The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-13
HOUSE.

service reform rs a complete and total fail
ure, because instead of moving clerks and
other subordinates, some sort of tenure of
Office, it simply embarrassed the president
in making his appointments.
Mr. Potter of New York agreed with
Mr.. Niblack as to the failure of the en-
forcement, and he believed that the evils
in the civil service were the necessary re-
suit of the existing condition of things. and
that they would not be remedied without IL
change in the constitution which would
localize appointments and thus aid in the
Capitalization or power.
The chairman of the committee on ap-
preparations said the question was not
whether the civil service examination was
wise or just and the best thing that could
be done, was whether the government
would any longer try to do anything to bet
ter civil service. He hoped the gentleman
would make that issue fair and square and
would meet il if no further cffOst was to be
made. If the whole matter was to be
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and square work. If it was proposed to
return to the old democratic system and
regard 10000 or 10000 officers as SO many
powers to be played with in politics, TO be
traded and made merchandise of, let that
be openly said and defended but if on the
contrary it was believed that public officers
were made for the service of the nation and
not for party perquisites, then experiments
should be continued in order to see whether
there was any way by which great national
shame could be- at least. in part abated.
Mr. Lawrence of Ohio made another eff
fort to get an amendment for bill or plan
for recognizing all the departments of the
government so as to cqualize the salaries
and to reduce, rs far as practicable. the eX-
pcnses and increase the efficiency thereof
but on point of order made by Mr. Butler
of Massachusetts it was excluded.
Mr.. Kellogg's amendment approprlating
$25 900 to enable the President to continue
The work civil service commission; reiec
ted -4S to los.
The appropriation of $4,000 for Gait
ling guns for tortigcations was struck out
After some discussion, during the course Of
which Mr.. Cox got into a little speech OF
Cuban belligcrency. He declared that thu
committee of foreign affairs would dc
nothing in the matter, and there was NJ
use in Cuban sympathizers crowding til,
house and getting up newspaper articles
they might as well stop that thing and tn,
colored brethren who looked to Congress
or the administration for the freedom o
their race in Cuba might as well take no
tlcc and govern themselves accordingly il
the next election. Laughter
On motion of Mr.. Wheeler of New
York, a paragraph was inserted declarin
the northern part of Woodawn cemeter,
at Elmira, n. y, occupied by soldier
graves a national cemetery So far as con
Germs the renewal and care of soldier
headstones and graves.
On motion of Mr.. Coburn, the judclar.
committee an appropriation of $500
was made to begin the publication of tn
official records of the war of the rebellion
both of the Union and Confederate armies
Having disposed of thrty-nine of the fifty
four pages of the bill, the committee rose
Mr.. Maynard of Tennessee gave motto
he would seek the floor at twelve tO-mor
row, to make the conference report on tn
currency bill.
The House adjourned.