"The Place to which you Aspire."
It is awkward for a man to propose himself for any position in the public service: They say: "He goes a candidating" - "He is aspiring." If this is not the case with Mr. A. DRAPIER, of St. Joseph County, in his present asking for the Assistant Clerkship of the House of Representative, it should be understood with qualifications. As an individual, he might perhaps do better without the position than to serve in it. It would be natural to think so almost of any citizen. He says truly, in his announcement to the nominating caucus of the Democratic side, that he desires chiefly to make a good Journal - one that will compare favorably with the standard Legislative Journals of the country. It is for the sake of the service - the good of the public service - that he desires the position.
Something of the importance of this position may be seen in the Act of Dec. 23, 1872, to Regulate certain Matters of Legislative Practice in the two Houses of the General Assembly. It requires a committee on the Journal of each House, of which the President of one and the Speaker of the other shall be respectively chairman; and these committees are charged to inspect the unread Journals of their respective Houses. - Assuredly, next in importance to the integrity and authenticity of the facts of the record, is the style in which the Journal is recorded, written, spread for the printer and public archives. For there is such a thing as a received parliamentary style.
Then also, the printing should be done in the best style of the Art Preservative - in honest small pica type - eliminating all unsightly headings and expressive blanks and scabbardings
