The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-12-07


general government will present COM
mend 10 the consideration Of the report o.
tbs Commissioner ani his sug4estionn
concerning the Interest inEtustSd to hii
care.
TUB CIVIL SERVICE.
The continued oteSstau OF tia Law rs.
lattng TO Cur Civil SsrVlge hiss added the
most convincing pTlolI VI TIA nscsaity
aud usefulness, IL Ia q fact worthy OF
note that every pablo officer who hasa
ust Idea OF his duty TO the psDpls testl.
liss to the value OF this reform. Ia
SlAunchest friends are found among those
who understand 1t best and It's warmoss
supporters are those who arc restraint
and protected by It's requirements. Th3
meaning OF such restraint and profession
ls not appreciated by those who want
places under tho Government, regardless
Of merit and efficiency, nor by those who
tnslss that the selection for such places
should rest upon Q proper Gre
Dental showing active partisan
work, They mean to public officers II
not that lives, the only opportunity afford
cd them to attend public business, and
they mean to give TO the people otthe coun-
tty the better performance Of the work OF
their government, It Is exceedingly
strange that the scope snd nature OF this
reform are go little nndsrstool, and that
90 many things not included within itB
plan are called by its name, When olyil
Yields more fully to examination the syI-
tenn will have large additions to the upn.
Der OF i,s friends, Oar civil seryiCs ra'
form may be imperfect Ia soma OF 10 de-
tails, II may be misunderstood auu
opposed, II may not alWays bs faithfully
applied, Ito designs may aImu.
times missoArTy, through mistake
or Wllltal intenti It may sOmstinss
trembIe uadeF tho assaults Of Its ensnisa
or langulsh undnr misguided ziAl Of i'm
practicable friends, bat L the paopls OF
this country ever submit 10 tha hauish-
ment OF ita underlying principle from tho
operation OF their government, they will
abandon the surest guarantee OF the safely
and success OF American institutions.
iuvoke for this reform the cheerful and
uugrudglng support Of the. Congress,
rbnaW my Recommendation made last
year that the salaries Of the commits.
slonsra be made equal to other officers Oi
the government having like duties aud
responsibilities, aud | hope that such
reasonable appropriations may he made as
will enable them to increase tho useful.
meas oil the cause they have in charge.
FREEDNRN's RANK.
desire to call the attention Of the Con-
gress 70 q plain duty which the govern
ment owes to the dspositora In the Fresd-
man's Savings and Trust Company. This
company was chartered by the Congress-
for the benefit Of the most illiterats aud
humble Of our people, and with the inlen-
ton Of encouraging In them industry and
thrift. Most OF its brauches Wsr0 pre-
sided over by officers holding the COM
missions aud clothed In the uniform OF
the United States, These and other cir.
cnmstanCes reasonably, think, led these
simple people to suppose that the invita-
ton to deposit their hard.earned savings
in tho institution implied an un-
dertaklng on the part OF their gov
erment that their money should bo
safely kept for them. When thu
company failed 1t was liable In the sum
Of s., $3.50, 025, % to o., 1Sl depositors. Div
idends amounting In the aggregate to
sixty-tWo percent have bsen declared,
aud tho sun called for and paid OF such
dividends geems to be $l,Ol5, ISL ~.
This sum deducted from the entire
amount OF deposits leave Sl,2Ol,74450
still unpaid. Past experience has shown
that quite large part Of this sum will not
bs called for. There arc assetH still on
hand amounting to the estimated sum OF
$4,000. l think the remaining thirty
eight percent OF such OF these deposits as
have claimants should be paid by the
government upon principles OF equity and
fairness. The report oil the Commission,
soon to be laid before Congress will
give more satisfactory details on the sub
jsCt.
DISTRICT AFFAIRS.
The control OF the affairs OF the Dis.
trict Of Columbia having been placed in
the banda Of purely executive officers,
while the Congress still retains oil legisla-
tive authority relating to its government,
1t becomes my duty to make known the
most pressing needs Of tho District aud
their consideration. The
laws oil the District appear to DO in an un-
certain and unsatisfactory condition, and
their Coditication or revision is much
needed. Daring the past year one OF the
bridges leading from the District to the
State Of Virginia became undt for use and
travel upon 1t was forbidden. This leads
me TO suggest that the improvement Of
all the bridges crossing the Potomac
and It's branches, from the City Of wash
ington, Is worthy Of the attention Of
Congress. The Commissioners Of the dis
triCt represent that tho Laws regulating
tho sale Of liquor and granting licenses
therefor, should be at once amended, aud
that legislation Is needed TO consolidate,
define and enlarge the scope and powers,
OF charitable and penal institutions within
the district. suggest that the Commits
Btons be clothed with tho power to make
within fixed limitations police regulations.
l bslieve this power granted and
guarded would tend to sub.
serve the good order oil tho muni-
clpality. II seems that trouble still exists
growing out OF the occupation OF the
OF the atrees and avenues by
certain railroads having their termini in
the city. II Is very important that such
laws should be enacted upon this subject
as will Gecuro to the railroads all the IA
Cllities they require for the transaction OF
their business and at the same time prs
teCt citizens from injury to their personsor
Tho Commissioners again COM
plain that the accommodations afforded
them for the necessary Office for district
business and for the safe keeping Of val
liable books and papers, are entirely in-
sufficient. recommend that this condl-
ton Of affairs be remedted by the Com
gress, and that suitable quarters be fur
nished for the needs OF the District Gov
eminent
In conclusion earnestly invoke such
wise action on the part Of the peoples
legislasor8 as will RubBsrvO the public
GOOD and demonstrate during the remains
ing days Of the Congress- as at present
organized, its ability and incllnStion to
see and meet peoples needs, that II shall
be gratefully remembered by Rn OK.
psCLsnt constituency.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
WASHINGTON, Dec. Q, 1885.
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