The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-12
CLEVELAND A PARTISAN.
SENATOR MAKES MUCH ADO
ABOUT NOTHING.

ABOUT NO HING.
re is Particularly Grieved over the
Wholesale Manner in Which the
President is Turning the Rascals Out
.ters From the President to New
Workers Criticised.
WASHINGTON, Jan. lin the Senate
today the resolution offered by Mr.. Hale
on Dec. - for a select committee to exam-
inc fully into the present condition of the
civil service was taken up and Mr.. Hale
addressed the Senate in explanation and
advocacy OF 1t.
He declared that his object in offering 1t
was to secure an investigation with a sim
cere purpose of bringing before Congress
the present actual condition Of the civil
service of the country and also the perform
snces of certain high and low officials of the
r,overnment. Mr. Hale charged President
Sgeveland with insincerity in his public ut
torance5 in favor of civil service re-
form and accused him of having
violated all his personal pledges and those
embodied in his partys platform upon tins
subject He quoted from table published
last June. showing the sweeping changes
that had already taken place in al the de-
nartments of the public service, among Off
ciaIs subiect to executive action, and said he
honel to have in few days a further table
showing how this cOuquerlng march OF the
Democratic party in the pursuit of office had
continued down the beginning of this year.
This showing, he said, was unexampled in
anv other administration in American his
tory.
CLEvELANDS PARTISANsHIP.
Mr. Hale criticized the Presidents letters
written during the recent political cam
ualen in New York city, that to Edward
Cooper in which he said newspaper clip
pings which had been sent to him by MIR.
IOOper did not amount to enough TO raise
Doubt of his desire for the success Of both
tine city and State tickets of the united
Democracy. and that read at the Demo-
cratic ratification meeting, regrettlng
his jCleveland's) inability to be present and
expressing the hope that every candidate
on the excellent ticket of the united Democ-
racy might be triumphantly elected. Pass
ing on to the question of political assess
ment, Mr. Hale quoted from the Washing
ton Post (which he spoke of as the organ of
the administration of Nov. l, last, i'll re-
gard to the collection of contributions for
the New York campaign, and also COM
municatiOn i'll the Washington Repubt5cGn
describing how assessments for that cam
paign were being levied in the government
printing office From all this, he said,
something ought now to be plain
" seen by every man who was
not stone blind. The value of the cry of
i Civil Service Reform had ceased to be of
any estimation in the minds of the leaders
i Of the Democratic party. The old methods,
4 be said, would prevail, This year the land
would rock with efforts on behalf of Presi-
Dental candidates. He affirmed his belief
\ and ventured the prediction that no means
4 and no appliance that had been in years past
used by the Democratic party would fail to
be resorted TO this yelr. Intimidation,
outrage, murder, Gf needed, would open
81 again t1e bloody grave in which would be
entombed anew the free ballot of the South.
The thing which has been, is
the thing which will be, and there will be
NJ found no new thing under the SUM- The
81 means and appliances and practices of the
g Democratic party would all be resorted to
# IN its desperate attempt to retain its hold of
# tie national government. In the mean
time, where would the Independents beF
Mr.. Hale's speech attracted great and un-
usual attention in the Senate chamber, but
few OF the seats on either side being vacant
IA during It's delivery, which occupied about
W two hours and a half. At its con-
cluHon Mr.. Butler sent to the clerks
M desk and had read circular sent out i'll
W 1913 by authority of the Republican Con-
Ell gIessl nal Committee (of which Mr.. Hale
was a member) calling on government en-
& poyes for political contributions.
Mr.. Hale juestfied the circular, and said
nat 1t directly and explicitly excluded the
dea OF extorting contributions.
BLAIR'S EDUCATIONAL BILL.
The Blair educational bill was then
aken aup. Mr.. Coke spoke in opposition.
ne sad 1t was evident that the purpose of
NE Dill was not alone to provide money for
ne support Of schools, but to follow the
money to It's expenditure 1t was not pro-
ooed TO stop with handing the money over
the States and Territories to be expended
accordance with their respective plans
ad school systems, but to assume jurisdic-
ON over the common schools of
l the States, take hold of them
Auclpate in their administration,
10 place them under the supervision of the
ecretary of the Interior. Since 1880, he
a. the most marked feature of the ad-
alcement of the South was the growth of
w common schools They were to-day,
ller the influence of public sentiment,
eniy alive to their Importance, and it was
ne 70 say that so far as illiteracy in the
utn IS curable, it is decreasing under the
ItHclal influence of an improved system
public schools.
ll' Nray of Delaware, obtained the
VI lor speech on the same measure, but
w way 70 Mr.. Butler for motion to ad-
M rIh winch was carried at $40 O'Clock
ue adjournment without an executive
l ooa was due to the determination of
,q Nc senators to insi t upon confirmation
~ ~ lamar nomination in advance of
ySe ot MeSsrs, Villas and Dickinson, and
Consequent prospect of a somewhat
Crl ,NEhiA iAt,