The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-09-01
AT THE CAPITAL
Something About the Fellows Who
Make Votes.
The Heads of Departments Have Been
Chopped Off.
HOW THE REPUBLICANS ARE FIRED
A Lot of Stuff About the Tariff and Other
Things Which VIII Be of In
terest to All.

The votes of the house have had a vel
strong effect upon the senate, where tt
free coinage advocates have for SON
time hinged their hopes. Four or fv
senators have already announced
change Of heart, among them, Ransom
of North Carolina, and Gordon, of Geor
gia. A leading democratic senator i
authority for the statement that Their
Will be no hlibustering or any unusua
methods employed upon the democratic
side to defeat a fair and square vote upOr
the bill that passed in the house
lie says that SO far as the democratic
tree coinage senators are concerned they
will speak and vote against unconditional
repeal and for the amendments which
will DC offered and then let the bill come
to a vote. The free coinage senators
openly acknowledge that they are in the
minority in the senate, and that it is now
next to an impossibility to defeat uncon-
ditional repeal by any method. Their
hope of defeating it by a prolonged de-
bate and avoiding a direct vote seems
almost blasted. 1t is believed bv almost
every one that the bill, which passed the
house will become law before
many days. Then silver as a money
metal, further than that already in use in
this country, will have to depend upon
the success of an international agree.
mcnt.
The Nebraska delegation, during all of
the voting, was consistent with the posi-
tons heretofore assumed bv the members
MIR. Halner voted against all of the amend
ments offered to the unconditional repeal
and for the bill. Mr.. Mercer voted AGAINST
all but unconditional repeal. Mr.. BRYAN
voted for the ratio Of 1G to 1 and against
II, Is, 10 and 20 to 1 and against repeal
lie is for free coinage at the present ratio,
MIR. KEN voted the same, Mr.. McKeighan
ditto, and Mr.. Meiklejohn voted against
all amendments and for 90 to /.
AT no time prior to the enactment of
the civil service law were changes made
with greater frequency or in a more
sweeping manner than have taken place
IN the minor offices of the various eXecu-
tive departments during the past three
months. This is especially true in the
treasury and interior departments. It
would seem that Secretaries Carlisle and
Smith were pledged to exercise most
vigorously the use of new brooms
scarcely a week day has passed within
three or four months that the local news. ,
papers of Washington have failed to
chronicle the displacement of from ten to
fifty clerks in these departments. The :.
past few days have been fruitful haryests
the spoilsmen. "
An impression abounds that when once "
a man or woman secures employment in +
the executive departments of Washington 81
through the civil service commission and u
the competitive examination processe. u
that clerk is secure from displacement p
Tor partisan reasons. Most people be- y
lieve that department employees within IL
the CLASSIFIED servicc-those whose sala.
rles range from 5000 to 81 500 annually y
ire secure against removal if they only u
properly perform their duties and COM 90
nit no personal o~trense. This is q mis- p'
axe. There are two direct methods of
rid of any clerk or other emplove. tn
The first is to discharge him or her for
he alleged reason that the service per
ormed is not necessary. The second is
hat the clerk is inefficient. X
Again, the head of the department can
e luce the salary of the clerk or emnloye 49,
D u POINT below the minimum of the civil bu
ervice classification or promote and in fai
rease the salary to a point above the Ut
list and then dismiss without
living any reason. Still another wav 10
of a clerk within the classified
st is to simply dismiss, and then when "
is demanded, to say You were "
tensive in the discharge of your duties" "
Not one of the thousands of republic
N employees of the federal government
no have been summarily dismissed from
rvice since the advent of President n,
-eveland has ever thought for a moment hel
of
making complaint to the civil service LAT,
or demanding a reinstate- goo
., tiOl
ent. There is probably not a case on lin,