Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-06-12
The CIVIL SERVICE.
Considering Legislative Appro-
nristions an Amendment to
1uToLDTHE PRESIDENTS SALARY
,bs Civil Service Rule Has Been
r,,,yed Is Ruled 0ut--Mr. Findlay,
Of Nd, On the Service.

Of Nd, On the service
r,sUlyqrov, D C, June lin dis
.;o, the Legislative Appropriation bill
,bs House, the clause sppropnating for
II larry Of the President having been
II Ia Mr.. Bayns, OF Pennsylvania, offer
amendment providing that none OF
money shall be paid until the Civil
II ,;cs Rule shall have been changed as
,rmspdsd in later portion Of the bill
+. mint toforder having been raised against
IL .msndment, while not cOntsnding that
Fl "a in order, stated if it was gsrmsne to
II Mn at sll, it wss germsne at this point
In, F,ndlsy, Of Maryland, said that the
,;i,,o, whether iD the form
I.sr,sd By the gentleman from
IL r.vlvsnis, or in its original form was
,o,.irion conceived in the spirit OF the
>. sYrcombe tor the ba!desE purposes
II =, transparent denagogasry. There
man here who doubted that it was
;'c, 90. 10 a pom, OF order and therefore
r. ~ fbrus, cut Of the sill as an
rRgyLsyAxr AND INPERrINESr
There wss no man who doubted
Ii, !, Nc Auy miscarriage such SHOULD not
~. w6sn it 20. 10 the Senate, that
y ~ ss,nli m ,rampis It under foot, with the
cd coa,umely it deserved. If con
- - ,s,sop and precedent 1t should
ii .Sa, h35y It would confront 8 hostile
s."t,ys Who would give It his !
- n,ly under the Compulslon OF the
- n7si,ior 70 which he had oeen div |
II 5c HI. ozn political friends. This
IL 80 ard by this be meant the Demo /
H. rn.io,iry) had already rudsly turned |
If mack or one OF tie principle retor IN |
\ cn,rsncy OF the couutry, recommended /
II ,ss President. aad as # that had not |
!, enough it now proposed 10 knock !
Ia, rDSer him the very foundstion stone
II N, no it;cai creed sEd public success |
IN this was politics and taese we're lead !
T,s ,ep,lemaa from Indiana (Mr. Hol' |
Ia in response 10 IS question q few days |
|',p hsd ssid that the OBJECT OF the
|Ga,5napt WAS 20 deal out |
||,tr.bspded Justice and the gentle, |
10 rom Illinois. (Nr. Springer had |
IA more plaiply let the House know that
rss ip,enaed 70 give Psrtisan instead |
|G bipartisan service, that the effect OF |
IL amendment requiring the certificate OF
IL mn list of ehglOles n the appointing !
..dId 60 10 give 3 partisan and not |
|. ,,oo.nsrt,ssn serylce) was not a mere |
-(tsr NJ couiactursl speculation, but was |
n..., Of -zgsrience deaopstrsted'
aaei Of, glJa'si over by
Alr!ulEE POSTMASTER
N, ingenious youag man had got the /
|skole list Of pljsjoles into his hands.
A voica-"W6at is hep
BE- tind!Ay lie il A Democrat. De |
|as a Democrat M oiGca. He was sp- |
$,,ed 5y the preaeut President OF the /
Nd S,,tes thar fixes his Democracy | I
|sp2osa though thar is a question of some !
|sBr Laughter aud applause. de goI |
II Est q ehgi5les INTO his own hands and |
IN, uss did be make OF it? According |
= bis own statement before sn Examiner
Il the Civil Service Commission, who was !,
d Baltimore be maze such good use OF 1t .
\, IN less space than o year ne had turn I
|. out every Republican IN that office, and I
u vu, Democrat in his place without /
|Rissing ire once. /
While Nc F.n1lsy vas delivering his .
,escb members from both sides o. the .
Ep1,e crowded around bin, aud his last !
,p,aDce vs. received with burst OF min (
Id Kisses ana applause, the applause be-
ID psrtlv intended Tor the sentiments ex
fsssed BY Findlay and pSrdy IN sPProoa' !
Ia OF The sc,,on Of the Baltimore Post
ias.er Turning 6eGantlY toward the /;
snOcra;ic side. Mr.. Findlay exclaimed: |
shen vou applaud the eject OF this /
|lnendueni, then you mean 10 ssy tSat the /
krifca,ion of all the eligioles will result !
Shs, you have siplauded. Then you .
aesu 10 say that the object OF this amend /
|heDt il 10 rive partisan and not .
|ion.vartissn sSryics, applaud Just as long !
you please. Neither hisses nor sp, I
SaGse will deter me from the discharge OF
ihst consider duty" applause MT
indlsy then continued TO reyieS the scuon
the Baltimore postmaster.
THIS INGENIOUS YOUNG NAN
y slii. with aid Of more expert u usnipuls /
b., still hSd violated the Law and rules OF
De Civil Service Commission, and still
Oas;sd that Il be had only been spared p
|ttle longer in his place, he would have /
R,aei over Democratic Civil Service
RstorG postoiice to his successor. /
Ls1gh,e; snd applause There was not
man in the house who did not know what
ihs eHsC: Of the provision would be. The
Establishment Of civil service reform IN
oglaBd had had it's origin IN the revolt
n he Commons against the appointments
b stlstOCracy. That state Of affairs had
exact counterpart 10 what was called
be- america There were no Dukes or
hsrquisas here, but there was their exact
f0unisEPar,s in the shape of political
Rsrd rogndsrs and heelers. Though
hnetica had no aristocrscy which sP--
pointed to office, it had sort of teudsl
e7stem Il had one tenant tR cGPlts
pad the whole system running down TO the
|fenctes; depths No man could get an
Chee, Uuless be had been recommended
| tY some Of those p0kGcisns.
NoR. he asked.
TEru VAS TIE NORE DEHoGsATI0
ti he Two. The system which permitted
t'-r7 O. sn and woman in the country to
b22ly tos Office, and il qualified to 6ll it,
b -et into S,Sae without influence, or the
system uads. Eh,ch he could not get into
o6ce unless he came hoYing and begging
DIdar tba wing Of some poiGcsl scoundrel
whom hs gas updsr such obhgsGons as
must Gu, his very manhood to the bone.
/ LSEgt'arl
Nr, Compton, of MsryISnd. sid that the
a.ssGi' b5S colleague had made SG the last
postmaster q, Rsltimore, was as 90,
deserved as any one man hsd
ever made on another. Who was
'hSl p0stmsster2 he w4s the peer OF the
sentiensn from Maryland, (Mr. FindisT'
" Sny other gentleman on this floor, or
A1EEheze, nan OF character and intelll-
Il gsncs and Nan,onrat Tha CiviPSerSice