Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-10


| American policy. The past three years
/ have been more satisfactory tU Ameri-
! can Workingmen than many preceding
| years Any change of the present in-
| dustrial or financial policy of the gov
eminent would be disastrous to their
! highest interests. with prosperity at
| home and an increasing foreign mar
| kct for American products employ
| mgnt should continue tO wait upuu
| labor and with the present gold stand
ard the wOrkngman rs secured AGAINST
payments for his labor ln deprecated
currency For labor o. short day is
| better than short dollar. one viii
tighten the burdens The other lessen
| Inc rewards of toll, TIN, one WiI pro-
mote COntentmout and Independence
the other penury and want
The wages of labor should Doe adc-
quate 10 keen the home iu comfort.
| educate the children, and, with thrift
and economy. lay something by for the
| days OF inhrmity and old age
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM
Practical civil service reform
| has always had the support
and encouragement of the Re
publican party The future of tha mer-
10 system rs safe In its hands
During the present administration. as
occasions have arisen for modification
or amendment In the existing civil sar-
vice law and rules they have been
made. Important amendments were
promulgated by executive order under
date Of May 20 1899, having Tor their
principal purpose the exemption from
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places involving hduCary rasu1nsI-
bilities or duties OF a strictly g0nndeu.
tial scientific or executive character
which might better be allied either by
nun-Compctitive examination 0r by oth-
er tests Of fitness IN the discretion 0r
the appointing officer n De- gatIfy-
ing that the experience Ul more than
year has indicated these changes. In
the marked improvement of the public
service. The merit system. as far as
practicable, is made the basis for an.
goIntmcnts TO Office in our new terri
tory
AMERICAN PEOPLE GRATEFUL
The American people are profoundly
grateful 10 the soldiers. sailors and
marines who have IN every time of
conflict fought their cOuutrys battles
and defended its honor The survivors
and the widows and orphans of those
who have, are Justly entitled
10 receive the Just and con-
s.4orato care of the nation. Few are
now left TO those who fought n the
Mexican war, and while many of the
veterans n the civil war are stI.I spared
90 us their numbers are rapidly di-
minish.n- and infrmity is increasing
their dependence These. with the
soldiers Of the Spanish war VIII not be
neglected by their grateful c0uutrymen
Tho pension laws have been liberal
They should De justly administered and
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the soldiers, sailors and marines. their
widows and orphans with respect to
employment In the public service.
UNITED STATES IN CUBA.
We have been IN possession OF cuba
since January /. 1900 We have restored
order established domestic tranquility
We have fed the starving. clothed the
naked ana ministerel 90 the sick We
have improved the sanitary condition
Of the island We have stimulated in
dustry. introduced public education
and taken fun and comprehensive
enumeration of the inhabitants. The
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