The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-03-05
A BIG INNOVATION.
r pr. >entatiuc Bailey of Texas Has a
Scheme to Do Away With the
Spells System,
If He Can Secure the Cooperation of
Other Senators and Representa-
tivcS-HiS Plan
i 10 Make 1t Unlawful For Amy Con-
gresham to Recommend an APP
pOintment.

WASHINGTON, March 5,-Representa-
tive Bailey of Texas proposes breaking
up the ''spoils SYSTEM if he can secur
the cooperation Of the representatives
and senators in congress. 1t is his pur-
pose shortly to introduce a bill, making
it unlawful for senators and representa-.
tives to recommend to the president and
heads of departments the appointment
of any person to public Office. Speak
ing with a reporter Mr.. b tiley said: Il
favor such a law, in the first place, be-
cause it is
The Only Possible Way
to secure the separation and independ-
ence which the trainers of the constitu-
ton designed should exist between the
executive and legislative departments of
the government. 1t is now the duty Of
the president to recommend to congress
such measures as he shall Judge neces'
sary and expedient,' and has the right
to veto such as he may consider unwise
or injurious. Certainly this is as much
legislation of a free and intelligent
people, without experimenting with a
system Of appointments which can be
and has been used to influence the
action of congress. 1t is within the
knowledge of everybody that patronage
is sometimes distributed
To Induce Men to Vote
contrary to their convictions, or to pun
ish them if they refuse to do so. If you
forbid the legislator to solicit appoint
ments, remove him at once from the
hope of favor as we'll as from the fear
of punishment and his vote will then be
determined by his w judgment. Of
course, representatives. and senators
who belong to the same party as the
president will always support his poll
cies whenever they can do so consistently
with their sense Of duty, but when they
honestly disagree with him, they will be
exempt from the discrimination to which
they are now subjected. | favor such a
law in the second place because | be-
lieve that it is
B. st From a Party Standpoint.
What mean by that is this: That with,
i'll three months after an Inauguration,
a bitter feeling may develop between
the president and his party in congress
over appointments with which represen-
tatives have no proper connection at all,
and senators no individual right to in.
t~erfere, the advice and consent pro.
vided for in the constitution being the
advice and consent Of the senate as
a'whole, and MOI of the senators indi.
vidually. If we could not make recon,
mendations there would be no resent
ments growing out of them. Doubles:
differences would arise between the
president and his party friends in con
gress, but they would be over public
questions, and the country would be
spared the Humiliation
depend upon the skill with which cab
met officers a bestow tavors.
II favor such a law, in the third place
because | believe that it will greatly re
lieve the senators and representative:
themselves. These appointments involve
a good deal of work and an infinite dea
of worry, which ought to be expended
upon legislative matters, n yet, WheI
we have done our best to ascertain
the fitness of the applicants and tx
respect the preference of the people
th-n every time one man is appointed
five are disappointed. The result of i
all is, that members of congress Otter
find the appointment of a fourth clas
postmaster as much of a factor in thei
reflections as the most vital question 0
political economy"