Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-22
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
IT BRINGS OUT a LIVELY DISCUS
SION I'm THE HOUSE TUESDAY.

Democrats Who are too Anxious to Help
the Republicans and Muswump Ont OF
. MISUNDERSTANDING and spino1a At
tack h .Reform" and Move to Strike
Out the Clause Relating to the Conn
mission.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.-In the House
Springer stated that he would not call up
the territorial bills to-day. There would
be q meeting OF tine committee on Territo-
ries to morrow, and it would be then deter
mined when those measures would be con-
sidersd.
The House then went into committee oil
the whole on the legislative appropriation
bill.
the clerical force OF the civil service com
mission, and the amendment was opposed
by Randall. a length, debate then ensued
on the matter Of civil service. Henderson
said the spirit OF the law has not been car
ried out BIZ the present administration.
MCu1llitbu. tuCuOCEhSiVtJ CDhiiOuSO1 ehAc
statement. Henderson replied that he was
satisfied and believed that every mem Der
OF the house tnows that in the selection o.
clerks under the evil sercice law, politics
have absolutely dominated He is wellsatis.
fed that The republicans who passed exam.
nation with higher record than that o
democrats who had been selected, utterly
failed TO secure recognition. When we find
it stated under the oath ofbureau chief and
boosted of that 80 per cent. OF the ap.
~pointments in Office are democrats, we
know some singular
Manipulation IS GOING ON.
Cummings, of New York. moved to strike
cut the whole clause relating to the civil
service commission He believed the com
mission to be un-democratic, and he knew
that if the rules OF the commission were aD-
lied to the member s OF the house. not FIVE
eighths OF them would ever reach it's floor
again. ~
SpinoIa, of New York, favored the motion
as one with which seven-eighths of the peo-
pie of the country sympathized. He knew
that three-fourths OF the Republicans are
sincerely inwardly opposed to civil service
law, and that the Democratic side of the
house, il it could be polled sincerely, it
would be unanimous because it would be
acting i'm accordance with the overwhelm-
ing majority of the people.
Henderson asked il the Democratic party
did not pledge itself in favor of the civil
service law.
Spinola-It said it was in favor OF an
Horco.k ,;v;t capxioa 10 Z. wi1l ov,,1oin
that from a Democratic standpoint. IT is
the
CIVIL SERVICE LAW OF ~EFFERsoN
When an applicant appeared he was
asked, is he capable? Is he a friend Of
the Constitution?
Buchanan IN. J.)-Did the gentleman's
voice ring out in behalf OF the prin-
ciples in 1884?
Spiuola-Never otherwise in my life, and
what is more, that organization that sent
me here has time after time urged me to
stand up forthis service
Henderson's amendment was finally re.
jected.
The debate was continued at length by
Brown Of Indiana and Springer OF Illinois.
The latter look occasion to say that ii
President Harrison administered the civil
law in the same spirit it a been
administered by Cleveland, the people
would have no reason to complain. Con-
tinuing he said that if it were not for that
cumbersome machine known as the cleo
toral college the Democrats would
now be rejoicing in a great nationa!
victory on the principles which his party
submitted at the last election. There was
a large majority OF people on the popular
vote who decided in favor OF the
PLATFORM OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
Dodge, Massachusetts, said in view of the
opportunity which the Democrats possess
ed for increasing Cleyeland's majority in
the South, they must feel like Lord Give
and wonder at their moderation in giving
him only 100000 majority.
The motion Of Cummings to strike out
the civil service section was finally rejected,
and the reading OF the bill was c~oncludedF
The committee then arose, and the bill
T.llman, South Carolina, reported the
military academy bill, and it was placed
the calendar.
Adjourned.