New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-13
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CIVIL SERVICE REFORM BILLS.

civil, SERVICE REFORM BILLS.
SENATOR PENDLEToN's SUPPORT OF HIS MEASURE
REPRESENTATIVE BAYNE's SUBSTITUTE FOR
THE KAssoN BILL
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRlBUNEL
WASHINGTON, Dec Ex-senator Pendleton en-
tcrtained the Senate this afternoon by delivering
digest of the speeches he made last summer in the
Ohio campaign. The effort was made in support
of his Civil Service bill, but the
material did not prove to be so well
adapted to the subject in hand it did when il was
used to divert the attention Of country audiences
from the Democratic alliance with the lquoIideai-
crs and distillers of Ohio. In short the political
portion of his speech to-day was failure.
He dwet upon the irregularities in the
employment OF unnecessary people In the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing four
OF five years ago, but omitted all
mention of the fact that they were discovered ana
reformed out of existence by Republican chlet OF
the bureau acting under the orders OF hepuoiican
Secretary OF the Treasury.
ITpon the merits of the bill itself and in his APP
meals TO Democrats to support it, he spoke logically
ard wen, although the ground had been amply
covered in his former speeches. His audience was
n full aud attentive one Dorman b. Eaton, OF the
Ncw-York Civil Service Reform Association. and
author in the main of the sO-caled PendetOn Ill,
was i'll tho gallery
Senator Rollins, Senator Hawley and Senator
Sherman made brief replies. refuting in
thorough manner Senator Pendletons rc1lec'
tions upon the Republican administration
of the Civil Service. and deprecating the
injection of partisan politics into the debate.
A number of amendments were introduced and
ordered TO be printed. The debate upon this bill
NAV last several days. well-informcd man
expressed tho opinion tonight that the Oil
would pass the Senate by considerable
majority.
Colonel Bayne. of Pennsylvania, will introduce
In the House. as substitute for the kas-
son Civil Service bill, when that comes up a bill
which is the Pendleton bill with some modlhca-
tons These are taken mainly from the kasson Dill
itself The section forbidding removals
except for cause and specifying the causes is taken
bodily from Mr.. KassOn's bill. The period oil pToDa
ton for appointees IS fixed at six months instead
of leaving it to be fixed by the Commits
sioners The provision of the Kasson
bill which authorizes an appointee whose
removal is ordered to demand hearing, is also
adopted. while the provision that no oihcer APP
pointed by the President and Senate shall be re-
moved during ais term except for cause reported
in writing BY the head Of his Department. and
charge 60 the Civil Service, Board is amended TO TO
read that the President shall SO roier H. Inc
Bayne bill does not contain OF course. the obnoX-
ions feature of the KaSsOn bill which likes terms 1or
clerks and other Government employees. IL Is I'M
derstood that the Democrats WI! support the bAShe
substitute a, -.
Attention is directed TO the fact that the thr-
teenth section of the KaSsOn bill will end ON July /;
iss9 the terms of Office of all Collectors of Internal
Revenue who by that time shall have served four
wears This is the Dunnel bill of last session
over again. 1t urged then by
MIR Dunnell IN behalf of the Administration, and
was beaten in the House because 1t was beloved TO
be an attempt to turn ont large number OF COL
lectos without scandal, IN order to get theT places
Tor friends OF the Administration.
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