The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-10
An Investigation To Be Made in Order to AS
certain if Certain Members of Congress
Have Violated the Law.
The Vice-President's Deft Application
Of Blarney in New England.
Higgins Must Change His Course, or His Res
ignatiOn Will Be Requested-Beneft
of the New Orleans Exposition.
THE CIVIL-SERVICE LAW.
Congressman who Have Violated the Act
Democratic Opposition to the Statute.

congressman who Have Violated the Act
Democratic Opposition to the Statute.
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, July ga civil-service reform
or of national reputation stated to-day that he
had no doubt that there would be aninvestigation
this winter by congressional committee of the
charges that have been made by two or three
chiefs of divisions in the Treasury Department
affecting the parts Democratic congressman and
senators have taken to bring about the changes
that have been made in number of bureaus in
that building He thought from what he had
heard, that it could be proven that congressman
and senators have been going right ahead as of
yore, demanding changes in Offices that are filed
by provisions in the civil service law.
1t is clearly set forth in the civil-seryce law
that there shall be no interference of this kind
in the selection of persons to fill offices that may
be filled by the Civil-service Commission. Con
gressmen and senators are liable to impeach-
ment for recommending the appointment of
man to be chief of a division in a department,
and yet it is known that such recommendations
have been made and needed.
There is immense disgust among not only the
Democrats, but several Republicans in Congress
at the working of the civil service However
just it may be, aud whatever good effect it may
be having upon the government in its general
working it is provoking a vast amount OF con-
demnation with those who seek places to re-
ward party friends. There is no question but
that it is almost universally, if not entirely,
condemned by Democrats.
"Of course the President would veto a bill to
rapaa1 ba c;u law cai6 a South Caro-
lima congressman to-day 'but there is better
way to kill the plagued thing"
How is that!" asked
''By refusing to appropriate money for the
commission" he replied.
"Will Congress do it,"
"Yes," was the answer; 81 am almost positive
that the House will steadily refuse from this
time on, to appropriate money to maintain the
commission. That would force a repeal of the
lay. eventually unless clerks are admitted to
the top by pushing down into the ranks those of
the higher grades. have been against civil
service reform steadily, and have kept run of
the opposition to it. / am sure that two-thirds
of the present House oppose it, and am confident
that majority will have the nerve to vote
against an appropriation to keep the commits
sioners."
What IS the general objection that you hear
to the law!'
nat it is simply an interference with men who
want to reward their friends; that it gives places
to those who least deserve them and who are least
practically capable of filling them; that it is in
every way opposed to the American system; that
it was only created to relieve lazy congressman
ard senator's of the work of getting positions
for the men who elected them;" and the congress-
man declared that so far as he was concerned
he had got every place he had asked for under
the administration.