Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-02-10

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The Administrator has taken the
Rfoond that the ouly approximations
xhieh to. ssnste can exercise sver re-
rn0vais from Office 10 o. a legislative
character. and it holds that tue IL
formation regarding removals from
Office does not concern the question OF
Administrators, bot has to do With the
personal fitness and apFrepriaiepess OF
iucumbsnts lac AttOruey GENERAL
who's srgnment has been adopted oy
the President and Cabinet, cisirns ttai
the senate can only deal With the con
duct of an office in open legislative
session. He ooutsnds, therefore, that
tie call for documents fled N the
Departments. sbish bear on official
changes, do nos come within the pro-
vince Of the senate, siit ne in executive
session. and the papers are, for that
reason, 20 be withheld.
Representative Wilson, of West VIZ
ginis, has prepared aud gill Introduce
tins week q bill % classify the labor and
eqaalizs the pay Of employees under
tue UnIted stetss Government IL pro
vidss that there shall bs appointed by
the President, a. soon a. praetioabie. q
commission to consist OF three expert
eneed and discreet persons nos IN the
government service In the departments,
WHOSE duty shall be TO arrange and elias
afy tie various labors performed for
ibe government by its employees IN the
several departments. Bureaus and COM
missions into classes and grades. estsb-
fishing therefor one universal oornpen-
s4tIon, according 10 the duties and xiii
required in the respective classes or
grades, which compensation shall be
paid alike TO all persons in such classes
or grades. The second section
eRacts that wnen any employee
ia one class Of grade shall be assigned
TO duty ia another or higher class of
grade, the same wages shall be paid a.
n such person had besn originally EN-
ployed ia, or permanently appointed to
sucn higher Glass or grade. Ihe third
section reads: " That appointments or
assignments made under this act may
De made by the several heads Of depart
ments. bureaus or commissions as they
NAV deem best for the public service
without regard to rules established by
shat 10 known A. the Civil Service
Commission created Hereunder The
eject Of this bill, II passed. would be, OF
course, to practically nullify the pres
eni civil service Law.
Our lawmakers are getting more def
mite theories about silver. as a result OF
intercourse aud debate. The Sherman
scheme will find many advocates ameng
those Who are inclined 70 q middle
sourse. Speaker Carlisle IL reported TO
favor bill fixing a limit to osinaRe at
three hundred or three hundred and
tifsy millions. Suoh program, he Is
quoted to have said, be believes 10 DO 10
sympathy With the policy OF the Ad-
miulstfati0n.
The irst thing We know q howl will
be raised because the colored messep-
gers Of the departments are being used
10 return the official calls Of the wives
of the Cabinet. These ladies have
taken the common sense view Of things
and have decided to call IN person only
upon thoss Who occupy certain ofticial
rank, or whose Inequalities they have
accepted. All other visits are eoknow-
lodged by card, and 10 every case be-
lieve tae cards are sent by the messen
Qe,s Who attend the Offices OF the mem
hers of tae 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
xas able To do only abJot one hundred
a day.
heard the other evening that Sen
ator Leland Stanford and Congressman
W. l.. Scott, who live side BY side on
Farraeut Square, are not acquainted
add do not even know each other BY
sight. This is rather remarkable, al
both are railroad presidents and di
rec.ors, both are fond of fine horses
aud both have very large stables, whicf
have repeatedly come into rivalry OF
the tori. Mr.. Scott has called upon Mr.
/ Stanford and Mr.. Stanford has GALES
upon Mr.. SCOTT, but they have neve
| happened 10 meet. Mr.. Scott has re
censiy purchased farm on the Easter
Shore, nsar Cape Charles, Virginia
where bis stables will winter, as the eli
mate at Erie Is considered rathe
severe for the horses His Anes
animal is the famous Frenc
stallion Rsyou dor (Ray of Gold
which be imported from France sever
years ago. at q cost Of $4,000. IL
the most expensive horse IN this oour
try. and a. runner surpassed anyshin
ever before known by she frsuchmei
Mr.. Scott has NOT permitted Rsyon dc
90 appear on the turf, and does not II
tend TO do 30, but bought him IN erd,
to start nsv family Of thorouahSrs
horses IN this country. Ear. sssnfor
has a very much larger zr9 9lser stab
thau Mr.. Scott, and am told has raise
as many ~ q thousand thoroashbrs
horses. ST. Julian and Occident 81
both from his farm. LEsox.