Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-27
CONGRESSIONAL.
,;.,nssion of the Bill Increasing the
rIsrical Force of the Civil Ser
vice Commission.
o,,,Is System Lauded-The Measure
sns ... the House-Cutting Down Sal
aries in Appropriation Bills
Fittieth Congress.
THE HOUSE.

u,sH1SGroN, May &c - The House
", into committee of the whole on the
S.'.l.tiye, executive and Judicial appro.
me nending amendment offered by Mr.
,,.romss OF Maryland, increasing the
n ''.,c.l force Of the civil service commits
~. Was advocated by Mr.. Gracey
IN Iy,T York, who said that the increase
.1Id enable the President to extend
v. classified list. The President had
~, criticised for not having made an
Nsa,aion, The President WAS not to
s GO BE waited for action on the part
g 9I.1o commission, ard the commission
v. delsyed by reason OF want Of the ne
..ry means which Congress
;'5e could provide. He was
~ 10 see' the commendable
ss.,it Of emulation shown by the gentle
Asn "a both sides to prove the interest
Jtbeir respe ctive parties in the cause OF
xvii service reform.
NJ Whitthorne of Tennessee. thought
s,t with 20, 900 applicants Visiting for ad-
-isslon 10 the civil service there was no
.-acsssity for haviog thsE number multi
.I,od The effect o. multiplication VIC n
y 10 debauch young men and women OF
.ss country by Withdrawing them from
mai. n. pursuits, and putting them o six
I'M. sests as applicants for Office. H.
s,s glad he had voted sgsinst the civil
. 'sryice Law. He hsd believed then, IS he
Ssisyed now, that it was snti-Iepublicsu
md snti-dem0cratic in its tendencies.
70 believed it would grow to be
sore on the body poll
n full Of mischief and danger
:, the theory on which the government
T.s founded. Standing IS be did as one
If5e compliments against the admins
t-,ton for not turning the Republic us
out spd putting the Democrats in, he had
,,soa TO admire the fidelity Of the Pres
isut to the pledges made in his letter
,1i his course in the execution of
was. he found to be the law Ct
be land. He knew in his own
nsrsonsl experience that when
sehsd applied to the President for the
removal OF officials because they were
republicans the President had stood i'm
n6ysble. In lis own state OF Tennessee
mere had not been one single removal OF
presidential appointee. The President
Ind waited until the officials term ex.
pred,
Mr. Hopkins of IllInois-'fWas any
ciMge Of inefficiency brought agains,
sny Of them?"
NJ. Whitthorne-"I take it for granted
tAm ineffciepcy ia Republicenism Of
Office holders" Laughter. 81 am
PERFECTLY frank, for l believe that at the
ballot box the people Of the United
States are soVereigns, and there
they preserved the character OF
our Institutions snd any body,
civil service commission or not, that
stands between them and their judgment
l. working contrary TO the theory Of our
Institutions" Applause on Democratic
side
Dir. Hopkins-"I thank you for you,
iIakness."
Mr. Whitthorns-"I am frank and il
you ever come into power, God forbid
ay you dc, hope you will Gct on the
principle have stated"
Mr.. Adams Of Illinois favored the use
Of force, believing that the system should
be tried in good faith, ana the commits
:on should be given ample sppropris-
tons to 1d out whether the system/was
s!silure or success. He believed that
81 honest spoils system WAS far better
hsu sll the alleged civil service syst ms
which was accused and suspected from
one end Of the country to tie other OF
being carried out with insincerity.
A1r further debate the amendment
vas agreed to-8l to Il u The amend
nent provides for one additional clerk of
class 3, one of class 2 and one at $1,000,
Mt increases the appropriation for thu
Necessary travelling expenses from $4,000
10 5000.
ar. Grain of Texas raised q
point of order against the ap-
p,opristion of $4,000 for salary
Of the 'st Suditog'ot the Treasury. He
quoted from the statute law fixing The sci
iT Ct this Cfficisl at $4,000, and de-
aouuCed the practice of cutting down SAL
Miss on appropriation bills. II the sails
Ties OF government officials were too large,
!sg2nersl bill reducing them should be
Brought in, but they should not be
ieiaced in an appropriatienIbill in order
enable the Democratic party to gosbe-
I0ie the people in en- election year and
punt to the economical sp rupriations.
The point Of order was sustained snd
ne appropriation ruled out.
Tending further action the committee
lOse snd the House aCj burned.