The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1888-01-13
LATEST NEWS.
EA ARTHQUAKE IN on
TAREO.
Nichols to be Governor of
LOIIiSina.
COKE. OF TEXAS, OPPOSES
THE BLAIR BILL.
Senator Hale DenOunces the
President and Civil
service.
OTHER NEWS ,FR0N ALL PARTS
OF the WOR 6D. --- )
Congress.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.-SENATE:-
Mr.. Salisbury introduced Joint
reso ution declaring that no further
effort can properly be made by the
United States to obtain the cooper
alton of the European governments
in establishing a common ratio of
values between silver and gold. IS
money. Laid on the table.
=, Bills and resolutions were intro
duced and referred:
BY Mr. Manderson to increase all
invalid pensions to SIS. per month.
A statement accompanying the bill
says it will increase the pensions of
146, 1888 persons now carried on the
pension rolls, and will increase the
annual pension payments by S6,-
S53,352.
The resolution offered by AIr
Hale, on the 18th of December, for
a select committee to examine fully
into the present condition of the
civil service, was taken up, and Mr.
Hale addressed the Senate in expla-
nation and advocacy of it.
He declared that his object in OF
fering it was to secure an investiga-
ton with the sincere purpose Of
bringing before Congress the present
actual condition Of the civil service
of the contry, and also the perform
ances of certain high and low Off
! cials OF the government.
Mr.. Hale charged President
Cleveland with insincsrity in his
public utterances in favor of civil
service reform and accused him Of
having violated all MS pc, sonaI
pledges and those embodied in his
partv's platform upon this subject
He quoted tronI Il table published
last June, showing sweeping changes
that had already taken place in all
the departments of the public ser
vice among officials subject to exec
utive action and said he hoped to
have in few days further a table
showing how this conquering march
of the democratic party in pursuit Of
office has continued down to the
beginning of this year. This show
ing, he said, is unexampled in any
other administration in American
| history.
Mr.. Hale criticised the Presidents
letters written during the recent DO
litical campaign in New York city ;
that TO Edward Cooper in which he
said the newspaper clippings which
had been sent him by Cooper did
not amount to enough to raise a
doubt of his desire for the success
OF both the city and State tickets OF
+ the united democracy, and that
, read at the democratic ratification
meeting regretting his (Cleveland's(
inability to he present, and express
ing hope that every candidate on
, the excellent ticket of the united
/ democracy might be triumphantIy
} elected Passing on to the subject
Of political assessments, Mr.. Hale
quoted from the Washington Post,
(Which he spoke of as an organ OF
the administrations Cf the first OF
3 November last in regard to the col
lection in tie Washington Republic
can describing how the assesm"nts
for that campaign were b. ing levied
in the government printing office
, From AL this he said something
, now ought to be plaini = en Dy
:, every man who was not stoue blind
The value of this cry of civil ser
| vice reform" had ceased to be Oi
any estimation in the minGs IF the
leaders of the democratic party. Tne
old ms thods, he said would prevail
This wear the lan,F WuU: r.. .Tilh
efforts on behalf oi the prrSiden
iii candidates. lie affirmed his
br!i2f and v+uturrr tie pr, dictiUn
that no means aud nr appliances
that had been. III veal, past, used
5 br the democratic parry. "ould fail
e 10 he r. sorted 10 this year. lntimi-
d#ti,m, outrage, murder (it needed) }
would open again the bloody grave
in which would be entOmbed anew
tie free ballot cf the South.
I fine thing which has been, is
tie thing which will be, and there
s will be found no new thing under
e the sun" The means and appli-
p ances and practices of the demo,
1 cratic parry would all be resorted
r r to in its desperate attempt.to retain
hold OF the national governms Mt
In the meantime where would tn,
Independents be?
Mr. Hale's speech attracted great
q and unusual attention in the Sen.
t ate chamber. hut few seats on either
;. side being vacant during its delivery
which occupied about two hours
and a half. AT lis conclusion Mr.
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