National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-06-24


Mr.. BAYNE, Republican member of
Congress, moves that the President be
forever execrated for not having allowed
him-Bayne-to dictate who should be
an internal revenue collector in Ale
gheny County, Pennsylvania. Now why
should Bayne make one of his hench-
men collector? Or why should he
compel the etention in office beyond
twelve years of one of his henchmen as
a collector? How long since n single
member of Congress was found to be en-
titled to the appointing power? Why
should Congressman Bayne dictate to
the President? Is it not contrary to
civi-service reform for Congressman to
be interfering with appointments to
Office? Is not the habit of allowing
Congressman to reward their henchmen
and strikers with Office the Jane of our
politics? Bayne is too fresh. He makes
Aleck Mcclure and Whitelaw Reid shout
his praises for making demand which
they as Justify proclaim to be infamous
when made by any Congressman who is
not of their tribe. We only mention this
to show the dishonesty of the gang.
WE fully agree with General Butler in feeling
that no nervous regard for consistency should pre-
vent the legislature from abolishing registration If
St can be asccrtainol that registration will lessen
the political power ofthe white people, Charleston
Is. c. Nelps and Courier.
1t is gratifying to learn that the Pal
metto Democracy are still sound on the
subject Of white politics. If at one time
they wavered and gave in their assent to
negro suffrage, they now stand nobly up
md disclaim any nervous regard of con-
Bistency We understand the registration
aw 10 have been devised to give
the whites an advantage over the
blacks 1t was supposed that the
latter would fail to register through
carelessncss and ignorance. But it
seems that this was mistake. The
whites are the laggards in registration.
About face is the word, then. No matter
how fine the reasons given in the legis-
lature orenacting the registration law. If
il does not do the Bourbon work intended,
away with it. Let no nervous regard for
consistency maintain trap set for blacks
when it is found to catch whites instead.
As THE time for the adjournment of
this session of Congress is drawing near,
we desire TO earnestly impress the men,
bers with the necessity of passing some
measure to provide for the proper adjudi-
cation Of all claims against the govern
ment. 1t is fact that there are
thousands of loyal men--men who
were loyal whore it was crime to be so,
who furnished supplies to the Union
Army-who aided in every way possible
the grand cause of civil liberty when it
was struggling for life, who have not yet
been paid for the supplies furnished
by them. The government and the
Republican party boast ofthe faith of the
Nation kept unsullied with its creditors;
but this boast is not true until every per-
son who claims that an unsettled debt is
due has the privilege Of going into a
court, and, under the rules Of evidence
and through the forms of law-law bind
ing alike upon the citizen and tho gov
demonstrating that claim adjudicated.
The Republican party, having control
of both Houses of Congress, owes it to
itself and to the country to see that the
needed legislation on this subject is
passed.