Morning journal and courier., 1886-06-10
FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS-.
WASHINGTON. June 9. 1886

SENATE-The Senate considered bills on the calendar. MT. Hawley moved the indef- mite postponement of the Vance bill, repeal ing the civil service law. MT. Vance de- manded the yeas and nays. MT. Harris ob- jected and the matter went over.
 Several minor bills were passed. The following were also passed: A bill to legal ize the incorpora ton of national trades unions. A bill amending the revised stat ute relating to the transportation of obscene matter through the mails. The bill extends the scope of the old section of the revised statutes.
 A bill providing that the graduates of the military academy shall not be required to refund to the United States any pay or all lowances received by them as officers from the date of their commissions until taking the oath of office as such or in consequence of being granted leaves on full pay on grad uation.
 A bill referring to the court of claims for examination and report to Congress certain claims for property seized by General John ston in the Utah expedition of 1857. A considerable number of bills for private re- lief were passed and the Senate at 5:45 D. m. adjourned.
 HoUsE-The House took up the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill. A discussion arose over the clause limiting the manner of paying the civil service commis-
 
 discussion at 4:50 p. m.
 MT. Springer defended the commissioner of pensions from charges of evading the civil service law and said that many of the special examiners appointed were Republicans and Commissioner Black had retained eight Re- publicans as heads of divisions who were not protected by the law.
 MT. Reed doubted the correctness of the statement and suggested that MT. Springer would make General Black very unpopular with the Democratic party if he continued his speech.
 MT. Springer asserted that half of the pension office employees who were not pro tected by the law were Republicans and the government printing office was still presided over by MT. Rounds with twenty-six hun dred employees who did not come under the civil service.
 MT. Butterworth thought Mr. Springer seemed happy that the commissioner of pen sons could point to a few monuments Of political mercy. Gentlemen on the other side conceived it a mistake to have spared anyone.
 Mr Springer-"While you were commis- sioner of patents did you appoint any Demo- cratsF'
 Mr. Butterworth-'1 did. I never knew the politics or religion of any individual I appointed to office. There was never time when the influence of Democrat whom l knew did not weigh as much as that of my party frlendS. All WauUeO to knoW was, Was he competent?"
 MT. Wise, of Virginia, asked Mir Butter worth if he could name @ Democrat he had appointed while he (Butterworth) was com missioner of patents.
 Mir Butterworth-No nor can I name 8 ! Republican. I do not carry the roster in my head
 MT Morrison-I can name Democrat the gentleman appointed. He is nephew of General Merritt and he appointed him for me and have good deal of trouble to keep | him. Laughter.
 MT Butterworth then went on to criticise l the provision declaring that no man whose I capacity rauged above that of an oyster ] could think the provisions had any other ob- l ject than to remove the barrier which pro- | tected the partisan applicant. President 1 Cleveland came into power promise, ex- 1 pressed and not implied, that he would ob- serve in all respects not merely the law, but | the spirit of the civil service law. He read | with expressions of commendation the civil | service message of the President and declared | that the majority in the House was un- l dermining to overthrow the President | and induce him to break the pledge | he had given. There might be 8 propriety of the law, but if so why did not l the Democrats come forward and repeal it They did not do so, but while talking with 1 the voice of Jacob they rushed out with the hand of Esau to seize the spells Daughter. He then quoted from the message of Gov
 ernor Hill in favor of civil service reform l While he had criticised Governor Hills
 methods hs wanted to applaud him to the | echo for the utterance then made. Hill wrote like stalwart, like 8 man of experience, like
 a man who sought to secure honest govern
 ment for his State and the city of New Y ork
 Governor Hill might be the Democratic can
 didate for the presidency, but he sup posed that the Democratic party would moi | support him unless his utterances upon civil
 service reform were expunged. He (Mr. But
 worth) took off his hat to those utteraaces But while the President and the Governor
 of New York proclaims that civi
 service reform was the apple of tht
 Democratic eye the leaders of the Democrat
 ic party here were attempting to gouge that eye out not in manly manner, but in a. way
 that could not commend itself to the judg
 ment of the people.
 This closed the general debate and th'
 reading of the bill was commenced. MT
 Morrison raised point of order against th'
 words 'sin full compensation" where the.
 occur in the general appropriating section
 of the bill.
 Pending a decision of the point of orde
 the committee rose and the House at
 o'clock adjourned.