Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-07-31

the duties of electors as the white pe0-
pie. Ia the meantime it is the duty Of
| the national government to go beyond
| resolutions and declarations on the sub
| jeet, and to take such action as may lie
| in its pSwpr ~ secure the absolute free
dom OF national elections everywhere, to
the end that our Congress may cease to
contain members representing fictitious
| majorities of their people, thus misdi-
recting the popular will concerning mar
tionsl legislation, and especially to tne
end that, in presidential contests, the
great business and other interests of the
country may not bs placed in fear and
trembling, lest an unscrupGlOus minority
should succeed in sitting the wishes of
the majority.
In accordance with the spirit of the
last resolution of the Chicago platform,
measures should be taken at once to
remedy this great evil.
FOREIGN IMMIGRATION.
Under our liberal institutions the
subjects and citizens of every nation
have been welcomed to q home in our
midst, and on compliance with our
laws TO cooperation in our govern
msnt. While Il IS the policy of the Re-
| publican party 10 encourage the OppreSs-
| ed of other nations and offer them facil-
tiles for becoming useful and intelligent
citizens in the legal definition of the
| Term, the party has never contemplated
the admission of a class of servile people
| who are not only unable to comprehend
our institutions, but indispOSed TO become
"A part of our national family or to EN-
brace any higher civilization than their
own. To admit such immigrants would
be only to throw a retarding element
into the very path of our progress. Our
legislation should be amply protective
against this danger. and if not sufficient
ly so now should hA NAL. SO to the full
extent allowed by our treaties with
friendly powers.
THE CIVIL SERVICE.
The subject of civil service admins
tration is a problem that has occupied
the earnest thought of statesmen for a
number of years past, and the record
will show that toward its solution many
results of valuable and com prehensive
character have been attained by the Re-
publican party since its accession to
power. In the partizan warfare made
upon the latter with the view of weak
ening it in the public confidence great
deal has been alleged in connection with
the abuse Of the civil service, the party
making the indiscriminate charges Seem
ing to have entirely forgotten that it
was under the full sway of the Demo-
cratic organization that the motto ITO
the victors belong the spoils" became u
cardinal article in the Democratic creed
With the determination to elevate our
governmental administration to stan
dard of justice, excellence and public
morality, the Republican party has sed
ulcusly endeavOred to lay he foundation
of system which shall reach the highest
perfection under the plastic hand of time
and accumulatiHg experience. The prob
lem is enc of far greater intracacy than
appears upon its superficial cOnsidera-
tiOn, and embraces the sub-questions of
how to avoid the abuses possible to the
lOdgment of IN immense number of ap-
pointments in the hands of the executive;
OF how to give encouragement to and
provoke emulation In the various gov
ernment employees, in order that they
may strive for proficiency and rest their
hopes of advancement upon the attri-
butes of official merit, good conduct, and
exemplary honesty; and how to avoid
the evils of creating privileged class
in the government service, who, in imi-
tation OF EI,Jlpan prototypes, may
gradually lose a.. deficiency and value
in the belief that the. 80 ess a life cal |
ing only to be- taken ava. case of some
flagrant abuse.
The thinking, earnest men Of the Ret
publican party have made no mere wOrdy !
demonstration upon this subject; but
they have endeavored to quietly perform
that which their opponents are constant
ly promising without performing. Under
Republican rule the result has been that,
without engrafting any of the objection
able features of the European systems
upon our own, there has been steady
and even rapid elevation of the civil SER
vice in all CT its departments, until it
can now be stated without fear of sue
oessful contradiction. that the service is !
more just. more efficient, and purer in |
all Of its features, than ever before since
the establishment of our government:
the country can safely rely upon the Re-
publican party as the most efficient iu-
strument for their removal.
| avn 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 |
greatest attainabe perfection in this
branch of our service.
THE REMAINING TWIN RELIC OF BAR |
BARISM.
The Republican party came into exis-
tence in crusade against theDemocratic |
institutions of slavery and polygamy.
The first of these has been buried be-
meath the smbers of civil war. The party
should continue its efforts until the re-
naming iniquity shall disappear from
our civilization under the force of faith
fully executed laws.
There are ether subjects of importance
which / would gladly touch upon did
space permit. l limit myself to saying
that, while there should be the most
rigid economy of governmental admin.
istration, there should be no self defeat
ing parsimonv eithar in our domestic or
foreign ser'i t. Ofi .ial dishonesty sho'd /
be pr0mp,.y ahd ..t' ~ punished. |
Our obligations to the defenders of the
should never be forgotten, and
the liberal system of pensions provided
by the Republican party should not be
imperiled by adverse legislation. The
law establishing labor bureau. through /
which the interests of labor can be placed
in an organized condition, | regard as
sslutary measure. The eight hour law
should be enforced as rigidly rs any
other. We should increase our navy to
4 degree enabling us to amply protect
our coast lines, our commerce, and to
give US . force in foreign waters which
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