Show STRIKING AT AN EVIL senator hoar of massachusetts has none gaone the state some service and they k ow it but it is ia questionable if be baa said or doue done is ia more directly to the point or more salutary lutary aa in its aims aimi than is ie the question raised by him as to the constitutionality ol of members of congress ervina ter t vini on commissions at lome home or abroad at the pret present ent time two such boards have mich ch members in their the international monetary congress cou gress and the bering seu arbitration commission the senator points out that the president sent senators fena eena tors tu to depret out this thia cu country in fit dealing with foreign nations nanoni iu in one case and in another ot of representing this country before a great tribunal which is tp tn determine it a great international dil dif it is IH further shown that other senators and represents lives have been appointed to ti n i other duties at home like the duty from which senator cullom asked the senate to excuse icim anat of investigating the he burk lugi ing of the executive departments bujes like these senator hoar regards as aa a analogous nalo irous to those performed 1 ly the civil officers of the government ami the practice of imposing them upun members of angress Cun on gress resy iu in either house he to node finds inconsistent with the clause of the constitution which declares that no senator or representative shall during the time tor for which he be was elected be stipo to any civil office under the afie authority of the united stites states which shall have been created or the emoluments whereof shall have beu been increased during such time and no person holding any office under the united states shall be ba a member of either house during K continuance in office u the only question to be decided would in orde to ilk seem U V W kv Ide 1141 determine imea t fr K t constitutionality or otherwise of au t appointments as those spoken of to iata batt ti one BB as to whether or not they are oli offices under the authority of t united states it is difficult to tak a how the conclusion ouno lusion that they are su BU offices can be escaped evereth Ever at that define such gloh sit jump 1 may a situation nation exi earlw the senator who thus serves I 1 la eni bloyed through the appointment the she executive and his own accept ai by reason ot of such employment 1 ht paid for his bis services icee he acts under if from his employer jya the government he is ia respa re ann sible and makes his big reports to it att ya acts in its name and by its authority thorit authors au ala aud and lastly it is not a military ceuz heo civil service looked at in this it ho t the matter assumes a very aerio serif ir aspect serious it if a violation of t 0 ra constitution independent of tho the obi 1 or results ot of such not act is serious ot but there is another aspect of n case that should receive a attenni th why should congressmen be sele selects select 1 at even it if the constitution were violated thereby they are chosed t 0 t another service altogether the cervas which are understood by both a and employed why aho 0 they not do what they are employed employ du do and lot let other burdens of nl state fall upon other should are there not men ot of botill character and willingness willing nees in number in the unites slates bultes to flu fill li commission or board however big hsieh F consequential without taking 1 01 aw row other public employment w should think so BO it ii all coatee anis seems to us oi of that disposition J ti Is so prevalent in this country anol a bot parts of it to load out cue individual wl in all 5 a number ot of offices thin thia is beith a lair air to the people in the sense sens een e that t usa if lie favors should be distributed 1 n justice to them in that tou too many jut dun 0 u undertaken oy by otte one person I 1 is 18 apt to fasl the means ot of leaving jt some it not all them indifferently performed or performed peri ormed at all lc it la in a very able system more honored b the than ihan the watter matter whether the president of f th united states or the mayor of a to tc practices it senator hoar IS ig on t right truck let us hope he be will go ah ab until the growing evil aimed brought to an end THE of the NEWS has hag the following upon the nomination of the ROD gen committee on a worlds public press 0 gref S of which mr william penu penn X afa is chairman and mr james W adi sdi vice chairman I 1 have the honor to ingvi dinv you to attena attend the congresses in the d apartment part ment of the public press to 0 con in chicago during the week commane oom may 1893 and to request the is fai of an early accept acceptance anee CLARENCE E YOUNG assistant secretary worlds cong coni auxiliary I 1 WORLDS CONGRESS HEAD chicago illinois |