Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-01-19
ESTABLISHED 1910.

upon the claim that womer
have q rieht to vote under the consti
tu- iO1 as amended.
Senator Cole, from the postal com
: mittee, reported favOrably on the bill
subsidiziDg the mail steamship ser
vice to Australia via Honolulu.
Senator Thurman, presented thC
credentials Of his colleague Sherman
Senator Blair, of the military com
mittee, reported fsvOrably on the bill
I extending the provisions of the artifi
cal limb act to all officers above the
grade Of captain. An amendment was
accepted extending the provisions o.
the act to all men OF the army and
navy, regardless ofrsnk.
Senator Davis, Of Kentucky, gave
notice that he intended to call up at
early day 8 resolution Of inquiry into
| direiectiOn Of duty on the part OF the
President.
Senator Wilson introduced a bill to
allow women TO vote and hold office
in the territories.
/ Senator Chandler, from the COM
mittee on commerce, reported, with
out amendment, bill fOr deepening
the St. Olairs fats canal to six teen
feet; also the house bill TO make Pitts
burg a port Of entry and delivery.
The amnesty bill was taken up and
laid aside tniormsllly, Senator Sum-
ner announcing that he accepted the
amendment proposed by Senator
| Frelinghuysen.
Senator Carpenter then proceeded
| to speak upon the uncOn5titutiOnality
Of the civil service reform scheme.
He deeply regretted the recent
/ message of the President announcing
that he had adopted the rules recon-
mended by the civil service commits
sion. He knew, however, that there
had been g great deal of clamOr lately
In support of this scheme, which had
made it seem that people generally
were In favor of it, and he supposed
that the President had yielded to this
clamOr upon principle. He stated in
his inaugural address that the best
way to secure the repeal Of an Oh
noxious law was to execute 1t faith
July. Some persons had expressed
surprise at the President eonsenting
to give up the patronage, which his
enemies said he was using for his own
advantage, but the reason probably,
was, that he knew he could afford to
give his enemies many advantages
and vet defeat them. Nevertheless,
he thought the President had done
wrong In yielding to the clsmoF Of the
hour. The sober second thought of
the people was always right, but their
sudden impulses were often wrong
and ought TO be resisted by their put
lie servants. He knew that it some
times happened that before. ~ 5Ober
second thought came faithful public
officer would find his headin the basket
and to public officer, a senator for
instance with ambition for re- cleo
ton, there was great temptation to
yield to the pressure of the moment;
bat as he was only S senator, who
probably could not be reelected II ne
wished it, there seems to be a SPECIAL
obligation resting upon him to act in
dependentiy his part. To this reform
scheme the .senRtor from Ma ssachu.
sets, Sumner, had proposed s cOu- /
sEitUli0lal amendment, rendering the |
president, who has served one term,
ineligible for re ELECTION. This |
would be treating General Grant |
more sev erely than Jefferson Davis, |
becsUse, although the latter is dis |
qualified By the Fourteenth amend |
msnt, It is still within the power OF /
congress to remove his disabilities,
while President Grant would have no /
means OF relief. Laughter If the
doctrine was true that one term OF
service was enough to dsmoralizs q
public officer, the senator from
must be himself yer
demOTaiized by this time,
and being a man who sets principles
above all personal considerations, he
would, Of course, lake his hat ana
esly5 the senate forever upon the
adoption Of his own amendment.
LaHghler.l Ia politics, said Mr.. CSr
Jsnter, words are nothing, and civil |
.ervice reform IS a cunning catchWOrd. /
rn6 conc iusiOn Is that whoever is not
n favor Of reiCrm must be In favor Of
abuse. But = change IS not necessa-
.iIy a reform, and tiers is a sure III
.uitiOn which tells as that in g gov
sFnmsnt Of such delicate structure IS
his OF ours il is better TO "bear the
Is We have than iy TO others that we
Know a0t Of" Senator Carpenter ;
ben discussed ss some length the dis
ributiOn Of power beta cen the legls-
atiyo and executive departments OF
he government sud came to the con-
.iusion thst if the sppOinting power
we're taken away from the president,
Is it would be by this reform, his re.
power would be 40 greater {
han those ola cOnstabiein Milwaukee. s
1e said this measure, instead OF [
'eing tackled TO the appropriation bin
{ last nights session had depended :
ip0n its own merits, IL would not I
IaY9 received twenty votes.
Senator Carpenter here had the reg {
.iatioas read and then criticised them I
d detail. His first criticism was thaC I
he most important officers in the | {
ivil service were to be wholly eX- =
mpt from the operation Of them. Z
IA copying clerk in the interior de- 8
artment, or q candidate for ianitOr- {
aip of a United states building must &
ass examination ne could not see {
my the secretary OF the interior or [
he secretary Of state should not be / b
alsoSby these regulations. C
/ copying clerk must be citizen Of (,
be United States, but the head Of the b
need not be. A light &
Ouss keeper OF the shore of Lake v
lichigan must be able 70 read and g
rite the English language, bat the -
general Of the United Atatss &
IOuld not be required to do e her. c
Lsughter.]
He also argues that there was act T. i
let between the ninth rule, which G
royides that sDy person becoming
after long and faithful v
'rVice, by bodily or mental intirmity, s
lay be appointed TO places Of re-
in some department, and ! .
le first rule which provides that no
1rsOn shall be admitted TO position in
vii service who shall not have fur =
shed satisfactory evidence in regard
character, health, etc. These, he o
i'd, were defects il the civil service a
fOFm scheme. The great objection
Il Was-first, that it violated the =
institution By taking away from the
.esident the discEetiOns vested in =
"a to select his appointees from the
hole people, and limited him
names of persons referred to A
10 by examining the board. Sec
ID, that it set up for public G.
rvant5 the standard the educa- Of
Do OF schools to exclusion from ~
bee OF all who have not enjoyed the M
neflts Of liberal education, thus set -
lg I'D an aristOcratie class COM
ised of the SONG Of the rich. S5l
e said that according TO these oj
les the successful candidate for an :
,pointInens was TO be taken from 81
rec persons passing test exsmina au
"a, 50 that although neither Of the
indicates should answer questions 80
Oagh 70 show his nDetency, still su