The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-12-21

WASHINGTON. Dec. 15.-In the discus
sion In the senate of Pendleion's civil
service reform bill, Miller said the sena-
tor from Georgia feared this bill, if pass.
ed, would establish q life tenure of office
but in fact it would simply put back
the tenure of appointive officers where
it was duriog the fist fifty years of our
national life. That senator also profess.
ed to fear that the bill would establish
| aristocracy.' This talk would not 90 10
| brighten children with, much less would
! it frighten the brave senator's on the
| democratic side from supporting this
| bill. If the evils OF the present system
continue to increase III the same pro.
portion as in the past, the government
| could not outlive another century. The
people had tired CT evils and had de.
manded radical reform. This demand
was made in no doubtful tone, and the
man or party who could not understand
the meaning of the recent popular up
heayal must be blind indeed. The dem.
| ocratIc party at least ought not and
could not resist the peoples will. II
anybody imagined the people are tired
| OF republican corruption and profiigacy
and overthrow the republican party
| merely to give the democrats an oppor-
tunity to practice the same methods
he was most seriously 10 error.
The republican senators seemed to un-
derstand the peoples meaning, aud he
| ives glad to see the change that had
| come over the spirit of their dreams on
this subject. For whatever might be
| the cause of it, the change was most sal
utary. And still the change was very
remarkable. At the last session civil ser
vice reform was sneered at, and the SEN
. fnv naafn (I1a1l1aHooA ~
| ed as insincere or visionary iu pressing
1t upon public attention. while political
assessments were defended as a jus:iiia-
BILE means of gaining and retaining
power. But now .ihe general opinion
seems 10 be that political assessments
We're crime, or even worse. in the poll
tician's creed--a serious biunder; and
that monopoly of Office by right of con-
quest was not the surest means of re-
tanning power. The Republicans were
now SO thoroughly CO nscious of the
guilt of political assessments that they
came TO congress on the first day of the
session and by their president asked the
specify passage of law to prevent them
from relapsIng into sin.
On motion of Pendleton, the first
section of the bill was amended so as to
require the civil service commissioners
TO be confirmed by the senate. The
question was on Alliscn's amendment,
providing there shall be three commits
sioners instead of FIVE, and they shall
not be connected with any department.
Bayard spoke on the importance OF
reforming the civil service and the de-
moraliZing effects upon public men of
the spoils system. He would support the
pending bill, and was quite ready TO
meet the responsibility 10 which the
senator from Georgia (Bsown) said the
Democrats who supported it would be
held.
Morgan offered two amendments which
were ordered printed. One of them
provides that no advice or recommended
ton of any applicant for examination
or appointment given by senator or
representative shall be received or con.
| sidered by the examiners. unless il shall
have been previously asked. IN writing,
by one or more of them. The other au-
thorizes the commission to designate in