The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-05-02
IN THE HOUSE.
stirring Debate on the Civil
Service Law.
CLEVELAND AND THE SENATE.
,,-e You in Good Health? There
Must be Something the Matter
with You"
HOUSE

NAsHIyeroN, May 2.-FindIay. of
vsryland, from the committee on
wi service, heretofore reform. sub
lifted a report on the resolution Of
is-ed bv Taulbee, of Kentucky, direct
;,s the Secretary Of the Treasury to in
form the House by what a Gthority the
nractice OF permitting the employees in
rs DEPARTMENT to appoint substitutes
/ allowed. The committee, in the report,
savs there can be no reason for ques-
-;5ning the good faith of the statement
nv the acting Secretary of the Treas
1rv that substitution is allowed when
nermanent employees are absent on &C
count of sickness. Accepting this as a
valid reason Tor the temporary appoint
meut of substitutes, the COMMITTEES asks
n be discharged from further consider
stiOn of the subject.
Taulbee thought the statement OF the
Acting Secretary of the Treasury could
70. be construed so as to mean that
rbsstutes were appointed only
ven permanent employees were
ssent on account of sick
mss. Such statement, to his
PERSONAL knowledge, would be unwar-
ranted. The practice was an abuse OF
uublic power and an abuse of the civil
hypocrisy; il being conceded in sin
nd brought forth in iniquity. But
vhile il was bad law, the government
Vas commit d to it, and while it could
MT be repealed il could be respected
ald lived up TO. In the matter of ap-
p0intments at the time of the passage
OF the law, there were inequalities and
the law itself prohibited the correction
OF these inequalities. The District of
fnn1 Of / inf narafc
since the passage of the act, had been
entitled to two and received twenty
four. The State of Kentucky, which
has been entitled to thirty three, received
only seventeen. II was not fair.
Hillard, of New York, inquired
whether the gentleman held that the
President and Secretary OF the Treasury
had not enforced the law.
Taulbee replied that he believed the /
President and the Secretary were /
earnestly trying to enforce II, but that |
the heuIenants under them misled and /
imposed upon them so as to make il /
absolutely impossible for them to give |
faithful execution to the law.
Cannon, of Illinois-Is there any
thing in the civil service law that pro-
hibits the Secretary of the Treasury or |
the President from removing the chief |
clerks appointment clerks. and every /
head of the bureau in that Department. /
Taulbee-There is not, but when the |
Democrats took possession of the |
executive branch of the government, 1
the President announced his policy /
hat while the civil service law should |
b carried out in its letter, its spirit |
should ply TO all officers. The Presi- !
den! may have differed with some of the |
most Jealous leaders of the Democratic |
party on that point, yet Ii. was his |
policy and with few exceptions ne has |
carried it out-carried it out more fully |
than any OF his Republican predeces-
s0rs.
Cannon-You are satifed these abuses
arse from the heads of the bureaus2 If |
this is true, is the President incom- /
peient, or knavish, in refusing to re
move them2
Taulbee-Neither; the President has |
been occupied for the past two or three /
months in trying TO hold the Senate in |
check TO keep them from besmirching /
ais character wrongfully, because he |
exercises a discretion the Constitution
cOniers upon him.
Csnnon-As understand the contro-
Versy the gentleman refers TO, il is the
controversy between the Senate and
The President as to whether the Presi-
dent shall profess to do one thing TO
please one portion of his party, and
elEA turn dIOulAu anu w duObnCI W Il
please gentlemen like my friend from
Kentucky
Are you in good health ?" queried
Iaulbee. Il think something must be
the matter with YOU"
Il leave it to the country to SAY
whether the gentleman is sick or well, !"
replied Cannon.
Taulbee did not wish to be understood
as making an assault on the President
or Secretary of the Treasury, because
they had enough TO contend with in
their controversy with the Senate, but
these abuses ought to be corrected.
The Democratic party, with its doc
trines and practices, stood as far above
the Republican party as the stars above
the oeep caverns of the ocean. But If
mis- party did wrong, and abuses grew
upon the Democratic administration,
he would call attention to them.
Findlay moved to lay the resolution
on the table. The vote upon this mo-
ton was so close, that some excitement
and interest was manifested as
he clerk proceeded TO call the
oil, and at the conclusion of
he call, several changes were made
bat reversing the result q number of
mes as finally announced the vote
soOd-ayes ia, nays ll3. So the reso-
-1iOn was tabled.
COX, OF North Car0lna. from the
Committee on foreign affairs. reported a
sll smendatory of the Chinese immi-
s'atiOn act; also providing for in
asmnity 10 certain Chinese for losses
slstsined within the Jurisdiction of the
United States-Committee of the
whole.
AcAdoo. Of New Jersey, from the
Committee on naval affairs, reported
gu authorizing the construction of dry
S9eks at certain navy yards. Com
nittee of the whole.
8. The Oklahoma bill was called up and
- Provisions were explained by Hill,
Oh Ohio.
., Baker, OF New York, argued against
LAN Inn