The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-30

The Republican Programme u Tue tlsAo
Of an article in the August Forum BY ex-
I Sp aker Carl sic. Its an answer u an
article in the July Forum by Senator Nor
rill, defe Ding the past and present p Icy
/ of the Republican party. The articles OF
| both the senator a nd tie ex-speaker are Gu!te
/ lengthy, but there are point Il eacl wncl
stand out very prominently, and which are
certain 10 excite great d al Of discussion
I during the next session Of congress.
Senator Morrill, expresses his belief that
| the Republican party Will remain IN power
/ for long time, but admits that the present
( admin -tratiOn is confronted by some peril5.
! One peril is civil service reform; another Is
/ the col lage Of silver and third IS the ne
/ gro problem. He has very little to suggest
with respect to silver COMA e or the negro
! problem. but he seems to thi that Presi-
! dent Il 4rrison will enforce tae civil service
law much more faithfully and effectively
than Mr.. Cleveland did.
Mr.. Carlisle takes issue with the senator
on this pont. and very forcibly and truth
fully shows that Mr.. Cieveland's ad-
ministration Of the civil service law was
much more nearly in harmony with the
spirit Of civil service reform than that Of
Mr. Arthur's was, OF than President Har-
rson's has been or is likely to be. Mr..
Cleveland placed several branches Of
the civil service under civil service
regulations, and enforced faithfully the
regulations as 10 the offices which were
already under them. He made an order
classifying the railway mail service which
Pre- ,dent Harrison postponed for this
avowed purpose as Mr. Carlisle SAYS, "of
creau g vacancies by removals and filing
item by appointments wi hout competitive
examinations" This says Mr.. CARL l.,
was an express repudiati N OF the vital
principal Of evil ser ice reform, bee use it
was an express declar atom That better
selections could be made without such ex-
ANNA ions THAI with the n"
The truth IS that the whole course Of the
present administration shows that it has
little or no sympathy with civil service
reform. It has only done what it has been
forced to do. For TWO whole months there
was virtually no civil service commission,
and the civil service law was dead letter
Mr. Carlisle declares that the Republican
:
silver, however much that metal m de-
preciate in value, because of tle fear of
losing the vote of the northwest and the
Pacific slope. He says: THAT party's own
favorite policy of high tariff and forced
contribute IS to the manufacturing ce tiers
has made the northwest a d ,btor to the east,
and the majority Of the people there, whether
~ . NJ vii No oh n
the currency that Increases their burdens or
makes them harder to bear"
Mr.. Carlisle thinks that the so-called negro
| problem will continue to vex the Republican
party as long as that party is compelled
TO rely upon the solid colored vote for sue
cess, and he makes the assertion that mo
solution Of it will be satisfactory unless it
subjects that vote TO the exclusive control
Of partisan officials to see thai it is always
| cast or counted for the republican ca.
didates." lie then points out that
it is proposed to create several hun
dred thousand offices, to be filled by
the President, for the express purpose of
controlling the colored vote in the interest
of the Republican party. The law creating
these Offices will apply to the whole country.
but 1t will be inteLded only for the south.
Mr.. Carlisle is of tho opinion, however, that
public sentiment will not sustain this
scheme of the Republican party, but will
condemn it., as it condemned the carpet
bag governments of the reconstruction
period Ie
Mr.. Carlisle compares the expenditures
Of the government under Mr.. Cleveland's
| administrator with those Of Mr.. Arthur,
and points cut wherein those OF the demo-
Gratis were more economical He is of the
opinion that the expenditures of the pres
ent administration viii be far greater
than those of any previous one,
and that many new projects of more than
doubtful propriety will be inaugurated, for
the support of which tue sources of the
treasury will be taxed to the utmost. His
conclusion is that the Republican party
will give the people no relief, and will i'll
augurate no reforms. The people viii be-
come disguised with it, and drive it from
power at the end of the present administra-
| ton,