The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-05-26
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM
Prove, a Fruitful Topic for Dis
cussion During
THE DEBATE IN CONGRESS
IN ,pr appropriation BiIl--why a
yc,nprr Wanted the Botanical
gar.Irn AboIIshcd--congrcss-
man wilson's Chances.

man Wilson's Chances.
w,.uryaroxi D. c., May 95.-Phvate
rr.ipe.s having been set aside the
rrar.. went into Committee OF the
whole Mr.. Blount, Of Georgia, in the
ch,irI on the Legislative, Executive and
,InJfriaI Appropriation bill, which was
r,J by paragraphs for amendment.
The Greater part of the afternoon was
manned in discussions upon proposed
io.r,g,. Of salary for House employees,
and in tedious debates on points of
n,r.r No material changes were made
ntrbiII.
ur Cobb, Of Alabama, opposed the
,,c,,nriation FOR the Botanic Garden.
IIr NJ .aiitna, when he first came to Con-
,,,.. he had said to an old member that
h. wnnld vote to abolish the garden.
mi. u.rn,brr-an economy and reform
Ergrgi, too-iold him that il he did,
he wonIl be a damned fool" Laugh
teri A., ,,,,,
o,H and the reply was that one OF the
U... 49, yg. that favored members could
",,rur. flowers there. His informant
l,rII no, tell where the flowers went,
Ir Eurw that they did not 60 TO the
members wives. Laughter. :,
}ir MrComas, OF Maryland, proposed
an amendment increasing the clerical
@r,r W oi the civil service commission.
ill., ,aIlal attention TO the fact that there
bad bpcn no published report OF the
commission since August, 1856. At that
ti,nr tbr President had cOniided civil
service reform to the jealous care OF Con-
gn.ss. Int now there was no better way
ior a Gentleman to earn the applause OF
The other side than to throw up his hat
and cry. "to the victor belongs the
snoil,r The President himself seemed
t6 hr 50 much concerned in other mat
trr.. that unless the Republican party
look care OF civil service reform it
would bc
WOUNDED UNTO DEATH
by the present administration.
Mr.. Clements, of Georgia, suggested
that it was Il great disappointment to Re-
pnblican politicians and leaders that
Mr.. Cleveland had not trampled under
ioot thr civil service law rs had been
I,r. unIrr Republican administrations
The last Republican administration
viii, twelve months before the incoming
Of lhr present administration, had made
more removals than had been made in
aav one year since.
Mr MrComas declared in 4 whole
century there had never been such
clean sweep oi general officers rs there
bad been under Cleveland, and now this
sweep WAS made under the guise OF the
most colossal hypocrisy that had ever
gracrd the office OF the lord high eXecu-
Iioncr The man who would stand on
tlc civil service plank OF the Republican
platform would carry out the law in
good faith; and the Democrats would
deceive nobody but morally dyspeptic
murwumps, who for free trade had
dickrrcd away civil service reform. The
President was committing every day and
week the mortal sin Of tinkering with
the tariff to the destruction OF American
labor and American industry.
Mr. Hopkins, OF Illinois, asserted, and
on the assertion, that
Throughout the United States, MIR,
Clrycland's federal office holders had
captured Democratic State conventions
and elected delegates tOSt. Louis regard
less Of the wishes Of the people.
Mr.. Herbert, OF Alabama, contended
that the provisions OF the bill for the
support Of the commission were ample;
and he contmstcd this action on the
part Of the Democratic Committee on
Appropriations with the failure OF the
Republican committees during Grants
TO make appropriations
to carry out the civil service law.
Mr.. Buttcrwarth suggested that the
Democrats were always satisfied when
their best came up to the Republicans
w0Hst.
Mr.. Reed said that he could remember
how gentlemen on the Othcrside in season
and out Of season, used topoint out the
MELANCHOLY SPECTACLE
Of Federal oiIicc.holdcrs participating
in the nominating conventions. He
that they used language
Of violent rcprobation at the appoint.
mcnt or removal OF men for political
purposes. They asserted that If they
ever came into power that they would
mend that thing, and declared that it
was to the interest OF the Republic that
it should end. Carrying out the senti-
lncnis Of their virtuOus oratory, he
President Clrvcland) at the beginning
nj his term had proclaimed that he in
tended to stop federal oilice-hOlder par
Iicipating in nominating conventions,
not having prophetic eye on the recent
Pennsylvania convention, or the New
York Convention. lAughter.l What
the Republicans pointed out was that
the gentlemen on the other side,
after all their Yirtuous oratory,
IS soon rs they got into power
did precisely the same thiRg about
which they were so indignant before
they got into power. They retorted by
saving "You did it." That was just
what they had said before the election.
That was precisely the grayamen OF their
charge. That was just the fault they
We're going to correct. And now, when
they committed this fault themselves,
they repeated what they said before
election forgetting that the conditions
had changed. The accusation made
against the gentleman was (andhe hoped
he was not unparliamentRryl that their
conduct, compared with their previous
declarations, Sayored OF hypocrisy.
llIughicr.l That was the gist Of the
charge and gentlemen could not get rid
oi It by repeating old speeches, because
those old speeches had been accom-
panied by promises OF Correction
promises the non.fnlfillment OF which
q. a oil