The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-02-06
Washington Letter.
From our regular Correopon,lent.)

The administration have taken tn,
ground that the only sG, ,erintendenc'
which the Senate can exercise over re
movals from office is Of Il Legislative,
character, and il holds that the infor
nation regarding removals from offic,
does not CONCERN the question Of admin
istrutlon, but has to do with the person
al fitness and appropriateness of incum
bents. The Attorney-Gencral, who's
argument has been adopted by thu
President and cabinet, claims that tn,
Senate can only deal With the conduc
of an office IN open legislative session
lie contends, therefore, that the cal
for documents filed in the departments
which bear IN official changes do moi
COME within the province of the Senate
! sitting IN executive session, and the pa
pers are, fort hat reason, to be withheld
! Representative Wilson, of West Vir-
guja, has prepared and will Introduce
this week u bill to classify the labor and
equa'ize the pay Of employees under the
W. S. Government. 1t provides that
there shall be appointed by the Pres',
dent, IS soon as practicable, commits
l'slon, to consist Of three experienced
and discreet persons now in government
service in the departments, whose duty
shall be to arranged and classify the
various labnrs performed for the govern.
m MT by its employees in the several de-
psrtments, bureaus and commissions
into classes and graiea, establishing
therefor one universal compensation.
according to the duties and skill re-
CURED III the respective classes or
grades, which compensation shall be
paid alike.,to all persons liz such grades
or classes.
The Bud. section en,cts that when
any employc in one class or grade
shall he assigned to duty in another or
higher grade or class, the same wages
shall be paid As if such person had been
originally employed in, or permanently
appointed t., such higher class or
grade.
The 3rd. section reads: That Ap-
polntments or assignments made under
this act may he made by the several
heads Of departments, bureaus or com
missions as they may .deem best for the
public service without regard to rules
established by what is known AS the
civil service commission created there
under.
Section 4 is the usual repeating
clause.
The effect Of this hill If passed would
be, OF course, TO practical y nullfy the
present civil service law.
Our lawmakers are getting more de-
finite theories about silver ~ il result.
ut intercourse aud debate. Tho Sherman
scheme viii tiud many advocat es among
those who are inclined to middle
course. Speaker Carlisle is reported to
favor bill fixing a limit to coinage at
three hui drol ur three hundred and
lift, millions. Such a programme he i,
quoted to have said he believes to bs
in sympathy with the policy of the ad
mlnistrator.
The first thing We know howl will
be raised because the colored messen.
gers ofthe departments ars being used
~ return the official calls Of the wives
of the Cabinet. These ladies have taken
the common sense view Of things, and
iave decided to call in person only on
those who occupy a certain official rank
or whose hospitalltios they have accept
cd. All other visits are acknowledged
by card, ami in every case believe the
cards are sentIby TIE messengers who
attend the Offices of the members Of the
Cabinet. One Of these was telling me
the other day that he had been doing
nothing all the week but carry cards
from house to house and was able to de-
only about one hundred day.
heard the other evening that Sena
tor Leland Stanford aud Congressman
w. L. Scott, who live side by side on
Farragut Square, are not acquainted
and do not even know each other by
sight. This is rather remarkable, a
both are railroad presidents and drec
tors, both are fond Of fine horses an,
both have very large stables, which
have repeatedly come into rivalry OF
the turf. NJ. Scott has called upon Mr.
Stanford aud Mr. Stanford has calico
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