The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-02-19
Kaufman county, Texas.

NEW DEAL.-This is election year in South
Carolina. State officers, General Assembly
and many County officers must be elected
During the past summer the press of the s tate
largely discussed, under the title Of "a New
Deal" the subject OF officers for the admins
tration, to come of iu December next. BY the
common law of the land, if not by statute, a
third term for the Presidency is definitely ta-
booed. We can recall case of o Governor of
South Carolina being accorded more than two
terms. As a rule, the other officers of the Ex-
ecutive Department 60 with the Chief This is
as it should be. The Chief Magistrate4 Secre
tary Of State, Comptroller, Attorney General
and so on through the category, are great off
GERS of State, and attaching to themeelves more
of honor and dignity than Of labor profit, and
necessity for enforcing some special political
platform of principles. Civil Service rules
have no application here. The Governor should
have ability and be practical and skilled in af-
fairs before he passes the portals to that high
Office; the Lieutenant Go vernor should be a
practical and ready parliameu ian ; the At
torney- General should be sound and able law
yer but it is not necessary that Superintendent
of Education should be an expert account
ant, and have served an apprenticeship in the
routine work of arranging and formulating the
categorical questions for the periodical exami-
nations of school teachers There is no objec-
ions to q master of details, but the qualities
lions for these high officers are higher than the
PHttc Oh meu VINO are Slmpiy Skilleu In rou-
tine and clerical work. There are hundreds Of
men in the State emineptly fit to fill with
ability and credit to the State these high sta.
tions. As n rule, they are justly the rewards
Of high attainmente and patriotic public service
along the line of party allegiance. This may
not always be the result of popular elections in
practice successful demagoguery or polite
management may out-run party honesty, yet,
nevertheless, it is the aspirations Of all political
parties to place their ablest and IN ost faithful
leaders in the posts of honor. We urge, then,
that the public service does not demand the
retention Of the present State officials in power
for another term.
There is every reason that there should be q
clean sweep. aud if for no other, that the
young men and full grown may see the
way open in our State TO dstingus he'd prefer
ment, and that honorable emulation be encour-
aged. We hope to see this matter definitely
settled long before the ides Of August, when
our State Convention will assemble. In the
meantime, let the many "Richmonds," wlo
are fit to enter the lists, be carefully canvassed
ny their hackers, the worthy Democrats of the
Counties from mountain to sea.
We will have more to say this Ii ne, and
may trench on other fields where change might
help the public veal and stimulate reforms
that will lift the State from the low estate into
which she has apparently dropped. Every
change is no. reform, but a wholesome change
is progress.
This is on independent position, not an in
dictment of the present administration. Pc
cause the Gins are in and 40 indictment found,
is no argument for life tenure n succession
to the "craek of DOOM We will continue TO
urge new deal.-Laur ensuiiie Herald.