Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-05-21

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Club. Fairchild spoke a. considerable
length, beginning with some details re-
garding the Treasury Department man.
agement. Speaking Of civil service re-
form, he said:
IL have not understood civil service
reform to consist in giving Government
officials lien as of right upon the place
they may happen to hold. My judgment
is that the right to remove subordinates
without question and without presump-
ton until the contrary is proven that the
removals are made for other purposes
than the public good, should be conceded
and maintained, but had hoped to live
to see the day when the great
majority Of public Offices shall be
non political; that is, when it shall
not be considered needful to
party government and party response
bility that many changes should be made
| in purely administrative offices. My own
wish, that as few political offices as pos
sible should be in the category, is based,
not alone or chiefly on the hope or belief
! that the conduct Of public business will
be improved thereby, but because | be-
lieve that grave cause of party weak
ness and Generalization will be removed,
and that thereby public policy will inn
prove"
Speaking Of the surplus question, Fair
child said s'The words surplus rev.
enue' are OF i'll omen, because we have
been doing what we ought not to have
done, because our lawmakers have vio-
lated the fundamental principles of DEM
ocracy. There is but one way out; that
| is, to face the other way, to follow the
advice Of Presidents Arthur. and Cleve.
land, Of Secretaries Folger, McCulloch
and Manning, aud carefully and patient
ly strive to relieve the Government from
the trammels which are upon it. This is
VI ork which of late has been given to
the Democracy OF to-day. The ques ton
involved is not free trade, but free gov
ernment and free people"
PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLIES
PHILADELPHIA, May 19.-In the Gen
eral Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church this morning, Gov. Beaver of
Pennsylvania read the report of the
Committee on Ministerial Relief. The
Governor spoke warmly in favor OF PEN
sions for ministers disqualified by age
and long service, nc IL charity, but as a
recognition OF their lab, in the cause
OF the church.
Rev. DR.. George V. Hayes, chairman
made very earnest appeal for the en-
imously adopted the recommendations
of the committee.
After some further routine business
the meeting adjourned till Monday.
| In the afternoon 1000 persons iammed
| the Academy OF Music, and hundreds
we're turned away. The meeting was
under the auspices OF the Presbyterian
Snnday-school superintendent Associa.
ton, ia the interests Of publications and
Sunday-school work.
A popular meeting in the interest of
theological education was held in the
Academy of Music tonight. Rev. D..
| E. d. Morris spoke in behalf OF the Lane
Theological Seminary at Cincinnati, and
addresses we're made by Robert j. Trum-
bull, representing the seminary at San
Francisco, and Dr. Marquis, represent
| ing the Mccormick Seminary at San
| Francisco.
THE SOUTHERN CHURCH.
BALTIMORE, May 19.-At to-day's ses-
sion Of the General Assembly for the
Southern Presbyterian Church, the com.
mittee on the Sabbath made a report
condemning Sunday excursions and urg-
ing that greater efforts be made for a
stricter observance of the day. Re-
ferred.
After some discussion it was decided
to appoint committee on temperance to
report to the next General Assembly.
Then the case of Rev. James Woodrow,
who is in trouble with the synod OF
Georgia, for teaching the theory OF evolu-
ton, came up. The Judicial Committee
made two reports, the majority recon-
mending that he be heard, the minority
that he be not heard, his case being bar
red by lapse of time. After discussion
the majority report was adopted and the
hearing set for Monday.
Adjourned.
LOUISVILLE RACES.
LOUISVILLE, KY, May TO- To-day
closed very successful week Of racing at
Churchill Downs. Four days yet re-
main, and some oil the best events of the
meeting are booked to occur. The man
ayers of the Jockey Club say that the
meeting is the best SO far that has been
known. Jockey Turner was hurt to-day.
He was to ride Swift in the McCampbpll
handicap, and Just before the start the
horse stumbled and threw Turner, bruis-
ing him severely. Jockey Freeman's
riding of Laurel in the first race was very
unsatisfactory, to say the least, and the
judges suspended him. Bets, however,
were not declared off.
| McCampbell handicap, one and six
teenth miles-Glen Hall won Leila May,
second; Huntress. third. Time, .54.
Selling, five furlongs-Irene Dillon
won, Sallie 0. second, Albert Stuhl
third. Time, :06s4.
| Clark stakes, one and quarter miles
l-Gallifet won, White second, Long Roll
third. Time. 2:15ls.
Selling, six furlongs-Antonio won,
Parrish second, Ashland third. Time,
1:21. Laurel looked an easy winner
coming down the stretch, but short
distance past the sixteenth pole her
rider, Freeman, acted peculiarly, allow
ing the filly to come up short and Par
rish and Antonio to run ahead of her.
After some consideration the judges CAV G
the race to Antonio, but suspended Free
man.
| Selling, six furlongs-Bo Bonnie King
won, Full Sail second, Balance third.
Time, Is.
| GRAvEsEND TRACK.
| NEW YORK, May 19.-The weather al
G ravesend was pretty cloudy. The track
W as heavy and the attendance about IL, )
600.
For 3-year-olds, one Effectiveness
(flly) won, Now or Never second, Joseph
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