The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-25

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II WASHINGTON, p y March 2i.---- The,
Senate to-d passed the Indian a' ?, g
spriation bill.3 After the routine OF the
bill had been disposed Of, Mr.. Bacon
aga In ra iseds the question OF civil service
ppointments;@ basing his remarks upon
the statement made by Nj - oar yes
tcrday to- the%effect that senators from
states OF political faith different from
that OF the President should be- con-
suited IT. the matter Of appointments 70
office. s. 3. III !, Y t..til
n Mr. Bacon chara cterized the sutterance
s'.as a most; not table one II con r en- =,
franchises one-third Of the people of the
United States in tho matter Of admis.a
sion Of Federal laws in their midst"
jThe present system was, he said. a denial
of the right of the people ir this re-
spect. and the denial said Mr.. Bacon,
was especially felt in the South. It
never had been intended by the trainers
of the government that any community
should be deprived Of tho right to pc
consulted tnt tho selection ~ Of Federal
officers any more thar in State or county
officers. ~,
G In the State Of Georgia, wi tn =, 800. 900
people, he said there Is not8a{ single office
holder, with.&the exception Of an occ a-
sional postmaster who would have been
selected blythe people ffithe5 State. The
State also, Is WITHOUT d slngl Y represent
tative In the, consula service. hat
was true of Georgia was practically true
fof55 every Southern State, and thus l lss
one third of the country absolutely 4 g-
iored in the distribution Of the Federal
offices. i5 q &
Moreover, 1t was intended that scna-
tors should be consulted in the matter
of appointments, but instead Of con-
&sulting the senators, the Federal thor
titles pass them by and consult three
referees, men who represent nobody ard
are appointed by no one In the State.
and men who could not be selected by
the State. ~
GOOD ONES SCARCE.
''Would any Republicans be elected
there 2" asked Mr.. Spooner.
Mr.. bacon answered in the negative.
and when Mr.. Spooner, pursuing the
inquiry further, asked If there were no
good ones there, he replied: VERY
few I.g
Mr.. Hoar asked whether Il Mr.. Bacon
had been President instead of Mr.. Cleve-
land, he would have appointed Republic
can ofliceholders on The advice of the
Republican senators from Massachusetts,
but MI. Bacon did not make direct re-
/ ply He said that the division should be
tulON5 OIttlIllCllI6SllSSs Civ l,S''o1t
ter rather than OF craftsmanship. Where
there are normal divisions, lle said ,8"the
party in power should appoint men of It's
own faith1 s.t & Y
He would not say that In the case Of
Massachusetts, for instance. q Democratic
President should confer with the sena-
tors from tho State in all matters Of
appointments, and that he should rely
tupor, their advice rather than upon that
of&political "heelers." But the condl-
3tions In the South, 5 he commended, are
entirely different from those existing In
y N1assa chusetts or other Northern States.
The President should inform himself as
toS the best interests Of the State when
about to mako an appointment In the
State. + s5.}}
Mr. Hoar stated that since the retire
ment OF Mr.. Cleveland, the nominations
to the judicial positions in the South had
had the endorsement OF Democratic SEN
ators from tho Southern States, and Mr.,
Bacon admitted this@lad been the, prac-
tlce In most cases, II made tho point,
however, that the judicial positions are
comparatively few In number.
Mr.. Bacon added that 1t was due to
tho present President to say that he
had asked him (Mr BacoO to inform
lin in case he knew of8anythings detrl-
mental to an appontee, but that he had
not been able to do so. MS he knew
nothing about intended appointments I'M
til names were sent In. Mr.. Bacon dis
claimed any desire to control appoints
ments because or he patronage itself,
but said that his only interest was that
OF securing competent officials "
A CASE IN POINT. d
In Illustration of his point that the
South Is practically sfranchised In Fed
eral appointments, Mr.. Bacon said that
only one Of the Isthmian canal commits
sloners Is from the South, and that q
| the nine members OF the supiiame Court
only two men are OF Sou thern birth. Il
Mr.. lioar said that New I1ngland is
unrepresented on the Canal Commission
and Mr.. Bacon replied that that was
the case, It was worth nothing, for y
waa very rarely that Nav england 5is
overlooked In such matters,
Mr.. Bacon also said that notWithst and'
ing the South pays Its share OF the taxes
practically all the money OK pended OF
account of pensions Is distributed IN tins
Northern States. 5
Mr.. Hopkins asserted that illinois pays
as much internal revenue taxes as any
seven or eight of tle Southern States
but Mr. Bacon replied that It Is "a fal'
lacy to say that the money Is entirely
collected In the State In Which IT rs
paid In he,Way Of taxes,
Early In the day, Mr. Gibson SPOKE y
support OF his bill for the repeal OF tbs
desert land tho timber and stone laws
NJ thofto ,tafi sr1allS635 Of tHS