The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1885-03-20
FEDERAL OFFICES AT TIE SOUTH.

RViNNN iNSthNht 0iCN tibfiu udS III
power, aud 1t is his duty TO bis par
~, 10 suspend all the Federal an
pOintees at the South whose term
are not yet expired. The law re
laiing to removals or suspension
is as follows:
Section 1868. During any recess Of th'
Senate the President is authorized, in hi
discretion, to suspend any civil officer ap
pointed by and with the advice and con.
sent of the Senate, except judges Of thC
courts of the United States, until the eud
of the next session of the Senate, and tC
designate some suitable person, subject
to be removed, in bis discretion, by the
designation of another, to perform the
duties of such suspended officer in the
meantime and the person so designated
shall take the oath and give the BOND re-
| CURED by law to be taken and given by
the suspended officer, and shall. during
the time he performs the duties of such
| officer, be entitled to the salary and emol-
uments of the office, no part of which
shall belong to she officer suspended
The President shall, within thirty days
after the commencement of each session
of the Senate, except for any office which
in his opinion ought not to be filled, nom
mate persons to fill all vacancies in office
which existed at the meeting of the SEN
ate, whether temporarily filed or not,
aud also in the place of all officers sus-
pended; and if the Senate, during such
session, shall refuse to advise and consent
to an appointment in the place of any
suspended officer, then, and not other
wise, the President shall nominate anoth-
er person as soon as practicable to the
same session of the Senate for the office.
Commenting upon this law and
upon the duty of the President, the
Charleston Courier says: at is
safe to say that ninety out of every
hundred Federal ofice-holders in
this State are ignorant, vicious OF
unscrupulously partisan. They
are disreputa6le, contemplate and
injurious, not because they vote
the Republican ticket, but because
they cheat, steal or lie IN their off
cial capacity. Such officers as these
ought TO be removed at the earliest
possible mOmeut, not for the sake
of the Democratic party alone, but
for the sake of good government
in general, aud for the name OF the
United States. We are confident
that they will be removed as soon
as their record can be known and
examined. But it is no use to de.
pend on general principles. They
who desire that Federal office.
holders in South Carolina shall be
removed must be prepared to show
hat these persons have acted i'm
properly i'll Office, aud cannot be
allowed to remain there without
discredit and injury to the Govern.
ment.' This is a Southern view
of the case. The New York Times
gives US a Northern view of the
case, as follows:
1t Is clear that there will DO many
changes in the service in the South, be-
cause there ought to be many. In the
customs, internal revenue and Attorney
Generals branches of the service the
South has been Overrun with men put in
Office and kept there for political purpos-
es. This has been true for many years,
and though the internal revenue service
has been improved of late, there remains
in it and in the other branches a great
number of worse than useless appoint
ees. They will gradually be removed.
but their places will not be filed by mere
place hunters. On the contrary, there
will be great care given to the selection
of capable men of good character, who
will attend to their business and not to
politics. The new men will necessarily
be Democrats in the great majority of
cases, because it is from that party that
the best selections eau be made. But we
shall be greatly disappointed if they be
efficient and upright men.
Thus these two representative
journals OF the North aud South
voice the popular sentiment of their
respective sections. Mr.. Cleveland,
the right to suspend those
whose term has not yet expired,
and being cOgnizant of the justice
Of the demand that the right should
be exercised, is not the man to fal-
Ter or shrink from the performance
the duty. To the people belong
Offices, aud they are entitled TO
reform 10 this department,
which has become a thing of neces.
as indicated by the above
rom the Courier. This has cOnsti.
uted the most powerful cement
hat has bound the South together
u a solid phalanyx in opposition
D the Republican party. That par
Y failed to comprehend the omin-
Handwriting on the wall" and
D consequence "went down meath
be tide and the wave" We are