The New York herald., 1869-04-22


and sagacIty which the Senator from Illinois &C
corded to himself He mr. Fessendenl regarded the
amendment OF the Senator fr0m North Carolina as
Ss o s
that there was inequality In this respect; but the
Senator must reflect that during certain period Of
nlsh any clerks they were engaged In other business
and 1t was rendered necessary to make selections
have furnished clerks those who have gone 70 those
states and are aborng there announce that they do
very natural according to the principle on which
we 90. There is perfect scramble to see how many
into hs he II Of g
circumstance They could not, II they desired;
make their departments turn out experienced
and inexperienced persons in iBBS their place The
principal thing was to procure men able and capa-
for employing them. Which was better for the
government = The modern principle was that the
State. This matter Of holding once was made
question for the benefit Of their constituents and
not for the government and the governments bust
ness. This was a melancholy truth While he de-
precated the signing Of papers Of applicants for
arose from several causes number Of persons
VINO seek these appointments look to their
o ne to rsse nes
II they refused to sign their papers others would get
the advantage ant Of them M How could he stand here
sistent with his dignity when "a member Of the
ns wSaa ne se
would be called the most disobliging fellow in the
no interest in his constituents. and it would
also be- said that a member In the other
ought therefore to- to be pr put in his Mr. Fessendens @
place. IL was, he repeated, melancholy truth that
they were agents to get office for their constituents.
He mad put his name 10 some papers. In other cases
he mad refused to do so. He would not recommend a
man who was to come before him for conirma-
forced to break the rules AS the matter
now. stood Senator or Representative
gentlemen being in the antechambers OF the depart
ments, that was matter Of personal choice. nthey
chose to stand and wait there 1t was a matter Of
taste and not, he knew, matter OF principle. He
avoided II he could. He did not sign papers II he
could help It, but he held that he had right to do SO
II the nominee did not come before him for confr-
nation. The Senator from Wisconsin talked about
| the practice growing up. He Nir. Fessenden) was
| and the same thing was common. The Senators and
Representatives were their solicitors for Office and
| aided in procuring them. He wished they could get
| rid Of this annoyance; 1t was troublesome.
Mr. CAMERON. rep) OF Pa, said 1t was a custom
to Senators and ask them out to the antiroom, and
rather than to waste time in talking to them they
Commenced in is4s lie never called upon the Presi
dent to ask HIM for office. The private secretary or
the President himself sent for HIM to consult about
the affairs OF Pennsylvania He had more influence at
that time than he had now. The evil is, that every
body now asked them to sign their papers, and after
pointed from his own State. Only the other day
the President sent in somebody for foreign mis-
sion and one Of the Senators had great trouble to
convince the Committee on Foreign Affalrs that he
was an improper person to be confirmed, and 1t now
@ turned out tnat ne was consttutionai ar1nxard INK
fit for the place at ALL Neither Of the Senators from
Pennsylvana would nave recommended nun ror the
| man from Pennsylvania, was nominated for con-
suia.e WITHOUT consulting ei.her vi 'ie Sema.9Is' .'i
tional thief Yesterday his name was with
uIawn; tne pracuGe ., now was, US ~, ~
be- no trouble They could tell the PRESIDENT MIa the
ineIi.s anu uenerl's vi .ne ..iey snoulu @
puino Snnto onId Sei t,,o|r az nsaiitv ond
li,,nos, @ Sena.ots % wUu = ieer ,e.s - anu
sEn W pape.s ioi ,popei Peisons. aiv"en ni ~
appointments mad been made 70 graiy M NM or OF
tnose Wnon , ne naa & % He ye. ne saougns
1 n I Nv, ,oa "a S na ~eaI o,s s , ~; s
itbout hs,n% bis fr,ends Iet tHa
M uS ia he hor n 10, sas. rS s S = sSnu
& us nete anu 9 ies @ ltugs Mneer
oy ney ,a G G;etsH pUpe Iee oi 'e p"ooS o' "o 'ey
M Mr. WIsoS Wished to sav that there was no,b,ny
aw IN ,yhap had hean Guy oyuianaa % =, n as ,ha Sn
tors " ririaan Years a5o the sawe thyc exsfet
and 70 the same extent ' The rnsh FOR once had
ai,ravS nravoiIad Ynors ar ,oss ~ ua " cnnf6 v sar
nne S,r oma so cnrId h,s co,,a..ra or S.
others cen,d % namelv that NO one had heen ay,.
nointed a hi, dr,ng the tbrsa last voar,
~ Andre,v Iohnaon;S aGmtnistrston Tiev saiS in
eyect n that NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. send in to the Senate
envT1dv U v"n chonsa ond raxt AZ ha vos ~ ,ood ~
nnIi,cay hev wo"d "~ confrm him % We boS nc,
ppsuad Snr the nf " tr,ann soa
the present President was inaugurated He did
granted II he should make the annlication
Il was easy to iind fault for signnS papcrs Being
gooI natnyeI he aid not Iike 70 sev M esnoca,iSS
wSon hc ,res bard hnt n be fnev thn anvil
cant was honest and anaded he would sicn his
nanere - ra thouoht tho senator from uIinnis hal
grpad paner ne yal, as ria roe, oS then, and hal
"a ,nmch IN 10 IN controlno annonincnts In IlIinns
"a the scnators from, triihar Stataa The
hes, wav for man To All b,s on,ce was
70 mini his own bns,ness II was rather
sa hus,nnss for the sennte 70 start on an exne
dition 10 ascertan whether aii the states have nm
enuai number of clerks under The eoyernment He
AID not heeva in The afemnt IN eGualize the clerks
among mo- the states. There conid he no eanaiity. lie
was in favor of recornzing every section and treat
inc II fairly hut he Thought that the diyiinr of the
cierra aouailv anong the States was n rIdicu,ous
movemeSt and wonid brng nothing but contemnt
nnon Conyress
Mr. TRnMEIrII said the Senator from Maine had
annren or his ,Tru,nhua an amendment xh-n in fact
he mad no amendment nendn1 The 0nIv one mend.