Year: 1878

There has probably never been, in the his tory of this country, such popular indorse- ment of a governmental appointment as that which has been given to Bayard Taylor's. It has been SC pronounced and so universal that no politician can shut his eyes to the fact that it means great deal. Blr. Taylor, by his char acter his achievements, his eminent ftnessfor the post to which he has been elevated, has called forth a considerable share of the friend ly demonstration that has attended his ap- pOintment but there has been something be- yond this He is certainly popular man but it can hardly be said that his personal quail ities are those which arouse great enthusiasm. Yet his appointment has beeR Sgreeted by the greatest enthusiasm, and his life has almost been worried out of him by such series of complimentary attentions and festivities as no other American was ever favored with. We will accord 10 Mir Taylor himself more of the motive to this enthusiasm than he has ever been willing to claim, and we shall still have left an amount that we can only account for on the ground that the people-Aot only ap. prove this particulsr thing; but this SMG of thing. It is as if they would say to the Press ideuf, to Congress, and to the politicians uni . versaIly: This is the kind of appointment that we like. You cannoS repeat such work as this too often, We are tired of your 5ob- bing politicians we are tired of your office seeking men we are tired of representatives abroad who cannot speak the lauguageof the nations to which they arc accredited we are tired of men who have no fitness for the work they are set to do. This is what we mean by civil service reform and the more of this kind of reform you give us the better we shall like it."

 The politicians at Washington are quick to recognize the significance of these demon strations Nobody in the country knows so ;,sSmptly and so well exactly what these dem- constructions mean, as they. They know that if the President had it in his power to make a few more such appointments as tliis their. oc@ cupation would be gone. Now, it does not matter much whether the President has lived up to his professions or not it does not matter whether he has been wise or simple. Inde- pendence of the machine politicians of the country is what he stands for in the minds of the people. They know that the politicians do not like him they know that he does not ask counsel of the machine, and that Bayard Taylsr's appointment was one that was made without consulting the machine. So, while ap- proving of Mir. Taylor as man most fit for the place, they have said as loudly as actions can speak that they like the way in which the ap- pOintment was made, and that in this thing they are heartily with the President and against the machine politicians of both stripes. In the lsng run, this sentiment will tell upon the pol icy of the country. If the President stands by his col0rs, he will win the good opinion and the goodwill of the masses of the people just in the proportion that he looses the good will of the machine politicians, and the latter will de forced into unity with him to save theif Own necks-Dr J. c. Holland Scri5ner for June.