The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-08-04
Democratic Address In New York.

The Democratic members of he New
York Legislature, through (. ir Joint
caucus committee, have issued az, address
In regard to the recent deadlock. in which
they cay: ':The chief cause for this un-
called for detention was a quarrel be.
tween the President Of the United States
on one side and the Vice President and
TWO Senators from the State of New
York on tho other. The ,urce of this
dlscord was question of vnicial patron.
age or spoils of Office The collector of
the port Of New York was forced to re.
sign in the midst Of his term of seryice
from place where he WAS serving with
general acceptance TO the public aud an.
pointed to place abroad uncalled for
ny his friends or by the public, in which
he has no experience. This change.
against which the merchants of New
York protested i'll large numbers, was
made In total disregard of civil service
reform, and was not called for bv anv
principle of political duty, nor in tie
! interest of the public service. Tho pur-
pose OF the act was to reward those who
had been porsistently successful in SC.
curing particular nominations and TO
punish those who had assisted a leading
member and other members of the Ma.
tional Republican Convention, claiming
the right of third term of executive
service for the previous President"
referring to the resignation of the two
Senator'S, they say: "The man who in.
spired this resignation was the ,npior
Senator of the State, who had been thrco
times elected to the United States Senate
ny one party of the State whose longer
service he now refused, and was simplv
owing TO the fact Of the nomination to
the Senate of one of the chief offenders
who had opposed his ambition and wishe,
at Chicago and elsewhere.
Appeals r.ade by the Democratic mi
norlty to submit the question to the pco
PIE were met BY the insulting declaration
mat the possible choice of Democratic
senators IN Congress would be public
calamity, and thus after Just electinp
thomas Z. Platt as the successor Of
FRANCIS Herman and after filling the sue
cesslon with the choice of o man named
Warner Miller, member of the present
and previous House of Representatives,
where he was only conspicuous aud no.
torious as the direct and present bencfi.
carries of one Of the greatest monopolies
In the country, and where he has sup.
ported that monopoly by his voice and
influence, and with the threat that other
public interests should suffer if his in.
terests Ill wood pulp in the manufacture
OF paper were not protected.
The most distinguished and capable
men OF the dominant party not in public
place, apart from Mr.. Conkling, includ.
ing men like Messrs. Fish, Wheeler and
kogers, and others who have served the
state with ability, have had to give place
10 two men elected to CONGRESS-. and
their nomination made the excuse for
passing law TO fill vacancies made bv
their election and for no other reason
these special elections thus provoked
Will be as untimely as they are unneces.
sary. The men elected cannot take their
seats before December, whereas the gen.
eral election takes place early in Novem
Der, and all the votes will be counted
before Congress can meet.
!he whole Senatorial discussion at
Albany resolves itself into three most
discredltatle conclusions: First, mistrust
OF the people of the State ON the part of
the Republican majority in the Legisla.
ture second, quarrel over the spoils
OF ofilce; third, abuse Of power from it's
long use, and misuse, until two of the
least capable persons have been drawn
from the popular branch of the Congress
OF the United States"
The address then calls attention 10 tho
bribery and corruption in the Republi.
can party, which has been exposed by
the quarrel between its factions.
Alludipg to the attempted assassina
ton ttllon OF the President, the address SAYS
The chief magistrate of the government
for daring to put in practice principles
OF executive right and authority in the
choice of public officers nearly los. Ills
life. This sad aud terrible crime came
not alone through the personal madness
OF single man, but from that personal
tanaticism which was and is the fruit of
greed for public offices, and of a false
and dangerous political creed. This
crime is evidence that now if ever ia the
time to teach all men that public Office
is, the property of the people, and that
places of official trust can only be right
fully distributed to men of noble bur
pose, of pure lives, of wise experience
and OF unqualified fitness for the work to
be performed"
= Now lay me down to sic ,p.n said
little IOddlepins. Then stoppine a min