The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-21
AT THE CAPITAL.

Washington, Sept. 20.--At the station
al the old ball park, where he spoke
10000. He said:
see before me the faces of great many
who are known as young men. | am glad
10 speak to the young, because We who
hfe young and who in the course of nature
must live under our government for many
years are interested in making that gov
erhlnent good enough to live under. Gap
plaGse) ! desire to call your attention to
two planks in the platform adopted at
Chicago before touching on other mat
tiers connected with the campaign. / speak
of these two planks because they concern
the people who live In the District Of
talns this plank: I'VE favor the admission
of the territories of New Mexico. Okiaho-
ma and Arizona into the Union as states,
ana We favor the early admission OF all
The territories having the necessary popn-
ldtion and resources to entitle them to
statehood, and while they remain terri
tories We hope that the officials appoint
ed TO administer the government of any
territory. together with the. District of
Columbia and Alaska, should be bona
Tide residents of the territory or district
l. In which the duties are to be performed"
NTplause.) The Democratic party be-
levesN in home rule.
] have finished, however. the part which
refers to the District OF Columbia. / de-
sire 10 emphasize these words: "Tne Dem
rcratc party believes in home rule"
'Applause) 1 believe in that platform.
and in that plank of the platform. and
in that portion of the plank which | have
EMPHASIZED And when ] say | believe
in home rule l do not mean that there
shall be home in the district or in the ter
iitories after rulers commence to rule,
hut that they shall live there before they
are appointed. (Applause)
Let me read another. plank. I'VE are
vice. (Applause) We favor appoint
ments based upon merit. fixed terms of Of
lice. and such an administration of the
civil service laws as will afford equal OPP
portunities to all citizens Of ascertained
fitness. except as otherwise provided by
the Constitution Of the United States"
We are in favor of a civil service reform
that means something, and not q civil
service reform that permits a president to
sustain the civil service until he can get
his friends into office and sustain the SER
vice Just as he Is going out so as to keep
his friends in. Applause.) We believe in
appointments based upon merit and such
n method of appointment as will open the
offices to men Of ascertained fitness.
We are in favor of fixed terms of Of
flee in the several departments Of the gov
eFnment. We want it so that when a
man goes in we will know how long he Is
.o!ng TO stay and when he Is going out.
! We don't want to build up an ofllceholding
class and fill the offices for life so that
when man gets an Office ne VIII nave no
more concern about his country than to
raw his salary. (Cheers.) We believe
hat the life tenure which relieves q man
rom all further care is destructive Of the
highest forms of citizenship, and Is not
% be tolerated in country like ours.
RESPECT TO CARLISLE.
Our opponents are doing as much for MS
IA this campaign as we are able to do for
ourselves daughter.) OF all the public
documents recently issued, the most I'M
bortant one Is the letter just given to .the
public. written by the secretary of the
treasury, from which desire 10 quote one
Yscntence 1T Is the duty of the secretary
Of the treasury, and of all public Of
hcials to execute in good faith the policy
declared by congress-" and mark these
words, land whenever he shall be satisfied
hat the silver dollar cannot be kept equal
In the purchasing power with the gold
dollar except by receiving 1t In exchange