The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-25

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Mr.. Osnnon-He is not the onl,
snimal who hides bis head in time o
danger and thinks his whole body il
| hidden.
Mr. Rsndal-I have no reply Il
make. / will not vote TO put any ad
dit'onal officers under the civil service
20 long 40 the age Of limitation exists
Tue point OF order was sustained
a d the substitute ruled out.
Mr.. Gibson W. Va. offered an
amendment that nothing in the sec
ton shall be construed rs subjscting
the appointees in the Bureau Of En-
craving and Print ng 10 civil service
rdles. The object Of his amendment
he said, was TO give a chance to the
party in power 10 control to some
extent the offices 10 be run by thai
party. While he repudiatsd the doc
Urine that TO the victors belonged the
spoils, he did olaim that 10 the doml
pant party belonged the right to run
an administration for which II was
responsible. No sensible people evel
sent out an army differed by the
enemy; no business man ever under
took TO run his business under the
control OF his rival.
Il B. Taylor 70 repudiatsd the
doctrine that to the victor belonged
the spoils. 1t was born OF corruption
II begat corruption, IL was itself cor
ruption. No citizen OF the Union had
right TO demand an Office b cause be
was a Democrat or a Republican. He
only had right TO demand 1t bscause
he wss an American citizen and be.
cause he was honest and competent
As a politician he wished uch unwist
men es the gentleman from West Vir,
GINA should have aecendancy in the
Democratic party. No party in this
country could live with such avowed
principles.
Mr.. Adams IN. Y.l-Did not your
party flourish
Mr.. Taylor--It did, and Il died be.
cause Il continued 10 hold that doc,
trine too long,
Mr.. Warner How long was the Re-
publican Governor OF Ohio in office be-
fore he turned every Democrat cut?
Mr.. MoKinley-The Democrats all
crossed over the Ohio river and were
out Of the State.
Mr.. Warner--That was the Senate,
not the officers. They stayed 10 long
as they cou d.
Mr.. Milliken Me. LII they were
Democrats they stayed as long ss they
could Thee is no doubt about that.
Mr.. Taylor said no political party
could grow which avowed the policy
that to the victor belonged the spoils,
and as patriot he deplored the anxi-
ETY. OF the people to get at the flesh
pots Of Egypt.
Mr.. Warner Iema ked that il was
one thing TO preach and another thing
TO practice. The II pablicans preached
well, but their practice had been very
different He believed in civil service
reform, but there never would be
state OF rest IN the civil service until
a state Of equilibrium had been
reached, in which the offices should 10
shared between the parties.
The amendment YVES rejected.
The section OF the bill concerning
the coast and geodetic survey having
been reached, according TO previous
agreement the general debate was in
order, and Mr.. Ryan Kas proceeded
to criticlse the bill. He said that there
had been no diminution OF expeudi-
lures thus far by the Democratic ad-
minietiation, while the expenditures
for the next fiscal year would not be
less than $390,000,000. In that esti-
mate he took no account of the navy,
coast defenses, an educational bill, the
removal of the limitations on arrears
OF pensions, the Mexican pension bill
and other pension bills. Whether the
revenues would suffice TO meet the
expenditures would depend upon the
degree OF general prosperity Of the
country. What assurance had the
people that the administration was
an honest effort to turtail the
expenditures when the House had de-
claIed that more than $4,000 900 Of
the estimates were not needed.
Mr.. Herbert Ala turned his at
tention TO the coast survey. He said
that the survey had not completed
its work-not from a want Of labor
appropriations but from a special
which had prevailed in that bureau
from tho beginning to procrastinRte
and continue indefinitely this work.
To get at the length OF time necessary
TO finish the work exp rience Ghowed
that the calculations of the superin-
tendents must be multiplied by four,
aud applying that rulo TO Piof. Hill
CARDS oalcu alton, it would take fully
twenty ak years from today, or ll5
years from the date OF organization
of the survey to complete its work.
For fifty years tho survey had been
under civilian manage nent, while in
his (Mr. Herber) opinion, 1t should
never have been taken from the con.
troll oil the navy department. He be.
lieved that the bureau wished to spin
out its survey until It WIS given an
other class OF work that might be con-
iirued indefinitely. He severely Criu-
cised the large amount expended for
unn, cess ny Typographical work.
The COMMITTEE then arose and the
House adjourned
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