, 1876-09-04
"TITDEN AND REFORM ~

I4AOkN ANu hEEQNM."
In bis speeeh at Sholbyville, Ind, on Sept.
2, Gov HENDRICKS, In discussing the rolativs
probabilities Of reform in tho administration
Of tho qovornment under HAYES and under
T1hDEv, said:
DO yon hesltate to trutt Gov. TiLnEx in the great
work Of reform! Alone ho might no. accomplish
complete succcss; but he will call around him
those who arc without embarrassment In his sup-
port. lifa election will be without the help and
over the opposition Of those who are md huyc
been making money out Of pnblc employment
without the help and over the opposition Of MI tho
rings and combinations against the Treasury. For
his election ho Will be indebted 10 those who
sincerely md earnestly desire reform. lie will,
therefore, haVc their support in carrying out his
policy. Thus surrounded, can you trust him1
Yon know that in such work he Ia both jealous
and capable. Xon know that neither political nor
pcraonal Friendships can staud In tho way Of hls
efforts TO purify and chcapen tho public service.
In tho City of New York be oYercamc and destroyed
most powerful aud corrupt combination.
Courtesy to his associate on the ticket
might be pleaded as On excuse for this piocs
Of absurdity by the expeotant Vica-Presidant,
but no ono believes that Gov. HENDRICKS did
not know that tho coupling Of tho name Of
T11pxN nud Reform Is but tho idle repetition
Of worn-out joke. Who are the unembnr-
rasaed Democrats who will become TIL
prN'a advisers in the Prosidenoy2 Where ia
he to find advisers who will not 10 distributors
OF patronage2 Who are the Democratio
statesmen who arc supporting T1IpES, aud
will not ask for of1ca for themselves aud
friends in case TnpEN b. elected President ?
The Democratic idoa Of reforming tho ad-
ministration Of the Government In the whole
sale removal Of eyory man md woman hold
ing Office under the Government, from the
Cabinet of1lcor down 10 the hu,nblest lottor-
carrier IN tho service. In fact, one Of the
Congressional Committees, by way Of firing
tho Democratic heart, and intensity
ing tho Democratic thirst for reform,
has advertised that there arc 1000 Repub-
iicara now holding Federal Office, every ono
Of whom, shall be dismissed to mako room for
Democrat in case TtIpEN bo elected. It 10
true that this number is about $4,000 above
tho actual number, and It includes tho mo.
chanics and laborers In the navy-yartls, aud
on all the public works, and several thou
santla Of Postuiasters whose average annual
compensation docs not excaed $l00. Still, 1t
is promise OF "reform" in $4,000 casos
There is not q Democrat in Indiana WHO
would support T1LpEx ii It was stated
authoritatively that he would leave Repub-
licau In any kind Of ofiice, no mattor how
honest, competent, and faithful that officer
might be. Tho Democratic party haa been
out Of power sixteen years. It has had no
share Of tho spoils. It has not had tho
handling Of the thousands Of millions OF
dollars which have passed through tho
Treasury In TINT time. Except in q
few cases, like PENplEroA and Hen.
pa1oka' mule clients, and whors Democrats
were partners In corruption with ofloials, II
has had no chance to rob tbs National Treas
ury, mud It's entiro pickings have been con.
aned to noM stealing4 like those OF TWEED,
swxENy, and Cossot1x in Now York. Il
haA beon enduring famine. and now It de.
maula "reior1u," which roform Ia Ia
hand over the National Treasury md all the
departments Of tho Government to the hun.
gFy and tho long-a1oluded Democrats. One
Of tue groat evils, in fact crimes, Of the civil
service system Ia that men ara appointed Ia
ofllco and returned there, who are unit and
dishonest, because Of their politics. Party
service4 are mado tho exclusive test, aud &c
long aa q man adhercs To his party he ia re.
tanned, though he rob xemorsalcsaly, and
by his incompeteuoy disg1aces him
self, his party, snd the country. Gov,
HAxzs proposes 10 reform this. Ht
declares that, come what will, he will dismlsa
| every man. No mnttar what his nolitics nm,