Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-12-15
GIle &ree 4ress.
WORK OF CONGRESS.
some Remarks Touching The Pendic-
ton civil Service Reform Idcn,

al Haze ,otn
Ill '''e Sei'u'e' 'o'o"s' o'na'0'
that tile question oil Inc hepuoiicah putty
capacity had been submitted TO tue peo-
ala In Tho reoen, election and they spoke
r'N 49,, 1a,, o,os,;,rs n-obo.
Ill ho uuceI'ain lohe' '''o'' iu.' -,
hly lad something 10 90 WIN 'hc icsu'' VI
thc elections in some States but he believed
,,,o, ,,;os,,;ssoo,;o, with the methods of the
'" .,., "a, oo,so nroo,ic-
clVll administration, Ill "iuo '''''' P'"N'
ed by the Republican party, 1or some years
was the most important single factor. lie
,,o,,l 40, so,, tho, tho civil service was
"o"" "0' '"s ' ,,.,. Injunction
wholly pau lor 'haI Wou'o W uoins i"Ju
TO many worthy public servants, pu' was
inefficient. cytrayaCant, and in some cases
nni some sense corrupt and it had welded
,hc Whole nI, Of its emplGyes into great poli,i
cal machiuc or army, whose efforts have al
lenst twice within n short period of our his
tory robbed the pcoplc OF the fair results OF
Presidential election. Mr.. Pcndleton refer
red to The large number of employees in the
nublic service who are not authorized or pro-
vidcd by law. He repeated the statement
made by Senator present (whom he did not
name lthat the head OF one department oil the
Unvernmpni had said Their; were seventeen
Clerks in Ills Department for whom he could
moi find work, that he required one clerk OF
h,,rbcr Grade. and that if he were given that
one he could drop the II without impairing
the efficiency of the service but political,
s,cinl and personal pre- ssure was so great that
he would be obliged to retain and pay them
though he had nothing for them TO do was
there need TO prove the fact known to all
men that systematic pressure had Deeh
hronph- 10 bear upon the clerks in the de-
nortmeuts to extort portion of their salaries,
and need ANYBODY wonder that under such
"A s,stem employees of the Government felt
ihnt they had bought aud paid for their Of
Gccs. nnl that the faith of those who eXacteu
thcsc contributions was pledged to their re-
trnlipn Tie system inevitably denoral-
izcd MI clncern,d. tn clerks, the Off ia!s
making appointments and the Sena-
tors and REPRESENTATIVES eXer;lng pes
sure to secure appointments for their
friends Euormous appropriations had
cause III p,oplr to send II demand to Con
pr,ss for revision OF the tariff ard internal
Irvenuc laws andreduCtion of the taxes press
iur so heavily upun them, and the Republic
can party answered the demand by rep. ang
The duty on crfumcry ami the stamp tax
upon CHECKS 1t was these methods that
made il possible for The Democrats and Other
ci,iZ.ls who priced their county higher than
partv To elect IA Democratic State ticket in
OHIO aud lG out of II members of Congress.
lie said III because although only ID receiv-
cI certificates. the other three would certain
ly lac seated hy the next House if The ccrtti-
Gates we're not given them in the meantime
Serntor Hale asked whether the excess of
81. 900 900 in the arplopria,ions of last year
compared with the previous year had MOI;
been stated by the chairman of tie appro.
pIi,tions committee TO have been made nCccs-
Slry by The deficiencies coming over from
thc Democratic Connrcs, and by the increase
Of pensions. Senator Pcndlcon replied
tina, he quoted the statement of the chairman
correctly and the only way that the chair
man accounted for the amount of the appro-
rralipn was by stating the items. He (l'en-
tlle,nn was showing "A cic4t revolution in
plblic sentiment dcvclopcd by the late cleo
lions in which this was one OF the most i'm
no,t,rt issues Tie Renuhcans disregard
Ell the popular demands upon this and other
grcnl oiestiousof reform and the people over.
threw them. He desired TO impress upon his
Den.aocrtic friends that they would receive
and retain the pcoplc confidence only
SO far ms they answered promptly, honestly
and earnestly to the demands of the people.
The pending bill was the commencement OF
An attcr,pt 10 meet one of those demands
Some gentlemen were disposed to wait until
n,tcribc next Presidential election before pass
ingabill toreform the civil service in the hope
TIA, Il change of administration would give q
fair share OF the Offices 10 the Democrats but