Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-07-17
CIVIL SERVICE,
Address of tho President to Employees in
the Department..

the Department.
WASHINGTON, July 15.-The following cx.
ecutive order was issued by the President
yesterday: Executive Mansion, Washing
ton, D. c., July ID, 1SSG.-To heads OF
departments in the service OF the general
Government. deem this proper time to
especially warn all subordinates in the
several departments and all oflice-holders
under the General Government against the
use OF their official positions in attempts
to control political movements in other
localities. Office-holders are agents of the
people. not their masters. Not only IL
their time and labor due to the Govern
ment, but they should scrupulously avoid
in their political action as well as in the
discharge Of their official duty offending,by
the display OF abusive partisanship their
neighbOrs who have relations with them as
public officials. They should constantly
remember that their party friends from
whom they have received preferment have
not invested them with the power OF arbi-
trarily managing political affairs. They
have no right as fficeholders to die
tate the political action OF their party
associates or to throttle the fre,.-
dom OF action within party lines bv
methods and practices which pervert every
useful and justifable purpose of party orr
ganization. The influence Of Federal ofli-
GERS should not be felt in the manipulation
OF political primary meetings and nonl-
mating conventions. The use by these
officials OF their positions to compass their
selection as delegates to political eonven-
tions is indecent and unfair. and a proper
regard for the prOprieties and require
ments OF political place will also prevent
their assuming the active conduct OF po-
litical campaigns. Individual interest and
activity in political affairs are by no
means condemned. Otice-hOlders are
neither disfranchised nor forbidden the ex.
ercise OF political privileges. Those privil-
eges are not enlarged. nor is their duty to
the party increased to pernicious activity
by office-holdng. A just discrimination in
this regard between things citizen may
properly do and purposes for which public
office should not be used is easy in the
light of a correct appreciation OF the re-
lation between the people and those en-
trusted with official places. You are re-
quested to communicate these views to
those for whose guidance they are in-
tended GROVER CLEVELAND.
DIsHoNORARLY DISMISSED.
WASHINGTON, July l5.-Acting Secretary
Fairchild to-day summarily dismissed q
Chief OF Division and two clerks in his
office for Ciscreditable connection with the
examinations for promotions. It seems
the Chief OF the Division had been in
structed to prepare the examination papers
for promotion in the Office, and after doing
go, surreptitiously furnished copies OF the
questions to two clerks under him. A high
official OF the Treasury Department states
that he has been convinced that this prac-
tice has been in vogue and that the authori-
ties had determined to put stop to it as
possible.
A GREAT TRIAL.
Chicago Anarchists at Last Before tho
Court and Jury.
CHICAGO, July 15.-The jury to try the
eight Anarchists charged with the Haymar.
massacre is finally impaneled. To-day the
twelfth man, H. T. Sanford was accepted
by the defense, before the noon adionrn-
ment. In the afternoon when the jurors
had been sworn, the States Attorney pro-
duced a large drawing OF the scene of the
Haymarket riot and began his address.
He said for the last three weeks, he felt a.
great anxiety in the selection OF the Jury
which had somewhat unhinged him. lie
was now somewhat relieved because the
jury in some measure WAS now responsible.
For the first time in the history Of
.iis country people were on trllt
Tor their lives for endeavOring to create
anarchy and take life. He hoped it was
the last time that such trial would take
place. He wanted the jurors to carefully
analyze the evidence. He asked the con-
viction OF no man on prejudice. After
dwalling upon the atrocity OF the Hay
market massacre and upon the meetings
previous to that event which were adj.
dressed by Spies and Parsons. and to tha
interviews with Spies in which Spies said
that such an affair would take place, a.
bombs were already prepared, the State.
Attorney said he would be able to prove
to the complete satisfaction OF the Jury
that Lining made the bomb which was
thrown in Haymarket Square on May a.
After describing the features of the plot
to blow up the police stations simutane-
ously, and sack the city, the States attor.
ney said in corclusion: II will attempt to
show you who threw the bomb and not =.
single conspirator will be placed on tb,
stand whom we will not corroborate by
WITNESSES" When the States attorney
;eased the attorneys for the defense said
hey would make no statement for tfair
'iGe until tho evidence was all in To-mur.
'ow the examination OF witnesses will ba
1egun.
Little Revolution.
New ORLEANS, July ia special to the
Times Democrat from New Laredo, New
Mexico says: About 4 p. m, to.day tho
of the Fourth Cavalry, sta.
Toned here, received orders by telegraph,
md in fifteen minutes a regiment novel
hastily, going down the river. Nothin.
lefinite could be learned as to their des-
,ination or the cause OF their sudden de.
1arture. 1t finally transpired, however,
hat a revolution had broken out in tn,
'icinity Of Mere Comargo, Guerrero, and
,he adjacent country.