New-York tribune., 1874-06-13
The debate on ;se Civil Service reform was resumed.

cusson by an indignant protest against the crics,nl
the history Of these considered that Pres
dent would not suffer In comparison with any OF ths
the army GEN. Grant had been equal To tho oo-
casion aud had been equally great civil as IN military
made them would pass into obliv,oa while the
great aud recorded Of the President
such MS Unconditional surrender II mean TO light
m out ON this lire it all summer Let us have
peace" would become immortal Who were the Presi,
dents accusersi Men with hungry stomachs aud
diseased iDagnations, who wanted 10 got back to
power The people had discussed this question 10 1871
and had decided IN favor OF tho President and OF su
honest admin stratioD. aud they would do u again
These accusations were the very things tat wond cause
the people again to support the Naturalization,
and they would do whenever they got square issue
Mr. EOx Dom, N. Y)-They did not do it 10 Con-
necticut - ,,,,,, H.. ...... =. ..,,..,-..
one OF whisky and the Democrats found that Qua
they kicked around IN thelr collins - .
Mr.. NIBLACk Dem. Ind regarded the enort AZ Clvi
Service reform as complete and total failure because
OF giving the clerks and other some
dent In ma kiug his appointments
Mr.. POTTER Dem. N. " agreed with Mr Nblack ss
evils in the civil Service the results OF
the existing condition OF things, and that they would
not remedled without a change In the Constitution
which would ocallzc appointments and thus aid Ia the
decentralization Of power l., =, ~,
proposition for the Carrying out of tho Civil Service
Mr.. GARFIELD (Rep.. Ohio. Chairman OF the Com
mtee on Appropriations, SAID that the question was
Just and the best thing that could be done. 1t WAS
whether the Government wonld any longer try 70 90
gentlemen would make that issue fair and square, and
would meet it. II no further effort was to DC made;n
said that 1t was plain aud square WORK
II, Il was proposed to n, return ,, 10 7oaS tss
or $4,000 officers many to be played with IN
politics. be traded and made merchandise OF, let
trdry 1t believed that the public officers were made
the service OF the nation and not for party peraai
Sites then experiment should be continued IN order
to whether there was any way by which the goat
S ooj made another effort TO
get In an amendment for bill plan for reorsanzing
salaries and reduce, far as practicable the ek
penses and increase the efficiency thereof put on
point Of order made by Mr. BUTLER Rep, Mass) waa
SIR. Keloggs amendment was then rejected by ts TO
Mr. E. r. HOAR Rep, Mass). offered his amendment.
appropriatug $4,000 in aid OF the building undertaken
yocated the amendment stating that the charity o to
Little sisters exercised without regard to the re
glous faith Of those aided by them.
Mr.. WHEELER (Rep. n. ~. said that was not the iu
Mr H0AR repeated his assurance that there was
nothing sectaran IN the work Of these good women
Nj. NIBLACK Dem: Ind,, said that his Information
Mr.. O'BRiEN Dem Md, st tied that one OF the car
dna principles Of the order Was Vas nat Inler & no
uured into. -<><.~-~-----~-T ~
Mr. PARKER CRep., MOI spoke In favor OF the propo
for the women's Christian Association OF Washington
on the rrouud that all over the country there wero
hundreds OF such institutions which were supported by
The United States should be called upon to contribute "
the any more than to the other
MIR. MAYNARD (Rep,, TENN expressed regret that
any suggestion of sectaranism had been put forward
this matter II this charity were deserving IT was no
The other suggestion that had been made had not been
for the first time; It was that because la Mont
bubble institutions supported by charity of the ct.
zens. therefore the public charitable Institutions OF
Washington should be supported In the same way. All
such arguments forgot that Washington did not occupy
any such relation TO its citizens as other cities bore to
their Washington the capital OF the whole
nation. Persons drfted here from every state In the
Union. more fair just, or right that tho
citizens or Washington should be charged with their
support held responsible If they failed to make pro,
vision ior their support than t was ior tue people 9
responsible. These institutions were national in their
character and should have national support o., 80,
his sentiment, applied to him the coupet OF Ienny-
sons,
Aad suDle faith than Norman blood
The discus sion having closed, Mr.. Hoars amendment
q OF xa. ss s Sa u
NJ cHIPMAN Gsep,. D. C) moved appropriation
and commended in opposition to point of order. that
there authority of law for 1t IN act OF the last
Mr. HoAR said that that law had been twice
executed Greenougs statue io the East Capital Park
M Mr.. CHIPMAN replied that these were statues not
The CHAIRMAN CMr Dawes, ruled that the unnn-
ished Washington monument was not work OF the
United States heretofore authorized by law, and
MOTION %s OF Mr. HOOPER Re ep Mass an item of
$4,000 inserted for iahship near the entrance OF
NewYork harbor to mark the site OF the wreck OF the
steamship Scotland. Also for fogbell near the en-.
'ranGe notion Of Mr IAMisoN Dem oho, to STRIKE
out an item OF $4,000 for lighthouse and beacon st
ahas Point & WAS st discussed saeecb tSf soe % MR.
out which he asserted that the motion was made on
nla
Mr. LAMIsON stated that tho lighthouse at Matthias
Point was earthly use and that there enough
lighthouses the Potomac to supply the whole country
II they fairly distributed.
Mr.. sENER suggested that Mr.. Lamson had +" seen
dG%pg setorted that Mr. sener never drank too
much unless the liquor was supplied by somebody else:
Laughter man nan might be drunk when n he mad made n
inexcusabe II he insisted on II arter he got sooer'
MT sENER had the last word and suggested that be-
fore that famous trip down the Potomac in Govern
mept cutter, MI Lamson had never seen lighthouse
After further discussion, the motion to strike out was
| adopted, 81 to 20; ". ,ouoa 90 ,n.or. ~ ,,.r n,
$4,000 for lighthouse at the mouth of York River vir
si0IS on Motion Of Mr. PARKER Rep, MOI the jurisdio-
ton Of the Lighthouse Board was extended over tho
Western kvers' n, uooprp psn Mas, an ,,ou .,
$4,000 inserted iora lighthouse at tho mouth Of
| Thunder Bay River Mich.
was inserted for fog signal on Yerba Buena Island,
was discussed at some length, being opposed by Mr..
WHEELER Rep. n. ~ and Mr. I;rA MAYNAKD a, M Rep,
and Mr.. COBURN (Rep Ind)
Finally, the Item struck out-98 TO 49,
In the course Of the discussion Mr.. cox made ttle
speech Cuban beiigerency, In which he declared
that the Committee on Foreign Affairs would do moth
ing In the matter, and that there in Cuban
sympathizers crowdng the House and getting up news
paper artices they might we'll stop that and
the coored brethren. who looked 10 Congress the
Administration for the freedom Of their In Cuba
might as well take notice. and govern themselves
cordngly In the next election. tLaughterl
| On motion Of Mr.. WHEELER, u paragraph was In
serted ella rns the northern part OF Weodawn Ceme-
terry, Elmra, N. Y, occupied by soldiers graves.