The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-12-16
CIVIL SERVICE HUMBUc.
Continued from Page 1.

the OLD veteran represent may ODtaln
ticket for his home in Ohio if he can,
but the best thing he can do is to return
there as soon as possible.
"r am not in favor of total abolition
of the civil service law; but when l see
it operate, as it does operate, against the
men for whom We are legislating by this
bill, am moved to denounce it as have
done here.
"And now, Mr.. Chairman, one word
more Ii understood the other day
the gentleman from Indiana, Mr. John.
son, Alright, we are to be told there is in
this something of question Of party
loyalty that in some way man is not
good Republican at this day unless he
subscribes to what the gentleman was
pleased to term cardinal principle of
the Republican party, to wit, the prin
ciple, if it has any, of the civil service
law.
"Mr. Chairman, ask that there may
be read at the Clerks desk resolution
that was adopted by the last State con
vention OF the Republican party of Ohio.
at Toledo, in June last. The Clerk read
as follows:
"'We denounce the violation of the
civil service act by President Cleveland
in those orders which extended its oper
alton beyond its purposes and intent.
and demand such revocation Of orders,
or modification of the law, as will accom-.
plish its manifest purpose"
"Mr. Chairman, that resolution was
unanimously reported from the commit
tee on resolutions OF our last State con
vention, and when read to the conven
tion, one of the largest and most intelli
gent and most enthusiastic conventions
that ever met in our State, it was re
ceived with every mark of endorsement,
and approval. 1t is denunciation OF
the manner in which this civil.servic.
law has been administered, and I wish
now to say, with all due respect to the
gentleman from Indiana, that we have
in our State species of Republication,
that does not regard the civil-service law
as cardinal principle, or any other sort
principle, of the great Republican party
81 wish to say another thing, tina,
with all the regard we entertain for the
President of the United States-one OF
our own citizens and one of our very
best citizens, one of our greatest citizens,
I believe he is mistaken when he says
that the civil service law has the ap
proval of the people. Ipoint him, and
those here who appear ready to crack
the party whip over our heads, to the
fact that that act-the civil service law
does not have the approval of the people
of the State of Ohio. have undertak.
en- during the last few months to make
myself acquainted with the sentiment of
the Republicans from my Congressional
district on this particular subject. Dur
ing the summer we had Senatorial
conventions convention composed OF
delegates of four OF the counties of the
southern portion of the State of Ohio
and that convention adopted resolu.
ton denouncing in the strongest posi-.
BILE terms this civil service act, and az.
sailing the manner in which it has been
administered
''I want to say further, Mr.. Chairman,
that the press of the Sixth Congression.
al district OF Ohio is, l believe, unani.
mously opposed to this law.
COW NON, thot tha Da.,bl;oo~,
Ohio, 95 per cent OF them. yes, will 20
one better than the gentleman from
Ohio, Mr.. Grosyenor, who said the
other day, as l understood him, that
east of the Allegheny Mountains 50 per
cent OF the people were opposed to this
act, will 60 one better and say that 96
per cent OF our people are opposed to
it. [Applause on the Republican side
81 understand the doctrine of sound
the doctrine of protection to
American industries, to be a cardinal
principle of the Republican party ,and if
should show a readiness to be untrue to
them l should expect the gentleman
from Indiana, Mr.. Johnson, to arise in his
place and crack his little party whip
over my head, and l should shrink un
der it in terror.
"But when he rises here to announce
as cardinal principle of the Republican
party the law under which not one of
the 5000 old vetrans of my district can
get place which he is competent to fill
because of the act, beg leave to dissent
from the gentleman's view. [Applause.
"Mr Sba.tuc-Will the gentleman yield
to q question
"Mr. Brown-Certainly.
Mr.. Shattuc-Does he understand the
at Toledo represented prob