Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-03-20


l my State; the question of your salary may
( come before the Senate tomorrow, aud my
I judgment as to how much your salary ought
10 be will depend great deal upon what
2 think OF your capacity and your capscity
7 depends upon the correctness Of your ludg-
7 ment about the promotion Of this CLERK i
7 the man from my State goes higher, l sh al
r be Satisfied that you are a very capable anC
1 faithful auditor, aud | shall vote u Increase
? your salary; but if you DO Mt know enough
: To know that my man "a the man t. promote,
? then ! slall be obliged in defending the
, money OF my people 10 vote against increas
: ing your salary -
{ Mr. CARPENrER want to know if my
: friend means 70 say to this country, speaking
either for himself or for other Senator'S il
, this body, that tnat Is the course Of proceed
ure on the part Of Senators toward the Ex-
ecutive Departments Of this Government
Mr.. EDAUNDs. Yes sir, 1 mean to say
exactly that tuIns.
MIR. CAKPENTER. / want to put in my pro-
test, as far as | am concerned. N that con-
nectioD.
Mr.. EDMUNDs do not object to protests .
this whole opposition TO this experiment is a
protest. | have only drawn a picture which
may be highly cJl9red, but which Is never
tneess a picture that l. Ingrained in human
nature. feel it ny eff 1t | g to the
Secretary OF the Treasury, as | have Jne,
for 1 have 10 couceaIments about this bust
ness, and ask hiI1, as did three mont IS a 20,
to appoint hs Office worthy lady rom
my ) ate, and ne kindly says, .' viii make
7 a place for her. - cannot help teellus a
sort of friendship and tenderness towards
that Secretary who among thousands Of ap-
plcauts has preferred one upon my recon-
mendatiOn When be sends Ia a rec Dmmend-
alton to me TO do something, OF when | 20
into his Office and he tells me, :. Her. u
5 s)methng that | greatly dJtr upon, that /
think ought u be done - | cannot nelp
/ looking with tender feeling; aud it Is an
honor to human nature, admit, in the gen
erous, and not in the money or business
sense | cannot help feeling greater ten
ierness for his opinion than | sh ju,d # we
stood upoa altogether Independent grounds
/ What would be thought OF a Judge or
lawyer, where justice is administered, Il the
selections Of jurors or the appointments o.
clerks or any afurs Of that kind u and fro
( were passing between the bench an the bar =?
/ IL would be 3. repr5ach TO jurisprudence as
I 1t was IN old times IN Great Brian, when
/ the judges received presents from the mem
! bers Of the tar and il was tolerated by public
opinion. All the judges less than one hun.
/ drcd years ay1 when they went on circuit
/ received valuable presents from the members
Of the bar: but il turned out at last, Ia spite
Of the purity OF the English bench, that the
BODY oil intelligent PupIc op'n On 10 Hfeat
/ Britain came u see that the men VINO were
enab!ed % make t1e D'7t presents Reneriiy
10 the long run Won t1e IAr5 ''t NUMBER oi
cases. 1t may have been only coincidence.
I we cannot carry on No'c'huehL au0 s'cIey
IN that way.
Therefore, Mr. President, the objection
that my friend makes Is not we'll founded
when We come down u bureaus. Il the bu
retu oLn;ef were ao'''u .ey lnlcP5ui'ho o'
tue i"niencS OF persons ia "l'-e l'"5' III 4
Sretter or less degree ne i@- Jheu tuere Wpuid
De some force 10 saving. not th't we s1)dli
not nave ei'i service ard put thlt the
N1aTd ot exam nation sIodlI ne eOaStll1tS4
~ MAKING IL Iht heti OF tue DtP 'r.ih 'h'
the9s very re- '''i> d." '''" ''''
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exam u'"S o'',n Sl'u'I -e inc me. il d VI ''i'
'7ly "l'I1h - 'N'''" ~ '''. f--,''.
lhI prom 'l''n NI d H!'tO u'.n7u' vs. ~ ~
prom 1len 2r AZ 'lH-sI- '..'I "a =. --l ''le
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4+Hl''y "H' 'e'.' ''H '~00'
M tte impltliA Jll@u5hl tA1 he'l7 %,
WITH him. Incre Is the TACT ABOUT Il
Now, II Senators say mat ther' Is no e'H
N the present system ~ auih 'n'stl a'lou ..
civil service, anu lHtt IL y c'hIur'Fe - tie
public interests that the bel' l''rIhe"'7 Oh '"e
HoFeTnnrnJ m Us executive prth1l arc 1' re
On the relations that lhey ave pc-h WIN t"t
department 'i tus O''-t'l leh1 I'' Us i1S'9ii
tive oranc'' anu 1itI 'HS P'1.V!'71 '' '-e
Goyernment Is really anu practc ny % oe
conf led TO Senators aud hsPre-cnta.l'e7, VINO
always nave UhelT way, prov '1-' 'Hi' IL turns
! out thtt they snail . IoF "h1Oetsf IN i9u' e
these bureaus aud heaa' OIL departments
want, because you VIII nave observe osu-
ator7 here kn1" IL p-rIecO'y We" -1H''
Senator ana heau Ol DeP'''neu1 are III d
state ol hostilIty anu uisdSFe e-'heH' tue rec
concentrations oI Ihat SENATOR are noI "I
tended TO as vigorously am as 'dlI Liully anu
IN friendly way as they are II they are
10 perfect accord and that 1t Is human ma
ture; there is no help for It. Wherever
there Is hostility there II be opposition
wherever there Is friendship there VIII De, no
JuDt, lavJritISm and support; ana until the
mill, nnium comes II cannot be otherwise
The point, therefore, IS, II possible, 70 put
he service on q ground where you will Is
cape from these uSepaTabe evils from the
present condition OF things.
Mr. CARPENTER. | should like to ask my
friend what provision Is IN lde for separating
this examining board from the ordinary weak
nesses Of hum N nature whether senator,
by exceeding blandIshment, might not soften
really tue rigor OF an examination whether
If he was to see in advance the three men
who were to tx tmine his fr end and tell them
that he had a special desire that that friend
should pass, those thre, men could not 50
shane the examination "a to pass him And,
if YOU can corrupt the Secretary of the
T.etuv by making a request, where is the
ru4ran ee that your commission Will be
above the same infrmty?