The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-24
CIVIL SERVICE RULES
The Subject OF Debate In the Senate.
several SenStorS DsmOUnee Them Hnd
Othsrs Defend Then,.

The Subject OF Debate IN the senate
several Senators OsnoHnes Them and
Others Defend Them.
WASHINGTON. D. C., March 23.-
The senate was unexpectedly precipL-
tated into u clyf1 service debate to-day.
It proceeded for two hours the civil SER
vice act, and the commission being un-
der IRE most OF the time. Tho debate
assumed added Significance owing t0
recent changes OF administration ana
the attendan: demad for offices. MT.
German, OF Maryland. called attention
10 the presence In Washington OF the
horde OF hungry place hunters and eX-
pressed profound sympathy with his
Republican associates over the restrlc'
tlous OF the civil service system
The discussion came Up on reSolu-
t,an 10 inyeStIgate federal removals at
south Omaha, Nab. Mr.. GRlllnger, OF
New Hampshire. characterized the civil
service system as Il humbug and de-
cIared he would be glad to cast hts vote
10 blot out the system. There was
continued applause In the galleries at
this statement. Mr.. Allen, OF NebrRS-
k1. called the civil service act "a man.
umental l1umbug." and Mr.. Wilson.
fRop,, Wash.) said It was "a humbug,
a delusIon, snare, and fraud"
Mr. HnWleY (Rcp., Conn.). while de-
Tending the principle OF civil service,
said its practice had been Intended with
glarIng incOmpctency. Mr.. stewart, OF
Nevada -(Pop) regarded the ClVN SER
vice commission as an ONCE pEokeEuse
establishment
The Massachusetts senator's. MesEFR.
Hear and Lodge. defended the law.
'rhe resolution directing the civil SER
vice committee 10 investigate the South
Omaha, Nebraska, removals, was
6T0ndened by an amendment instruct.
Ing the committee to inquire into the
general operation OF the law ana to re-
bort whether 1t should be continued,
amended OF repealed.
During the day Mr.. Berry OF Arkan-
aag. received ! telcgram st1ting that
sOO mississippi river flood sufferers had
SSoJeJ nj Helena, Ark. He secured the
HJnption of joint resolution for the
purchnSe Of 1000 tents for the use OF
The sufferers.
Mr., TurpIe, Of Indiana, spoke ut con-
siderable length In advocacy OF the
election OF United States senators by
the popular vote. detailing the uucer-
tnInties and frequent scandals attend
Ing the present method OF choosing SEN
utors
In the course OF Mr., Eufple Rpeech,
flor reviewing the historical points, he
smoke directly upon the subject Of the
eases now pending In the senate, in two
of which the legislatures failed to elect
md the aenntorS were appointed by the
Tovcrpors OF the states. 1t Is not now
Uncommon. he said. that the legislature
Sf a state spends the whole OF Its session
in attempting to elect a senator, and nd
Jnurng without succeeding In the at
;Smpt thus submergInH the rights and
interests local TO the people Of the state.
Tfnfiar the present method OF elcctinE
senators many of the states have been
deprived from time to time, OF their
po,inl suffrage In the senate. evils which
,ynIild disappear By the change lie advo-
cntcd lie then spoke II what tic called
Inc usirpatIon Of the power Of trusts and
the Influence he gald they cXcrtcd over
s,nte legislatures This " an instance OF
1Csnntlsfn 20 Odioua and OtfCnive. 20 con-
Irnry TO the inborn freedom ~ manhood,
in gich deadly hostility 10 liberty and
MgtIcc, az could only have been Invented
and enforced by the Shameless lhsolencc
md RuJnclty Of the syndicate OF trusts =
The defeated force bIll'' had been de-
pounred by the press ~ Infamous, but
Inc later force till OF the syndicate OF
trusts was ten fold more worthy Of such
."rhe oilgarchy OF the thirty trusts pro
feysag Intense opposition TO free lumber,