Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-05-20
WHEN TuE APPOINrINe POWER
SHOULD CEASE.

When men elected to official places
which carry with them the bestowing oil
subordinate Offices. il is but natural that
they should remember such Of their
friends and partisans, who, being every
way qualified and having contributed
largely to Che success Of them and their
party on plainly announced issues, are
entitled to such considerations. Party
mon should always, as the saying goes,
be In the hands Of their friends-thAt
Is. they lsshtuld always carry out the
wishes Of the majority Of their party
plainly expressed, and under no consider.
alton should they be permitted to OBJ
trude their own individual theories ss
superior to those Of the majority OF their
party who gave them the nomination
and election. In municipal corporations
numbers Of Woodworking partisans
look for appointments from the vari-
Gus municipal officials elected. In
State and Congressional elections and
the election Of United States Senators
the same state Of things prevail. The
President Of the United States, with
the hundreds Of thousands Of appoint
ments st his disposal, stands above
them all. In the hands Of Q conscien-
tious President the appointing power
can be made . tower Of party strength
by appointing men who will assist him
in complying with the demands OF his
party by which the victory of the party
and his W election was accomplished.
As the President cannot positively Of
his own knowledge make suitable APP
pointments throughout this vast coun-
try il has always been the custom here
toforo to bestow such official favors on
the recommendation Of Senators and
Congressman from the different States
who we're Of the same political party
"a himself and having been elected on
the same identical issue, thus virtu-
ally conceding q part Of the appoint
ing power TO men whom in q great
measure he is indebted for his own
position; men who are looked upon and
expected to assist him in bringing
about such legislation as is demanded by
. majority Of his party. To retain the
strength OF the party such action Is an
absolute necessity. The people in the
various sentions OF the country demand
that those to whom they look to as
their leaders shall have some Of the
political crumbs to bestow.
Bat when . President undertakes TO
ignore the we'll expressed demands OF a
majority Of his party as announced on
many occasions and even go SO far as
to threaten members Of Congress that
unless they coincide with him on some
particular issue, repudiated by a large
majority again and again. and indorsed
by only o small sectional contingent;
whenever, under such conditions, he
threatens members Of Congress who
were elected at the same time with
him on certain issues, that unless they
60 back on their pledges to their con-
stituents and sustain him in such legis.
lation ~ no may dictate; that unless
they forfeit their esteem and the conf.
dsnce of those who elected them, thus
preventing them to show their graft
tude to their friends. and appoint men
at the instance Of men, nc matter il Of
. different party. providing they agree
with him ON some hobby Of his own.
although often repudiated by the party
who put him in power. Whenever q
President undertakes to assume such
diotatorial power 1t is time that the
people should look to some other source
OF filling Offices throughout this coun-
try. Heretofore such conduct has never
been openly svowed. No n but an
migrate would try to assume such pow.
ers and no one but . tyrsnt would try
to execute them for such purposes.