The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-04-23

should have been enough for the con-
sideration of man who had just sworn
to uphold the Constitution. MIR. Hayes.
however, called off the troops and
some people are so cruel as to say that
this was done in accordance with the
terms of bargain by which the fraud
OF his installation was condoned. And
now this righteous man says, in his au-
thorized statement: "Don't you see the
inestimable advantage, in a party sense,
of being able TO throw on Democratic
shoulders the responsibility for every
species of fraud and misgovernment en-
acted in the Southp Every tissue bal
lot cast and counted in South Carolina
goes to the making of Northern writes
for the Republican party"
1t is such things as this that have
properly discredited Mr.. Hayes Ad-
ministration; twaddle about right and
Justice and the welfare of the people,
and chuckle over the success of q
party trick. Mr. Hayes has gained
neither credit for righteousness nor adj
nfiration as stalwart party leader In
fact. he slaps the stalwarts in this part
ing proclamation, declaring that they
have done all in their power 10 kill the
party. s
His defense of his Civil-service re-
form fiasco is pitched in about tho same
KEY. He says that he proposed certain
ends, but found them unattainable; yet
that he has made Civil-service reform
popular and has killed the "boss sys-
tenn" Explaining how this was done.
he declares that Though no public of
ficer has been removed for disregard OF
the Civil-service order, no one has open
ly and ostentatiously defied it without
having the fact remembered against
him when he came up for renomina-
ton" This, of course, means nothing.
as everyone knows who has followed
the course of Mr.. Hayes appointments,
dealing out patronage as rewards for
services in the Presidential fraud and
sending out his whole Cabinet on
stamping tours at the demand of the
party. .a
Among other things for which Mr..
Hayes claims credit to his Administra-
ton is the financial policy Of the Gov
eminent. He says: "The gradual
hardening OF the financial views of Sec
rotary Sherman has been largely due
to his influence" Another thing is his
treatment of the labor disturbances in
1877. He says he used the Signal
service as a corps of observers, and had
riot indications marked on a map, send
ing troops where danger was indicated.
Another thing is the fact that his Ad-
ministratiOn ''has been notably free
from scandals" To conclude, MIR.
HAYES authorizes this summary of the
merits of his Administration: s
1t must at least be remembered the credit
| of his Administration that il brought about
resumption and all the blessings flowing there
| from. That it improved the Diplomatic serv-
| ice. and through the system or Consular re-
ports. established since its inauguration. did
| something to increase our trade with foreign
countries. That 1t made an honest effort at
with nepotism. That against fashionable ridi-
Guile and slurs from all quarters it was sound
on the Temperance question. That ii steadily
refused To employ an organ to sound its
praises. That it bravely fought and defeated
the men who sought to coerce the>Executive
! by refusing to vote supplies, and that as far
as might be II has conducted the affairs of the
Nation in simple, transformations American
| fashion.
|, This. of course, is an excessive claim.
But, granting all that Mr.. Have
asks the public to believe of his Admin
istration. it yet stands distinguished
chiefly for weakness of purpose and of
acts. and will pass into history noted
mainly for the fact that for the first
time the chair of Washington was occu-
pied by a man who was not elected to
that place. - Boston Globe. A ff