Wichita eagle., 1888-12-19
FIfTIE7H CONGRESS.

place He was in favor Of putting the
question, is he honest, is he capa bles''
but he would not ask what are his politics.
Or is he 45 years of age, suggested Mr.
Cummings
Mr.. BROWNIE am not defending the
civil service machinery. | am not defend
ing the evils of the civil service rules. /
am attempting TO get American politics
above Tammany hall politics, machine pol
itics. partisan politics, and to get the gov
ernment on a business principle. l en-
dorse everything Cleveland has SO well
said on the subject and | condemn every
thing that he and his party have done.
Laughter.
Mr.. Springer was glad to hear the gen.
tleman, coming as he does from the state
that during the coming admins
tratlon an effort would be made
to enforce the civil service law. The news
papers had much to say about the clean
sweep that was to take place after the in
auguratiOn of President Harrison. He
had heard it stated on every hand that If
the incoming administration did not ap-
pease the thousands of hungry applicants
by making clean sweep after March 4, it
would disappoint many who were waiting
in anxious expectancy for the good time
to come for the next four years-fOr 1t
would only be four years. If President
Harrison administered the civil service
law in the same spirit in which it had been
administered by Mr.. Cleveland the people
would have no reason to complain.
Mr.. Brown (significantly)-It will not be
administered in the same spirit.
| never thought it would be, retorted
MIR. Springer. Continuing, he said that if
it were not for that cumbersome and obso-
lete machinery known as the electoral
college the Democrats would now be re-
Joicing In great national victory.
Mr.. jackson. of Pennsylvania suggested
that the Republican vote in one-third of
the country had been suppressed.
Mr.. Springer-I hope my friend will keep
quiet
Mr.. Jackson-You would like the coun-
try to keep quiet.
Mr.. Springer-I should think it would
worry the gentleman while facts of this
kind are brought to his attention. On the
principle which we submitted to the peo-
pie at the last election there was a large
majority of the people on the popular vote
who recorded III favor of the platform of
the Democratic party. OF the white voters
of the country more than a million ma
iority have decided in favor of the Demo
cratic party.
Mr.. Lodge, of Massachusetts,, referred
to the declaration of Mr.. Springer that
MIR. Cleveland had received a ma iority of
the popular vote, and said that in view of
the opportunity which the Democrats pos
sessed for increasing Cleveland S majority
in the southern states, they must feel like
Lord Give and wonder at their own mod
Grafton in giving him only 100000 MAORI
ty laughter
Mr. Cummings said that the sheer at
New York politics came with an i'll grace
from a Republican congressman from In
diana (Brownel. The world understood
the Indiana idea of the spirit of civil ser
vice reform. 1t had not forgotten that a
Republican vice president ut dinner at
which the leaders of the Republican
party were present openly boosted of the
use of Soap in Indiana [Applausel. 1t
had not forgotten that one of the leaders
of the Republican party was today prac-
tically fugitive from Indiana. The New
York political system had never included
the five block" business [Laughterl
Mr.. Browne said that the gentleman
from New York, Cummings had men
toned a distinguished Republican as being
a fugitive from justice. He would remind
the gentleman that the fugitive from JUS
tice was Democratic Jni,eI States al
torney, who had become disguised that
the facts did not justify an Indictment and
had resigned his office. He spoke simply
from newspaper reports III saying that the
grand jul y had failed TO return an indict-
ment because of the ackn )wledged fact
that the evidence did not Justify an III
dictment. No person connected with the
election in Indiana on the Republican side
was afraid TO put in an appearance at any
time and before any court. He would go
on the bond of any Republican who might
be indicted. While he did not believe
that Indiana methods had been altogether
right in politics, if the Democratic party
wanted to open the books they should be
naro,Cprotc ID
know how much money had been
used anQ who used it, the
Republicans were ready. He did not say
that his party was pure, he was not a.
tempting to defend ii because the other
party was worse. but if the gentlemen
wanted an investigation, in Gods name,
let them have it. Let no guilty man
In yindication of Indiana he
wanted to say that within twelve months
two distinguished Democrats had been
sent to the penitentiary for violating the
election laws. He had never heard of
such thing in New York.
Mr. Spinola-Yes sir; three Republican
inspectors of election are in prison now in
New York.
Mr. Bynum, of Indiana, said that <hhis
colleague had stated that that the at
torney general had resigned because there
was not sufficient evidence to cause the
indictment of Dudley. The district at
torney had sad no such thing.
Mir Browne-The gentleman did not
me as saying the district at
torney said it.
Mr. Bynum-No. the Republican papers
published it and have published every
thing that Is not true and nothing that is
true in Indiana for the last six months.
The politics and political methods of In
diana politicians We're discussed at some
length until Mr.. Buchanan, Of New Jer- /
sey, asked semi-officicially whether the
gentlemen from Indiana could not 90 and |
discuss post morteIn Indiana politics in the
cloak room while the house proceeded
with its business.
The motion of Mr.. Cummings to strike /
out the whole section relating TO the civil
service commission was then rejected-25
yeas. 13s nays, and the reading OF the bill
was concluded without further Interrupt
ton, and the committee having arisen the
bill was passed.
Adjourned.