Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-02

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The State Convention of the New
York Democrats was a very harmoni
GUS body, though positive in expressiD.
its sentiments. The resolution refer
ring to Gen. Grants career and hi
9 9 hopes of national ~pacifcation, is II
fine contrast to the utterances of tn
) Ohio bloody-shirt waivers. The Dem
ocrats undoubtedly represent the bes
northern sentiment on the question
while John Sherman and Company
represent those, who are again trying
to use sectional prejudice as ar
important factor in politics.
What is said on civil service reform
will attract wide attention, as the con
Vention has doubtless very correctly ex'
pressed the common sense view of the
Democratic party on this question
The opinion is bluntly expressed that
the Civil Service Commission has been
prostituted to party purposes, and the
demand is made that it be reorganized
with a majority of Democrats. If the
Republicans should demand that a
majority be Republicans, and
they undoubtedly wish that, it
is easy to perceive that the question is
a long way from being above political
influences yet. After the experience
of the American people with the Elec-
toral Commission, it may be reason
ably doubted, that Civil Service reform
can ever be carried out practically as it
is proclaimed by its champions. 1t is
all well enough to theorize about the
feasibility of placing a vast number of
offices beyond party influence; but the
New York Democrats correctly appre-
ciate the difficulties.
we are OF the opinion they have
voiced the sentiment of the great
masses of the Democratic party in their
demand that civil service reform shall
be under Democratic auspices, when a
Democratic administration is in power.
They want the Commission to be Gin
sympathy" with the party in power,
which is not unreasonable, when it Is
remembered that the President ap-
points Judges of the Supreme Court
from his own party.
The distinction between what a citi-
zen believes is due his country as an
official and as a patriotic party
man, is SO exceedingly fine, we
are afraid the great body of the people
will never be equal to making it. This
is a government Of the people, and
they wish it to respond to their de-
cisions at the ballot-box, and when it is
prevented from doing that promptly by
a Civil service Commission, they don't
approve of it.
The denomination Of Gov. Hill
emphasizes the platform, for he heart
lily approves of it. We have little
doubt of his triumphant election.
Madison County Items--The Crops
1.-The Fair--Prohibitlon, Etc.
Editor Commercial Herald:
CANTON, Miss, Sept. &c, 1885.
The bright, clear weather of the
past week has been taken advantage of
by u farmers and much of the staple
has been picked out, and so anxious
were they TO get as much as possible
before bad weather shall again set in,
but little attention and time were
given to baling, conseq ueotly the
receipts are cot as large as they might
be. The present low price, has, to
some extent, also influenced them not
to market in too great a hurry. The
crop is turning out very well, and bar
ring low prices, our farmers are quite
hopeful. Our merchants have laid in
and handsome stocks in some
instances for the fall and winter trade.
Madison county circuit court con-
venes IN Monday, 18th. Both the
civil and criminal dockets are small
and the probabilities are that the term
Of court will be a short one, unless
the grand jury find, what many assert
will, a'large number of indict-
ments for violations of the retail
liquor law. The friends of temper
ance will present to Judge Wharton,
on Monday next, a petition praying
that he will charge the grand jury on
this question especially, and that the
violaUers when indicted be prosecuted,
and, if convicted, that they be pun
to the full extent of the law,
and further playing that no compro-
misses be allowed, whereby the guilty
may get off by paying a nominal fine
and the "costs."
We are to have a grand horse fair,
On the courthouse square, the
irst day of the court, when
R. W. Durfey & Co.'S. celebrated
Mountain Slusher," and his
get" of the past year, some eighty odd
Vearlings and colts, will be exhibited,
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