Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-04-02

"GeOlOgists have found in rocks
illustrations of a being that Oc-
CURED in transition from the fish
20 the bird. There is an extinct
creature called by geologist the
"pteIodactyl," or winged reptile,
which is a lizard with feathers on
its paws and feathers on its tail.
1t appears to me that a political
system that illustrates in its practi'
cal operations the appointment by
the same Administration OF Eugene
Higgins and Dorman b. Eaton can
properly be regarded as in the
transition epoch and characterized
as the "pterodactyp in politics
Like that animal it is equally adapt
ed to waddling and dabbliDg in
slime and mud of partisan politics,
and soaring aloft with loud cries
into the gliLtering and opaliscent
empyrean of civil.servics reform.
Mr.. Harrison followed in support
of the majority report. The same
request which was now objected to,
he said, had frequently been made
and complied with. The politics
Of the present Administration had
been without precedent and would
be without All imitation. Secret
charges had been accumulated
against the reputation of men, and
what was more, against the repute-
ton of women, and those secret
charges had been acted on in the
dark. The proclamation Of the
President had been that mere diff
ferences of opinion were not to
operate against men, but the feast
to which invitation was thus issued
was like the feast of the old story
to which men were invited for the
purpose of assassination. The
Senate could not force civil service
upon an unwilling President. II
had been said that this debate was
concentrating the scattered and
demoralized legions Of Democracy
to the support of the President
but if Mr.. Harrison could correctly
Judge from the approving smiles
and mods that proceeded from the
Democratic side of the Senate,
while the Senator from Kansas
(Mr. Iugalls) was delivering his
remarks to-day, it did not seem
that even the Democrats in the
Senate we're unit in support Of the
President. All that removed OF
suspended Republicans asked was
an honorable discharge for honora-
Bile service. But the admintration,
having accumulated lot Of secret
and malicious charges in box, was
holding the lid of the box down so
that the charges might not be
known, and some Democrats were
helping bin to keep the lid down.
The debate was further partici'
pated in By Mr.. Logan Illinois)
and Mr. Edmunds (Vermont), on
the Republican side.
Tho President then put the ques.
ton on Mr.. Van Wyck's amen d.
ment to open the doors of the
Senate during the consideration OF
Presidential nominations, which
after debate, was ruled out of order
on a point made by Mr.. Hoar.
The question then REQUIRED on
the adoption of the majority report
of the committeeman the forego-
ing report be adopted--was adopt
ed-yeas 81; nays ga strict
party vote. ..
The second resolution, denounc-
ing tho refusal of the Attorney
General to send to the Senate the
papers called for, was adopted by
the same vote-yeas 80 +; nays 26.
The third resolution, declaring
it to be the duty Of the Senate TO
advise and consent to nominations
IN case of such refusal, was adopt
ed by a vote OF ayes, 30; noes, 20.
Messrs. Riddleberger, Mitchell,
Oregon, and Van Wyck, voting
nay.
An additional resolution by Mr..
Morgan, that nothing contained in
the foregoing resolutions should be
construed to render the Attorney
General liable to impeachment,
was tabled.
The Senate at $3.50 adjourned till
Monday.