The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-01-06
CIVIL 914V1O0 0O4k.

CIVIL 91RvIOD 1Wo1A
! The civil ssevies reform hill pa0ed
tlhe Senate lase week by . vssy de-
cided n,.jority, only i've vstss having
bees received against It. The bill
has been rather exhaustiveIy d's'
eussed during the early part Of the
; SESSION, and the Objections to 1t is'lly
stated. Many VI those who voted lot
The bill did ~ only In . scat Of defer
| esce tn what they regarded - . per-
| vested public sentiment. 1t b the
l! psssosalivs II the President, unde'
The l,oaslieutjon and laws, to make
all appointments to oGDee BY and With
the advice and consent IL the SEN
ate. This power Congress has no
! right tn abridgs az direct. The Pres:
jdest may ne this power tmpeopes'y
or eosruplly. and the Senate hos M
other remedy than u refuse confirm
alton. but there are large eaass Of
appoinlnsents which with thegEowth
aud immense patronage os recent
years. Shave t.citly fallen to the 81
pesvision AZ the various Department..
It b in relation To these that the
Civil service bill Il iuteuded to
apply.
The b,ll ds,e~ mt apply to Presi-
dsutial appointments. Any once OF
suaBesent impostancs 10 be hIIed
b. the concurrence Of the
President and Senate IL exempt
from II. provisions. This exempted
eaaas includes not only l,eadls of DE-
uast,neuts aud bureaus ct Washing
ton. but cellect0rs. internal aud Gus
tons, the more in,p'stsnt postn'ae-
ten, and, In fine, al leading appoint-
NESTS throughout the country. The
eompetitive system In it, obligatory
nature b confined t0 the in(erio9 grade
Of appointments, which do not re-
uwlre senatorial confirmation. And
rixhl here cU,s,es In the rial spirit ri
TIE hill, namely. to liz the working
force " the Government out "ftIse
spoils system, and make every man
who aspires 10 . partition ofs clerical
rank feel that his suc.ess will depend
upon bis competency for the work In
hand rather than his efficiency ~
political tool.
The execution AZ the law h intrs,st-
Ell specifically To three commission
en-, ut salary NJ 81, $40 year each
and necessary travelling expenses,
only two of whom can belong to the
same political l.asty. This sas near
y . comparison arrangement ~ 1t
would l's possible to make, fos al
b.,srsls should have IN odd number
Of members. The cosnnsissiOs' b a.
lowed q chief examiner 1t salary Of
81. 0W . year, . secretary At . SALARY
Of u 400, and may employ when nee
esssry . sten0gr~phef at . salary Of
81, 6lO . year aud 4 messenger 1t 500.
This h the limit of expense allowed
under the bill. Tive commissioners
can hold no other Federal Office.
They are, In the contemplation Of the
bin. TO aid the President In the dis
change Of his duties In the inferior
gr.des Of appointments which are
now practically lett to the heads Of
departments and Of Offices.
The commissioner have power IL
appoint y Losrd0f examiners Tor each
STATE and Territory, VIM are to meet
twice year to examine candidates
upon such matters ~ relate ~ the
pul,lic service; ~, II an Als'bi-
tios,s Momlaninan aspirrs IL the posi-
tion Of Are builder In the Assay office,
Il will b. necessary for him tn show
the hard how II IL done, in
accordance with all the RID tape re-
quirements. An amusing feature of
the bill, aud which, al.o shows the
difficulties ~ the suljs.a will, which,
Congress attempted 10 deal, was dis
elossd in an amendment offered l.y
Blair, excluding fW,m office al per-
SONS habituslly using Intoxicating
beverages. On n,s,ti0n Of senator
Br'wn the words Tin cxc..s'' we're
addesl. And there II nr'urresi I" the
wise men that there were either
things ~ l,ad ~ whisky drinking,
aud on motion II Elin,mnsls the
WIS amended l,y adding
''or h guilty Of any other im,,,sDral
habit" THIS Hill w.n,jsl shut m,l
Dasch men ~ Webster aud Douglas,
vii" werc ss,s,,ew hat as,mvivial, and
Clsy and BENTON, who played y little
poker. anil Jacks.,n aud Tl,ad
Stevens, who were ''lA..l after W.T.
men," who cssuld nA serve this
government under tie high mmDrality
ruls.. tlsat have cons~ In vogue under !
The Latter hay Saints Of tll.. Govern
Ipls.Ist.
SHORT SESSION.