The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-03
CIVIL SERVICE.
The Nut at Present in the
Teeth of the SolOns.
OF CANADIAN INDEPENDENTS.
The Presidents work-Rough on Bow
cotters-Big Explosiop-The Posl
Sellers - other Notes.
DI.cy.sinr the cIvil Service Laws.

Discussing the Civil Service Laws.
WAsHISeToS, July 2.-The Senate
amendment to the legislative approprI-
alton bill for additional clerks for the
civil service commission Was opposed BY
Vance, who remarked that IL the com
mission was unable to do any more
business 1t would be so much the better.
Salisbury looked upon the civil ser
vice commission from beginning to end
as a useless piece of machinery. IL he
had his way he would repeal the law.
Voorhees, said be never had been for
the law. sleeping or waking but while il
was law he would treat It fairly, and
give il a fair chance. III there was any
good in 1t, he hoped the good would
come out. and the fact would be made
manife>t in due time and the people al
lowed To pass upon it.
ingalls, did not wonder at Voorhees,
being in favor of civil service lawas ad-
minIstered by The Democratic party.
and he quoted from the statement of
the commissioner of pensions that out
of seventy-Seven men appointed by him
under the civil service rule, seventy
two were Democrats and the other five
were of unknown politics. He had no
doubt that If the clerical force of the
commission had been sufficient the pol
itics of the other five would have ueen
found out and the men would have been
Democrats.
voorhees, defended the commissioner
of pensions and commended the prac-
tice of two or more parties in putting
their own adherents into office, still he
would no more cut down the rec of
the civil service commission, or deny it
means of giving the system fair trial,
than he would vote to cut of supplies
from an army in the field. even if he
did not approve of the policy CT the war.
The commission was discharging lis
duty, and he was fer Ipholding its
hands in liberal and proper spirit.
Harrison said that II the civil service
commission needed any additional
clerical help he was willing to give il.
II K should be found, however,
that the Office was in some way
administered so as to give IL q
partisan turn, so that white things
were put promiscuously and fairly into
the mill, nothing but Democratic results
came out, itNould be time enough then
TO arraign the commission and hold IL
to q Just responsibility. HaWley said
the interests OF the country demanded
resolute and persistent attempt to
reach improvements in public service;
after threeyears' trial, he believed that
law was stronger now in a public respect
than II was when it was passed. It was
TO be expected that such law would be
imperfectly executed, as the whole
movement was tentative and expert
mental. Vance asked Hawley whether
laws had materially improved the class
and character of government employees.
Haxley believed the law had been a
I benefit to the public service.
Tiller declared that while he was at
/ the head of the Interior Department
appointments made under the civil
service law were made utterly irrespec-
tive Of politics; of $50 special examiners
appointed by him, there was not one
whose politics was discussed or known
by him or the heads OF bureaus.
VOORHEES, disclaimed any idea of i'm
pugning the uniform fairness and i'm
partiahty Of the Senator while he was
Secretary of the Interior.
Dawes thought the vitality Of the civil
service 'aW was taken out OF il when
! Cong ess refused to enact that selection
should be made from the three highest
on the list certified by commission, but
! the Law was on the statute book and
under If there was a great advance in the
condition of things. 1t deserved
| the ardent and sincere support Of every
one who believed in the possibility of
improving the civil service and amend
ments would ultimately come to make
it more stringent and perfect. Call said
he did not propose now 70 arraign the
law as being in the direction OF aristoc-
racy and privileged class or as being
clear as to the denial of the RESPONSE
biity of the people. He should take
occasion before the close of the session
to present his opinion on. tnat subject.
all he wanted to state now was that no
person in Florida whether Democrat or
Republican has been able to obtain
office under the civil service law. The
discussion closed and an amendment
was adopted &c to IL. iloiai lll b..