The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-01-12

ocratic party in pursuit of office had
/ continued down to the b ginning of
this year. This slowing was amazing.
TIE country did not appr eciate thai,
under the banner, If reform, with its
| watchword written on every fold of the
administration banner, this ruthless
prescription. and these removals and
changes in Office, have been going on at
q rate unexampled in any other admin
istratien in American history. 1t could
not be said that the most of those
changes took place because of the ex-
p ration of the terms of incum bency,
because scrutiny disclosed the fact that
nineteen-twentieths If all cases where
change had occurred. were places where
there was no fixed tenure OF office. but
where incumbents were removable at
the pleasure of the President. Fsy
Hale attacked Lamar's administra-
ton of the Interior Department. saving
that, during Lamar's term of Office,
every Territorial governor had been
removed; sixteen out eighteen
pension agents every surveyor-general;
four fiftbs of the local land officers;
nine.tenths of the Indian inspectors and
agents; seventy nine out of eighty three
special agents of the general land Office,
and two-thirds of the special examiners
in the pension office. Yet Lamar stood
to-day, on record by bis tered words
as against the spoils system. and posed
as reformer.
Senator Hale CLAN ed that, in the
political conve tons of New Y RI,
Pennsylvania and Maryland, proml ent
Federal officials have been active par.
Elephants, and in answer to a question
from Hawley said that he had heard of
no removals or even censures. SoSgross
had been the violation of every prin-
ciple of reform and of the direct pledges
of the President, that even the Evening
Post OF New York City, had said of
these things that they would be used in
the campaign there with terrible effect.
The President had not hesltated, him
of reform. In this connection, Hale
referred to the recent municipal cleo
ton in New York, and attacked the
President fer not espousing the cause
of Nicoll in his race for the district at
torneyship of New York, against Eel.
lows, claiming that the Ia ter was a
relic of Tweedism.
Senator Vest interrupted, defending
Fellows, and Mr.. Hale said he got his
information from the newspapers.
In closing, Hale intimated that gov
eminent employees were being assessed
for political purposes. and remarked
that the means and appliances and
practices of the Democratic party
of the past would all be
resorted to in its attempt to retain its
hold on the national government. In
timidation, outrage, murder, if needed,
would open again the bloody grave in
which would be entombed a new free
ballot of the south. An immense mass
of ofhceholders would be marshalled to
the conflict, and would be seen and
heard and felt everywhere, nor would
it stop there, every piece of work per-
formed by contract for the government,
would be levied upon for political con-
tributions, and every man who did work
under such contracts would be called
upon to add his vote to his
labor, for wages he received. No GOV
eminent building would be erected, !
whose workshop would not be made a |
place for the Democratic
party; no warship would be bu 1t, from |
whose shipyard would not issue, on
election day, streams of Democratic |
voters. There was no device, no plan |
OI Champaign ever TSSOrIeu To Dy Tie |
Democratic party in the days Of Polk,
Pierce and Buchanan, which would |
not be resorted To this year. The thing !
which has been, is the thing which will |
be, and there will be found no
new thing under the sun. In tine mean
time, where would the Independents I
be2
Mr.. Butler sent to the clerks desk |
and had read circular sent out in 1878 |
by authority of the Republican Con-
gressional committee, of which Hale
was member, calling on government
for political contributions.
Hale justified the circular, and said
that it directly and explicitly excluded |
the idea of extorting contributions.
The Blair educational bill was then |
taken up and Coke spoke in opposition |
to it. Adjourned.