The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-03-07


can they expect when the lesson that
convenience, or supposed class inter-
est, is sufficient cause for lawlessness
has been well learned by the ignorant
classes? A community where law is
the rule of conduct, and where courts.
not mobs, execute its penalties. is the
only attractive field for business in
vestments and honest labor.
Our naturalization DAVIS should be
so amended as to make the inquiry into
the character and good disposition of
persons apply for citizenship more care
full and searching. Our existing laws
have been in their administration an
unimpressive and often an unintelligi-
bic form. We accept the man as a cit
iZen without any knowledge of his fit
ness and he assumes the duties Of citi-
Zenship without any knowledge as to
what they are. The privileges of the
American citizenship are so great and
its duties so grave that we
may well insist on a good knowledge
OF every person applying for citizen
ship and good knowledge by him of
our institutions. We should not cease
to be hospitable to immigration, but
we should cease To be careless as to
the character OF it. There are men of
all races, even the best, whose coming
is necessarily burden upon our public
revenues or a threat to social order.
These should be identified and ex-
cluded.
We have happily maintained policy
of avoiding all interference with Eu-
ropean affairs. We have been only IN
terested spectators to their contentious
in diplomatic, ready to use our friendly
offices to promote peace, but never OBJ
truding our advice, and never attempt
ing unfairly to coin the distreSseS of
other powers into commercial advant-
age to ourselves. We have a just
right to expect that our European pol
icy will be the American policy of Eu-
ropean courts.
1t is so manifestly incompatible
with those precautions for our peace
and safety by which all the great
powers habitually observe and enforce
in matters effecting them that shorter
water way between our eastern and
| western seaboards should be dominated
| by any European government that we
NAV confidently expect that such a
purpose will not be entertained by any
friendly power. We shall in the
future as in the past use
every endeavor to maintain ano
enlarge our friendly relations
! with all the great powers. but
they will not expect US to look kindly
upon any project that would leave III
subject to the dangers of Q hostile obser
walton or environment. We have moi
sought to dominate or to absorb any O
our weaker neighbors, but rather to aiC
and encourage them to establish FREE
and stable governments, resting upol
the consent of their own people. w
have clear right to expect, therefore
that no European government will seel
to establish colonial dependencies upol
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states. That which d sense of juStic
restraints us from seeking they may b
reasonably expected willingly to foregO
1t must not be assumed, however, tina
our interests are so exclusively Amer
lean that our entire inattentiOn to an
events that may tranSpire elsewheT
! can be taken for granted. Our cit
Zens, domiclled for the purpose @
trade in all countries and in many G
the islands of the sea, demand and Wi
| have our adequate care in their pei
sonal and commercial right.
The necessities of our navy requir
> convenient coaling stations and doc
: and haboT privileges. Those and othe
: trading privileges we will feel free
= obtain only by means that do not in an
} degree partake of coercion, howeve
: feeble the government from which W
9 ask such concessions. But having fai
= ly obtained them by methods and fC
g purposes entirely consistent with tn
most friendly disposition toward a
: other powers, our consent will be nee
q essary to any modification or impair
? ment of the concession. We Sha
: neither fail to respect the flag of an
: friendly nation or the just rights of il
!. citizens, nor To exact the lii
$ treatment OF our own. Calmness, jul
y tice and consideration should chara
4 teriZe our diplomacy. The offices {
8 an intelligent diplomacy. or friend
o arbitration in proper cases, should
Y adequate to the peaceful adjustmeI
: of all international difficulties. BY sue
= methods we will make our contribute
u to the worlds peace, which no natiO
= values more highly, and avoid Il
# opprobrium which must fall upon I'll
d nation that ruthlessly breaks it.
l. The duty evolved by law upon tt
n president to nominate and by and wit
= the advice and consent of the sena
e pointment is not otherwise provide
n for in the constitution or by act of co
q gress, has become very burdenson
|, and it's wise and efficient dischar,
II full of difficulty. The civil list is
d large that a personal knowledge of al
t.. large number of the applicants is IL
l. possible. The president must re
IS these are often made lnco nsiderate
d and without any just sense of res Doni
,e bility. l have right, think, to i
g. sist that those who volunteer or a
ir invited to give advice as to appoin
10 ments, shall exercise considerable
lie and fidelity; high sense of duty al
rs ambition to improve the service shOu
x characterize all public officers. The
g. are many ways in which the conve
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I'd business with our public officers m
IN be promoted by a thoughtful and obi
IN ing officer and l shall expect tho
in whom may appoint to justify the
IT selection by conspicuous efficiency
W the discharge of their duties.
n Honorable party service will certain
al not be esteemed by me diSqualifit
ID ton for public Office. but it will in
We case be allowed to serve as shield
n official negligence in Office or del
d. quency. 1t is entirely creditable
g seek public Office by proper methC
cy and with proper motives, and all apI
is cants will be created with conside
IS ton. but shall need and the heads
ne departments will need, time, for
o. quiry and acknowledgements
rs pnrtunity will not, therefore be |
re best support for an application.
Id office.
Gu Heads of departments. bureaus, a
,y' all other public officers having a
cl duty connected Herewith, will be
iu pected to enforce the civil service /
ia fully and without evasions. BeyC
ms this obvious duty hope to do So
VI thing more to advance the reform
Oh the civil service. The ideal. even
vs.; own ideal. shall probably not alta
Sal Retrospect will be safer basis
e judgment than promises. We sh
,uI not, however. / am sure. be able to
lt our civil service upon non-partiS
ISL basis until we have secured an incur
Az ency that fair minded men of the
1 position will approve for Impartial
'I and integrity; as the number Of 81
mo in the civil list is increased remoN
usI from Office will diminish.
,uI While treasury surplus is not
,lu greatest evil, it is serious evil.
Ins reAenue should be ample to meet
use ordinary annual demands upon
I'd treasury and a sufficient margin
.SN those extraordinary but scarcely