my earnest support; and urgently
recommend, Should there be a failure to pass
m fls6nvp 1yNNn Ia ir Gyl, n
preparation of $25 900 per year may be made
for the enforcement of section ,153 OF the Re
me, shall strive to execute the provisions of
that law according to its letter and spirit: l
am unwilling, in Justice to the present civil
servants of the Government, to dismiss this
subject without declaring my dissent from
the setere and almost indiscrim1nate censure
with which they have been recently assalied:
and corrupt is statement which has been
often made and widely credited, but when
theextent, variety, delieacy and I'd Importance import
jority of the employees of the Governments
are, in my Judgment, deserving OF hlgh COM
mendatiOn.
I OUR MERCHANT MARINE.
The continuing decline of the merchant
marine of the United States is to be greatly
deplored, in view of the fact that we furnish
so large q proportion of the freights OF the
commercial world, and that our shipments
are steady and rapily increasing. 1t IS
ton interest diminishing, but it is less than
when our exports and imports were not half
so large as now, either in bulk or in value.
There must be some peculiar hlndrance TO
the development of this interest, or the enter
prise and energy of American mechanics and
capitalists would have kept this country at
least abreast of our rivals in the friendly con-
test for ocean supremacy. The substitution
of iron for wood and of steam for sail have
wrought great revolutions in the carrying
trade of the world, but these changes cOuiQ
not have been adverse to America If we had
given to our navigation interests portion OF
the. aid in protection which has been so
wisely bestowed upon our manufacturers. L
I IecOmmend the whole subject to the wisdom
eff Congress, with the suggestion that no ques-
ton of greater magnitude or farther reach
ing importance can engage their attention.
In 1875 the Supreme Court of the United
States declared unconstitutional the statutes
of certain States which imposed upon ship
owners or cOnSigneeS q tax OF Sl.50 for each
passenger arriving from a foreign cOnntrv, or,
in lieu thereof required n bond to indemnify
the Stare and local authorities against eX
pense for the future relief or support OF such
passengers. Since this decision the expense
attending the care and supervision OF lmml. %
grants has fallen on the States at whose
ports they have landed. AS a large majority
of such immigrants have Immediately upon
their arrival proceeded to the inland States
and the Territories to seek permanent homes,
it is manifestly unjust to impose upon the
State whose shores they first reach the bur-
den which it now bears. For this reason. and
because of the n"Ional Importance of the
subject, l sreco- d legislation regarding
the supervise Nansitory care of immi-
grants at til 1ebarkatlon. ~
INSECT RECOMMENDATIONS. y
I regret i u the people of Alaska
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