| Show THE GOLDEN RULE IN appointments I 1 POINT MENTS tiie THE press generally seems to ho of the opinion that of late many of tile tho removals resignations and appointments point polut ments of high officers of the fek fet leral government have indicated the power of personal or party purposes in the chief executive rather than a due regard for the actual public good for this reason apparently it was strongly hinted to governor hayes and indeed ho he was half importuned importuner by the press to come out and set before the country his sentiments upon this subject of official appointments and removals hence in all probability the chapter already published from him in which he avows hla hia determination should he bo be elect e ato repudiate the ened by nearly half a cent adoption and usage of parcelling the spoils f office among thead the adherents of party and often wholly as 33 33 as a reward for party service and even for personal services to a principal partisan gov hayes not only promises to repudiate this vicious policy but to act upon the nobler policy of appointing to office ony only those who are best qualified by ability integrity and wisdom and by experience where it can be conjoined with the other qualities this is a magnificent resolve but it is yet to the public only a promise and good resolutions and fair promises too frequently resolve themselves into nothing more than the thin thiu air of or the moral atmosphere and especially the resolutions and promises of candidates for office in lct fan those things are too often re gardei regarded gardel as mere matters of form than as the earnest and the acred pledges of future official conduct even when they are not put for 0 o n with the express purpose of deceit ing and of throwing dust into the eyes of the public of or two things in this con connection lection there is perhaps no doubt in the minds of thoughtful people and or ot one other there is much doubt one of tho tile two undoubted things is thata that a change in the policy ot 01 appointing public officers is needed and the other is that fl fitness is the only proper qualification for office and tho only qualification that will give solin soundness driess to tho the great superstructure of the body budy politic the doubtful thing is thai the november election or any aly other very near election will give the republic a chief magistrate who will resolutely adopt and inflexibly act upon the principle that the man mair for the office is the man best qualified to discharge its duties fai h fully and efficiently however let us hope for the best |
