The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-12-14


are encouraged to believe that the evil at
which they are aimed may be suppressed
/ I'm some quarters have been thought indispen-
sable for success.
Tho close relation Of the General Govern
ment TO the Ierritorttes preparing 70 be great
States may we'll engage your special attention
10 is there that the indian dlstur oauees m My
soccHr, and that polvgan1y mas found room for
its growth. / can not doubt that a careful
survey of Territorial legislation would be Of
the highest utility. Lie and property
would become more secure; the liability
of outbreaks between indians and whites
would be Ie-scncI; the public domain would
b" more securely guarded and better pro ress
be made an the Instruction of the young
ALASKA
f. stnl without any form of civil government.
If means were provided for the education Of
it's people and for the protection of their lives
aEd property the immense resources Of the
ro-iOn %ou,d invite permanent settlement
audoRen new nclds for industry and enter
THE REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONED OF AGRI-
CULTURE
presents an account OF tine labors of that de-
uHTtmcut during the past year, and includes
information OF much interest TO the general
public. The condition of the forests of the
Z their destruction is taking place give cause
FOR serious apprehension Their action IN
protecting the Camh's surface, in modifying
the extremes Of climate apd in regulating and
sustaining the flow OF springs and streams is
not We'll understood, an4 their Importance in
country can not be safely disregarded. They
are fast disappearing before destructive fires
ana the legitimate requirements OF our in
creasing population, and their total extinc-
tion can not he long delayed unless better
methods than now prevail. shall be adopted
for their protection and cultivation. Tao St-
tcntiOu OF Congress is tnvitedtO the necessity
of additional legislation to secure the preser-
walton of the valuable forests tstin remaining
on the public domain, especially in the ex-
IRENE Western states and territories where
the necessity for their preservation is greater
thandn less mountainous regions and where
she prevailing dryness of the climate renders
their restoration, IL they are once destroyed,
well nigh impossible.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
The communication which made to Com
greSs ~ its first session in December last con-
tainse eoueE hat full statement of my senti-
mnut- lu relation 10 the principles and rules
which ought to govern tho appointments to
public service. Referring to the various
plans winch mad heretofore been the subject
pl discussion in the National legislature
plans which in the main were modelled upon
the system which obtains in Great Britain,
but which lacked certain of the prominent
features whereby that system is di5tin-
gUj~ucd, I felt bound to intimate my dOubts
whether they or any of them would afford
adequate remedy for the evils which they
aimed to correct 7 declared RnvertfeIess
tn &C ii the proposed measures should prove
acceptable to Congress they would receive
MISUNDERSTANDING support of the Executive.
your consideration there has been no legis-
1atiOn upon the subject 70 which they relate.
crease m the public interest on
that subject, and the people
OF InN country, apparently without
Distinctions party, have in various ways and
upon frequent occasions given expression to
their earnest wish for prompt aud definite ac-
iion. n my Judgment such action should no
/ longer be postponed. / may add that my
own sense OF its pressing Importance has
been Qlicllenpd ~ observation, in a practical
phase of the latter to which attention has
more than once been called by my Dredeeps-
-Ors. The civil Ii.t.Dow COM Driscs about IOos-
600 persons, the larger part OF whom must,
under the terms of the Constitution, be So
Iected bv the President either directly or
fnTOYTrrh
In the early years of the administration Of
Government the personal direction of APP
pOlntments to the civil service may not have
been an irl1sOme task for the Executive. but
now that the burden has increased fully Il
~. ult pear. itau lt necessarily QlVerJS ms
time and attention from the proper discharge
% olhei uutleS no less re ~pohSlble, ana Wlllch
az Jhe very nature OF Things can not be dele
gated to other hands. I'm the judgment of
not Few who have given study and rcheC-
tic provisions which the Constitution has es-
til1lshcd fOrahlling the minor offices in the
pubic service. But whatever maybe thought
OF the wisdom or CNpcdicucy of chang ing the
fundamental law in this regard, it is certain
that much relief may be afforded, not only 20
the President and to the heads Of the depart
ments, but to Senators and Representatives
in Congress. bv discreet LEGISLATION They
would he projected in a great measure by the
bin n NV pending before the senate, or 10y any
other which should emb0dv IFS 'innOrtsnt
features from the labor of exam ming con flict-
ing claims and pretensiOHS of candidates. I
trust that before the close OF the present
for the correction OF the evils which are in the
present methods of appointment and 1 assure
ure- Wlnch arc likely to conduct to that end.
