New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-28

prohibiting the employment of persons who use III
toxicatng beverages to excess In it's original
form, as proposed by Senator Blair. it closed the
pnblc service to people who used intoxicating pew
erages at all. Many Senators turned NJ ther
noses at it and disposed to treat it with rlu
icule. Senator Brown. with the evident intention
OF killing t-or rather neutraziDG itsiefect by III
direction and thus evading the necessity of making
record-proposed the insertion of the words " 10
excess" which, although opposed by Senator Blair
adopted.
senator Edmunds then raised the objection that Dy
singing out one vice as disqualification for of1ce-
holding, the authorities were by legal implication
prohibited from considering other vices Win WHICH
applicants might he afflicted disqualihcations
Senator Blair made fight to save his anlendnehC
from further alteration but was at first unsnccess-
full. Senator Edmunds proposed an amendment in-
sorting the words or guilty OF other immoral haD
It's" and it was carried; as was also the AMENDED
amendment Later, when the amendment came
into the Senate, Senator Bayaru attacked 1t IN
strong terms. and this had the effect of bringing
Senators Hawley. longer and Frye to its active
support. The Edmunds amendment was stricken
out and the amendment providing that no persons
habitually using intoxicating beverages to excess
shall be employed, was adopted in the Senate 10y
vote of 80 to s. 1t is practically another bar to
the appointment of Democrats TO Office, but neither
Mr. Brown nor Mr.. Voorhees, raised the point
One of the amendments voted upOu was that pro-
posed by Senator Brown providing that, as nearly
all the public positions are now filed by Rcpubli-
cans, appointments sha! hereafter be made from
among the applicants standing highest on the list
OF those examined by the Board whose political
affiliations with tue party having the smallest
number IN public positions until there is an approx
lmaton to equality IN the division OF Offices. Mr'
Brown said in his speech that inc did not wish the
put into practice the principles OF the spuls
system TO such an extent as the Repuuhcaus had
done. but hC left 10 To he imierTed-dud doubtless
Intentionally ythat he wished the system 10 be leIt
ready for Discretionary use by the Democrats. HIS
amendment c0mmandedl7 affirmative votes TO ~ IN
the negative.
Upon motion of Senator Morgan amendment
was adopted declaring that no recommendation OF
any person who shall apply for Office Cr place, eH-
cept to the character ot.tGr applicant which may
he gwen by any Senator member of the l!OnSe OF
Representatives shall he received Or considered in
making the appointment.
After the bill had been passed Mr. Brown fired a
parting shot at 1t 10y moving that the title he uade
" bill 10 perpetuate IN 0ticc the Rcpnbilcans VINO
now mold the patronage OF the Government Al
though his piece of easantry was not original
IL was we'll received laughed at anu, OF course
voted down.
Dorman B Eaton, the author of the original PEN
deton bill, said this evening after The passage OF
the bll. that So far as he had been able To gather
from listening to the deOatc. the measure had not
been amended TO lts serlons injury. whi!e Oh ihe
other hand II contained IN the political assessment
feature strong and valuable addition To The ORG
NAL scheme, He SAID that, Ehen 1ramlng the bill
about two years ago. the subject ot such provision
had been discussed by the friends OF reform IN the
Civil Service, bnt the CONCLUSION was that there
was not at that time in tEeI party enough public
sentiment IN opposition 10 political assessments to
warrant INCORPORATING the feature III the bill
Since that time great revolution in that regard
had takeI place, so that probably no man in either
House OF Congress would now venture to say that
money obtained by the Uld methods of leVylng
assessments on Governmental employees au
element OF strength to political party. Mr.. Eaton
saws that some of the amendments adopted cover
points which might have been taken care of in
framing the rules and regulations of tho BoaId of
Commissioners; "ut that there could be no Oblcc-
tlon III giving them the strength OF law.
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