The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1884-07-31

trembling, lest interruptions minority should sue
ceed in sitting the wishes of the majority.
In accordance with the spirit of the last resolution
of the Chicago platform, should be taken at
once to remedy this great evil.
FOREIGN IMMIGRATION.
Under liberal institutions the subjects and cit
izeifs of every nation have been welcomed to home
in midst, and on compliance with our laws to
cooperation In Government While it is the
policy of the Republican party to encourage the op-
pressed of other nations and offer them facilities for
becoming useful and intelligent citizens in the legal
definition OF the term, the party has never contem-
plated the admission of class of servie people who
not only unable to comprehend our institutions,
but indsposed to become part national family
or to embrace any higher civilization than their
own. To admit such immigrants would be only to
throw retardfng element into the very path of
progress Our legislation should be amply protective
against this danger, and If not sufficiently
should be made to the full extent allowed by
treaties with friendly powers
THE CIVIL SERVICE.
The subject of civil service administration is a
problem that has occupied the earnest thought of
statesmen for number of past, and the record
will show that toward its solution many results of
valuable and comprehensive character have been
attained by the Republican party since its accession
to In the the partisan warfare made upon the
latter with the view of weakening it in the public
confidence great deal has been alleged in
ton with the abuse of the civil service, the party
making the indiscriminate charges seeming to have
entirely forgotten that it under the full sway of
the Democratic organization that the motto ITO the
victors belong the spois" became cardinal article
in the Democratic creed.
With the determination to elevate our Govern
mental Administration to a standard of Justice,
cellency and public morality, the Republican party
has seduousy endeavored to lay the foundation of
system which shall reach the highest perfection
der the plastic hand of time and accumulating
ience. The problem is of far greater intricacy
than appears upon its superficial consideration, and
embraces the sub questions of how avoid the abuses
possible to the odgment of an immense number of ap
pontments in the hands of the Executive of how to
give encouragement to and provoke emulation in the
various Government employees, in order that they
may strive for proficiency and their hopes
vancement upon the attributes of official merit, good
conduct and exemplary honesty; and how best to
avoid the evils of creating privileged class in the
Government service, who, in imitation of European
prototypes, may gradually lose all proficiency and
value in the belief that they possess life calling on
ly to be taken away in of some fragrant abuse.
The thinking earnest men of the Republican party
have made no mere wordy demonstration upon this
subject; but they have endeavored to quietly per-
form that which their opponents constantly prom
Using without performing. Under Republican rule
the result has been that, without engrafting of
the Objectionable features of the European systems
upon own. there has been a steady and rap
i'd elevation the civil service in all of its depart
ments, until it be stated without fear of
cessful contradiction that the service is more just
more efficient and purer in all of its features than
before since the establishment of our Governments
and if defects still exist in system the country
safely rely upon the Republican party the
most efficient instrument for their removal.
in favor of the highest standard of excellence
in the administration of the civil service, and will
lend my best efforts to the accomplishment of the
gpeaest attainabe perfection in this branch of
service.
THE REMAINING TWIN RELIC OF BARBARISM.
The Republican party came into existence in a
sade against the Democratic Institutions of slavery
and polygamy, The first of these has been buried
beneath the embers of civil war. The party should
continue its efforts until the remaining nquiy shall
disappear from our civilization under the force of
faithfully executed laws.
There other subjects of Importance which l
would gladly touch upon did space permit. limit
myself to saying that, while there should be the most
rigid economy of Governmental administration there
ahonld be no self-defeating parsmony either in
domestic foreign service, Official dishonesty
should be promptly and relentlessly punished. Our
obligations to the defenders of country should
be forgotten, and the liberal system of pensions
provided by the Republican party should not be Inn
perled by adverse legislation The law establishing
can be placed In organized condition, regard
a salutary measure The eight-hour law should be
enforced rigidly any other We should increase
our navyto degree enabling us to amply protect our
coast lines. commerce, and to give force in
foreign waters which shall be respectable and prop
er representative of country like our Owu. The
public lands belong the people, and should not he
alienated from them but reserved for free homes for
all desiring possess them and, finally present
Indian policy should be continued and improved up
experience in Its administration may from
time to time suggest.
have the honor to subscribe myself sir, your obe-
dient servant, JOHN A. LoGAE.