Smyrna times., 1885-07-22
MR.. BAYARD's HIGH GROUND.

Secretary Bayard's reported remark
that popular government is failure if
party is to administer govern
ment only to put its followers in
office, may be the means of inserting a
new idea into the heads of some people
who in their wisdom are disposed to
think that the current spasm of hOstil-
ity to the spoils system will not last a
great while.
1t is not hard to see what the Secre-
tary means, if we understand his use of
the word failure to convey its relative
sense, rather than its absolute. Des-
potic and imperial governments admin
lister public affairs for the benefit of the
governors rather than the governed.
The followers of the men who control
them are and expect to be put into the
soft places, regardless of the welfare of
the people at large, who foot the bills.
Popular government, of course, has
already proved that it is as good as anv
other, but its friends would not con-
slider themselves patriots if thev did
not claim that it is better than any
other.
The high ground taken by Mr.. Bay
ard is evidently that this claim must
be sustained by the cultivation of that
patriotic spirit which is willing to see
the public service conducted for cul-
tivating that patriotic spirit which is
willing to see the public service con
Quoted for the country's best interests
and not for the benefit of the temper
airy directors of that service. Mr..
Bayard has not opened his mouth to
such good purpose since he entered
the Cabinet.-Phia. Times
The Virginia Legislature to be
chosen this Fall will elect Il successor
to General Malone in the United
States Senate. So bitter is the fight
between John S. Barbour and John w.
Daniel, Bourbon members Of Congress,
for this place that they are working up
the county candidates for the Legisla-
ture and local splits in the Bourbon
ranks are growing wider every hour
The Bourbon press is about equally
divided Ln NNT.tl, . l.,
Republicans Senator Malone has nC
opposition as his own successor.
Large quantities Of Irish potatoes
are passing over the n. Y. P. & y
Railroad to the great northern mar
kets. These potatoes are shipped
mainly from Northampton county
The freight train passed Tasley station
Wednesday morning with twelve cars
heavily loaded with potatoes, and theI
large quantities are said to have beer
left at some of the stations, for which
extra cars had to be sent down during
the day. The road is also doing {
large through freight traffic.
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The bark Francis b. Fay, with IL,
200 bags of linseed, from Bombay
East Indies, arrived at the old Navy
Yard Piers, Philadelphia, on the l2tl
inst. The voyage consumed 140 days
on account of the leaky condition 0
the ship. Off the southeast coast o
Africa it became necessary to jettisor
25 tons of the cargo to save the ship
Between the Cape of Good Hope anC
the island of st. Helena, the shiI
sailed through a large amount o.
wreckage, spars, rigging and barrels.
Germany is increasing her output o
staple articles, and so are France
Italy and the United States, and all il
a greater or less degree at the expense
of England. Asia and Africa still Offel
fields for speculative trade, particularly
the latter in the region of the Congo
but both countries, as Mr.. GOsher
points out, use silver, and therefore al
trade with them.
The Pail Mall Gazette spends 81 500
not in the siums of London to discove,
vice, for it is already there by force o