Morning journal and courier., 1890-04-18
THE FIFrY-rlRsr CONGRESS.

Lively Discusslon ON the House Joint
RESOLUTION for the Appointment OF
Thirty Medical Examiners for the
Bareau OF Penslons-The House Adj
Soufned Ous OF Respect to the Memory
ofMr. Randall.
Mr.. Gray the house bill to transfer the
revenue cutter service from the treasury de-
partment to the navy department. was taken
up for consideration.
Mr.. Gray spoke at length in favor of the
bill, and in conclusion gave notice that to.
morrow after the morning business he would
move to take up the bill and pass it.
The bill was laid aside at 2 O'Clock and
the senate proceeded to consider the house
joint resolution for the appointment Of thirty
medical examiners for the bureau Of pensions
without reference to the civil service law.
Mr.. Faulkner spoke against the provision
taking the appointments from the control OF
the civil service. It was impossible for him,
he said, to understand why such provision
was inserted in the Joint resolution. The
seventeen medical examiners now in Office
had been appointed under the civil service
thirty others without references to that sys-
tenn. There was no exigency demanding 1t.
The eligible list to-day contained the names
OF more than thirty men who had passed
their examinations for medical examiners,
and the appointments should be made from
that list. He moved to strike out that pro-
vision of the joint resolution.
Mr.. Cockrell said that he had hoped that
some member of the republican party-the
party of civil service reform-woald have
raised his head In the senate in defense of
that child of tho party.
Mr.. Frye-It was Pendleton1s child, was it
not.
Mr.. Cockrell-No. 1t is the product of the
republican party. That party has seen the
handwriting on the wall, "mene, meme, tekel,
upharsin."
Mr.. Hoar-What does that meant laugh
Mr.. Cockrell-It means that you are
weighed in the balance and are found want
ing, as the same scene will indicate in 1892.
I want republican senators to tell me what
this means: What is the object Of
this attack on the civil service law
and on the civil service commits
missioner of pensions cannot select thirty
qualified surgeons from the eligible lista Is
that the reason for this covert, cowardly at
tack on the civil service law? The fact that
the bill has been here since March shows
that there is no great urgency for 1t, and If
there was the quicker way to get these
examiners is to take them from the eligible
list. We to-day behold the beautiful spec
tacle of the commissioner of pensions in
open rebellion against the president, defying
the president and trampling under his feet
the civil service law and the rules approved
and sanctioned by President Harrison. And
We see the commissioner of pensions aided
and abetted in this attempt by the
republican secretary of the interior. Mr..
Cockreu charged that the object of the pend
ing measure was to destroy this breakdown
it indirectly and not in bold and manly
way. He went on to give history of the
law and to quote from the various republican
platforms affirming devotion to it.
Mr.. Hale asked him whether the demo-
cratic platforms had not done the same
thing.
Mr.. -Unquestionably but am not
to-day.
Mr.. Hale-So understand.
Mr.. Cockrell-I am trying to bring to the
recollection and conscience of my republican
friends the record of the republican party;
not of the democratic party.
Mr.. Ha1e-I do not believe that the gov
eminent will live long enough to discuss the
record of the democratic party.
Mr.. Cockrell-We will discuss that In
1892.
Mr.. Hale-You will not discuss it here.
will guarantee.
Mr. Cockfell-I will discuss it here when
it becomes an issue, but I do not intend that
| the issue in this case shall be turned off on 9
| side track. After long speech Mr.. Cockrell
| closed by calling for the yeas and nays on
Mr.. Fsulkner's amendment.
The vote resulted-yeas 10, nays 22-not
| q quorum. Three republican senstors-Al-
drich ,Hoar and Sanders-voted in the affirm
| alive with the democrats. The roll was called
| and forty-four SENATOR'S quorum-an.
| swered to their names.
Mr.. Hoar moved to amend the amendment
| by inserting the words sunder regulations tt
be prescribed by the president of the United
States.
At the close of the discussion Mr.. Hoar (a
Mr.. Faulkner's suggestion) modified hi
amendment 30 as to read that "the examina
| ton for the appointment of these medica
examiners shall be under regulations pre-
scribed by the president of the United
States"
The amendment was agreed to-yeas 80
nays 8.
After the reading of the journal Mr.. Butter
worth of Ohio arose and said it was seeml
and proper and a just tribute of respect to tn
memory of the distinguished man (Mr. Ran
daily whose funeral took place to-day tina
the house adjourn.
A motion to this effect was immediatel
adopted.
A Building Shattered by Dynamite.
KANSAS CRY, Mo-, April Thames Keat
ing, contractor, used an overcharge {
dynamite in blasting at Tenth street an
Baltimore avenue to-day. One huge ston
was hurled through the window of GLOW