The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-04-20
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WAsuNoToN, April 10.
The civil service reform bill was taken

WARRINGTON, April ~.
The civil service reform bill was takel
Str. Ronra4rs n advocated Il. Hic12
Mr.. BINGHAM opposed 1t, saying tha
nothing could redeem It from absolut
contempt y,,y ~ s -,,g ,igF r
Mr.. BINGHAM expressed his regret tha
tho bill had been reported and was heinl
| pressed for the consideration OF the House
He declared that such u bill was forbidden
by the genius ol our institutions and by
the express letter Of the Constitution. |
was q direct interference with the guar
anteed privileges Of every citizen oofsth,
United States 1t was q miserable specta
Gle. he appealed TO his Republican
friends TO remember that they were thu
advance guard in that great Istruggl,
which. had resulted substantially, and wa
to result fully and completely, and foreve
more, In restoring to the people their long
lost liberty and their equal rights
Let them not inaugurate the miseriei
Of going back now on their owI
record, and OF attempting 10 forgC
letters on the minds and conscienceI
Of ireemen. Lot civil service be reformed
but let 1t be reformed In the only way
possible under the constitution. Thai
Is, by integrity 10 duty and honor O
the executive officers Of the members 0l
Congress, and OF tho people themselves
MIR. GARFIELD made the closing speech
In favor OF the bill. lie reviewed three
chief objections urged againstit. That Il
was unconstitutional and that the civil
service was pure and needed no reform,
and that the interests Of the party re.
quired the maintenance of the present
system. On the first point he referred to
the golden rule Of the government, that
the three great departments, the
Legislative, Executive and Judiciary
be separate and independent ol
each other, and that neither should en-.
croach on the other. The spirit and let.
ter OF that rule had been violated again
and again In the mode In which the civil
service was administered. 1t could not
be said, with even shadow Of truth, that
the head OF the Executive department did
now exercise his high functions Of nomi.
nation even without the constant terrible
pressure oi the whole body Of the legisla.
tive department, and for many years the
Presidents Of the United States had been
crying out In their agony to be relieved
from that unconstitutional, crushing and
irresistible pressure. The present Gus
tom was an apOstacy from the govern
ment In its original purity-an apostacy
of the most alarming character. So care
full had Washington been that even the
Executive departments should not inilu.
encc each other, that hehad scattered TIT
public buildings in the Capital all oveI
the city.
Mr. BUTLER, (of Mass.)-Whcrc will
find that? =
Mr.. GARFIELD-You will find 1t In The
GlOb6 tomorrow. Laughter.
As to the other objection 10 the bill
that the civil service was pure and need
ed no reform, Mr.. GARFIELD referred tC
the first message Of the President, calling
attention 10 the want Of reform. The
House had been told yesterday by Mr.
BUTLER that the paymaster's department
had done well during the war. But why
Because thai was magnificent depart
ment Of the service, where every man
was held to accountability; where or
officer was not removed every time thai
politician wanted TO get another in his
place. When the law OF promotion pre-
vailed, the army and navy belonged tC
class Of tho service separated from thC
miserable civil service Of which hC was
speaking. There was not really high
and noble service connected with tht
Government that had no: been moro Of
less separated from the evils in question
He instanced the coast survey as the ser
vice in which the system Of promotion
by merit prevailed, and asked who woulC
dare to turn that service into the hands o
the politicians II was so with the Lighl
House Board, and with all parts of the
public service that were IN honor ant
glory TO the country. The House
had been treated during the debate
to a class OF insinuations which HI
could not pass over In silence. They
had been told In very plain language tina
this whole service business was trick OF
the part Of your people who did not like
tho President, and who wanted TO get "
the Cincinnati Convention, and thu
the President had been caught in trAI
spread Tor him by Congress at the insti
CATION OF his enemies. Behold how plAir
a tale shall put that down. II was In thC
Presidents message OF the 9th Of Deccm
Der, 1870 that these words were used: 81
call the attention OF Congress 10 an abusl
Of long standing which I desire TO hNvl
reformed. rCfrr to the civil service OF tn
country" That first uttcranc0 hat
been made four months before tho pro
vision had been put In the appropriation
bill 10 which Mr.. BUTLER referred, as thl
origin Of the movement, but that pro
vision did not compel, but merely Au
thOrized the President to devise SOM
means Of bettering the public service
Ten months afterwards the President hat
forwarded TO Congress report Of tn
Civil Service Commission, and said; I"
ask iOr all the strength that Congress cAl
give TO enable mo 10 carry out tn
reform Of civil service as recommended
by the Committee, TO take effect on tn
LIST OF January, 1874 now, on tho lGtl
OF April, 1872, the President had sent al
executive order with the body an,
amended rules, md called on Congress Il
support him in carrying those rules Int
, elect The gentleman from MassaChu
sets had taken on himself, yesterday, Il
, repeat what he had previously said ahou
tho trick by which the Hrcsidcnt hat
been Cntrapped into the civil service nc
aud had made u remark referring TO hin
(0ARPIELD), that II he lBUTIRi0 wor
| Tt,ntrTnar ~ q 1ooHIp1 nOF, ,r,I,,o, - AZ
House, he would CndcHvOr to suppor
The President of tho United States, m
not bo the Presidents enemy,
Mr.. BUTLER Is II true what sec /
the Tribune, that the Chairman OF III
Committee on Appropriations refuses /
! endorse the administration
Mr., GAnFIEID--l do moi propose 10 Il
, marched out over Anyhodys rNcc.c0urs
at AnyhOdy's bchest,
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