Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-21

placed in the hands of the heads of depart j
ments. The senators from Maine and Iowa,
HALE and Allison) now so ardent for re-
form, were at that time members of the
Republican committee, and had no rebuke
for the authors of this document.
Mr.. Allison said the circular purported
to have been issued by the chairman of the
Republican state committee of Pennsyl-
vania, and had no relation
to the congressional COMMITTEE. He had
never seen the letter before so far as he
knew. Such document was unknown in
the history of the congressional committee,
and he thought it deserved the condemna-
ton of every member of the Republican
party.
Mr.. Vest. continuing, said the great evil
in the civil service now was that the Re-
publican party had come to believe the
Offices belong to them as matter of right,
and ignoring the people proceeded to tear
each other to pieces about patronage, and
this more than anything else had contrib
uted to their recent defeat.
Replying to Mr.. Hale and the charge
that the whisky interest was an ally of the
| Democratic party, and Mr.. Sherman's
statement that the result of the recent
election in Ohio was largely due to the al
lance, Mr.. Vest said that for the last
twenty years the whisky interest had voted
steadily with the Republicans, and their
complaint now that they were defeated last
fall by the detection of that interest was
an admission that their past tri-
umphs had been won by it.
He said that in the Garfield states there
were 1851 retail liquor dealers against
57,742 in the Hancock states, inhabited by
''the whisky soaking Democracy" giving
to the gentlemen upon the Republican
side, representing of course, the intelli-
gence and morality and religion and
sobriety of the entire country, clear
majority of 50,455 saloons Laughter
Carrying the comparison into details he
stated that Maine, with a prohibitory
liquor law for thirty-one years past, had
one retail liquor shop for
every 791 inhabitants, while West Virginia,
about the same population and no prohib-
tory law, had only one saloon for every SIG
inhabitants. Iowa had one to every 376
inhabitants, while Texas had only one to
every 54S. New Hampshire, with pro-
hibitory law, had one for every 376 inhab-
itants, while Florida, with nearly the same
population, had only. one to every 553.
Kansas, with prohibitory law, had one to
every $40 inhabitants, while South Caro-
lima, with almost the same population and
no prohibitory law, had one to every OF,
and in Massachusetts,, under
the shadow of Plymouth rock,
laughter there was one liquor retailer to
every pa inhabitants, while in North Caro-
lima, with nearly the same population,
there was only one to each 7O8. Mr. Vest
denied that the Democratic party was held
together by the hope of public plumber.
If the party had depended upon that it
would have gone to pieces long ago, and
in conclusion he would say to the gentle
men on the other side of the chamber,
"You may defeat us again; that is in the
hands of Goo, and of the futurebut so long
as the love of local elf-governmente exists,
in the hearts of the American people, SO
long under God will we meet you face to
face, and hand to hand, to dispute your
supremacy in these United States of ours
The offices may be in your grasp; political
assessments may be at your command; ad.
ministrations may be supple tools of party
to trample out the free. SURFACES of the
people, but again and again will we NICE:
you to contest your right to
, ignore what we believed to be the great
principles OF this government social self.
government, the right of communities to
govern themselves SO long as they do not
interfere with the rights of others.
Mr.. Barrows, Senator Hills successor
, opposed the bill. He believed there was
, urgent need for publication of our civil
service, but what was required was not a
new system but the expulsion of the men
who have abused and degraded the service.
Mr.. Dawes said as he was not new con.
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had not thought it necessary to put him
bself forward in this debate. Long ago he
, advocated the principles now embodied in
part in this bill, but with so little sue
; cess he had been forced to the conclusion
that before the civil service could be re-
\ formed, there must first be such reform
IN public opinion as would force the
, necessary legislation upon congress-
Even this declaration had been flung back
in his face by the reformers themselves,
who declared public opinion must be
created by legislation. Now, however, all
was changed. What the preacher and plat.
form lecturer had failed to do politicians
had accomplished, though at great cost
and the omnipotence of public opinion
was manifest all about us. It was natural
, and proper that they who had to do 50
much to bring on the disaster should now
try to do something to repair the
damage, but the danger now was that the
patient would suffer from the multiplicity
, of doctors, and for this reason, he had
forborne and would forbear to offer any
amendments to the. bill. It was right in
principle, and while he thought it might
be improved he would cheerfully give it
his support. The time had come when our
system of appointment to Office must be
!, changed, because the growth of the coun-
try would render it impossible to continue
the old system.
Mr.. Morgan said he was prepared to sup
port any measure which would tend to put in
Office class of persons best qualified and
most to be relied upon in the conduct of
public business. The evils of the existing
system were indisputable, and one of them
was the annoyance and humiliation put
upon senators and representatives when
they we're required to go to the departments
and ask for Offices. To remedy this evil he
would offer an amendment later, provid-
ing that no recommendation from a sena-
tor or representative should be considered
by any person making an appointment