The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-01-10
POLITICAL POINTS,


until some time in the twentieth century, and 1t is
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POLITICAL POINTS.
Hon. John d. Long, OF Massachusetts, Is reported
as saying That the silver men have majority In the
House, and that there is prospect OF passing bill
suspendlng the coinage Of silver.
II the Democratic party Is to remain In power, II
must be by the leadership OF rs brains and charac.
leadership. Post, (Dent)
Except when mistakes are inadvertently madc,"
says the Boston Transcript, (Rep) "there Is little
danger OF any department OF this Administration
Diminishing officers Indispensable TO an efficient SER
vice."
The war on Indian Inspector Thomas has been
transferred from the white House and the Interior
Department to tho Senate Committee on Indian
Affairs, where 1t Is likely TO be decided on purely
political grounds.
Senator Cullom, OF Illinois, is said to he preparing
arraignment OF the President for making partisan
appointments The senator's facts Il facts they are,
Will be news TO many Democrats, who thought the
President was going too slow.
Mr.. Sheridan Shook has nominated Governor Hill
for the Presidency. AS the Hon. Shook qualities this
announcement with the statement that he believes
Blaine Will run against him, and oilers to bet $4,000
that Blaine beats Hill, MIR. Shocks Endorsement Ia
a long ways under proof
Assembly the worst element In the Republican party
appears to have been defeated by the next to the
worst. Out OF this result a grain of comfort may
be gathered but there Is no occasion for historical
joy.-PhNddeiphfd Record.
The hon. q. Frlsble Hoar has brought back from
Boston piece Of the bloody shirt, which he will ex
hibit to the American people when he comes to dis
cuss the number OF "Rebel Brigaders" appointed to
ONCE. II is somewhat torn, and the blood seems to
have disappeared, but II will do for a scarecrow.
M
Servlcelaw, which Is acceptable for whatever good It
does, merely scratches the surface Of real lasting re-
FORM" The World would rid the country OF the Itch
FOR once by emancipatlng the President "frOm the
dlspensaton OF the great bulk Of the patronage"
II he should succeed In having tariff bill passed
this winter through the House Of kind and char
acter which should commend Itself TO the business
people of the country, and II should be rejected by
the Senate, Mr.. Carlisle would then be brought very
prominently to the front as PRESIDENTIAL candidate.
W y. World.
Commenting on the speeches at the merchants
dinner In Boston the Herald Qnd) of that city says
"Evarts made the longest speech Of the evening and
said nothing. 1t would be very difficult matter for
any other person to use SO many words and say so
little. He talks like man who has the Presidential
bee buzzlng in HIS bonnet"
"a sensational paragraph saysthe San Francisco
Chronicle, (Rep,) "has been going the rounds to the
effect that the Republican managers contemplate
tho nomination of Senator Stanford for President in
those California Journals which owe their Existence
to scraps which fall from the monopoly table. And
yet II Is the widest Cdadrd which ever winged its
flight through the realms OF fancy"
Senator Hampton's bill making it a penal ofrense
for members to recommend their own or anybody
elses constituents for oice will become law-when
the Senate gives up its constitutional prerogative of
advising and consentlng TO appointments. Until
holes which an obligng clerk keeps for prize 6art-
llngs.
"The fact Isl" says the New York Freeman, (col.
ored mans organ "no outrage ola political charac.
ter has been committed under this ministration
When Mr.. Cleveland revoked the appointment OF
| at Ha2elhurst, Miss, he showed the cut-throat
stamp of Southern politicians that they had nothing
to expect from him or his Administration"
1t was remarked by a guest at the merchants
dinner that the name OF MIR. Blaine, when spoken
by one Of the visiting statesmen, received with
dignlned silence by the company. This, taken In
connection with the fact that the main issue Of the
late political campaigns was not mentioned, ind.
Gates that the Republican party is recovering from
the peculiar sensation OF year ago.-Boston Herald
tlnd)
The fight over the confirmation of Chief Justice
Powers Of Utah, has its headquarters at Kalamazoo
Mich. The Kalamazoozlans think their neighbor
Powers, Is not good enough man to peddle out
injustice In Utah-at least SO some of them say-bu
the real fight is against Don Dickinson, who has an
eye Senator Conger's seat In the Senate, and Is
taking hand In securing the promotion Of Michigan
patriots.
Evars would make an earnest effort to vindlcate the
men who elected him the oflcial announcement Ia
made that he has In course of preparation an ear
splitting TRADE against the solid South and the men
who represent 1t In Congress- IL this is the best the
distinguished New Yorker can do, it simply indi.
Gates that his constituents must vindlcate them.
selves-if they can.--Phfia. Times.
Mayor O'Brlen, of Boston, so recently elected by
an unprecedented Democratic majority, has vgor.
GUS Ideas on municipal politics. which he expresses In
his message In the following robust language: "!i
no quarter Is given to men who have no moral prn
clple behind them, who connect themselves with
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conducted, like any other large corporation, bust
meas principles"
In the organization of the New York Board OF
Aldermen Tammany was left out in the cold by @
combination of several Republicans with the County
Democracy. ofthe seventeen committees the County
Democracy have the control OF fifteen, by member.
ship OF three to two. OF the eghty-hye places on
committees the County Democracy have taken lfty.
two for their twelve members, giving seventeen 10
the four Republicans and only sixteen TO the eight
Tanmany Democrats. The Republicans have two
chairnanships Tammany gets none.
Gen. Hustled, tho newly elected Speaker Of the
New York Assembly, Is notorious for questionable
political combinations involving both treachery and
meanness. Elected to go to the Chicago Republican
Convention of 1880 upon tho promise OF acquiesclnp
In the support of Grant, he headed an intrigue tc
give the vote of the State 10 Blaine. His hostility
the reelection OF Plat to the Senate (whose cand
date for Speaker he has just laid ou very pro-
nounced and he did not hesitate to resort to meth
DDS which placed him In temporary retirement and
gave him the name OF the step-ladder statesman
The present is his fourth term as Speaker.
In his message to the New York Board of Alder
men Mayor Grace. emphatically Endorses civil ser
vice reform, especially as applied to examinations
for admission TO the civil service In that city. o.
the work OF the local civil service bureau the Mayor
after submitting a comparative table of the worl
done, says: "FrOm this table 1t appears that thu
number OF persons examined for admission to the
civil service in this city ia equal to more than one
third OF those examined for admission to the whole
Federal civil service, while II Is nearly four times
large as the number examined for admission to the
State service, and nearly six times large as the
number examined for admission to the civil service
OF the city of Brooklyn. Furthermore, 1t appears
that OF the whole number examined, seven eghths
succeeded In obtaining the minimum of 20 per cent
which Is fixed, and were rated as eligible. The ex
nminattons, as conducted largely by experts taken
from the various departments of the city govern
ment, are OF a thoroughly practical character, and
are solely directed TO the determination of the quail
locations required for the position to which application
upon any other theory than that of discovering the
practical and necessary qualifications, and none
others, which the applicant possesses for the par
ticular post he seeks. My experience during The
past year has more thoroughly convinced me thar
ever not only OF the merits OF the civil service sys
TEN In Its general scope, but Of its perfect feast
bility and Justice"