. The authorized pictorial lives of Stephen Grover Cleveland and Thomas Andrews Hendricks. rty long in power, with allthe emoluments of public position received and enjoyed byits followers and retainers, can reform itself? The recentcase to which I have referred is very instructive. In thattestimony, the Secretary said that a year ago he had receiveda letter informing him of the misconduct of one of theemployes, and that very recently he had been told of twoothers engaged in the nefarious transactions; but he said tothe committee that so earnest was the pressure, especiallyby members of Congre
. The authorized pictorial lives of Stephen Grover Cleveland and Thomas Andrews Hendricks. rty long in power, with allthe emoluments of public position received and enjoyed byits followers and retainers, can reform itself? The recentcase to which I have referred is very instructive. In thattestimony, the Secretary said that a year ago he had receiveda letter informing him of the misconduct of one of theemployes, and that very recently he had been told of twoothers engaged in the nefarious transactions; but he said tothe committee that so earnest was the pressure, especiallyby members of Congress, for reappointment of the headof the bureau, that he could not believe it possible that hisbureau was in the condition in which he found it at offences against the public sevice are numerous, manyof them flagrant. They nmst be pursued to their hidingplaces. They must be brought forth and exposed and pun-ished, and. the agents that the President will employ—Imean the new President that you are to nominate here—theagents that he shall employ must have no one to shield and. 560 LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF nothing to conceal. Let fidelity and competency once moreon the part of employes and justice and fair play, so far asthe people of the country are concerned, be observed, andreforms will follow. I hope never again to see the crueland remorseless proscription for political opinions whichhas disgraced recent administrations. But bad as the civil service is, I know that there are menof tried fidelity in it. I know that there are men of abilityin the present service, and I would not ask that they shouldbe driven from oflSce; but none but such ought to be con-tinued. In the language of a writer, when we come to de-fine the rights of the outs and those that are in, let it be un-derstood that none but the fittest shall survive. [Applause.] Now, Mr. President,! hope the new administration willhold itself instructed by the sentiment of 1876 [cheers] inopposition to central
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