The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-08-02
THE DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS:
Plain, Sensible Talk to the People.

LIE ADOEtG0o
Plain, Sensible Talk to the People.
ALBANY, July 23.-The democratic men,
bers of the Legislature have issued an address
to the democratic citizens of the state of
New York, and to the citizens Of the state
| without distinction of party. The address
says: Discords and quarrels in the republic
can majority have separated us from
our homes and business for 200 days. The
chief cause of this uncalled for detention was
the quarrel with the President of the United
States on the one side and the Vice President
and two Senators from this state on the other.
The source of this diScord was the question
of official patronage, or spoils of office. The
collector of the port of New York was forced
to resign in the midst of his term from the
place where lie was serving with general &C.
ceptance, to be appointed to a place abroad
by his friends or by the public, in which he
has no experience. This change, against
which the merchants of New York protested
in large numbers, was made in total disre-
gard Of every announced principle of civil
service reform and was not called for by any
principle of political duty nor interest of the
public service. The purpose Of the act
seemed to be to reward those who had been
personally successful in securing the Presi-
Dental nomination and to punish those who
had resisted the leading members and MEM
bers OF the rational republican convention,
claiming the right of term of the executive
service for the previous President. The I'M
seemly quarrel at Chicago in the summer of
1880 was transferred to Washington after
the Presidential election at the close of
the same year. The strife has been contin-
ued with more bitterness at Albany through
the whole of the present session of the Leg
islature. 1t commenced with great vehe-
mence at the Senatorial election in January.
when a third-class candidate was nominated
and elected over a tirst-class competitor tor the
first Office in the gift of the legislature, and
hardly second to any office in the gift of the
people of the State. The office then filled.
after great strife, was vacated ty voluntary
aud when it had emily been held
for less than one-fourth of the first year of
the 1ull SIX years constitutional term of SER
vice. The man who inspired this resignation
was the senior Senator OF the State, who had
been three times elected to the United States
Senate by one party of the State, whose Ion
ger service he now refused, and simply ow ing
to tile fact of. the nomination tothe Senate of
one of the chief offenders who had opposed
his ambition and wishes at Chicago and else
where. The useless designations of these
TWO men lost to the State not only a large
amount of money, but what is more valuable
its honor, dignity and self-respect. Two
known by the vulgar but expressive
names OF Stalwarts and Half Breeds, have
the Senate, Assembly, Republican
party and State throughout the whole ses-
sion. The Democratic members have MANY
asked and demanded all appeal to the
but by force of numbers, IN
defiance of public opinion, and in denial of
The opportunity oftimely public judgment up.
on tine fact of leaving the state without its
representation In the highest
branch Of congress, the republican majority
to leave the choice Of succession to
WIG PcoPiC VI Tile StdLe. lnc demands OF the
democratic major that all appeal be made
the people, were Let by the insulting dec!
l~aration that the possible choice of the DEM
ocratic senators in congress would be a public
calamity to the state, and this just after elect
ing Thomas Z. Plat as a successor to Francis
Herman, and after following this success on
with the choice of a man named Warren Mil |
a member of the prese mt and previous
OF representatives, where he was only
and notorious as a direct and
personal beneficiary of one of the worst mo-
nopolies in the country, and where he has
supported that monopoly by his voice and in
fuence, aided with the threat that the public
interests should suffer if his special interests
in wood pulp and the manufacture of paper
were not protected. The most distinguished
and capable men of the dominant party, not
in public place, apart from Conkling, but in
Guiding Fish, Wheeler, Curtis and Rogers
others who have served the state with
ability, have had to give place to two men
10 congress and their nomination
made the excuse for passing u law to Gill va
cancies made by their election.
A Nihilist Plot.
New YORK Jul v 81 Tho u..r,5,o D..:.