The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-01

Senator Coke offered resolution
requesting the President to call the
attention OF the Mexican Government
TO the difficulties incident to the re-
clamation of live stock crossing the
Mexican frontier line, with a view to
a mutual agreement of the govern
ments of Mexico and the United
States that may facilitate such recla-
nation. Referred. o.,
The army bill was then placed be-
fore the Senate and Senator Logan
continued his remarks on the bill and
in answer to Senator Teller's speech
yesterday.
After several other speeches the
question went over, and Senator
Vance addressed the Senate in sup
port of his bill to repeal the civil ser.
vice law. The act. in Senator Vance's
opinion, was wholly unconstitutional,
and in voluntarily submitting to its
provisions the President was surrend-
ering his prerogative, which it was his
! duty TO protect The people by the
election of 1884 had declared for a
change OF officers in this republic, but
their Will hadhot been respected. The
Presidenthad bound himself, not only
by the law itself, but by extra legal
promise, to extend the spirit of the
law to offices neyer contemplated by
il. The result waSsthat political enc
mics and spies surrounded every ad-
illustrative officer. mis- was trying
to serve the Lord with the devil for
an active partner. The whole thing
was humbug, and in partial proof
he read an advertisement offering, for
10 cents, to supplya series OF eXami-
nation questions which would qualify
anybody to pass civil service exam
nation. The civil service law was
an attempt OF the Republican party
tonake up for the exposures OF the
many esffuptions of that party. 1t
should no. have been called can act
to regulate and improve the civil
service" but the last will and tesla
ment of the Republican party. Mr.
Vance was only sorry that Demo
cratic President had become its
executor instead or administrator de
bonis non. Referring 70 The share of
offices given to TN South by
the Republican party, Senator Vance
said that out of over 1000 Sffieers in
J Washington, only 253 We're ngistNred
from the South, and of those many
> had never seen the South, anG the
I Civil Service Commissioners had Ne.
t clined to remedy this inequality. II
4. the Presidents tender and touchin!
: farewell to the putatiye parent OF civil
service reform, Commissioner Eaton
: he spoke of those who opposed thi
law as the worst elements OF both par
/ ties There was no earthly doubt tina
Z the great majority of the Democrats
I party were opposed to that law II
: then, the worst elements of tn
4 Democratic party were in a majority
Q the party was indeed in bad way.
( Senator Vance having stated that a
& the time of the passage of the civi
n service law the government depart
o ments were working night and day +
n make all the appointments possibl
l. before the bin should become law
g Senator Teller made distinct an,
d positive denial of the statement. III
y said il had been so said in some news
e paper, but II was an entire mistake.
y Senator Dolph then addressed tn
q Senate in support of the bill for tn
d admission of Washington Territory
It He claimed that from every point 9
II view theTerritory was entitled to ad
II miss on
l. Aiteran executive session the Ser
ate then adjourned.