Rock Island daily Argus., 1888-12-19
PoStMortemPol ;
They Weary a Statesmen from
New Jersey.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM COMES UP

IN the House, Mixed with Much Eioquence
on the Late Trouble in Indiana-Buch-
anan Suggests That the Latter Subject
Be Adjourned to the Coat-Room-fhe
Senate Talking of Foregoing Holiday
National Capital Topics.
WASHINGTON CITY, Dec. 10 The house
had vote on the practical nullification Of
the civil service law yesterday, and previous
to the vote, which was over whelmngly
against the notification, lively partisan
debate occurred Cummings moved an
amendment striking out all appropriations
in the legislative appropriation bill for the
execution OF the law, and Spinoia Joined In
the attack
Browne of Indiana said that it was unfair,
1t was un-American, it was bad policy to as
sumo that one half of the American people
hearing the responsibilities and burdens of
American citizenship should not be per-
mitted to enjoy some of the emoluments of
The small offices that might be in the gift of
the party in power. II the government
establish the policy Of Tammany Hall
what would be the result The cleo
tions world become a mere scramble for
spots II there was corruption to-day in
national politics tas he regretted to say that
there was) it was because of the Infamous
greed for the emoluments of office Every gen.
tleman knew that one-half the offices under
the houss OF representatives could be abol
ished and the service made more efficient,
tut it was not done because gentlemen could
not bear to remove their friends from their
places Said he Al indorse everything
Cleveland has so well said on this subject
and condemn everything that he and his
party have done" liza lighter and applause
On Republican side
Springer said that if President Hsrri son
administered the civil service law in the
same spirit of fairness in which it had been
by President Cleveland the people would
have no reason to complain An ex-
animation OF the returns wouli sh ow that
Grover Cleveland had received 55SS, ,O0)
votes, while Harrison had received but s.
49, ,00o II it were not for that cumbersome
and obsolete machinery known as the electo-
raj college, the Democrats would now be re-
iolcing in O great national victory. On the
principle which we submitted to the people
at the last election there was a large ma ior-
| ity OF the people who decided in favor of the
| platform of the Democratic party. OF the
white voters of the country more than l.
| BOO, 900 majority have decided in favor of
| the platform OF the Democratic party
| Lodge of Massachusetts, said that in view
of the opportunity which the Democrats pos
sessed for increasing Clevelaud's majority in
the southern states they must feel like Lord
| Give, wonder at their own moderation in
| giving him only 100, 00l majority. Ii it was
the desire to destroy the commission honestly
and manfully, the way to do it was to bring
Ia bill to repeal the civil service law.
What was called civil service reform was
simply name for what was desired by the
people to take the great mass Of routine
Offices out of politics, Whether it was done
by examination or by drawing lots was
wholly unimportant Had not every
member groaued under the pressure Of offlre
seskerss There was not man or a party o
which patronage was not a source OF weak
ness at the polls. AT the last election the
Democrats had had the patronage; how
much had it helped theml At the previous
eection the Republicans had had it; how
much had it helped themi McComas OF
Maryland favored law which allowed the
poor and humble a chance to compete for
d ose places which were of minor impor.
tance. He preferred that system to that
gwen by Tammany Hall to New York,
where, out of 800 900 people, it required
but two men to say who should be mayor,
and where men must bow to Tammany as te
the great God When it was asked as he
capabler they pointed to Cardoza; and
when it was asked as he honestl' they
pointed to William NJ Tweed
Cummings said that the sneer at New
! York politics came with an i'll grace from
| Panphiiaap Ia,
: [Bro~nel The world understood the Indi
ana idea of the spirit of civil service reform
IL had not forgotten that one of the leader
+ | Of the Republican party was to-day prac
> tcally fugitive from the state of Indiana
: The New York political system had nevel
included the "five block" business. lLsugh
: teri
Randall agreed with Lodge in what h
had said about the disadvantages of patron
i, age.
! Browne said that the gentleman from
a New York ICummingsl had mentioned
\ distinguished Republican as being fugitv
from justice He would remind the gentle
a man that the fugitive from justice was tn
= Democratic United States district attorney
!, who had heco ne disguised that the facts d
= not justify an indictment and had resigne
:, bis office He would go on the bond OF an
Republican who might be indicted Will
be did not believe that Indiana methods ha
been altogether right in politics, if the Dem
= ocratic party wanted to open the books the
= should be opened. He did not say that hi
: party was pure; he was not attempting t
= defend it because the other party was worst
n but if gentlemen wanted an investigation i
Gods name let them have it. In vindicatio
, OF Indiana he wanted to say that in twely
70 !. months two distinguished Democrats ha
:. been sent to the penitentiary for violattn
% the election law.
Bynum Of Indiana said that his colleagu
had stated that the district attorney said
y had resigned because there was no evidenC
~ sufficient to cause the indictment of Dudle.
~ =, The district attorney had said no such thin.
ID Brown-The gentleman did not unde
II stand me as saying that the district at5orne
- had said iti
y Bynum-No; the Republican papers hay
~ published 1t and have published eyorythir
~ that is not true, and nothing that Is true
'n Indiana for the last six months
or The political methods of Indiana polit
40 clans were discussed at some length, un,
Oh Buchanan of New Jersey asked whether Il
sh gentleman from Indiana could not go ar
z discuss post-mortem Indiana politics in Il
lg coat-room while the house proceeded wi