Morning journal and courier., 1881-12-14
FORTY-sEVENTH CONGRESS
WAsHrNaroN. Dec. 13

sENATE-The feature of the days session was the debate upon civil service, Mr. Pendleton leading of Of the present administration of civil service and ing system that made the assassination of Garfield possible He reviewed the utterances and, writings of Senator Dawes on the subject and inferred from them that Dawes desired no change. He closed with general explanation of his bill.
 MT. Dawes followed mainly to disavow the infer differed with Pendleton during the last Congress only minor features of the bill. His main oppos whose views every applicant was to square himself to be appointed @ The difficulty, he said was not in was the omnipotent public opinion to make the stat be offered at the proper time providing that appoint ments be distributed among the several States rding to the present census.
 MT. Hill, of Georgia, said nobody questioned the evils of the present system. The trouble to fin any want of legislation could not see how leg islation would remedy them Everybody preached, trayed the death of President Garfield, who had scarcely laid away, and while the people all letter to his successor asking his aid to coalition to secure Republican offices in the State and the President with the mourning insignia all around him and in every nook.and corner of the land made the appointment requested, and before the pen with hoy e to Coner es ~ civil service reform of in the hearing of his voice had read the pa pers from former President and Secretary of State for the removal of this from the New York GUS tom house because he had made his office poit removed made candidate for Vice President and supporte d by the very that had insisted on his removal. clamor was made about ballot box frauds and sSsTsa fh1s with fh0as sonn.ess wss sd tsass frauds had received offices Witnesses had that they had committed frauds to obtain offices they hold their offices to this day. The Senator fro Massachusetts was correct. If the people vent their condemnation upon this system, an indi vidual party upholding it, the evil would cease
 MT. Voorhees, Introduced a joint resolution pro posing an amendment to the Constitution providing that postmasters, collectors, &c., be elected by the people of the State where duties to be collected The Senate, on motion of Mr. Anthony, went into executive session. where the nominations sent by the President referred to committees, and at 3:45 adjourned till tomorrow.
 HoUsE-Mr Taylor, O., oferedia B resolution, which was unanimously adopted, for the appointment claims for services and expenses growing out of the inens and burial of the late President Garfield also be granted the widow and family of the late presi 6ent
 billswere introduced and referred among others be- ing the following: By MT. Hewitt (Alal-To repeal snuff cigars and spirits distilled from apples and other fruits also for the better protection By MT. Wait, of Connecticut, resolution asserting the constitutional prerogatve of the House to orig of the tariff Mr Stephens, Ga relative to the coin age of stella and gooid two dollar pieces and frac- tions of dollars. Mir. Thomas, ILL, to equaize the bounties of soldiers of the rebellion, also imposing tax the manufacture of oleomarga- rine. MT. Morrison, H., to reduce existing tariff duties imported goods ten per cent MT. Sherwin ILL. proposing constitutional amend ment for the election of postmasters by the people Mr. Anderson, Kansas, to reduce the rate of postage letters and letter matter to two cents also to com pensate route agents and postal clerks when disabled by accident to railroad trains By Mr. King, La, 8 bill for the appointment of commission to inyesti- gate the question of tariff by MT. Burch, Me, 8 joint resolution for the enforcement of the eight hour to establish board of labor statistics At D. nn. 756 bills had been introduced, and uo motion of Mir. Robeson the House adjourned till Fri day, when 1t was agreed that the call of States for bills should be the only order of business that day. On motion of MT. Robeson, of New Jersey, the following select committees appointed for the session On civil service reform, the law re- specting President and Vice President, payment of pensions bounty and back pay and on alcoholic H. Uuor traffic