St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-27
TO AID THE REFORM.
The Civil Service Commission Is
to Have More Clerical Help.

went into committee of the whole (Mr.
Blount, of Georgia, in the chair on the
legislative, executive and judicial ap-
preparation bill. The pending amend
ment offered by Mr.. McComas, of Mary
land, increasing the clerical force of the
civil service commission, was advocated
by Mr.. Treacy, of New York, who said
that the increase would enable the
The president had been criticised for
not having made the extension. The
president was not to blame. He waited
for action on the part 6f the COM
mission, and the commission was de-
layed by reason of the want OF neces-
sary means which congress alone could
provide. He was glad to see the COM
mendable spirit of emulation shown by
gentlemen on both sides TO prove the
interest of their respective parties in
the cause of civil service reform.
Mr.. Whithorne, of Tennessee, thought
that with 10000 licentiates waiting for
admission to civil service, there was no
necessity for having that number multi
piled. The effect of he multiplication
would be to debauch the young men and
women of the country by withdrawing
them from business pursuits and putting
them on the anxious seat as applicants
for office. He was glad that he had voted
against the civil service law. He be-
lieved then, as he believed now, that it
was anti-Republican and anti-DemO-
cratic in its tendencies. He believed
that it would grow to be sore ON the
body polite, full of mischief and dam
ger to the theory which the govern
ment was founded. Standing as he did
as one of the complainants against the
administration for not turning Republi-
cans out and putting Democrats in, he
had reason to admire the
FIDELITY OF THE PRESIDENT
to the pledges made in his letter and his
course in the execution of what he
found to be the law of the land. He
knew, in his own personal experience,
that when he had applied to the preSi-
dent for the removal of officeholders
because they were Republicans, the
president had stood immovable. In his
own state of Tennessee there had not
been one single removal of preSi-
dental appointee. The president had
waited until the official term expired.
Mr.. Hopkins, of Illinois-Was any
charge of inefficiency brought against
any of them?
Mr.. Whithorne-I take it for granted
that the inefficiency is the Republican
ism OF the officeholder Qaughter). | am
perfectly frank, for | believe that at the
ballot box the people of the United
States are SOvereignS and there they
preserved the character of our institu-
tions, and any body, civil service COM
mission or not, that stands between
them and their Judgment, is working
contrary to the theory of our institu-
tionS.
Mr.. Hopkins-I thank you for your
franknesS.
Mr.. Whithorne-I am frank; and if
you ever come into power, and God for
bid that you do, | hope you will act on
the principle l have stated.
MIR. Adams, of Illinois, favored the
increase of force, believing that the
system should be tried in good faith and
that the commission should be given
ample appropriations to find out whether
the system was failure or a success.
He believed that
AN HONEST SPOILS SYSTEM
was far better than an alleged civil
service system which was accused and
suspected from one end of the country
to the other of being carried out with
inSincerity.
Mr.. Enloe, of Tennessee. stated that
he was not enamored with the civil
service law, but he asserted that its ad-
miniStration by the Democrat party was
much more sincere than had been its
administration by the Republican party.
He cited instances of the violation of
the law by Republicans in 1880. when
he was interrupted by Mr.. McCOmas
with the question whether he wanted to
stop those violations in 1880 or 1888. He
replied that if they were to be stopped
at all the country must look to the Dem
ocrat party to stop them.
Mr.. Williams, of Ohio, said that the
remarks of gentlemen on the other side
reminded him of the pot calling the ket-
tie black.
Mr.. Butler. of Tennessee, said that
the Democratic party in Tennessee had
a method which' beat Jay Hubbell all
hollow. He sent to the clerks desk
and had read letter from ]. R. M.
Davis, secretary of the Hancock county
Democratic committee to United States
Commissioner Williams at XenophOn,
Tenn, asking him what steps he in
tended to take in the next campaign
and saying 1.-The party is willing to give
to gain strength; but otherwise say bus
ineSS will be withheld"
Mr.. Whitthorne-I know nothing
about the truth of the allegations. don't
know the parties; but l am gratified for
one that tile thing is working. Laugh
teri. The amendment was then agreed
to, 81 to II. While the vote was in prog
ress Mr.. Spinola, ofsNews ~ ork, entered
the chamber and inquired what the
pending question was. On being in
formed by the chair that the vote was
on the amendment increasing the force
of the civil service commission, he
passed between the tellers with the re-
mark: 81 want to be recorded in the
negative, against that relic of federal
ISM" The amendment provides for
one additional clerk of class 3, one of
class and one at $1,000, and increases
the appropriation for necessary travel
ing expenses from S4,000 to $1,000.
Mr.. Grain, of Texas, raised a point of
order against the appropriation of $500
for the salary of the first auditor of the
treasury. He quoted from the statute
law fixing the salary of this official at
$4,000, and denounced the practice of
cutting down salaries on appropriation
bills. 1t the salaries of government Off
cials were too large, a general bill re-
ducing them should be brought in, but
they should not be reduced in an appro-
priation in order to enable the Demo-
cratic party to go before the people in
an election year and point to economical
appropriations. The point of order was
sustained and the appropriation ruled
out, adjournment following.
NON PROTECTION WANTED.
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