Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-01-18
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MR.. HoAR.
Mr.. Hoar will speak tomorrow in behalf of
the labor bill agreed to by the committee on
that subject.
FAIL RIVER.
The secretary OF the treasury sent TO the house
of representatives this morning a communica-
ton enclosing another from Mr. Mullett, super
viSing architect of the treasury, in relation to
the erection of building at Fall River for a
post office aud custom house. Mr.. Mullett rec
ommendS the erection of building there for
the purposes named, and thinks the building can
be constructed for a sum not to exceed 100000.
He sets forth at length the reason why the
building should he constructed, which is in part
the increasing cotton manufacturing business.
ONE OF MR.. HoAR's PLANS.
The committee on education and labor will
tomorrow report their bill for a national educa-
tiona fund. Mr.. Hoar will have charge ofthe
measure, and will make a speech upon the
questions of state rights and privileges involved.
ANOTHER VACANCY.
Vincent Colyer has resigned the sccrctaryship
of the Indian commissioners, and Col Willard
A. Phillips, of Kansas, has declined an offer of
the position. BY the new civil service rules,
the incumbent must pass competitive exam
nation.
THE LABOR BILL.
The labor commission bill reported in senate
to-day is not essentially changed from the
form in which it .assed the house, the term of
two years for the existence of the commission
being continued. An appropriation for the
salaries and other expenses of the commission
has been added.
HARTFORD SCHEME.
Messrs. Strong and Starkweather, of Connec-
ticut, argued before the house committee on pub
lie expenditures, this morning, in favor of an
appropriation for government building at
Hartford. They ask for 100000, and it is un-
derstood that the committee will unanimously
agree to recommend that amount
CONGRESS AND REVENUE REFORM.
The senate finance committee have made
point against the revenue reformers in showing
to the country the kind of tariff bill they will
agree to. The vote in the senate on rccommittal
indicated the disposition of that body toward
the bill, and the moderate protectionists now
claim that it is about all in the way of revenue
reform that can be got out of congress.
The house will demand a more radical revi;
sion of the tariff, but Mr.. Dawes speech this af
ternoon does not give much promise of it. His
speech puts him midway between the extremes,
and there can be no doubt that he will support
a greater reduction Of duties than the senate
will agree to.
THE FISHERMEN.
The Gloucester delegation on the fisheries
question arrived this evening, and will CONSOLE
date their forces with the representatives from
Cape Cod, who arrived yesterday. The latter
called on the president in a body this morning,
and were kindly received, the president promis-
ing to favor legislation for their relief. 1o-mor-
row evening they will meet the Massachusetts
delegation, and, on Friday morning, Secretary
Fish has appointed an interview.
General Butler now says that he will favor
bounty law for the relief of the fishermen,
though he has no faith that it will pass, and,
when it is defeated, he shall urge delay until the
results of the Geneva conference are known.
The unpeasanmess between Butler and Loring
is coming too near the surface of the present
movement for its success.
FATE OF THE GREAT REFORM"
Civil service reform does not seem to have
many friends in either house. The Iemo.rats
will vote against the scheme, as presented by
The commission, almost solid, and large num-
Der of republicans will do so. There are quite
a number, however, who do not like the rules
proposed, who will, nevertheless, vote in favor
of any reasonable measure, as they do not like
to go upon record as against all reform.
Mr.. Butler takes open ground in the house
against the whole scheme, and lie has a very
large following. Mr.. Carpenter does the same
in the senate. Some people are quoting Mr..
Dawes as against the plan Of the commission,
and asserting that what he said in yesterdays
debate proves it, but there is no ground for the
allegation.
This position is that the rules of the commits
sion are insufficient, and that we must, at all
times, rely upon the executive to protect the
civil service from bad men. With his colleague,
Mr.. Hoar, he goes further in the way of reform
than the commission does, and would not allow
members of congress to make recommendations
to the office.
Senator Carpenter will speak tomorrow
against civil service reform, in the senate Mr.
Snapp, of Illinois, made ridiculous, but occa-
sionally amusing speech against it, in the house,
this afternoon.
The house committee on civil service discussed
to-day the subject Of clerkships for the various
committees of the house, but failed to reach any
nOcitiyp rpcu1t I'm bn tI,o
mittees are going on with their work and their
clerks in very much the usual style.
SAM WELLER.