Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-03-21
"a wear Of R.pasrieas Cos,tol.'

- Wear Of Repabiieas CestrsI."
Under this head senator Dawes 81 Massa
chusstt, contribute. ., the March Forum
an excellent review of the Harrison admin
istration, the policy 1t has outlined the
work il has done and the work before IL.
The election result u lss-. the Senator
says. vas an order for a change Of course
from the tack uhich the ship Of state had
been on for four years Has the Republi
can party Travelled in the way then outlined
First Of all it has kept is pledge for an al
ministration distinctiyely American. There
has been no hesitation Or vacillation in
handling questions Nth Great Britain left
over for adjustment We have not heard
Of late, If the seizure Of our fishing vessels
On frivolous charges, nor have We lost our
control Of Behring's Sea through secret or
ders given 70 commanders Of vessels, null
lifying those given with public ostentation
An honorable and even brilliant settlement
has been made Of Samoan relations The
Pan American Congress is the development
Of an idea originating in the Garfield Ar
thur administration, and 1t is destined 10
carry to full realization the grand concep.
ton Of that most thoroughly American Of
all the American statesmen-Henry Clay
In nothing has the year Of Republican
administration been more clear and distinct
in tone than on the question Of the tariff
This was the distinct issue in the campaign
Of 1888 The President, ia his inaugural
address and in his first annual message re
iterated the declarations Of the party plat
form the committee Of ways aud means
has been. and is now, industriously at work
~ formulate this declaration into tangible
results the only discussion is as to methods:
there is none Is 10 the end in view The
policy Of the party has resulted in the ad-
mission Of four new states. better equipped
than any before for 30 years, which had
knocked in vain at the doors Of Demo
cratic administration The party came into
power pledged 10 secure the rehabilitation
Of our merchant marine, to rebuild the
navy, and protect our defenceless coasts
In all these directions active work is in pro
gress. On what is, with the tariff. the lead.
ing question Of all-the merit system and
the reform Of the civil service, the trend
and bearing Of the administration must be
judged, like any other, not by profession
but by practice. The commission to carry
out the civil service law has been put into
the hands Of men who are conspicuously
known As believers in its spirit and under
lying principles-''Dor does the administra-
ton retain in office, at the head. Of bureaus,
men who boast before congressional com
mittees Of the skill that 50 operated the
machine designed ~ create a non partisan
civil service, as b cause ninety per cent Of
the new appOintees % be in political accord
with the chiefs Mr. Dawes might have
added - this that neither the President. nor
any Of his secretaries, has been guilty Of
the infamy Of declaring for civil service re
form with one side Of his mouth and prom
ising clerks and employees immunity from
removal for political reasons, and Of then.
with the other side ordering them turned
out by Wholesale on trumped-up charges Of
Offensive partisanship."
Summing up the whole subject in answer
to the question. what promise does the Re
publican party give that it can lay hold on
future demands and meet the requirements
Of the times, Mr. Dawes says. vigorously
and tersely, that the administration is lead
ing the nation out Of fog into plain spoken
directness in treating our foreign relations
and settling questions Of difference it is
taking hold in dead earnest Of financial
questions which have been long neglected
and trified with the national banking sys
TEN and the silver question have gone into
''crders Of the day" in Congress the tariff
is being 50 reformed that the receipts will
not exceed the Just expenditures of the
government, and 50 that American labOrers
and producers will, at the same time be
protected IN the enjoyment Of American
markets and the results Of their own indus
try ; our navy and our merchant marine
are awakening ~ new life shipyaris are
resonant with the music Of the hammer
and lathe: American capital and labor and
brain have captured our own soil Mormon
ism has lost its insolent bravado aud stands
at bay hope has been kindled anew in the
breasts Of our colored citizens other ter
ritories are preparing with confidence TO
put on the garments Of statehood.
With the development Of a policy like
this ha,e come public confidence and cour-
age. Once more the duty to administer
the government for the general welfare"
and to open wide the gates Of opportunity
for all the people in every walk of life is
recognized and acted upon. THE future
is full Of encouragement, the public judg
ment is clear and unmistakable that the
public confidence has not been misplaced