Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-01-19
EVENING STAR.
CONGRESSIONAL
a.ncIusion Yesies days Proceedings.
CIVIL SERVICE BKFOEN


SFNATE.-AItoT cur report closed
Nj Carpenter. continuing his argument on
evil sery.cc reform, said: Tn re had been
Lrrat deal OF ClamoT Tti,e ed in connection with
Tbs matter, which had made II appear "a If the
Z OIle we're anxious IN tie ma ter, and he SUP
ta-t,: the President had Welded to their ciamOr
Tpon she principle stated in his inaugural adj
sgr,S- q at the best way to secure the repeal of
81 ChrCxCyS law. Is to execute 1t faithfully.
S,Ee person had expressed surprise at the Pres
i,i,f' COn~e uting 10 give up The patronage which
= enemies said he WIS using for his own al
,ar'age. but the reason probably was that he
LrCw n could give his enemies manv adra7
fagCs and Yet defeat them. Neverth aless, he
Tght the President had done wrong 10 yield
&" the C.amCr OF the hour; the sober, second
Thought 81 the people was aiwaysright, but theIr
inP1iSes were generally wrong. and ought to h
fs>i-fCd by their public servants. He entered hi>
Protest az the threshold Of this absurd expert
ueut. This examining boa-i u a board unknown
TO the Constitution: candidate for Office q
lC CNauiiurd bv th~ board. which i 10 name three
from which the rsident Is to select ON.
Now. vvuid any Senator vote for law which
fsued three persons from which the President
vas t. select. anil whore j. the difference? Sup
oSe q collector from New Ork is 70 be appoint
td. Dos one suppose that such men rs A
= stewart. n. u. Cla1iu, or l.. =. ,Iaffrey would
saL mit themselves to he examined by Sach a
rrsuG' WcUld they not laugh az such an idea'
p he fact i that none but afgcn:uTcrS would
present th, mselvCs, and to that class would the
President be restricted in his selections. The
regulations set forth by the commission would
U ~ life tenure in civil office, which was
u:i-Fcpublican, and stealing the power from
tie people O: control over their servants. II
a~ "A step backward. He disputed the idea
tHat the civil service should be disconnected
tom Iartv, and said 10 party which would
~,Mmit Itself to such a principle could stand.
Frequent changes in the civil service have
ss,VcT resulted 10 the dctriment Of the service.
Reviewing the report OF the commission. and
tie statements made a. 10 the demands which
tre perS>tertly made on the President Tor Off e
IS M mhCrS of Congress and other politicians
81, said that during the term OF this adminIstra-
ton there had been but two cases where an
slrusiyc demand bad been made for Office, AMI
ir :hssc instances the persons making the de
.uaLd were high in the legislative department
ard the PARTIES thew wanted appointed to office
we're VIGOROUSLY unfit. These two gentlemen
we're today foremost in the ranks of the civil
service reform. He said that i'm competitive
examination graduate from Yale would out
~t;ip A. 4. Stewart, man who conducted the
largest importing business in this country. He
mir. g. knew no more of chemistry than he did
Vi the Pearlv gates of the new Jerusalem.
laughter He hoped to know something of
the pearly gates. for there was system of com
Ittitiyt examination there. Laughter Yet if
lie wa> 10 go before a chemically inclined ex-
siujU.Tg board. he could not get position as a
copying clerk. Laughter He concluded by
referring 90 the manned soldiers who had per
led their lives for the country, while Others hal
I..TU examining These manned BOYS, although
competent 10 fl many positions. wOId be eX-
C.U,td thcTCfIOm- because. perhaps, they could
Dot tell how tar the earth was from the moon.
what tour principal rivers flowed into the
Caspian sea lLaughterl
Nj TrUmhull expressed his surprise that Hr.
CARPENTER should have confined himself almost
altogether 20 a denunciatiUu of rules. the opera
{ uU @. which. rs the Senator said himself Wa
suspended. and expressed no opposition to the
continuance of the present civil service system.
Tujer which so COZ Geo, or One-tourth of the
revenue Ct the government, was annually
wasted, hut instead had been amusing himself
Nrth imaginary examinations OF A. 4. Stewart,
george OPydyke. and perhaps other distin-
-uj-hCi gentlemen like Mr.. Murphy.
Nj sherman a-ked Mr.. Trumbuli for the
authority Tor the statement that 100000 900 OF
tie revenue was annually wasted.
Mir. TTUmhul replied that the authority was
i'e report ct the civil service commission
Mr.. sherman asked If tie anatOT was aw are
ttsttLe cost OF collecting the revenue was less
than five FER cent.
MI Trumbun saidi if the Senator wouId read
tie daily report OF the investigation into the
Eev York Cu>tcm horse. he would ascertain
where a great dJalot the money which was lost
O. the gCyCruIu. ut went.
Nj. Sherman said he had read the reports and
6NgCCtCl soon 70 report "a bill, which would cor
q the abuses u a gross eXaggeratiOu
ti.tf one fourth Of the government revenues
1T in collection. ard - believed that the
Il.U~c> iu the civil seTyir. as grossly eXagger-
a--I. The expenses OF collecting oar internal
and external revenue are less than that OF any
t-siis.5.i community in the world.
Sir. Morton desired - challenge the statement
HAT CIC-tCUrth OF the revenue of the govern
I.rr.t VS. annually lost The commission state
bat has been reported TO them bv others, and
20 U5~ 2 gross eXaEScraJiOH. Tie denied that any
,yi'eIcc could be gc!ICed to show that five per
cut. q tie revenue vas lost during this Adm IL
i-:rs.jvu. There nav 10 abuses in orr civil ser
wee which 10 not exist in that of other govern
Iu'uf~. In; on The other hand, there are gross
ab1~cs IN the civil service Of the countries of
grDI.e. which do not exist i'm ours. He ex-
pressed the opinion that whatever this Admins
tlatIcr. might 20 in the matter of civil s'Tvice
reform would not be satisfactory to its enemies.
4 ven ROW al. the democratic papers are chaTg-
ing that . j Jt what has been recommended - a
scheme - keep the radicals in office for the rest
% their lives.
The senate then. at 4dj r. m went into eN-
FsUtive session, and then adjourned until Mon
CIv.