The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-08-21

toll AMI be framed with view of inn
proving the condition of workingmen.
A proper regard for the welfare of the
worl1ingman being inseparably connected
with the integrity of our institutions,
none of our citizens are more interested
than they in guarding against any cor
rupting influences which seek to pervert
the beneficent purposes of our govern
ment aud none should be more watchful
of the artful Vaccinations Of those who
allure them to self-inficted injury"
NO sUMPTUARY LAWS.
In free country the curtailment of
the absolute right of the individual should
only be such as is essential to the peace
and good order of the community. The
limit between proper subjects of govern
mental control and those which can be
more fittingly left to the moral sense of
self-implied restraint of the citizen should
be carefully kept in view. Thus laws
unnecessarily interfering with the habits
and customs of any of our people which
are not offensive to the moral sentiments
of the civilized world, and which are
consistent with good citizenship and the
public welfare, are unwise and yex-
atiOus.
IMPROVEMENT OF OUR WATERWAYS.
The commerce OF nation to a great
extent determines its supremacy; cheap
and easy transportation should therefore
be literally fostered within the limits of
the constitution. The general govern
ment should so improve and protect its
natural waterways as to enable the pro-
ducers of the country to reach profta-
BILE market
THE PEOPLE AND THEIR SERVANTS.
The people pay the wages Of public
employees, and they are entitled to the
fair and honest work which the money
thus paid should command. It is the
duty of those entrusted with the man
agoment of these affairs to see that such
public service is forthcoming. The Sc
lection and retention of subordinates in
government employment should depend
upon their ascertained fitness and the
value of their work, and they should be
neither expected not allowed to do ques-
tionahle party service. The interests of
the people win be better protected, the
estimate OF public labor and duty WI be
immensely improved, public employment
will be opened sto all who can demon
strate their fitness to enter it, the I'M
seemIy scramble for place under the gov
ernment, with the consequent impol u
nifty which embitters official life viii
cease, and the public depal tments will
not be filed with those who conceive it
to be their first duty to aid the party to
which they owe their places, instead Of
rendering partial and honest return to
the people.
ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM.
[ believe that the public temper is such
that the voters of the land are prepared
to support the party which gives the best
promise of administering the government
in the honest, simple and plain manner
which is consistent with its character and
purposes. They have learned that mys-
terry and concealment in the manage
ment Of their affairs cover tricks and be-
trayals. The craftsmanship they require
consists in honesty and frugality,
prompt response to the needs of the peo-
pie rs they arise, and vigilant protec-
ton of all their varied interests.
If I should be called to the Chief Mag
istracy of the nation by the sufrrages of
my fellow-citizans, / win assume the du-
ties of that high Office with solemn de-
termination to dedicate the effort to my
couutry's good, and with an humble re-
liance upon the favor and support of the
Supreme Being, who, I believe, will al
ways bless honest human endeavor in
the conscientious discharge of public
duty.
FSigncd. GROVER CLEVELAND.
To Colonel William T. Villas, chairman.
and d. p. Bestor and others. members
of the notification committee Of the
Democratic National Convention.
The Travels of Money Hotter.
Washington Post
The honesty and faithfulness of the In
ternational Postal Service has just been
strikingly illustrated in the history of a
letter, containing twenty-five cents.
which was mailed in January, 1888 from
Grand Rapids. Wis, and addressed to
John Bathurst, in Australia, by way of
Brindisi, Italy. After having been
oyened by mistake and advertised, the
missive was sent to the British Dead Let
ter Office in Australia. thence to the
United States Dead Letter Office by way
IT San Francisco. and thence back to
Grand Rapids, ON the oath of June last.
having made the circuit of the globe in
one year, five months and fifteen DAYS.
The envelope bore all the marks of hard
usage, but the piece Of silver was still
enclosed, wrapped as when it was mailed.