Arizona republican., 1916-08-25
NOMINEE |S FUR
 OBSERVANCE OF
 CIVIL SERVICE
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 SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 24.- Charles E. Hughes, speaking before an audience that crowded every avail able foot of space in the great Nor mon tabernacle here tonight assailed the administration for spacious dis regard" of the civil service regulations in making appointments, declared that he stood for faithful observance of the civil service and asserted that he would extend it's sphere, if elected.
 MT. Hughes spoke with the demo- cratic candidate for governor on the platform and with other democratic candidates and party officials, espe- cially invited guests, in the hall.
 We have had under this administra- tion," the nominee said, flaw after law enacted providing for the creation of thousands of places with provisions to the effect that it should not be neces- sary in making the appointment to con- form to the merit system, which is another way of saying they need not be under civil service regulations. Spurious excuses were made. They deceived no one ES-fy one of those clauses designed to make inapplicable the merit system and to afford an op- portunity to provide partisan and polit- ical spells.
 We must sedulously guard against that. So far as I am concerned, the operation of the merit system will be recognized and extended in order that we increase the standard of public work. that we elevate those standards, that we may efficiency in the public service"
 MT. Hughes referred to claims of all candidates that they want efficiency of government"
 T should not expect you would think what I say worthy of special attention" he said, were it not that I have de- voted four of the best years of my life, regardless of politics, to maintaining those ideas in the Empire State"
 The nominee referred to the admin istration's policy toward the Philip pines.
 We have talked too much about our privileges" he said. Tt is now time to talk about our obligations. If our friends on the other side had had proper sense of the obligations of this government they would never had pro- posed that we scuttle out of the Phil ippines and leave them to take care of themselves.
 T propose that we shall have in the administration of the Philippines the highest standard of efficiency and fair dealing.
 Fundamentally, the question is one , of national honor, as we took the Phil ippines under a sacred obligation Of preparedness. Mir. Hughes said: We are not militaristic. Why, you couldn't get up militaristic spirit in this country if you sent out a team of organizers to do so. We propose, how | ever, to be ready for any emergency and have our words taken at their full | value"
 The nominee repeated his assertion | that the regular army should be large and efficient enough to do border duty such as is now being done by the Ma tional Guards and the navy adequate to protect both coasts. The nominee repeated his condemna : ! tion of pork barrel' legislation. 1 The other day I pointed the finger | of scorn at the pork barrel bills passed
 under this administration" he said
 and immediately there was flutter of
 hit birds in the halls of congress"
 MT. Hughes left at midnight for Cheyenne, Wyo., where he will speak | tomorrow night.
 Mir Hughes spoke from the pulpit
 of the Mormon tabernacle, directly in I SA tiiO SiCdA pipe OISdU, ldf1eC
 as one of the largest in the world
 Where usually sit the apostles of the
 church just below the pulpit there sal
 tonight the guests of local prominence
 regardless of political faith. These
 seats were smothered with bunting anC
 the great elliptical balcony also wa.
 hidden by national flags
 Republicans who arranged the meet
 ing had sent invitations to a numbe
 of leading democrats. Simon Banber
 ger, democratic candidate for governor
 sat on the platform next to Francis NJ
 Lyman, president of the apostles of tn,
 Mormon church. Nearby sat A. H
 Lund, first counsellor of the presi
 dency of the church.
 W. H. King, democratic candidat
 for United States senator: Mathonihal
 Thomas, democratic state chairman
 and other leading democrats wer 1 present
 The big tabernacle was crowded an, the men at the doors were turning be
 lated ones away, when the strains O the great organ announced that Nil Hughes had reached the meeting. Governor Spry, of Utah, was chair man of the meeting.