Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-28
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Inc Dill having been considered In COM
mittee of the whole was reported TO the
senate and sll the amendments adopted in
committee were agreed to except the one
offered by Mr.. Blair in relation to the use
of intoxicating liquors. 80.
Mr.. Bayard asked for separate vote
upon this, which he regarded as un-
necessary, tyranical and likely to give the
whole reform movement to which the bill
related an air of ilsincerity.
Mr.. Blair assured Mr.. Bayard he had
proposed the amendment in all sincerity
and earnestness.
On motion of Mr.. Hawley the words ''or
guilty of any other immoral conduct" in
serted in Mr.. Blair's amendments on Ed
munds' motion were stricken cut Tue
amendment as so amended was then adopt
cd by a vote Of yeas Is, nays 8.
Those who voted in the negative were
Messrs. Bayard, Call, Lamar, Chileott, Da-
Wis, Va, Jones, Pendleton, Pugh, and
Vance.
Mr.. Morgan offered an additional section
providing that ''no recommendation of
any person who shall apply for Office or
place under the provisions Of the act which
may be given by senator or member of
the house of representatives except as to
the character Of the applicant shall be re-
ceived or considered by any person con-
cerned in making examination or appoint
ment under this act" Amendment agreed
to, yeas 26, nays 16.
Mr.. Edmunds said De had not voted for
the amendment because,while he approved
its spirit and purpose, he feared that in its
present form it might go SO far as to even
prevent the president from asking sena-
tors opinion as to the fitness of an ap-
pointment.
On motion of Mr.. Allison, the provision
in the bill that the chief engineer should
be removed only for cause, and after notice
and hearing, was stricken out.
Mr.. Logan moved to make the salaries
of commissioners $4,000 a year. Lost
ayes 81, nays "a.
Mr.. Allison moved to reduce the salary
of the chief examiner from $4,000 te
$4,000.
Mr.. Plumb moved to make it $4,000
Lost.
Mr.. Plumb then moved to make it So, 900
| Agreed to.
Mr.. Plumb moved tosstrike out all relat
ing to the Chief examiner. Lost.
Mr.. Brown offered an amendment pro
viding explicitly that when vacancy oc
Cured selections should not be confined
to persons in Office at the time, but should
be open to other citizens desiring position
and that outside competitors should re-
eeive the appointment if superior in quail
fications to those in Office. Lost.
Mr.. Jonas said hs was in favor of reform
in the civil service, and had waited pa.
tiently in the hope that this bill would be
put in such shape thatwe could support it.
but he was disappointed. If the amend
ment offered by Mr.. Pugh, applying ex'
aminations to those in Office as well al
those outside, had been adopted he would
have voted for the bill, but as it stood nov
it was mere pretense an6
sham. He did not oppose the bill
as party man or as ar
enemy Of its .profsssed objects. He be-
lieved the civil service was in large meas
IRE incompetent if not corrupt, and that il
needed to be reformed. In his own city
New Orleans) there was custom house
which was used a. vast house of refuge
for polital outeasts, and he could not vDte
for q bill which proposed to subject new
applicants for appointments to an exami.
nation while it left those gentlemen un.
touched.
Mr.. Voorhees, said hs voted upon the
amendment to the bill, desiring to improve
it Is much al. possible, even though he
could not support it. Some amendments
adopted had improved tho bill, and he
would vote for some of them if they we've
before the senate as separate propositions.
but to the bill as whole he could not give
it his support.
Mr.. Edmunds said he would vote for the
bill. He was little afraid it was not ade-