27 on every kind of security. A paper dollar in Ohio, though worth one hundred cents in gold at home, would pass for only ninety or ninety-five cents in Massachusetts or California. State banks were constantly failing. Eighty-nine banks failed in Illinois in 1861 and 1862, before the National banks were organized. Five State banks failed in 1877 and 1878 in Chicago, with a loss to creditors of nearly four million dollars. The average loss by the failure of twenty-two savings banks in the single State of New York, during the seven years ending with 1878, amounted to one million, two hundred thousand a year. On the other hand, out of the whole number of National banks, only sixty-nine have failed in fourteen years, and the notes of these have been- provided for, dollar for dollar. The people of this country can easily decide which of these banking systems is the safer. ■ The National banks were required to purchase bonds of the United States, and deposit with the Treasurer for security of their circulation. Thus a market was made for three hundred million dollars worth of bonds. The Democratic party strongly opposed these banks. In the House of Representatives sixty-four Democrats voted in the negative and only two Republicans. When greenbacks were first issued, Democrats opposed them. When resumption was proposed, so that the debts of the country should be paid in coin, as had been promised, then the Democrats favored the issue of more greenbacks. Finally special payment was resumed January 1 st, 1879, but for ten years the Republicans had been obliged to fight Democratic inflation. Hon. Wm. McKinley said recently of this party, “It has been against every thing of good in principle or policy for the past twenty-five years. If in that period it has ever been on the right side of any question, it has been there at the wrong time, and always on the wrong side at the right time.” A party opposed to keeping National faith in payment of debts; cannot be trusted with the finances of the great Republic. GIVEN US CIVIL SERVICE REFORM. A few true hearted lovers of country have worked for years for this reform. The book of Hon. Dorman B. Eaton, “ Civil Service Reform in Great Britian,” awakened interest. President Grant in his message December 5th, 1870, urged Congress to take up the f^hject A commission was appointed which reported the
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