The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-06-26
HENDRICKS.
4 Dinner in Honor of the
.Vice-President.
I SPEECH AND A GOOD TINE.
French Facts-New Cable Lipe-Turf
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Politics.
The Hendricks Dinner

DOSiON, d uiO @o.-At the CONCLUSION
of the repast, Colonel Taylor, President
of the club, presented Hendricks, who
was received with three cheers. After
thanking the club for the honor con-
ferred upon him, referring to his recep-
tons at Yale and Harvard, touching
upon The result in Indiana last
| fall and expressing the opinion
that since the troubles in Massachusetts
had passed, she would take her place be-
side Indiana as q Democratic State, he
took up the subject of civil service re-
form. He told how he received letter
! from President Pierce appointing him
| Commissioner General of the Land Of
| flee; OF mis- acceptance of the position, of
important work in hand, including sur
veys beyond the Missouri River, and in
California. He then said, when |
took charge of that office with $50 clerks.
l found business feur years behind.
Patents that ought to have gone to
people living upon the lands were four
years behind date. | said at once. this
will not do; the man who has purchased
land of government has right. at an
may obtain his rights, whatever they
must be reform in this office.
My ambition was connected with
reform. | could not well afford to take
that appointment and go out of that
office without having brought the work
upto date, SO did commence the work
of reform seriously and-yery earnestly,
and very soon l became acquainted
with all the clerks in Office.
Very soon 1 knew clerks that
would be able to help me with work
that had to be carried through,
and very soon those that iimped or
were unwilling or Indifferent did step.
(Applause.) The Hickory broom" of
Jackson that represented Democratic
reform, was the sentiment and emblem
of reform that sought to bring about
and instead of men who had to step out.
there came in young and earnest fellows
that we're willing to do the work, so that
by the general order, l required the
work to be done at each desk
should be % per cent. more than it had
been before these men came in and took
their share, readily and cheerfully and
cordially and when left that Office
nearly four years afterwards, it was
only four months behind in the delivery
of patents to men that had bought
land. (Applause) From four years
it came down to four months, and
that was as close as it was practicable
to bring the work That, thought,
was reform. want to tell you another
thing, gentlemen. when you men that
give your votes at the election and pay
your money to the taxgatherer want to
understand, particular point at
which civil service can be brought
about, l will tell you it is not with the
President in detail. 1t is not
with secretaries in detail, it is with
the bureau officer, that has to do direct
ly with work, and with clerks who per-
form that work (applause.) am not
personally very much acquainted with
the bureau officers employed by the
secretaries at Washington i know some
of them in the Interior Department.
know the Commissioner of the Land Of
flee; I know the Commissioner
of Indian Affairs; know
by reputation. an excellent
gentlemen who is in the Office of
patents. believe they, by their own
judgment and force, will bring about
civil service reform in their depart
ments. (Applause.) l think am safe
in saying that l know they have
already taken steps in that direction.
that the people Will not be sold out by
them. (Applause.) That is my own
history about civil service reform.
1t may be of no account. but
it is mine (applause) and
that will stand inspection whenever and
wherever it shall be and it will fill all
the bureaus in Washington city with
CAPABLE men at the lead and tell them
that the work devolves upon them and
hold them responsible, it will bring
about certain and prompt reform.
think we are going through all
right. 1t was a good while that
the Democrats were kept out.
quarter of century. The sentiment
of the country had been enforced with
cruel prescription such as l never adj
vocated towards the opposite party, for
| know there are honest men among
them and l would not to-day, if could
do it, take the charge of this entire
government from the opposite side.
They pay their taxes. They contribute
to the support of the country
they help to fight the battles
when horrid war comes upon us,
and it is but fair that they
should share in its honors. But it is not
fair and never has been fair that they
should teach them all, and say to the
young men of the democracy, you are
not to be trusted; you shall not share in
them" (Applause.) Heclosed by say
ing that after the next national cleo
ton, in which he proposed to have no
personal interest, (cries of head of the
ticket, next time,) he wanted to come
back and meet the Bay state Club,
bringing good news from Indiana to
Massachusetts,.