Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-10-04
AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY.
POLITICS IN THE SENATE.
The Administration Attacked and Defended
BILL IN THE HOUSE.
Discussion on the Mormon Clause
The Senate.

The Senate.
INQUIRING AS TO VIOLATIONS OF THE CIvu. SERVICE
LAW.
MI. Chandler offered q resolution (Which was
laid over TILL tomorrow directing the Attorney
General to inform the Senate whether or not, dur
Ing the present year. there has come to the knowl-
edge OF the Department OF Justice, any violations
OF the 11th and 14th sections Of the civil service
law OF 1883, and, If 50. whether any prosecutions
nave Deen Instituted TO punish such Violations
BILLS REPORTED.
Among the bills reported from committees and
placed on the calendar were the following:
The Senate bill TO authorize the sale OF timber
on certain lands reserved tor the use OF the Chip
pewa Indians In Wisconsin anu Minnesota.
LANDS IN sEvERALrY TO THE INDIANS.
The Senate bill regulating the allotment Of
lands in severalty to Indians
Mr.. TELLER ON GEN. BENET's CIRCULAR
The senate, at 1880, resumed consideration of
Mr. Hales resolution on Gen. Benets circular as to
discharges from arsenals and armories, and Mr.
Teller opened the discussion upon 1t. He stated
that wuIle he was member OF the Cabinet he
never knew that employees In his Department paid
or Old not pay, any sums OF money Tor political
assessments, nor did he believe that any other mem.
per OF The cabinet d1d. he though 1t very grave
misfortune that the people should have come tO
DeneVe that vast sums OI money were collected, or
were necessary, lor the purpose Of carrying on
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DENTAL election depended on money, the republi.
Can party might as well surrender now as at any
money not only in this campaign but ali other cam.
paigns, had always greatly exceeded that OF the
republican party, except IL may have been tmme-
diately ar,er the war,
WHEN THE DEMOCRATS WERE IN A pRNoRAIIzKp
CONDITION,
growing out OF their connection with the Rebel
lion, In the first place, the democrats had solid
south to begin with, where it was not necessary
TO spend dollar for printing and circulating
political documents and where they could count
on 153 electoral votes. The democrats need only TO
spend money In The three or tour doubtful states.
In the present contest Qnvolving the economical
cratic party had the opportunity, The MEANS
THE POWER TO RAISE VAST SUNS OF MONEY
Tor the purpose OF carrying on the campaign. 1t
was an open secret that all the men who controlled
immense wealth in this country, all the men Of
extraordinary wealth (no matter how acuuired)
were IN fuu sympathy with the efforts to repeat
the democratic administrator. With nearly
Sixty millions OF the public money now In
United States banks, instead OF being in circula-
OF the debt, 1t was easy for the democratic
national committee to Call upon those people,
PLUNpRRrNa THE GOVERNMENT
In that way, for their contributions, and they
would hardly say "nay," when the retention OF
thls money Qor which they paid no interesy de-
pended on the good will OF a democratic Secretary
OF the Treasury, who, IL was sa1d had himself con-
whom 1t was said (wheIher IruthI1lIy or noU Ih e
MS nearest relative had contributed twice as
much.
Mr. sAULsBURYs REPLY.
MI. salisbury said he supposed that the resolu-
ton had answered the purpose for which 1t had
Deen offered: That was 70 furnish q text FOR
TRADES against the Administration, against tue
democratic party and against the people Of the
south He dld not desire TO enter into the DO
n1cal discussion, but he wanted to express his
opinion in reference 70 the character the debate
IN nis humble judgment, such debate and such
Administration had been reviled, misrepresented,
traduced. simply for the puI pose OF getting votes
In the next presidential election. That VS. The
truth, and the whole truth, about the debate He
(Mr salisbury had
NOT MUCH RESPECT FOR CIvIL-sRRvICE RRFoRM
He believed that the party in power ought to SEE
that its agents were men Of capacity OF integrity
OF honesty. and OF fidelity. That was the kind of
civil-seTvice reform that he believed in. II he had
and revoke every order made under it. He COM
mended the purity OF the present Admin
no Ono and remarked that under it
out with the understanding that the contractors
would contribute to party campaign funds He
inst ance Of corruption, direct or Indirect, remote
or immediate. He characterized the attacks upon
the President as an attempt to clip his wings, In
neld next November, and he declared that Mr..
Cleveland would live the history OF his country
long after his traducers were forgotten.
Mr. DAWES RIDIcULED MR.. sAULsBuRY's PRRoRArIoN.
and asked why that Sen tor had not told the peo.
pie for what reason Mr.. Cleveland should live 90
long in history. He knew that there were many
instances where men lived in history not for their
good, but for their evil deeds. The revelations OF
the deoates were he said, but the fulf1iment OF
discussion In the Senate the very evils were fore
told OF 1t which had been unfOIded under the
present administration It Was not easy 70 work
the cure OF an evil that was inDr d and that was
curable only by conversion. The mire into which
the civil-service law could be dragged was to
sSose SSO ws1s eny Sr The aSs Se0s q
clothed with the powers Of administration, SO Il
had been thought; so 1t had been put on record
when the law Was under discussion, and SO 1t had
proved In the frst administration called upon to
execute it. Never, in all The history OF party poll
tics tas connected with oriciai re) had there been
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PROFESSION AND PRAc-
TICE,
in that regard, as during the present Administra-
tion.
Mr.. Stewart said that he had come to the con-
ciuslon that the civil-servce law was bad one
and that II ought TO be repealed. 1t was q law TO
cutlOn OF winch =.
WOULD BREED RACE OF RAsCAIs
Under 1t there was no responsibility anywhere.
He knew OF no better class of men to hold respon-
Senators who made the recommendations under
the old system. he thought thaC an act OF oblfy-
ION ought to 0e passed al the present session OF
congress and the old system reverted TO- SO that
the responsibility for appointments might be dxed
NOW tne spOLls system was intensified. ana an.
polntments 10 once were placed in the hands or
spolismen alone, Instead OF In the hands OF mem.
bers and Senators. So long as the ctvti.service
law existed there would be scandal under any ad-
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TIE RESOLUTION As 10 THE BKNRT c1kculAR PASSED.
The resolution was then agreed TO without d.
vision. As adopted 1t directs the Secretary Of
War TO transmit full Information a. to GEN. Benets
orders what necesstteso OF the war required such or
oer: why IL was marked "conndentiai:" all Changes
ofemploy made under In arsenals and armorie,:
@especialy esp whether, at the Rock Island arsenal,
tne WiIe anu CHILDREN or former Union soldier
were removed; what measures, II any, were taken
70 iearn the political oplni0ns OF women and
cMluren; alsO directing the secretary or war 70
IRE hsnit copies OF any further order or circular
reatlng 10 tne appointment or persons in any part
OF me war Department SINCE the zth OF March,
isso, WIN copies OF any correspondence reaating
10 tue politics OF employees.
CONFIRMATION o. FoU1TH-cLAss PoerlAsrxRa
The senate bill relating TO the classification OF
postomces, and amendatory OF act OF Sd March,
1859, 10 adjust the salaries OF postmastefs1 was
(on motion OF Mr.. Reagan) taken from the calen-
oar Ior consideration. Mr.. Reagan explained It
Ae reminded the senate OF the petitions Tor the
!ncrease OF compensation Of second, third ana
tourth-class postmasterx The second and third
classes had been provided for In the P0st-0n1ce
appropriation bill by allowances Tor rent fuel and
nght There was nothing, however, In that oct
which anected the fourth-class postmaster4 The
pending 6ll refsrred 10 them alone. There