The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-11-29
TIMES RBvENGHS.

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out a distinction there is a wide differences
s~Nbetween them. There are those who use the
trust copfided to them by their party to ad.
vanQe the interests of the general public,
They lose sight of the petty animosities en-.
gendered by party strife and devote their en-.
crsies to the common good. For the lack Of
a better name we sometimes call these men
statesmen and patriots and cheerfully accord
them praise and hold them in respect. There
are others again who seem to consider their
office simply as a means of rewarding poiiti-
cal friends and Furnishing political enemies.
The interests of the people are q secondary
consideration, and if they can build up and
strengthen their party these men consider
they have fully answered the demands Of
their position. The people know these men
only as politicians, pure and simple, aud rate
them only at their va'ue.
We are led to these remarks by the news
contained in a recent dispatch, to the effect
that President Arthur has appointed a former
deputy cellector-a firm political friend,
who was kicked out of o.. ce by Hayes at The
time Arthur was compelled to yield his posi-
ton as collector of the port Of New York to
Nerritt-to succeed Mr.. French as assistant
treasurer. The dispatch says: "Whsn
Lydecker- his appointee linked his political
fortunes with his (Arthur's) and became a
warm adherent of Senator Conkling be
brought down on himself the ire
of Secretary Sherman and under the
inspiration of the civil service re-
form movement, charges were preferred
against Lydecker, Of a character rejecting
upon his disiu%teredness, if not his integrity
as \ public official. The result was his re-
movsl, as Nc ard his friends sllege, simply to
make room for a partisan Of the other faction.
Arthur, as Collector, exerted his influence to
the utmost to save his d puty's official head,
but not only did not succeed, but he himself
met a similar fate only a fow months after.
ward. Now with another President and Ly-
decker ia the Treasury department the whirl-
igig of time is bringing around its re senge..
1t is said here the President hiss never con-
coded for a moment that his removal and the
removal of his personal and political friends,
like Lydecker, from the Custom House, was
anything but an unjust partisan persecution,
and hence an Injustice to himself anu to
them. He conceives the stigma which was thus
u~njustly placed on them should be removed.
I'll. is said to be the real meaning OF Ly-
decker's appointment. and this is the mean.
ing also of the CONSERVATION which the ne VS.
is naturally occasioning. The question is,
Whose turn next? Or to put il In another
way: If everybody that was turned out of
the Custom House with Mr.. Arthur then
would be provided with place now, what i, TO
become of the ins:?'
This seems about the size of the question
nov being asked by hal!-breed politicians.
They exhibit a lively interest i'll the security
OF their official heads. A trimming of sails
is in order aud haste is being made by many
OF the 2ntl-stalwarts to steer into and follow |
the wake of the chiefs IF the dominant lac
ton. They are beginning to realize the fact
Lydecker's case has impressed them with the
belief thai he means 10 reward them, and it is
N oLhlng but upAdultsrated sentimental sush
las been written about Arthur respecting
Ike wishes Of Garfield in the
of appointing certain persons
to certain - offices. Now the fact of
The matter is MIR. Arthur is a politician, pure
simple, with not a single elenen. of
5! atesnsnship about hir. he is a party Or
of no mean standing and to suppose
hat he will sink his partisanship in his ap-
poihtmentS is as great a mistake as to sup
pose he j. a statesman. He has a healthy
AMOUNT Of The old Adam in his mental COM
3osition-lsves his friends and will not GO cut
If his way to serve his enemies, therefore it
be supposed that Mr.. Lydecker is act
he only political ally That will receive Il
arm berth in the stalwart field. Way viii
,e made for them. The small game is being
truck down first, but the time is near At baud
hen the bold hunter will go after the lions
II the jungle. Truly the whirligig OF time
in his lesenge..