Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-05-02
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
Civil Service Debate in the
House.
DIVISION OF OFFICES ASKED.
A Great Concourse of People
Witness the dwelling Of
Hills Statue.


HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, May Findlay o.
Maryland, from the Committee on Giyi
Service, submitted report on a resoiu
ton offered by Taulbee Of Kentucky di
recting the Secretary OF the Treasury tt
inform the House by what authority the
practice of permitting employees in his
department to appoint substitutes is al
lowed. The committee in its report say
there can be no reason for questioning
the good faith Of the statement OF The
acting Secretary Of the Treasury thai
substitution is allowed when permanent
employees are absent on account OF sick
ness. Accepting this as valid reason
for the temporary appointment OF sub
stitutes, the committee asks to be dis
charged from further consideration OIL
the subject.
Taulbee thought the statement Of the
acting Secretary OF the Treasury could
not be construed 80 as to mean
that the substitutes were appointed
only when permanent employees were
absent ON account of sickness. Such a
statement to his personal knowledge
would be unwarranted. The practice
was an abuse Of public power and an
abuse OF the Civil Service law. That
law was part of hypocrisy. 1t had
been conceived in sin and brought forth
in iniquity, but while II was bad law
the Government was committed to it.,
and while il could not be repealed it
could be respected and lived up TO. In
the matter Of appointments, at the time
OF the passage Of the law there were in
CAPABILITIES, and the law itself prohibited
the correction Of these inequalities. The
District OF Columbia, out of 1000 ap-
pointments since the passage Of the act,
had been entitled to two and received
twenty-four, while Kentucky, which
had been entitled to thirty three, re-
ceived only seventeen. This was not
fair.
Willard, Of New York, inquired
whether the gentleman held that the
President and Secretary Of the Treasury
had not enforced the law.
Taulbee replied that the President
and Secretary were earnestly trying to
enforce It, but that the ieutenants I'M
der them misled and imposed upon them
so as to make II absolutely impossible
for them to give faithful execution to
the law.
Cannon, Of Illinois. said: "Is there
anything in the Civil Service law that pro-
hibits the Secretary of the Treasury or
President from removing chief clerks,
appointment clerks and every head Of
a bureau in that department.
Taulbee--.sTh is not, but when the
Democrats took possession OF the execu-
tive branch Of the government the Pres
fdent announced his policy that while
the. civil service law should be carried
out in its letter, its spirit should apply
to all officers. The President may have
differed with some OF the most zealons
leaders Of the Democratic party ON that
point. yet il was his policy and with a
few exceptions hc.has carried II more fully
than his Republican predecessors.
Cannon = "You are satisfied these
abuses arise from heads of bureaus; if
this is true, is the President incompetent
or knavish in refusing to remove themy"
Taulbee-ssThe President has been
occupied for the last three or four
months in trying to hold the Senate in
check to keep them from besmirching
his character, because he exercises the
discretion Thai III. eonstitu tion confers
u,on him
Cannon-"AsI understand the con.
troversy, the gentleman refers TO, ii as a
controversy between the President and
fbo lano "a ae 10 an he tbar tha Draafdanf
shall profess 10 d. one tbino Ia nlease
one ror,ion Of h;s marty and than tnrn
around and 40 anotber n oIease osntIe.
m IN like NV friend from Keutucky"
care vos Ia good health - ouerie5
al fhink something must he
tba matter with Won .
al leave Il 70 the countrv To sav
vbethar the geotlsman i s;ck or we'll 3
replied Cannon
Tanlbsa ala not vish IN be understood
a. MAKING an assault unon tbs Pres;dent
ar tbe secretarv "a The Traasnrv bec,nsa
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