The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-07-15

body of their gooi men. and aid asess-
fully, at last, in restoring everywle in
our Southern country the freedom of eecb.
Of discussion. of the press and of thyote.
without which our free institutions mnot
long exist anywhere. and the violon Of
which in one section brings evil tevery |
other
MoNoPoLIEs.
Another danger which would note that
arising from the preponderating nfiure Of
the monopolies. trust. that now thestiu-
guished ex-senator of New York msfests
his concern upon this subieet-if ru.r be
true-it will not be regarded his xclu-
sive province to discuss it. As ,ne of
you will remember, | tnink, my prenting
it to your attention nearly twenty yes ago,
you will not suspect me of adopting / sug-
gestion in alluding to it now. The grit cor
porations of our country-and | mea the
railroad corporations, especially--cQsitutsl
new estate which is beginning to ae.t the
workings of our institutions very seously
They influence our legislation, both ste and
national. They influence the convenAns
both parties. They sometimes deeie ii.
nomination, if not the election, of our lutic
officers. Always existing. mauagedbT sme
of the best talent of the c9untry!witout
personal responsibility. With ev,-pady
millions at their command, they sit uar or
legislative and political assemblies rith a
pressure which requires much courae and
ability and public virtue to resist. j re-
quires great caution in dealing withhese
men. They have rendered great SERGE to
our country They have been especisy in
strumental in developing our prairiefates.
What were the mighty West withd the
railroads? We would ever recogniztheir
value aud their rights as efficient svants
of the people. 1t is when they aspirto be
masters that We object. They have desoyed
the competition on which we used trely
They say they have done this in the inrests
OF the people, and have made Transportation
cheaper by consolidation. 1t maye so.
We will not discuss it here. But it ceninly
does not preserve the power of the petle as
we'll. They claim to pay in this statmore
than their proportion of taxes-as youEena-
tor found when he faithfully sought tecom-
pei their conformity to our general sysm of
taxation. Perhaps they do. But the
manner in which they pay it does not slieve
the people in our municipalities frn the
present inequalities, or contribute the
common treasury of the people, a we'll.
1t is, however, their immense iufuece at
our capitals, state and national, with we
nave most to dread. Their various aencies
there constitute a new House, unknwn to
our institutions, never contemplated " the
FOUNDERS of our republic, and whi6 de-
ranges the normal action of our oyern.
ments. 1t is not easy to find a remdy for
thls-a remedy which shall preservi their
usefulness while abolishing the indepudent
oligarchy they begin to form. Time with
the increase of peril. will probably slocest
the necessary safeguard. 1t is suScient
mere to suggest that the people cannothe to T.,
vigilant in observing their action mr. too
careful in selecting the men who are to
represent their interests in our stale and
national councils.
PARTY SPIRIT.
One more point only will remark uuon
and have done. refer to the danger arts.
ing from too intense party spirit. There
are necessary in every free country two opIn.
ions on all important questions relative to
its interests. There are really more bul
these are usually 80 reduced and narrowed
down that elections are finally made be
tween the two which are the most sharply
defined. These opinions are formed into
shape and made most effective through tn
medium of party, and there is no doubt tina
the two parties in their thorough discussion
of important issues. within certain limits o
truth, honest reasoning and mutual courtesy
render great public service. They collec
the necessary information, they correc
erroneous statements, they analyze the logic
they scrutinize the purposes, they accom-
plish great good AMI are and always will b
an indispensable necessity while our fire.
institutions endure. Our danger from thi
cause arises from the acrimony which to-
often attends political controversy, from tn
tendency to be unjust to opponents by mis-
stating their position or imputing unworth
motives, and the animosity which Is frt
quently excited between citizens of our com
mon country, having the same interests an
generally equally patriotic desires. | nee
not pause to describe to you the calamitle
which have befallen many free nations from
the excess of party zeal. Some of the grand
est republics which have ever existed, wit
an early promise scarcely inferior to our OWE
have persisted in anarchy and bloodshe
under the malignant influence of contendin
factions. The lessons of history warn US t
profit by the record of those disasters. Tn
nhtaf nd For ha IS na1sksoo
evils, would remind you, fellow-citizens
lies through all our country in the promp
attendance of the members of each party a
their own primary meetings, and their care
full watch upon the selection of the men VIII
are to lead them 1t is there alone that tn
people can lay their hand upon the helm o
state and give direction to its action II
connection with this subject, the recent at
tempt made on the life of President Garfield
although made, as l believe, by an iusan
man, yet with peculiar form of insanit,
produced or given its present form, a
least, by his own disappointment in pursui
of Office, suggests the need of providing som
protection for our Presidents from the Away
exhausting rapacity of the Office seekers
few of whom entirely preserve their SAINT,
in the atmosphere of the White house-ant
the imperative necessity of some reform il
the method of appointing public officers.
have not altogether sympsthized with all tn
efforts made or plans proposed in relation Il
this subject by the so-called civil service re
formers, much as approve their object. be
lieving that their present plan, as generally
understood, would too much impair tn
efficiency OF needful party organizations, BY
destroying wholly the principle of rotation
in Office. But that reform is needed is nov
very apparent. We must unload our Presi
dents of this heavy burthen of care and re
sponsibility to which they are subjected. TIT
patronage of our government has long ap
peared to many of our citizens very imper
fectly arranged IN our national system, bu
every effort to change it thus far has signally
failed. There are many ways in which i
might be improved. The appointing power
could be distributed among the states in
which the duties of the office were to be ex
ercised-very many offices could be made
elective without disadvantage to the public
interest-or. if it is to remain in the hand:
of the President, some new aid or bureau
might be provided to aid him in the discharge
of these onerous duties. Perhaps the ap
pointment to Office, to hold ON good behavior
for limited period Of eight or twelve years
with competitive examinations and such an
arrangement of the length of the terms as
that they should not all or so many of them
expire at the beginning of each administra-
ton, would relieve the President Of the
burthen and the nation of the bad odor'