Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-12-25
RACKET IN The SENATE.
The senate Sits Up Late on the Civil
SerYice Bill.

WASHINGTON, December 2l.-ln the Sem
ate yesterday the time was taken up with
the discussion on the pendleton bill.
though there were nineteen proposed
ameudmets, some offered in good taith.
some Slyly to stop the bill and some to
burlesque it. Yet at . o'clock only two Of
the proposed amendments had been adOp..
ed. ane reducing the number Of the pro-
posed commissioners of the civil service
from five 20 three and the other an unim-
por,aut verbal change. There had been,
however, stout wrestling on other plans.
senator Joe Brown with his fingers held at
accurate angles had fought for the prin-
.iplcs Of fixed tenure, and had pinned the
Republican and some of his own party
down to the support of the principle OF be-
ginning the proposed reform with officers
% be appointed hereafter. lie had failed
10 carry the amendments They were
Moved Down
bv the Senate as fast rs opportunity O.
irrrd but the biz Georgia Senator never
lost courage and WAS ready as one PROPOSE
tiuu succeeded another 10 cast bom5SheIl
into Mr.. Brown, rs well as other senators
on each side OF the chamber, has small faith
i'm the efficiency of the proposed bill, and
tors who have been civil service rcfOrmers
for the past few days with an enthusiasm
characteristic OF converts. Mr.. Brown
never gets excited, an advantage he pos
SuSseS over some other Senators, though
there were times when his gray beard
seemed little less smooth than usual, and
his placid eyebrows were drawn closer
than usual, as when the melancholy Con-
ucctiuut Senator Piatu asked Mr.. Brown il
Gf oil 20
publican olIice-hOlderS in case q
Democratic President
WIS elected. or when Senator Butler, Ot
South Carolina, repeated the quts ton.
EuT ON the whole there was little iaypr Ut
rartisanship IN the entire debate. At last
Nj Morgan offered the amendment pro-
ujG.tjns any member ut Congress from 50
UcjtsNg or rrcuum meudmg thcappOintm mt
of amy person ID lice which amendment.
WIS earnestly and honestly discussed Cali
tJrutl Mi.Ic- even went 81 fer Us % O'lcr
substitute that u,a..e the prohibition more
r..id even than the original amendment.
UAwlvy WIS in favor of il. 50 was Ho4r, SD
were Morgan and Barrow. But ~ length
Jones, OF Florida. arn.r. Conkling once
said of Jones thai h" stood firm in his let.
locks He certainly took u very I'm stand
on the ground that the proposition WAS ab-
>urd because it would not be
Legally Enforced,
and wrors because Congress should not
iey!siate away one Of its appareut uUtie,.
Mr. Jones argument WAS leEll. H.
p.uughcd into the constitution 50 SGjllju,ly
a. % bring Edmunds from the cloak room.
and 20 cause the great lawyer TO nod APP
pruyiugly at all argument. EimuudS him
self regarded the serious discussion Of the
propu.itiun rs beneath the dignity OF the
Senate but Law IS law to Edmunds, and
constitutional Argument ON a proposition
q. This kind is one OF vital interest - him,
and he disposed Of il in very few but
brilliant sentence. The
Debate Waxed Warm
after @ o'clock. L. was full Of sound and
fury. but siguihed nothlag. The Senate
had determined % sit thj, matter out. IL
was sat out i'm fashion
At eleven O'Clock there was al exciting
scene. Mr.. HOar had made an allusiOn To-
the improper Use Of money in campaigns.
Mr. Butler asked what vas meant. and Mr..
Upar said that one improper use wIS bay
iuc shOtgUUS tor shooting ~ ,gerS in the
South" Mr.. Butler replied tlat he was
trying % dD by iUU"udu what he dare not
LAY directly. -Syn,atium.I
Mr.. Hear protested that he meant no
PERSONAL allu>.ou, but ii he did he would
say ius. what he meant. AZ ll:%1 AN al
j,.rum,ut until Wednesday next was
agreed ,u with the understanding 70 sit
tine l..i pUt that day.