The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-05-19
ABLE AND ELOQUssr.
Seth ". Brown, the Representative Of
the 9Th District, Delivers Another
Telling Blow Against
Civil Service.

On the 2lst day OF last March Hon.
Seth w. Brown introduced q bill in the
Lower House Of Congress exempting
from the operation Of the civil service
law all soldiers or sailors Of the late and
present ar. The bill is - follows:
Be IL enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives Of the United Staets of Amer.
ica in Congress assembled, That ell per.
sons who now are or shall hereafter be
honorably discharged from the the mil.
itary or naval service OF the United
States shall be eligible for appointment
to all offices and positions In the civil
service of the United States, ct the dis.
cretion Of heads of Departments or off.
Gers whose duty 1t shall be TO make ap.
pointments to such civil services, without
any examination or test than such heads
of Departments or officers shall pfescibe.
SEC 2. That the rules made or which
may hereafter be made under the pro.
visions OF an act entitled "An act to reg.
ulate and improve the civil service Of
the United States," approved January
16, 1883, shall not hereafter apply to nor
regulate the employment of pefsons who
now are or who shall hereafter be hon.
orably discharged from the military
or naval service of the United States, as
aforesaid, to offices and positions in said
civil service nor the removal of such
persons therefrom, and in 30 far a. said
act can be construed to regulate. or
authorize the making of rules for the
employment or appointment Of persons
honorably discharged as aforesaid to, or
their removal from, Offices or positions
in the public service, the same hereby
repealed, and all rules which have been,
or which may hereafter be, adopted or
promulgated inconsistent with this act
are hereby annulled and rescinded.
In his speech on the bill to provide
ways and means to meet war expendi.
lures delivered April Goth, Mr.. Brown
refers to the above bill and, among other
things, says:
The flag of our Union now represents
States-forty five of them-bound to.
gether not only by constitutional ties,
but united in the common purpose of ali
their people, and this flag waves more
proudly than ever from window and
house top in all the land, and over re.
cruiting station, and marching column,
and assembling camp. 1t is more at.
tractive than ever. 1t has more of
brightness in its stars, and more of beau.
ty in its stripes, and more of grace and
glory in it's folds than we have beheld
there since the close OF the civil war
The blood of the generation passed
kindles in the veins of the young men
of this day, and they 60 trooping away
as their fathers marched. They 20 from
home and mother and sister and wife
and child to do and suffer and die, If
need be, for the principle, for the honor
of their country, and for humanity.
All honor to the surviving soldiers of
the civil war, many of whom are anxious
to again serve their country in the field,
and all honor to the men who are now
enlisting for the present contest. The.
Republic cannot do enough for them.
The money paid them is not compensa-
ton. They are entitled to far higher
recognition. I would make the honors.
BILE discharge of the soldier or sailor of
the civil war, or the honorable discharge
of the soldier or sailor of this war, Ger.
tiicate, fully emitting him to appoint
ment to any Office or position in the
civil service of the United States, with.
out any examination under the civil
service law, and without any examina.
ton or test, except that which the ap.
pointing officer might deem it proper to
prescribe. On the 2lst day of last month
introduced in the House bill to give
this effect to the honorable discharge of
every soldier and sailor, whether Of the
civil war or the present war.
The civil service law is so harmful to
the public service, keeping persons in
place after they become inefficient from
age or other cause, and is 80 in variance
with sound principle, and is so unfair
and unjust to those who perform good,
honest and patriotic work for the success
Of their party, that I would prune it
down to harmless proportions, leaving il
to apply only to few of the many class
es of officers which it now covers. But,
failing to secure it's severe modification
at this time, ! would now at least repeal
in the case of every honorably discharg.
ed soldier or sailor. l shall hope that
this bill may receive the favorable con.
of this House. ] think it 10
bill entitled "A bill to recog.
nize the services Of soldiers and sailors
and to encourage patriotic responses to
calls for volunteers"
Mr.. Browns speech is able and elo.
quent. and his constituents will have
renewed reasons, after reading the same,
TO feel proud of the representative of the
8tb Ohio District.
BUFORD.