Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-09

DEMANDS OF OHIO AND PGNNsyt-
WANNA MINERS.
Annual Report OF Chicago. Burlington
and Quincy Railroad; Account.
Ing for the Troubles.
The Largest political Gathering Held
In iiostou for Years.

BosrOS, April s.-rbc largest 20.
llticsl gathering Of any kind held In
Boston for years was the fr.t dinner Of
the Republican Club Of Massachusetts,,
held Ia Music Hall this evening.
Covers were laid for $40 guests, besides
the speakers.
President Roger wolcott presided,
aud among the prominent guests were
Secretary Of the Navy Tracy, Lieuten.
nnt Hale, Congressman WALKER
Lodge, Grcenhalgc and Morse, ox-
Governor Amcr, Senator Aldricb,
Ex-Governor Bracket and General
Banks.
Secretary Tracy, In his speech, paid
n high tribute 10 the republican party
aud the present administration, anu
defended the i'iny.frst Congress
ngalnnt the charge " extravaganza.
The Secretary then gave n detailed
account " the work IN which the Navy
Department Is ut present engaged, aud
concluded rs follows:
One last point In naval affairs NJ.
mains To he consldcred-thc question
Of employment Of labor ut the navy
yards. For my ycar' this has been
weak spot In naval administration.
Whatover the patty In control u the
government, II seems hitherto 10 have
heen owcrlcss 10 exclude political Ia.
ruenrcs In tnr employment Of navy
yard lator. IL II not enough. nppar-
entity, that the mechanics aud work
men IN the government snol- should
be Republicans or Democrats, they
must wear the collar u the waru hOs-cs
who run the local political machine.
This practice IL u source Of demornllgl.
tlon 10 amy party that attempts TO u,e
. u, destructive to the government ser.
vice and dcbaucblDr 10 lUcal aud ma.
llOual politics. II Is an ulcer 10 the
naval administrative system, and l
propose 10 cut II out.
The SECRETARY said tho details Of the
system he proposed 10 adopt ARE being
pfrlated, aud IN n short time will he IN
full operation. The essential features,
W. applied To navy yar'is, are: ~ The
appointment at each yard Of
board 10 register nil nppli.
Giants for employment In ia. depart.
ment III unakillrd labor. TO lie selected
ns required on the principle Of hr-t
come, first served, with preference
only to army or navy veterans, or men
having families 10 support; t2l rcgistfa.
lion oi all applicants for positions VI
skilled lahor under the SAINT rules OF
preference; (3l the selection OF iOIvmen
upon competitive examination. The
hoard will consist Of the officers Of the
navy engaged Ia conducting the work
Of the ysrd.
The Secretary aided that. having
begun In this why, ne does not propose
10 stop until the principle II efficiency
aud worth N the only test Of navy yard
employment. He u satisfied that the
Ilnn unn he carried cut ~ that N will
femoy. all suspicion ~ machine pol.
itlc- from the navy yards, that econo-
my and efficiency .of work will be pro-
NOTED, whio the community viii be-
sure that the navy yard Ia it, midst,
ius,eai Of being the focus OF local I,0lit.
lcal intrigue, II thu place Of employ
ment Of n body OF independent aud
-elf.rospecting sOrkingmcn, who's.
only road 10 promotion lies In good
work.
"whcther the present civil service
law II the h,st that could be devised 10
lmprOv, the civil reryicc Of the coun.
lIy, do not know; hut I do know from
personal observation IN my own de-
partment that pcuons appointed under
the system are unquestiOnably more
efficient, ~ whole, thnD thuse selected
by the system OF patronage; and
know, further, that no republican
charged with the responsibility VI ad.
ministering one ~ the great executive
departments Of the government can be-
true to himself, to the faith OF the To.
publlcan party, or 10 the people, n he
falls IN employ any nnd nil means with
In his power 10 elevate, purify and rem.
der NOR, efficient tie civil service OF
the country"
Mr.. Roger wolco,t, In the course OF
his speech, said the republican party
must rally To itH standard new recruits
and drum out the nercenary. The loss
~ thousands of votes In the State Of
Pennsylvania was due TO the revolt
against Quay, who Is still chairman Of
the national committee. This kind Of
personal politics that seeks aud To.
'qulfcd what IN called "vindicatlon"
Ihlwhys at the expense OF the party Ia u
'Lldnder when II IN not n crime.