Morning journal and courier., 1891-04-09
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. From All Quarters. REPUBLICANS BANQUET. 1 The Massachusetts Club l Meets at Boston. AN ADDRESS BY SECRETARY TRACY. Convention of Inventors at
 Washington.
 PR0cL AVIATION BY THE PRESIDENT. Opening of the American
 Association Season.
PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT.
AT THE BANQUET TABLE.

l Large Gathering of Republicans in Boston-Many Prominent Men in I "Attendance-An Address by Secre. tary TracY-Reference Made to the | Navy and Navy Yard-Senator Aid. rich,s Remarks. "- ., esis
 BOSTON, April s.-The largest political gathering of the kind held in Boston fol years. the first dinner of the Republican club of Massachusetts, was held in Music hall this evening. Covers were laid fol 810 besides the guests and speakers and, ! with the spectators in the gallery more than thousand people were present. ] Most of the club members attended the business meeting at four o'clock in Bum- stead hall at which Roger Wolcott, presi, dent, occupied the chair and E. B. Hayes acted as clerk. Curtis Guild, jr., re- William D. Sobier for the executive com mittee.
 The platform, on which was the head table, was framed in flowers and tropical plants, and Baldwip's Boston Cadet band played military and patriotic airs through UQ6 OluuoT duu hU 1uC6TValS uuT1nR the evening. President Roger Wolcott sat at the middle of the head table. On his right were Secretary B. F. Tracy, Lieutenant Governor William H. Halle, Hon. Almison W. Beard, Speaker Barrett, Congressman Elijah A. Morse, ex-Governor Oliver Ames and Secretary J.O. Wardwell of the repub- lican state committee, on his left Senator Nelson w. Aldrich of Rhode Island, e1- Governor J. Q. A. Bracket, Postmaster Thomas N. Hart, Congressman Henry Cabot Lodge, President Henry H. Sprague of the Massachusetts senate, Congressman F. T. Greenhalge, Chairman J. O. Bur dette of the republican sGate committee and General N. P. Banks. General Stewart L. Woodruff. who was to speak later, was cheered on his entrance at 6:15. Dinner was finished shortly after 6:30 and for half an hour guests and members cir culated freely among the tables and en- gagged in conversation. Precisely at 2 o'clock President Roger Wolcott rose to open the speaking and was greeted with a roar of applause and cheers from the members, echoed by the hundreds of specta- tors who now thronged the balconies. He spoke twenty minutes, and nearly every sentence was applauded, the audience be- coming fairly enthusiastic over his refer ence to Congressman Walkers position, ana ne nad 10 raise ana DOW ms acknoWl- edgment.
 When President Wolcott introduced Secretary Secretary Tracy, the latter was greeted by rising and cheers.
 Secretary Tracy said that as it was here the first conflict of the revolution took place which resulted in the formation of the Union, and here that the fires of lib erty which finally destroyed slavery were kept glowing, 80 it is here that those who seek to improve the standard of civil ad- ministration will be accorded an attention hearing and just and true appreciation. The administration of the government from 1861 to 1865 constitutes the most brilliant chapter in the history of the country. But the republican party must be something more than a memory. It connot live on traditions. Said he: I believe it is generally conceded that this has been working, rather than talking administration, and it is enough to know so far as personal in terest is concerned the record of the present administration has never been excelled. Many of our politi- cal friends have complained that the presi- dent moves too slowly in making appoint ments to office. Does not this record of absolute fidelity in every position prove the wisdom of his cautious policy! He recognized as the underlying power of the administration the clear intelligence, the firm will and the high consciousness of purpose of the president. Heaiso pointed with pride to the able statesmanship dis played by Secretary Blaine in dealing with the important questions which have confronted him, and paid a warm tribute to the admins. tration of the treasury department by the 1ofo Caorotaru "inHnro Thara io o1 | much to be said of the good work in the other departments. The secretary de- nied that the appropriations of last con, gress were extravagant. They were larger, | it is true, than their predecessors, by ar l increased expenditure, which must inevit | ably result so long as the country con- | tinues to grow. The twelve million of l increase for the navy was judicious ap propriation. He then gave detailed | statement of the work that had been done l in his own department and what was pro jected, describing the various types of yes sels it is proposed to build, and pointing out their advantages. He expressed great faith in the movement for the or states. Referring the employment that he proposed to exclude political in fuence from all connection herewith. | is an ulcer of the naval administration. Tht system he proposed to adopt is not ye complete in details, but practically provides for registration board at each yard to regis ter all applicants for employment as un skilled labors to be selected as required o1 the principle of first come, first served, preference only being given to those whe
 have had experience, to those who hav'
 served in the army or navy or hay,
 families. Skilled laborers, to be certified
 in the order of their application with du'
 regard to their qualification and to b.
 placed on trial for period of probation
 to their labor. He said: "And having
 begun in this way, and do not propos'
 to stop until the principle of efficiency
 and for this is the only test. l am satis
 fed that such 8 system will be in the in
 terest, and not only of the work, but O
 the workmen, that it can be carried out s'
 that it will remove not only all machine
 politics from the navy yard, but all sus
 picion of machine politics.; that the eco
 homie and efficiency of the work will b
 promoted, while the community will b
 sure that the navy yard in it's midst in
 stead of being focus of local political in
 trigue ia the place of employment of
 body of independent and self-respectinI
 workingmen, whose only road to promo
 ton lies in good work, and in whom slack
 ness, incidence or bad habits will tent
 to discredit it. Whether the presen
 civil service law is the best tha
 could be devised to improve their civi
 service of the country do not know. Bu
 this do know from personal observa
 ton in my own department-that the per
 sons appointed under this system are un l occasionally more efficient as a whol
 than those selected under any system c
 pure patronage, and know, further, tha no republican charged with the respons } bility of administering one of the gres executive departments of the governmen
 can be truer to himself, to the faith of th party and to the people of this great cour
 try, whose servant he is, if he fails to en | ploy any and all means within his powe
 to elevate, purify and render more eff
 cient the civil service of the country.
 Secretary Tracy was warmly applaude throughout his speech and at it's close h
 allusion to Secretary Blaine being the sil
 nal for loud applause.
 Senator Nelson w. Aldrich of Rhoc
 Island was the second speaker, and W,
 introduced as one who had won nation
 fame as legislator. He said in sul ' stance: This meeting is full of promi
 for the republican party of Massachusett
 Similar organizations in Rhode Islar = have shown gratifying results in the T
 cent election there. The democratic su
 cess in New England was obtained