As % the most appropriate term and tenure
81 the Official life of the subordinate en-
ploAees OF the Governments, IT seems
- he generally agreed that whatever
their extent or character the one
sh3ulu be definite and the other stable
and that neither should be regulated by
zeal in the service of party or fidelity to the
fortunes at an individual lt matters little to
tire people at large what competent person is
at the head of this department or of that
bureau, If they feel assured that the removal
of one and the accession of another win not
involve the retirement OF honest and faithful
SubOraiualcs whose duties are purely al
mtniStr0tivC, and have no logitjmate COnnCC-
ton with the triumph of amy political prnoi-
PIE, or the success 81 any political party or
that the senate bill to which have already
Tcteued exclusively applies. While neither
improving the Civil Service concerns the
higher grade Of officials who are appointed
feel bound to correct "a prevailing misap-
pvChensiOn rs to the frequency with which
the present executive has displaced the in
cumhent OF an Office and appointed another
in his stead
REMOVALS FROM OFFICE.
II has been repeatedly alleged that he has
i'm this particular Si@nally departed from the
cour-' which has been pursued under recent
administrations of the government. The
facts are as follows: The whole number of
eNccuilN appointments during the four years
Immediately preceding MIR. Gardeld's acces-
sion % the Presidency was 2,G96. OF this num-
DEF 2'+, or nlne per cent, involved the removal
of previous iDCumhcnts. The rates of remOv-
a'- 10 the whole number of appointments was
much the same during each of these four
years. I'm the first year with 100 appoint
ugntS there were a removals or q.3 per cent:
in the second, with 9I7 appointments ther6
We're ~ removals, or So per cent in the third.
with $50 appointments. there were 4S remOv-
ais, or 10 per cent; in the fourth, with 429
or SO per cent; in the four months
OF President GarfCld's administration
or % per cent Precisely the Same nurnter Of
remoyal~, So, has taken place in the fourteen
constitute ouiy p per cent. of the whole num-
Der of appointments. ] % wi him that period
8. tjI exclusive Of the ARMY and Navy. which
Is filed hy presidential appointments 7 de-
Nm ~ ~ @slGn Ir4l~lat!an ~ may
listing provision uf law in relation to
Political ASSESSMENTS.
I'm July last authorized public announce
meut That employees of the Government
should regard themselves rs at liberty to cN-
croi-c their pleasure in making or refusing to
make pollc1l eontIlhut'ons, and that their
action tu that regard would I'm no manner at-
feet ll"r official status. I'm this announce
mont ] acted upon Che view which had ul-
way maintained ,aud .ill maintain, that apub-
lie uricrr should bc MS ab-0IutcIv free AS any
other citizen 90 give or to withhold 81 confri-
button for thc aid If the political party III his
Doubtless not without foundation i'm fact that
by the solicitation of suncrior- and by other
modes. such contributions have M times been
LriyiIi,r has nScn fear 81 y,hgf nris+Ir+ hoflIi
and i'm mn, Ind ,ln,nt tl,rir coIin(ti .si',4f
be prohibited 10y law bin which will effect
u'lly suppress them viii receive my cordial
approval
DISTRICT or COLUMBIA.
hope that however numerous ana urgent
ilS pc M y, ,,i t'23 . . ,Ionll2n the
The denial 60 its residents of the great right