The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-23

but they know less about the business Of .
Then the Colonel took MP Mr.. silas W. Burt
o chronic eSEs'e es.aod.l h. said
Roosevelt may be hot stun. but Burt Is
From the shouts Of That's sol" II appeared
that there were many folks In the audience who
had had experience with MIR. Burt
questions were fairer than they ever had been
| favored letting q head Of department select
from the. whole eligible list.
sna 'sss ths cry 81 the
scrloed how Young man did get In. how he
the General Committee and County Commit
and. he shouted. lust as soon as he get;
where he exercises little political power every
Cruelty him, cruelty him."
The Colonel's aud leaped mp and yelled
with enthusiasm. He jumped on the President
| for turning 30 600 Republicans out Of Office and
tbs sseeq ~ ,h I'D and then putting
| said that the Mugwumps wanted to create an
oiiiceholdins cls.s and 70 bring us to the level
pose TO have Il without Que grand kick" lie
described the last County Convention. when
| Graceite- and the o. Breni.es. and the Steck-
| lertes and all the rest OF them, he said;
came in wearing fraek eoots and they s Went M
] on the platform. These gentlemen came from
the CfbniO OF hUrrors-l Deg pardon. the
Chamber OF Commerce one of hem go, up
| and said. We can lick. Tammapy.' aud they
fsured up 10000 Republicans. $4,000 Grace.
| ties. $4,000 jimmy o Brienites. and on. until
| they had about 100000 majority. Aud got up
| and said. Now you propose to give the R-pup-
leans tue Mayor. You know lowering his
| voice. at that time nobody thought for an
instant that we were going to have ANYTHING
going to divide these other oriIccs around
among the other people for their votes. Now
wei
siomach ana rubbed Il and said pompously;
The Chambsh shall give its puss.,"
When the Colonel could proceed he said: Let
me tell you right here that the Chamber OF
Commerce never gave its purse unless 1t stoed
There is not space here to tell Of the multitude
OF other things that the Colonel did say. but he
crowd with him. lie wound up by declaring
that the Progressive Civil Service Reform AS
hght and worS and night until it had lick ed the
whole caboodle OF them. and had restored COM
mon sense to the civii service.
After he had finished the band played again
and the crowd whooped her ny until Gen. Henry
r. Tremain was introduced. The General intro
gres-. AMI he told all about IL and followed Col.
nruoer's line in humping the present system.
ons re nna %f The
preamble set out that gross abuses had arisen
service is%s ths. there was 20" di,eri@in., S
that they were un American; that the Progros-
sive Civil Service reform Association was op-
posed TO life tenure OF otfice aud pensions. save
To such as risk lie and limb In tho discharge of
duty. and therefore 1t resolved.
" Ftrst-Ihat we are opposed to tho present
civil service system existing in this state and
the several political divisions thereof. and we
demand its instant abolition.
" Second-Thst we favor an honest rational,
common. sense code OF civil service laws, that
will restore the system to its original plan and
purpose. that OF securing TO the service OF the
people nj and proper pu bic servants.
"Jhird-We demand the Immediate enact
ment OF laws In consonance with the views
pressed by the distinguished Executive Of this
state. Gov. Black. In his message TO the Legis-
lHturr, and the consequent repeal OF the laws
which make possible the present fArcical and
un-American administration OF the civil service
system.
Fourth We request that the Progressive
Civil Service Reform Association extend its Or
ganizAtiun into every Assembly district in the
State. TO the -ud that pc bile continent may be
so organized In favor OF these Just and proper
demands that the moral force thereof must re-
suit in the nomination ald election to the Legis-
iature ~ only such cAnd dates as shall pledge
Themselves to tho enactment and enforcement
OF the legislation here referred to.
" Fifth That the work OF said association be
extended 90 A. TO take In and finally effect the
same reforms IN our Federal system OF civil ser
I vice.
"s,xth-rhAt a copy Of these resolutions Be
and To every mem Der Of Congress"
The aye with which these resolutions were
adopted must have been heard ia Albany. After
their adoption. the crowd, led by Mr.. Mulhnll.
MY Country 'ris OF Thee" and that wound up
the meeting. The people went out whoopink
and cheering for Col. Abe and his prog ressive
civil service reform. while mo band plAy ed once
In the course OF each speech delivered during
the evening Gov. Blacks name was mentioned
as the proper kind OF civil service reformer
and the crowd whooped things up for the Gov