Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-06-12

wig at the milk bottle. VI IN oSe rustlng III /
office few die aud absolutely none resign.
To extend further protection to them 10y
declaring that-whie the president ana most |
of his cabinet, nearly all the members oi
Congress, four-tiiths OF the Senate aud two
thirds ofthe House, all are over a. years ofage |
-uo'mau ~ that experience shall be eligible
tor examination ~ n clerk or cOpytst Is an |
ahsurdity which Congress would never have |
voted directly and which a sound popular |
Judgment will not approve.
MIR. Randall is not likely TO be read clear
out of the party for his remarks on this sub
iect. The proposition pending was that the
appropriation tor the civil service commits.
sion should not be effective unless change
was made in the regulations that persons ot
over l5 were depsrrei from examination, and
that when the head of the department wants
to pick out man from those who had
passed he be given only four names instead
Ot the entire list To select from. On this sub
ject Mr.. Randall said:
1t has been alleged that those amendments
are tor the purpose OF destroying the civil
service law. | maintain that the two propo-
sitions which the amendment contains have
no such object, AMI that when they come To
be inserted in the law, or to he made part
Of the regulations in any other way, they
will operate upon both parties alike without
any partisanship whatever. First rs to age
Limitation, that is not a part of the law Whlch
gentlemen are here boastinG they voted ior,
and l venture the assertion that II there hau
been a clause in the act of the 10th OF Janu-
ary, lSSS, which proposed to proscr1he the
American citizen after he had reached the
age o; thirty-hye or iorty.hNe from belhE gu.
gible to public station, there - nor mar,
here who will say that he would nave Noteu
for such a pruvisiou. How did that get inl'
IL got in at the will ofa single Individual
and no man has had the courage 10 utter
here, either yesterday or to-day, sentiment
in favor OF that part of the regulations, or
against the committees amendment when
applies to II.
! How does this matter operate We may
safely draw the conclusion that the language
to which | have referred was inserted in the
regulations for the purpose Ut excluding
from examination members OF one political
party. Let me illustrate this: There Is not
| a man who was connected with the adiulDls'
tratiun of this government IN l>bl ana re-
| moved because Ot his politics, or for other
reasons, who il not by this regulation de-
! barred at this tlme from eNaminatian, not
| withstandug the fuCt that his experience IN
| previous years and his subsequent culture
| and development might capaCitate hlm Tor
| being a more efficient officer than any of
| those now IN service. Nay, more; the very
| effect OF this regulation IL to exclude more
| than halt OF the people who vote Tor Us A.
| representatives. from the possibl;tyoi secur-
| ing any position within the classified service
OF this government
| DO you tell me we should not asSait that
rule / say that now and in the future, here
| and everyw here, l will agitate the repeal OF
so monstrOus, so unjust 50 lnueiensible a
proposition. Applause.
Mr.. McComaS Has not the president OF
the United States under the law the
power 10y stroke of his pen 20 wipe out that
regulation
Mr. Randall l say that this civil-service
| law was made 10y Congress that the power
| of legislation rests here; that the one man to
| whom l have referred has undertaken to
| legislste and to deprive Congress OF that
| power which should be lodged only there
| / SPEAK with deliberation, aud l want The
| chief executive OF this government to hea
| what | have to say on this subject
| Applause. What say in regard to this Il
| no assault upon the president: but affirm
| to-day that the representatives of the people
| by the enactment OF these regulations, hav'
| been deceived and cheated, have been de
| prived OF rights which, standing here, the,
| ought to have defended i'll behalf OF tn
| people who sent them here as their represen
tatives. Applause.
| Mr.. Cleveland is not responsible for thes
| regulations. More than that, It is but a bre
| time since Mr.. Cleveland could possibly hav
had any influence upon this commission
| aud following the gentleman from Mort
| Carolina Mr.. Cox !, Will say that hope
| change Will soon Do made and that he wi
| give an administration of this civil servc
act that Will do justice in respect to the mat
ters complain Of.
\ word as TO the other amendment pro
posed. | say, as | have said OF ths first par
OF the amendment, that this also operates O
both parties alike, for the clause with refer
ence to age affects members OF the Republ
can party as much as it does those of tn
Democratic party, discrimination agalns
| all men alike.
| While we do not desire any aoridgment {
| the right of tie executive and those uude
| him with reference to appointments, yet W
do not think it proper to permit these thre
| members of the civil service commission {
exercise the prerogative OF sending to the az
| pointing power only four names from whlC
selections must be made. Remember tha
this regulation is no part of the law W
| propose to say that every man who under tn
| law Is eligible, who upon examination secure
an average above 3D. may he selected for AZ
| pOintment, II the appointing power, in Il
| wisdom, after such examination shall dis
cover him to possess the mental and physica
| qualifications for the particular office whic
he seeks.
| am willing for a civil service reform.
would not have such a policy 20 backward
| after the public condemnation OF the system
to a condition OF things which at the end {
| every presidential election, turns out III
adherents Of one party indiscriminatey AM
puts i'll the adherents of the successful party
| But want to remind gentlemen that thi
law to be permanent must be iair, must b
| lust; and that we who advocate these amend
ments are trying to strip the regulation
| under the law of injustice by one part
when dominant against the other in this couI
try. Applause.
| | think the Country-and | am sure In
| Democracy, which is about the same thing
is with Mr.. Randall and not with Dorman
Eaton on this particular point SINDBAD.