Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-05-30

The cities civil service bill passed by the
New York legislature renders mandatory on
the mayors of cities the system of appoint
ment for tested merit, which Was previously
only optional with them, and its passage was
a great triumph for those who are trying to
reform the government Of the large cities.
One OF the "independent" RepubI can
newspapers objects TO General Hawley of
Connecticut as a candidate for President be-
cause in his recent speech at the I'm ion
League he declared that "votiug is a farce in
fifteen states Of the Union, and would max Q
this fact an issue in the campaign. The
statement is fact, nevertheless, and no rea |
Republican will think the less Of General
Hawley for the position he takes on that
point.
The Charleston News aud Courier pub
fishes with pleasure letter from a resident
of South Carolina, which holds the following
language "Our state must be ruled by the
white people peaceably If we can, forcibly
il we must II the negroes are all permitted
to vote, they are sufficiently numerous in
many countless and probably in the state, 10
control elections. This can be prevented,
either illegally by violence and fraud, or le-
gally by property aud educational qualifca-
tions."
The late Democratic legislature of Virgin
ia passed law making it misdemeanor for
any one officially connected with the educa-
tional system of the state to take any part in
political conventions. Maj. Carter NJ. Lou
than, superintendent OF schools for Clarke
county, attended the late meeting Of the Vir-
ginia Republican state convention at Rich
moud, and was appointed a presidential cleo
tor for his district Thereupon the Bour-
bons procured his indictment by a Richmond
grand Jury and his trial win soon occur. II
is maintained by the Republicans that the
law under which the indictment was found is
in violation of the constitution of Virginia.
and there is very general determination not
to obey it until the highest courts have passed
upon its constitutionality. The result will be
watched with much interest.
The Vicksburg Miss. Herald comments as
follows on the recent abortive attempts in
that state to bring certain murderers to JUS
tice "With those who bear false witness,
jury y-fxers, low grade Of juries, legal tech.
nicalties and devilments, the law. abiding
have hard dresry time trying to enforce tbs
law. The news has staggered those who hop
ed the law could be enforced. They are very
weary they are growing desperate. There
is not a lawyer or judge in Mississippi who,
if he WAS threatened by the desperadoes who
stalk the land, would not put more faith in
the steady nerve, keen eye, and lightning
pistol than in all these damnable abortions
called murder trials. The results afford nc
protection to any one. Any citizen, male OF
female, may be shot down or cut to death,
and il the other citizens wait long enough
they will hear of hung jury, a mis- trial, a
reversal, pardon, and after a while the shoot
er or cutter will be back on the streets again,
strutting around like lion, ready to feast on
blood again. The courts of this state were
never held in higher contempt in Vicksburq
| than they are Ia. .day"