The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-04-01
voorhees, SPEECH,
In Which Ne Deals with Civil seylos
System,
thurman Could Not Repay Edmuudt Com
pilmenl-- Obnoxious 10 tho Peo-
pie, tho Bogus Reform
Must End.


Special Dispatch to tho Enquirer,
WASHINGTON, d. Co., March 95.-The
annOnDc, meDt that Senator VOORHEES,
would speak TO day In d'bite on the I'D
munds resolution was sufficient TO crowd
The galleries. This for the reason that
II had been generally circulated that II
was the Indiana Senator's inCen'
tlon to pay respects ut length to he
present Ciyll Service system, This OK.
pectallOn was moi, however, fully
reached The Senator commenced by
reviewing the speech OF Senator Ed
mnnds, aud hia remarks were pTinclpal
iy IN reply TO the points made by him
when he opened the debate, and u gen.
erRl defenfe OF the President and the
position he hbs tknn ia regard TO the
call made uDOn him 10 produce the
papers. M, VI OThte' said that the resO-
lutlona reported by the Judiciary Com
nittee were meant for popular effect
They contemplated no measure Of egia
latiOn tO remove evil or pretended evil.
They were merely Illumination OF Sen
ai0rial opinions, barren Of result Other
than cheap partisan denunclatiOn. II
referred TO the complimentary mannpr
In which Eimunda had alluded
TO Ex Senator Thurman for hay.
irg once denounced Democratic fraud
ana corruption, and then observed that
tho OK Ohio Senator could not return
the compliment for there has been no
occasion when the Vermont Senator had
ever denounced fraud aud corruption III
his own party, although he cOuld not be
ignorant Of the fact In many Instance.
II said II II had 10, been for the stub
bOrnness OF Andrew johnson In con
sclentiOusly offending the COnstltu
tlOn, the Idea Of eracting such law ~
tho Tenure Of Office Act would never
have been thought OF by the Rep0bll
cans. Mr., Voorhees, called attention TO
the fact that ont OF one hundred thou
sand or more Offices Ut the disposal Of
President Cleveland there had been on y
6i3 suspensions, He indoraed the Preal
deaf for making those Si3 removals, aud
hi' only regret was that he had not gone
thousand leagues further, and run the
number up Into The thousands, In
apehklng OF the removals made In tue
IutefiOT Department alone, no said that
OF about 3 500 Cill 'els aud employee un.
der Secretary Lamar, leas than 400 had
been removed, and these removals plin
clpally embraced Land and Indian
Agents In the far west, or else they r0n'
sisted OF watchmen and labOrers. With
the exception Of the 400 removals made
In that department. every Office IL filled
by u Republican, He said this state OF
affairs was not consistent with popu
lar form Of government, He declared
he was In fvOr OF the absolute repeal
OF the Civil Service law, II had proved
10 be q violent aud odiOul obstruction
10 the will OF the people, and u ltumb-
ling block IN the way Of good govern.
ment "ihe lava Il human nature"
he said. 'wOnld seem 10 prohibit such
an Obaurdity," He said that he did not
believe NJ thia hour that there IL u con
lldential paper on lle In any OF the
ES' cutlye departments which haa no
already been betrayed TO Senators on
the Republican side. There l. not n
hall, n corridor, or room, or q closet in
the several departments but which are,
M tulc, h0neycNmOed with men who
are Indignantly In opposition 10 the
Democracy and the prerent Admlnlatra-
tl0n. Thls, he said, Includes all claases
Of clerk hlDa, from Officials, pri'
vate secretaries, down through all
the grades Of positions, The
Senator made q good pOlnt on Senator
Eyarta by quoting from hla speeches
made before the Senate na.a court for the
impeachment Of Andrew Johnson, In
which he held the tenure Of once act 10
DO unconstitutional, lie then referred
TO what h. called the greatest political
combination against President known
to history, II hCiuR the Senate aud the
Bank Of the United States agllnat An
drew jackson. The combination sue.
coded Ia having resolutions of cenaure
against JackeOn adopted, "There," Mr.,
VI 'hOpe said, "waa u harmless fulmina.
tiOn," tor the people took up the Issue
And changed the complexion Of the
Senate, which expunged the resolution
Ice predecessor had adopted.
Mr., Voorhe % spoiled the effect OF the
few glOd points In hls speech which
struck the popular chord by winding II
up with oxtrayOgqnt praise for tine
RreNt nnu ROOu Ahu hOnest present ehlet
aud wi h u sort Of u prayer
that no might DO shown the error of hia
ways, aud follow In the footsteps Of An
drew Johnson"
COLD FACTS.
The poatmaster.Goucral today replied
To Senator ingalls, resolution request.
ing . tabular statement Of the number
Of fourth class pnaimlatera removed
aimee Marsh 4, 1885 rha statement
sh0we In Onto there were S7s removals.;
Ia indiana, 400, In Kentucky. lDl and in