Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1883 — Senator Beck's Bright Remark. [ARTICLE]

Senator Beck's Bright Remark.

Tb« Peuniylvani* R. R- Co., secur ©4 the C, C.;&»L C. road for $13,800.090. Hon, Lot fi. Morrill di*d at bis home in Augusta, Maine, Wednesday morniDg last. Snow thioughout Virginia and the mountain section of|Nortk Carolina ie said to average two feet, in depth. __ The Newball House, at Milwaukee was destroyed by tire last Weds nes iay morning and one hundred of the inmates burned to death or fatal* lr injurod in his anoua! message, Gov. Glick Kansas, pronoances prohibition •in that State a failure, diverting emigration, promoting litigation, encouraging the clandestine us® of liquor in olub reams, etc. Sum Fang, aged 21 years, took out naturalization papers a few days hi nee, in Rochester, New York, and arineunced his intention to act with the Democratic party. Mr. Fang < nme from ( bin* twenty years agoHe speaks and writes English fluent iy, and is a member of the Episcopal church. Senator Benz Monday morning, last introduced a very important road law bill. Its features are identical with the old law that existed up to twi- years ago. It prevides for ten hours work per day, instead of eight hours, he formerly, and also repeals the Republioan experiment now in operation. Now let the Republioan experiment creating and governing Boards of Health be repealed, and something that will be lees expensive and not so tyrauical adopted in its stead, Jack Logan, of Illinois, gives Gen-* erel Grant the followiag broadside for changing his mind on the Fits John Porter oase: "I have known persons (Ganeral Grant) to change their opinions before. I have known association and surroundings to influence men. Many circumstances are brought to bear upon them to influence their minds; but when a man does change his mind on this question or any other, let that man be competent and capable to demonstrate that the change is correct. I have not seen any demonostration of that kind in this case.* In a letter to Gen. Grant, Gen Longstreet raised tho point that Logan and his Ilk iginore a weil-rscog-nized custom of war, “that superior officers are not confined to tne rule that holds the army as a grand machine, limited under all circumstances to the letter of the orders of its chief, but are expected and required to use due discretion when not in his immediate presence, “and adds: “No doubt cases have occured in your experience when officers were as deserving of reproof for failing to exercise such discretion as for failing to obey orders,” He closes as follows: “As you state, it -was not possible for Porter to attack under the 4:80 order, Jhe failure to do which was alleged to be his high crime. If we may suppose that he received the order at 4:60 and had attacked, he woald have given us the opportunity that we were so earnestly seeking all that day, and in the disjointed condition of their army on that day the result might have been more serious than that of ths next day—the SOth.” To the extent of ike capaoity, the Kentlaxd Gazette labors to impress its readers with the belief that Senaator Voorheee is opposed to Civil Service reform. Gazette been more inclined Id magnanimity and less to deception, it would have informed its readers that Senator Voorhees opposed the Pendleton bill* and not civil service reform. Senator Voorhees justly characterized that bill as the “esthetic gruel of politics," and demanded a more thoro’reform than ite provisions aontempiated. The Pendleton bill does not meet the demands of the people in as much as it does not (provide penal laws lor the punishment of wrong doers in high places. Partial reform is not what the people demand. They want a reform that will embrace that class of officials who have for years been defrauding the government and depleting the treasury. It is not the olerks or subordinate of fleials who require regulating se much as the official magnates who are so conspicuously indentifled with the whisky and star route rings. When a bill Is brought before Congress that will do justice to that class of officials we opine that Senator Toorhees will be found one of its strongest supporters.

Washington D*«. 28.—Daring the late hours of Saturday night last, whila the debate on the ciYil service Ijill was in progress and Senators were weary and worn out, Senator Beck said too good a thing t*» be lost. Senator Gorham, of Maryland, was in the Chair, and at the time the venerable Captain Bassett, assistant Sergeant-at-Arms es the Senate, and who for a score of years was Captain General es the Senate pages, was leaning over to receive some instructions from him m presiding officer. Seaator Beck was hungry and thirsty, and wan. ted Senator Voorbees to go down to the restaurant with him' for refreshments. The Indiana Senator* wrt s a little tardy in responding, when Mr. Beck said: “Oh4come on Yoorhees; never mind that oivll service reform talk. It is all hum-

MU -- ■ - " bug; what do w® want with it? We have geod enough civil service reform now. Look at Gorham, sitting in that chair, presiding over the Senate, and he used to be a page, running around this floor. And look at old Bassett, bow--ing and scraping to him, when he used to lead him around bv the ear. Ain’t that civiLserviee reform enough? Come on now. Mr. Beek’e argument was convincing. Mr. Voorhees yielded without a word,*