The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-06-07

American boy; without money he
nad TO make up in energy for what
ne lacked in filthy lucre. -Four
years ago he was taben up by the
national assembly that met here
ana MI minated for the Office of
wee Presideut of the United Stats
he was elected upon that same
TICKET with the salnted Garfield, a
man whom I loved. [ knew him
away back in 1856 when q bow
struggling in college, in my own
college In WilliamstOWn, In dear cid
ma massachusetts,, where my early
ooyhood days were passed. met
nlm In the national Congress; four
long years sat by his side ana felt
that when the national convention
mad nominated Garfield they had
done themselves honor, they had
done the country the greatest favor
that was possible ia that way, and
under the circumstances of the
country to confer upon. In the
providence of God, a mournful, q
melancholy, never-to- be-forgotten
providence, Mr.. Garfield was re-
moved from the field of action and
Mr.. Arthur was called t. the diff :
cult and almost disheartening posi>
ton Of chief officer of this Union,
and from that time his
work has bsen constant, straight
forward answering; kim and con.
siderate to all, and with charity for
AL, and malice against none, he has
discharged his duties. (Applause.)
Until within a year every Repub-
lican convention in this Union has
passed a resolution of UNQUALIFIED
commentator upon the man and
his conduct in the presidential Office.
(Applause.) Shall I say that need
not utter commentator? What
have you said to-day? SIN
the administration of President
Arthur, We recognise one whose
conservative and patriotic policy
under which the country has
been blessed with remarkable pros
perity, and believe his eminent
services are entitled to and will re-
ceive the hearty approval of every
citizen. (Cheers.) That is to 90
down to the fresids of every con
stituent OF this assembly, mean
of this representative assembly AID
they will hold ) on TO what you have
said on this occasion. We have a
peculisr constituency. We have
greater difficulties than our Demo.
cratic friends. When our Demo-
cratic friends have held up princi-
pie and have led their friends TO
believe they were in earnest, and
have achieved q triumph, nothing
makes them so happy, nothing
makes their constituents so proud OF
them as 10 have them turn tail and
confess they never believed it. Our
people hold no such doctrine. What
shall they Say to US? Shall we lead
tnem to say, "Were you in earnest
about this thing?' l have not said
enough. Some ten years ago large
portion Of our citizens came to feel
that the mode Of distributing infer
ior and clerical offices throughout
the country was injurious to public
morality and would in the end be
subservient to the rest of the people.
They started then what is called the
agitation Tor civil service reform. A
great many are there here to day
who believed it not necessary, but
by and bye. through the persistency
OF eminent men that favored this
movement, earnest men that be-
lieYed the reform of the civil service
upon the principles that they indi.
Gated must and should be accom-.
plished, persevered in it until now,
for more than eight years, no ma
tional, no State convention, has ever
been O, gauizsd without passing reA
solutions in favor of civil service
re.orm.
MIR President, when you took the
chair, in speaking OF the great and
| glorious men whose names would
come before this convention for con
slderation, you said that Chester A.
Arthur had justly won the COM
mendation, s;Well done; good and
faithful servant" Sir, you quoted
from the Book what in that Book
was said should be done, and the
Well-doing and faithful servant is
turned out into a brush pasture to
starve. That is not the doctrine of
that Book. The good and faithful
servant is everywhere promised his
reward. That is a wonderfully
good book, and for depression let me
soy to young gentlemen, not mem
bers of the convention, who cried so
loudly for my friend Ingersoll last
night, that there is a great deal of
the most instructive and interesting
reading in that Book, If they shall
have grace to attend to it. 1 said
the people are full of determination
in this matter. There is honor, sir,
| in meeting an intelligent and tire
less enemy. The Democratic party
are watching for a bresch in our
army. They have their lances in
rest; they have their spears pointed,
and whenever we open our armor
they are ready to pierce the Repub-
lican party to the heart. What will
they sayp Oh! here; what a nice
party you arel You have been pratt.
ing ten years about having a non~
factional administration. You have
found one yourselves, as you say,
and yet for the purpose Of taking up
| scmSb.uy else you have s'rs ck