New-York tribune., 1879-03-12
CONGRESS TO BE LIVELY.
TWO MORE REASONS WHY.


rnle of the United States Senate, adopted in
1854. fOrbidding removals of the subordinate
employees without the approval of the Vice
| President. and this rule is yet in force.
| The Democrats, therefore, will have to make
a fight il they are going to turn out the old
and faithful servants of that body to
put in new and inexperienced men. There
is already an army of applicants for the
Senate places present in Washington. The
Democrats in the House intend to get up
new agitation about the Presidents title. Mr..
Randall has reached the Capital, and will
open headquarters at one of the hotels at
once. The Greenbackers are still full of fight.
THE RAID ON THE SENATE OFFICES.
A LARGE ARMY OF APPLICANTS IN WARRINGTON
| DISCOVERY WHICH WILL AsTONIsH AND
SHOCK Tue AsPIRAHIs.
lBY TELEGRAPH To TIE TRIBUSE.i
| WAsHINGroN. March 1.-The Democratic Scna-
tors having this week little foretaste Of the
! perplexIties and annOyances which always attend
the possession of power, and which while they were
in the minority they wholly escaped. Hardly
the ink of the Presidents proclamation calling the
extra session of Congress dry when there arrived
! i'll Washington the pioneer Democratic office
seeker and every day since he has been reinforced
| until there are now here almost an army of aspi-
rants for the petty Offices in the gift of the Senate
| The average Southern Democrat had rather be
sub-assistant doorkeeper in tho Senate of the
United STATES than to raise cotton corn in Dixie.
| But the experience of being expected to provide
places for half the roads politicians in their
States ont of the few which in the gift of the
! Senate Is not pleasant one. In some cases Demo
cratic Senators have already been so much annoyed
! a. a.
have been obliged to lock themselves up in their
rooms and refuse to see all comers One or two are
reported to have fed from the Capital to escape
from these people and there report about
the streets to-day that very prominent Demo-
cratic Senator who Is confined to his room by sick
| ness had to have q man stationed at his door to
prevent the hungry office-seekers from rushing
in upon him.
This army of aspirants are probably not aware of
the fact that after the Secretary and Sergeant
alarms of the Senate have been elected, they will
be powerless to make changes among their subordl-
mates without the approval of Vce-Presdent
| Wheeler but such is the fact.
| In 1854 when the Senate was controlled by the
Democrats a select committee of that body was
appointed, of which Mr.. Mason was chairman. to
take into consideration the several resolutions and
orders of the Senate providing for the appointment
rules and regulations fixing the number of such Off
GERS and other subOrdnaeS, classifying them, fix
ing their compensation, prescribing the mode of
| appointment to and dismissal from Office and
effectlng such organization generally better to
| insure their responsibility and efficiency. This
committed reported ON the 10th of July, 1854. and
among other things SAID: " In the opinion OF the
comulttee the correct and safe transaction of the
business of the Senate is materially dependent
upon retaining in It's service corps of experienced
well-tralned and digent officers, and this can only
he done by security in their respective positions so
long as they continue faithful IN the discharge of
their duties.r The committee, therefore. reported
| the following resolution on this subject:
Pcs0Irrd That the several officers and others IN the
departments of the Secretary OF the Senate ana or the
scfgeau t-atArms shall be appointed to and removed
those officers respccEciY, heretofore;
but when made during the sesson "f tuc Srhair ANY
such removal To he first approved by tc frcsdoh oi
the Senate To he assigned therefor III Wiit
ng by officer I-aklng the removal ana Whcn IN the
r,ccss such reasons in writing 10 be laid before the
President OF the Senate the first day o. the succeed
ing and to be approved or disapproVrd oS hl
!. One week laIer on the 18th of July, Mr. Mason
called up his report for action, ana when the reso-
lution above quoted was reached, Mr.. Bright moved
70 strike out of the resolution all that which re-
aics TO giving the President of the Senate super
visOry power"
Mr. Mason, III opposing this amendment, SAID
| Senators who have read tne report VIII ma what
the bject of the committee was and tney IouSht IL
was m accordance with the Judgment OF the senate TO
nv AN rniccnf body Of oicer> assist them the
dis hargr their pubhc dutlcs ahp 10 remove om the
Senate every nducement or desire 10 Keep ls orBAt
non unsettled by the introduction Ot new officers
from session session. or from CONGRESS 10 Cosles'.
We know sir tuat practice OF the Government III It's
| various departments has been upon new accession
10 power to change all The slbordindes an he hlhlo-
,croI oirpr. not because they have been lnei1cent
men but solely aud simply To put III others VINO W"nteu
the places. II Is TO prevent the INTRODUCTION "a .lat
- he
mendcd the permanent character OF me orEa non
Sir. senator who has DeTh III .ne usenaec % @ LIS
dutles here long enough 10 know the Irdctcc o tHe
Scuate.and what Is required ot senators eau iil 20
ho i",nt@ssei with the exceeding importance to him III
the dcharg, his duties aud to the pnDlc VINO are TO
Ice benefited by discharge, or having cOhPelchi
boi % officers In the senate men who are trained ana
Jus.teG i'm the senate VINO know whore 10 hnd what
YOU want. how 10 give you Information "heh you want
! il aud where to direct You to II. ,.,
iis hrhIy impOrant 10 al Senator'S and more especi-
ally 10 Senators when they come mere LOT INC hiSt 'c
ThS fear was mat unless the power OF removal was IN
some wav restrained the Ocer having the power oI ap-
poir men mtgh at times zee! niinse w
hn vanted tha MI and no, ninety nlne times IN
hundIed would be incompetent III INC uiSchai sc Vi "e
duties.
Mr. Rright,s amendment was rejected by vote of
u yeas 10 10 nays and the resolution as reported
IL, tbe co,n,nittee WAS agreed to. That action by
the Senate made the resolution quoted above one OF
the standing orders OF the Senate, with the full
force of a ruc and there it stands to this day with
ont change The Senate being permanent BODY,
II is not necessary nor is 1t customary Tor 1t to
adopt the body of its rules and standing orders at
tie beginning of every Congress, as 1t Is In the
House These rules and standing orders remain in
force until they are rescinded or amended, and the
resolution requiring the yicePresident to supervise
all removals from Office in the Senate and the secre-
tary and Sergeant-at-Arms to submit III writing to
President Wheeler the reasons Tor every re-
movol which they make, will prevent any sweeping
| nnieSs there are good reasons therefor.
| The only way in which the Democrats can, there