Show A SNEER AT JOHN A contemporary sneers at the pro diction by lion john sherman that lawn laws will be passed removing the government offices beyond the reach ol 01 recommendations from in members embers ol 01 Con greaf the capar thinks ft it absurd that congressmen should be deprived of a voice in the appointment of public officers within their dietrict district since nobody available to tha the president can know BO so well who should receive these government favors it congressmen should have no other motive in their recommendations than that of securing rinK the most capable man for the place then this statement of 0 the case could be tolerated but unfortunately the tile average con congressman gressman la Is about as unmindful of tho the public weal in such matters as he is in the legislative performances for mances strictly within the line of I 1 bis his duty instead of the representative being a help to the president dentin in I 1 the making of appointments he has become the exact opposite of hig kilis he ile has grown into lain the idea that these offices were made expressly for a eort sort of il campaign property to aid in keeping him in office he lie does not hunt for I 1 a capable public servant but primarily I 1 for the man that has served him on election day or will be likely to when wanted later on moreover these private official briais Bri snaps aps are growing so e essential a to bis big success as to quite J overshadow his legislative doty duty it would not require ft a much fut luither ther dei doi I 1 t of the appointment industry to make him a dummy in the legislative isla tive hall a pest post at the house and a public nuisance general ly we are not surprised however that the paper referred to sneer at lion ilon john Shor Sher inana mans objection to this eort sort of thing it was the organ edited by 0 0 goodwin |