The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-06-12
LIVELY SESSION
OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Funerals aud Civil Service the Subj NoIS Of u
WGIm DsbAts-Ths Present AdmlRiS-
tFAiiOu Attacked With Oonsidsrnbls
VigOr BY u MAr1 land Statesman.

WASHINGTON, D. @, June 1l,-In thu
House to-day tho Legislative ApprOpria
ton bill was considered.
Mr., Allen, of Mississippi, offered al
amendment providing that none OF thl
money appropriated for the Contingen
funds should be used in paying the ex
psnsos OF the funeral OF any member o
Congress. at home, he said, when {
pauper died the municipal corporation ap
propristed the exorbitant sum OF $40 tC
bury him, but when q millionaire died
here, the House appropriated from SS,OOC
to 5000 to bury him. Gentlemen who
went away upon these funeral excursions
did not recover their spirits for the balance
Of the session. He had heard such re,
marks aa these: "Do you know so,and.so 2''
"0h, yes, he's jolly good fellow, went
on q funeral excursion with him, Here
he looks to be very quiet, but you would
be surprised TO hnd now jolly he is when
he gets away, and what a good game oi
cards he plays and the number OF drinks
he takes"
LOOKING TO Ills OWN OBsRQUIRs.
Mr., Gibson, OF West Virginia, hoped
that the amendment would be rejected.
II a Government officer died while he was
away from his home on public business,
the Government could not refuse to see
that his remains were transported TO his
family. There was no truth or justice in
the assaults made on the funeral parties.
The amendment was rejected, 22 10 53.
The clause approprlating money for the
salary ot the President having been
reached, Mr.. Bayne, OF Pennsylvania, Of
iered an amendment providing that mons
Of this money shall be paid until the Civil
Service rule shall have been changed as
recommended by the Committee on Ap.
preparations in u later portion Of the bill
The point Of order having been raised
against the amendment, Mr.. Bayne, while
not Contending that II was in order, stated
II 1t was germane to the bill at all II was
germane at this point.
Mr., Findlay, Of Maryland, said that the
provision whetherin the form presented by
the gentleman from Pennsylvania or its
original form was proposition conceived
in tho spirit Of the purest bunCombe for
the baldeat purposes Of the most transpar-
ent demagogy. There was no man here
who doubted that II was subject to point
Of orderand therefore he,would thrust titout
Of the bill. as an Irrelevant and impertinent
order.
LOOKING TO THE SENATE.
There was no man who doubted that II
by any miscarriage such should not be
its fate when 1t got to the Senate, that
body would trample II under foot with the
sCOrn and Contumely 1t deserved. II, con-
trRry to reason and precedent, It should
pass that body, 1t would confront hostile
executive, who would give it HE approval
only under the compilation forced by the
position to which he had been driven by
his own political friends. This House
land by this he meant the Democratic
majority had already turned its back
on one Of the principles OF reform in the
currency Of the country, recommended by
the President, and as II that had not been
enough, II now proposed 10 knock from
under him the very foundation stone OF
his political creed and public success. And
this was politics, and these were the
leaders.
The gentleman from Indiana, Mr.. Hol-
man, In response to question q few days
ago, had said that the object Of the
amendment was to deal out oven.handed
justice, and the gentleman from Illinois,
Mr.. Springer, had still more plainly let
the House know that 1t was intended TO
give a partisan instead OF non.partisAn
service, that the effect Of the amendment
requiring the certificate Of tho full list Of
ellgibles 10 the appointing power would
he to give a partisan and not non.parti-
san service, was not a mere matter oil con-
ectural speculation, but It was matter Of
experience demonstrated, boasted Of,
gloated over, by Baltimore Postmaster.
This ingenious young man had got the
whole list OF eligibles into his hands.
A voiCe-"What is he2"
A QUESTION OF SOME DouBr.
Mr.. Findlay-He Is a Democrat He
was Democrat in Office. He was ap.
pointed by the President Of the United
States that fixes bis Democracy. Isup-
pose, though, that is g question 0i some
doubt. daughter and applause. He
got the list Of eligibles into his own hands
and what use did he make OF it2 AC.
cording to bis own statement before an
examiner Of the Civil Service Commits.
sion, who was In Baltimore, he made such
good use OF 1t that In less space than u year
be had turned out every Republican in
that Office, aud had put a Democrat In his
place without missing FIRE once.
While Mr.. Flndlay was delivering his
speech members from both sides Of the
House crowded around him and his last
sentence was received with burst OF
mingled Kisses and applause, the applause
beiip partly intended for the sentiments
expressed by Flndlay and partly In ap.
probation OF the action OF the Baltimore
postmaster. Turning de0antly toward
The Democratic side, Mr.. Findlay
exclaimed: "When you applaud tho effect
Of this amendment then you mean to say
that the certihcation Of all the elegloles
will result In what YOU have applAnded.
Then you mean 10 say that the object Of
this amendment Ia 10 give a partisan and
not non. partisan service. Applaud Just
as long as you please. Neither hisSes nor
applause will deter me from the discharge
Of what | consider duty. (ApplauseO
THE BALTIMORE PosTMASTER.
Mr.. Findlay then continued to review
the action OF the Baltimore postmaster.
This ingenious young man, he said, with
tho aid Of more expert msnipulators still,
had violated the law and rules ol the
Civil Service Commission and still boasted
that II be had only been spared a little
longer In his place he would have turned
oyer Democratic Civil Service reform
postolfiue 10 his successor. Laughter and
applAuse.] .......,.
did not know what the effect Of the pro.
vision would be. The establishment OF