The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-12-06

territorial question would ns 81 the
highest utility, ana . m.s a ~
cars. Aud the liability Of "n' breaks
he4veen Indians and wnete" WO":u
fe ieesenetl. The public domain
~n1hi.i he more securely gusrde'e' an"
i,eafer Dr,vresy be made IN TIE 'o-
sarncfion IT the young.
Alaska b. still without any 1"rns O
.,vii government. II means were
,,,.,v,1ie,i Tor educating it, people and
II The DrotecliOn OF their lives ana
,,rnnertv the immense resources q!
that r,,Siou would invite permanent
s.tfle,nents and open new fields '"r
industry and enterprsse.
The report that the Comn'lasl'.'s'r
az Agriculture presents On sasssInt
Of the lab0rs Of that aiepartment IuI'
ine the past year and tnc!nles 'nIot-
n,stion az much interest to the gen
cr.i public. The condition of the f:.r.
ssfs of the country and the wasteJoI
NM inner In which their destruction II
t.kimx place give cause is'r ss'rSt'l"
sn,,rehension. Their action In pro-
fsctinw the esrth's surface, In n'otti
fvim9 The extremes of climate aud IN
rx9u1atiu9 and sustaining the HOW ID
sn1invs aud streams, In not vel! un :
derstoCni. aud their importance In re-
latiOn to the growth Of the country
cannot be safely disre,,arded. Thcy
are faxt dissppearing before ae*trues-
i've flres aud the legitimate require
ments Of our increasing population
anal their total extinction cannot De
lone ds.layei unless better methods
than now prevail shall bc aAlOptct! Tor
Their prutectiOn and cultivation. The
attention of Congress H. invited To
The necessity of additional legts
i.fion to secure the preserva.
ton of the valuable forests still
remaining GU the public do
main especially In extreme western
Sl.tes and Territories where the ne
cessily for their preservation J"
greater than In less mountainous r.
4iOus, and where the prevailing dry
ness Of the climate renders thet!
restoration II they are once destroyed
nigh impossible.
THE lCUI.Ic SERVICE.
The communication which ] made
to Congress ut its first sesetO.l In I>ec.
last. contained q full statement OF my
sentiments In relation tn the prtnci-
ules aud rules which ought to govern
appointments to the public service.
lettering tn the various plans Which
heretofore hal been the subject o
Discussion In the National 1.egisls-
ture. plans which In the main wee
modelled uu0n the system which OL
tains In Great Britain, hut which
lacked certain Of the prominent
features When ely that system Is dis
tinguished, { felt bound to intimate
whether they Or any ri them would
&fJbrd u remedy for the evils wD,trl,
they aimed tn correct. declared,
nevertheless, that II the proposed
measures should prove acceptable tN
Congress they would receivejthe u"-
hesjtating support Of the executive:
Since the suggestions were submit tesi
for your confederation there has I'eell
no Legislation upon the subject tn
which they relate, but there has l'een
meanwhile an increase In public In
tercst On that subject, and the people
~ the country, apparently without
distinction Of party. have II,
various ways and upon frequent
occasions given 'cxprvs~iOns to their
earnest wish for proinptness and def
mite action. IN my Judgment such
action should no longer l'e postponed.
may add that my own sense Of Its
pressing importance has l,een quick
cneti l,y observation III practical
phase Of the matter, t. which atten
lion has more than once been called
bv my predecessors. The civil list
comprises about TN, tHn, persons, the
larger part u whom must, under
errors 0f the constitution, Ike selected
by the President either directly ar
through his own apl,Oinlecs. In the
early years at the administration al
thu. l;Overment the personal dirpc-
ton of appointments IL the civil ser-
vice may not have lxen an irksorle
task fLr the executive, but now that
the burden has increased fully hum
dred fold II has tt,ts,sne greater than
he ought to bear AID It necessarily
Divers his time and attention from
tire proper discharge Of other duties
no le~s delicate aud responsible, and
which Ia the very nature Of things
cannot l,e delegated to ether hands.
In the Judgment Of not = few VIII"
have given study and reflection IL
this matter, the nation las ~ tgrOw n
the provisions which the .'"nstiiu-
ton has established from iiiling
the minor offices IN public. SER
vice. but whatever may Ike
thought Of the wisdom ~ exlesliency
Of changing the fundamental law In
this regard, II Is certain that much
relief may Ike afforded not only to the
president and to the heads Of depart
ment, but to senators and ltepresen-
tativex In Congress ty discreet leEis-
lati0n. They would he protected In
U great measure by the hill now
pending before the Senate, or by any
other which should emlbl,tly it, i'm
portant features, from the pressure al
personal Importantly and some Of the
labor Of examining conflicting claims
0SuU lptStcU10WbS VI V1tJNSbUWSe6.
trust that before the close Of the pre-
sent session some decisive action may
be taken for correcting the evils
which inherit The present methods Of
appointment, and l assure you Of my
hearty CO operation in any measures
which are likely to conduce to that
end. AZ to the n,0st appropriate
term and tenor Of the official life Of
the subordinate employees Of the
Government, It seems 10 lie xencr
ally agreed that whatever their extent
or character, the one should lie
definite and the other stable, and
that neither should he regulated by
zeal In the office Of . party or fidelity
to the fortunes Of an individual, 1t
matters little to the people at large
what competent person Ii at the head
Of this department or that bureau, II
they feel assured the removal Of the
one or the other will not involve
the retirement Of honest aud faithful
SubOrdinates whOse duties are M, ely
administrative and have no legiti-
mate connection with the triumph of
any political principle, ar the succex,.
OF any political party or faction. It
IL to this latter class 1T officers that
the Senate bill to which I have once