Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-03-22

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~ QRigeppher Maees cannot %.
~ RioeGburg postofice against Mr..
~ oe0lnee and II 70, there will
- - 0euhe thst Quay 70 part and
locl e thle administration. Current
111e II tAis has brought the Legislature
n - - ooedIsnt servant but there are
- ~ indicate rebellion In Philadel.
- ooWsll = Pittsbure, which are the
{ "a Hepublican bulwarks Of the state.
~ nepubllcan party has been 10 su-
- eontroi Of Pennsylvania for many
E1oua through the cohesion Of Its leaders
10aA tAolr ooutrol Of the spoils Of Office,
x1ole shaking ofi from the national crib
sUO . severe shock to their constitu.
~; aud their return to the trough
21nl1 EoDult IN the collapse OF Their power.
Eno oxpeeiment Of putting one man
6SlEi1e he party may not be successful
Eoeeee It's comparative release from such
S0Dnlnation during the four years OF
4 0oeDocrAtic government. It IL certain
so1oush that no such dictatorship would
~ endured BY the Democratic party but
- Republican machine In this state has
boon % omnipotent during many years Of
Sule that It Il not safe to predict that 1t
Win b resisted, now that It is In the
hlnds Of the senator's holding the federal
pstzonage.
Ie seems to be Mr.. Harrison's will to
- The senators govern the appointments
6, ONCE. It is an altogether wrongful
dinposition to make Of them, but 1t Is one
which has come about naturally through
divers influences, one Of which is that
working politicians Of late years have
taken possession Of the Senate, and
another lies In the power which the Sem
ate has to defeat the presidents appoint
msnts. When President Cleveland went
3 out there were hundreds Of appoint.
nonts lying uuconarmed by the Senate;
Z oe course their confirmation had been re-
fused because they were Democrats, and
The Republican senators had the power
of leaving the place open for the appoint.
snsnt Of Republicans by the incoming
president; but the facts shows what they
hsve the power aud the will to do that
I ~ body u thoroughly partisan, and pro-
poses to use the offices for partisan ad.
vantage. 1t follows that the senator's
vii be ready to use their confirming
! power against q Republican as well as o
i Dsmocratic president, IL he does not act
& 70 suit them.
The power of the government is fast
4 ga.hsring In the Senats at the expense OF
~ House, the direct representatives Of
the people, where proverbislly 1t resides !;
and certainly the representative has q
gfoAter claim than the senator for the
T adoption Of his recommendation to oface
h his district, II either has such claim.
The representative should be supposed to
have . better acquaintance with the
eharacter OF the applicant, who Ia his
usighbor. And the senator, before whom
the nomination comes for confirmation,
should bear an impartial attitude towards
I ne possible.
Bat there is no good reason for making
olther senator or representative the dis
& ponser Of the offices. There Is no reason
4 Why the partisans Of any man or clique
4 IN party should be rewarded with office
4 Il generally happens thus, however, and
G possibly II Is unavoidable. But with Z
atrong and well advised president
equipped with cabinet Of like quality, 4
Would seem to be possible, as 1t certainly
{ y wise, that factions and bosses ina party
4 should be discountenanced, instead o.
bdng encouraged with the control of thu
spoils and that the president himsel
should be erected into the only boss. Har
ybm and his administration chiefs arr
evidently not Of this metal.