The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-12-17
FROM WASHINGTON.
Judge Seney, Of Ohio, 0a Civil Service
Rsfom,
A Bill by Him Repeating tho Law Per
sonHl Gossip of senators aud Com
gressmrn of Prominence,
sneeInI 10 Ihe pAILY DEMOCRAT.


Tne,diy IN the House, IN repeal the
present Civil Services law Your cores
p0ndent called upon the Jligr tonight
aud Il q1lred Ia regard to Iha wording
OF his hill:
"0h, II will be very Short" was hla re
ply; "thrfe will not b more than u half
| d, zen lines IN IL IL don't take many
words 10 repeal an acc, yln knON, You
| only hayn ~ sap, Re II enacted thlt m
act entitled, alc., DO aud the same II
her by repealed That IL what my oil
says"
Then II IN not a mod'il alton OF the
present. law IN any sense, ! an HbsO'
lute repeal that you prOpoArY
"kxactly IN No COMPROMISE for me,
| have no d0nht In my own mind but
THE LAW IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
The President IL given lhe power 10
| app0int 10 Olllie by the cOnalitnl liOn He
can cOnalitntlOnallv appoint any cltl
Z'n OF the U lllei S,aIel 10 the Ollcea
within his gf', But this law takes that
| power away, Here comes IN commits
al0n and aaya you must appoint Only Ger
tain PERSONS. Now this commission IL
composed Of men, and ~ they are
only men, OF course they are frail, aud
| ara llHble TO rec lmmend the wrong
men, Now, AZ u matter OF fgcl, do not
believe that five per cent OF the mem
0rra NJ Congress could pass the civil
service examination, d0lb Whathpr |
could myself. WA here II the summer
when an examination WRa going for
ward for post oillce inspectors, know
| | could not hayH passed that eXlmlna.
tl0n, ana yet | believe that with my
| kn0Wledee OF business and my expert
Buce az lawyer could do thu businesa
rpqpired peri, city well after The Dsrea
say ualning There are plenty OF
people In my district who would be glad
| 10 obtain offices who will not undertake
the civil service examinations, aud yet |
would enter into bOnd that they would
DO ina work required perfectly well.
lha civil service law IN now on the
statute bn0kA simply establishes lot Of
clerks In Oili'e here FOR life,
1T Is NOT DEMOCRATIC"
Da.."5 "Ds y you think 'o'I' law can be
"That do not know nntll II In tried
| know there In good deal Of feeling
among members OF the House on the
| subject"
IL is next to impossible that the re
peal eau be passed, Of course. IA the
President would veto IL, could II be cot
tdrOngh the Republican SaDate. hut
| the Judge'a statement Of the case II in
teresIlng, ~ being the strongest that
eau come from that side,
"oLD BoNY."
The wlthered and shrnnken form OF
VIM, NJ Eyarta appe Ira upon the II ior OF
the Senate regularly. since Jefferson
no II probably the alimeat mao OF prom.
inence who has been high up In poll
tica. When no waa Secretary Of State
tho clerks sometimes called him "0ld
Skinny" aud sometimes "0ld B0ny,"
To look nj him no reminds ono OF some
ancient Beldame. No 0ne would lmag
Inc that no Ia the best orator on the Rs'
publican side, ard that no In really u
man OF force, who can throw hls heavy
voice TO u long distance In open air ora
tory, Aa an eater he haa no equal In
Washington to-day. He eata ana drinks
everything that IN put before him, and
seems no larger with II all
A gentleman who knows Eyarta init
m'tely, tells me that no prepares his
speeches with great care, ilrat writing
Iuem cut and then speaking them over
To himself, 10 eee that The perlCda
sound properly Az au oif'hand, Aye
miuu'e speaker no In n fair case,
A PICTURESQUE CONGRESSMAN.
Representative Lswler, Of Chicago, IN
undoubtedly the m0at plctnrel que m 'm.
bu OF Con r@s He dolighta IN Oddl.
les, He N the man who succeeds Fin
nerly, he wild ltlaLmAn who went away
ntef Blaiue last year, and he viii prob
p6iy become ~ noted ~ Flnn0fty M a
holster Of the Bfltlsh lions ,tall | met
Lawler IN the corridor white thu Speaker
was delivering his speech Of acceptance
on Monday
an take everything no aays for
granted" he said. "lpa all right, and
he knows what he is talking about,
don't take mUch stock In speeches.
Whats the good OF talking no mnch on
religion or pOlitiC'. All religion IN stated
Ia three W rle, YEA, IN tw0--'do good |
alwHyl SKIP The rmona,'
Some Que had put II basket Of lowers
on ais DISK ana he worried about that
81 dislike baublea," no said, III wish
some one el1c had got them"
A MILLIONAIRE SENATOR,
AT tho eDd Of the front row OF desks
on the Republican side OF tho Senate
CHI mber sits Leland Stanford, the new
mi llOnNlre from California Senator
Stanford In In hls seat regularly every
day, and gives az close attention TO pub.
lie business ~ no did to the great rail.
ronda which made hia forinna Th,ya ia