Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-08-13
BETRAYED AGAIN.

President Cleveland Is on on MS suill-
mer vacation, and will certainly need It
to recupcrate his patience if not his
strength. The kilograms announce that
one c. p Judd, who was appointed spec
ial agent of the of the National Labor Bu-
reau of Nevada by the President on the
18th of Nav last, has been brought to
Denver on a warrant charging him with
horse-stealing. The telegram announc-
ing this says that Judd has drawn up a
statement in which be admits his guilt
and the fact that he has served term in
the penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan
sas. He also claims that his appli-
cation for a Government position was
signed by several well known Colorado
Democrats. Such a showing is not calcu-
lated to please the President, nor to give
any additional strength to recommends
tons of applicants for appointment to
Office. That it is an utter imposslbillty
for the President or the Secretaries of the
various Departments to personally know
all the applicants for office, their char
acter and fitness, all recognize. That
such appointments as that of Judd are
possible shows that there is a grave de-
feet in the method of appointment.
Doubtless Judd was recommended be-
cause of some party service, and the
President relying upon the character OF
those making the recommendation made
the appointment as asked. Those who
should have been the true friends of
Cleveland and the Government have
prostituted their influence, and betrayed
the confidence of the President.
Only so lately as the first in
slant the President found it neces-
sary to censure and condemn in
strong terms a man who had imposed
upon him by signing the petition for Office
of a person totally unfit for any place of
trust or profit, and who, when he saw
that place had been given this person,
wrote letter to the President saying that
the man was totally unfit for the Office
and that he had signed his petition for
FORMS sake and to get rid of being inn
portuned. That unfit men should be
able to find place through such deceitful
methods is humiliating to the entire peo-
pie and most exasperating to the Presi-
dent. This case of Judd is the most flag
rant outrage that has yet been perpe-
trated upon the Administration, and all
classes will sympathize with Cleveland in
this base betrayal. If men are to be
recommended for office, it behooves
the party to see that improper per-
sons are not recommended. The present
method of applying for Office is both Sc
cret and shameful, and applicants are as
mum and non-committal as though they
were engaged in some scheme ofvillainy.
In this Territory there ara about dozen
applicants for each Office, and each one
wishes nothing said about the matter un-
til he receives final assurance of appoint
ment, or disappointment. If men were
seeking Office directly from the people the
party would wish to canvass their merits
and scrutinize their character that all the
world might know of their candidates
worth. Why should it be any different
when applying to the President for office ?
Have the Democrats as a party no choice
between the different applicants for the
Marshalship? If they have, why not
make that choice known publicly? The
Democrats expect that when appoint
ments to Office are made that those re-
cieving them will be representatives of
the party as we'll as of the Government,
and why does not the party in Utah
choose whom they will have represent
it as Federal officials so far as in their
power lies? We do not believe there are
any applicants for Office in Utah of the
Judd type; but if there are, and they
shall be so fortunate as Judd was, the
party will be entitled to the disgrace
which such an appointment would en-
tail, for the party has set by and through
its Indifference will have sanctioned the
application.