Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-06-27
VOICE OF THE PRESS.


, new civil service law doesn't apply to
! him, as he WASH t In congress when il
! was passed.-Eyening Journal.
s Gen. Grant made no bones of saying,
/ when questioned short time ago,
r that he regarded Gen. Sheridan as in
, many respects the ablest commander
, that the war porduced. There are
many who have carefully studied
| Sheriden's campaigns, who do not
hesitate to place that dashing
cavalry man above Sherman, and
f even above Grant himself as an effect
i've fighter. Sherman and Grant
were men of more mature age, and,
perhaps, in the large scope of planning
and carrying out long series of
military movements were safer men
to trust but it is certain that in the
actual presence of the enemy neither
of them ever equaled Sheridan in
quickness and fertility of movements
and in producing results. The Journal
seiZes this opportunity to suggest the
name of Gen. Sheridan. Sheridan is
a thorough going republican, repub-
lican by instinct as well as by re-
Election and conviction. His every
impulse is patriotic. Every pulsation
of his heart beats time to the Union.
1t may be claimed that his genius is
purely military, but to our view it is
as statesmanlike as military. His adj
ministration of affairs at New Orleans
showed executive ability of the
highest order. Grant was said to
have the genius of common sense, but
Sheridan's common sense is of Keen
er and brighter quality than Grants.
1t can be said of Sheridan that he |
never made mistake in the execu-
ton of any duty or administration of
any trust. AS president we believe
he would combine al the best
qualities of Andrew Jackson,
Abraham Lincoln and Gen. Grant.
He is as brave and honest as Jackson,
as patriotic and intelligent as Lincoln,
as firm and resolute as Grant-and |
possesses withal a keener sense of
homer, which would make it inn
possible for knaves to gain paramount
influence over him as they did some
times over Grant.
If the republicans want to make
sure of victory in 1884, they should
nominate Phil notwithstanding
Journal.
New York Tribune The specula-
tor replies that gambling in grain,
provisions, cotton and other products
Is not contrary to the public welfare.
Itmakes "a larger market, and thus
conduces to steadiness of prices, so
that consumers lose less at one time,
and producers less at another, than
they would otherwise lOse.' A Per-
Torrance like that of McGeOch's casts
a food of light upon this reasoning.
The prolonged holding of prices at a
fictitious level, and the violent fall of
20 per cent in an hour, were equally |
harmful to every legitimate public in
terest. From the first to last, the
public suffered and only a few specu-
Iators had any chance to gain. Yet
rublic opinion does not seem ripe for
theapplication ofany effective remedy
PHILADELPHIA Record : The repub-
lican party has been useful party |
and a great party and a strong party
and respectable party i'll this country;
but, for all this, it must not imagine
that when it's trusted chiefs andl ,
are hauled up in court day
after day, to be tried for criminal of
lenses against the laws of the country :
that the party itself is not also upon
trial. It is and the people so under
stand it..
st. Louis Post-Dispatch At the end
of an important trial a few years ago
the prosecuting attorney was tainted
with the fact that he had not secured
a conviction of the accused. ''NO'
said he, didn't convict him, but, as
the old farmer said of the wild turkey
that he shot and didn't kill, "Fll fix
him so he'll roost mightylOW the rest
of his life.r The verdict of aquittal
in the star route trials calls this little
incident to mind. Messrs. Brady and
Dorsey will roost no more with the
high-fving birds of American and po-
litical life.
Brooklyn Union The public ser
vice cannot be reformed without lead
ing to the reform of politics, any more
than politics can be reformed without
the public service. Take
from politics its mercenary induce
ments, in the shape of patronage, and
party organization will cease to be in 60
the hands ofmen who have personal
interest in depressing the standard of
character and ability in all depart
ments of public employment. Have
it clearly understood that fair
education and a good character are
the sole requisites for admission to
;he lowest grade of official positions,
md that special ability to the work of
;he office is the sole qualification for
and half the inducements
% follow politics as a business are at
1nce removed. From whatever point
;he corruption of our politics is APP
it will be found to center in
;he abuse of patronage.