Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-24

cal status at the time .appointnen.sN are
Third-Stringent prohibition Of assess,
ments for political purposes
Dir. Platt questioned Mr.. Brown IS fol-
In the event that the Democratic party
comes into power in 1884, which the Sena-
TOR hopes for, is 1t his desire that remoY-
fis shall be made of all the clerks and em-
fiployes now in Office because they are Re-
publicans, and their places filled by Demo-
Gratis?
Brown-It is my desire that justice and
equity should be administered in that
matter. 1t is right that the majority of
the people of this country should have
some share in the offices and employment
OF the government.
He was in favor Of fair division of the
patronage of the government among the
taxpayers and burden.bearers at first and
after that stipulates the adhesion to the
civil service rules.
Mr.. Garland said: The cause of the YER
dict rendered by the people at the recent
elections was not dissatisfaction with en-
ployes or the management of the depart
ments. 1t was that the country had be.
come tired of the weary horrors of war in
time OF peace. The country, like man
who has lain too long on one side, had
grown sore and restless, and had turned
over on the other side. The Senator from
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free whisky and the operations of the Sum
day law, but this explanation did not ac-
count for the elections in other States-for
the electricity along the whole line. The
victory belonged, not necessarily to the
Democratic party, the party that put itself
in position to bring the country back to
basis that the people would endorse; not to
the Republican party, it might not be
third party, il might not be the Democratic
party, though he thought the choice would
fall on that party If 1t conducted itself
wisely.
Mr.. Logan said that during the rebellion
while several States claimed they were out
of the Union, many of the offices which
belonged to those States had been given to
persons residing in Washington, and he
was opposed to any amendment which
would turn out those competent clerks
from places which had fallen to them, not
by any fault of their own, but by the fault
of the States to which the places under
other circumstances would have belonged.
Mr.. Garland said the principal Of distri-
button OF appointments among States had
been recognized by law prescribing such
distribution in the Treasury department,
though the statement had been made here
that the law was not enforced.
Mr.. Sherman said that the law had been
in operation since the time when Bristow
was Secretary of the Treasury.
Mr.. Window said that during his term
as Secretary he had ordered the removal OF
a man for having made false statement
in regard 10 his residence, and in no case
had any man been appointed knowingly
from State to which he did not belong.
He intended to offer an amendment pro-
viding for this.
Mr. Brown asked the President on the Re-
publican side to say whether they agreed
with the Senator from Delaware (Bayard)
in thinking that the bill, as it now stood,
would give outsiders the same right to
compete for all vacancies in the service that
persons already in Office had.
No answer was made.
Mr.. Pendleton said il it was true that any
Senator thought that bill IN its present
form would not permit the competition to
persons outside of the departments for any
vacancy that might occur, he would vote
with Mr.. Brown to amend the bill in that
respect.
Mr.. Pugh's amendment was rejected by
a vote of Is to %.
House.
The House, without transacting any bus
mess, adjourned until Wednesday.