The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-08

heartily So.nei. This wzs government
for the people asd by the people. he De-
CARED and no aan should Be sxcs1def
from participation in the executive brarseS
OF me government by accident or hirtn
or the nissorsune Of early educalon. VEG
~as otherwise qualified Ohio Ne SAID h@o
repHd.ated the civil service law and was
opposed 20 the building up cs an oasce-
holding class IN this country.
rroeius Of PENNSYLVANIA, tire chairman
OF the COMMITTEES on civil service. defended
tna Law and the presidents inferpFesa,ioh
OF Il He thought any attempt 20 ieslsiat@
upon the question must be Regarded as an
insignity 70 the executive
6a,Iey commended Grosvenor's utter
auces asa,nst building up an ossce-hoia'ns
class I nthia country. doctrine ne SAID
which was almost literally embodied IN me
Chicago platform. Democratic applanSsD
.aThst q tina good feature OF the plat
form calculated S.esie Of Indiana, amid
laughter on the Republican side.
Jonnson. after come opening remarks
abou. the stup>ndous folly Of appointing a
b.-metalIlc commission to roll over Eu-
rore. made a strong speech in defense OF
the evil service law. Grosvenor ne
charged with being derelict in bis duty as
q Republican. The party, he ssid, was
unaiserabiy pledged to the support or the
Einiey, the most distinguished opponents
of its policies. had fought for the Law In
no uncertain language, and Grosvenor. ne
thought we'll nerited the rebuke admin
sstered TO him by Bailey. when the lat
ter charged him with supporting the CHI
cago platform. 0.aughterD
He maryeied that the mouthpiece OF the
administration had fallen so low. No por-
ton OF the presidents message met with
more hearty Endorsement from him than
that relating 20 the civil service, and he
warned his colleagues that IL they. put
through q bin In antag5nism to the law, II
would be vetoed. Moreover. he said. X
was a mistake 10 ina CINE that the sertf-
rnent OF the country opposed II. The law
was heartily approved by all except a few
degenerate politicians" who opposed II
from selfish motives. The trouble was not
with the law. but with its administration
by spoilsnen
Cochran OF Missouri In a satirical
speech. spoke OF the injustice OF turning
over a subject which Walker had freely
admitted he knew all about 10 Dinghy,
who had fathsred tariff bill that had al
ready produced $4,000 90 deficit.
Bland Of Missouri averred that II was
we'll understood that nothing would be
done with the currency problem.
BodIne OF Missouri alleged that the civil
service law was a humbug. the West and
South opposed II. lie gave some amusing
Illustrations OF its operations. and caused
laugh by the statement that Mr.. Cleve-
land had been some time I'm the White
House before he discovered that the United
States WAS not bounded on the west by
the Allegheny mountains
During the progress OF the debate Walker
and johnson had consulted with Dingiey.
and modification of the resolution OF
distri5ution was agreed upon. II struck
out the words ''the national finances, the
public debt. the preservation of the gov
eminent credit" and gave the ways and
means COMMITTEES jurisdiction over all
matters In the message relating to the
revenue. the bonded debt OF the United
states and to the treaties of the United
States affecting the revenue"
When this amendment was presented
the opposition withdrew and the resolu-
ton was adopted without division.
The house thcn, at o'clock. adjourned