Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-14
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taking the floor.
HOuee.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 13.-In the house. OF
motion of Mr.. Springer, of Illinois, the
senate joint resolution was passed author
izing the payment of a portion Of the Vir-
ginia's indemnity fund to the mother of
Gen. Ryan.
The congressional library bill then came
as unfinished business, the pending cues
ton being on the motion made by Mr..
Randall to lay upon the table The motion
to reconsider the vote by which the house
decided TO recommit the bill with instruct
ions.
Mr.. Rice, of Massachusetts, stated he
would withdraw all objections to the re-
committal If the committee were grant
cd leave TO report at any time, but 10 this
MIR. Blount objected. The motion TO
reconsider was tabled, yeas 115, nays 101.
This vote has the effect Of reco1nmitting
the bill with instructions 10 the committee
to report back the bill for the erection of
library on ground belonging to the
United States IN Washington. The house
at 40 went into committee Of the whole,
Mr.. Thomas Of Illinois in the chair, on the
agricultural appropriation bills.
The committee rejected all amendments
| reported the bill to the house and it
passed.
The house then went into committee of
the whole on the military academy appro-
priatiOn bill, soon reported it back and it
passed.
On motion of Mr.. Townsend, of Ohio,
| resolution was adopted making the
| steamboat bill the special order for Jan. II.
Mr.. Randall, of Pennsylvania, offered a
resolution requesting the secretary ct the
treasury to ascertain as nearly as possible
the amount or estimated amount paid for
ocean freight in exports and imports from
and to the United States for the fiscal year
| ended the 3Oth of June, 1882. Adopted.
| Mr.. O'Neil, of Pennsylvania, presented
tobacco asking a rebate equivalent to such
reduction as may be made in the tax.
Referred.
He argued that something must be done
to reform our civil service. A continu-
alton of the present system was rendered
impossible, not only by the evils developed
under it, but also by the extraordinary
growth of the country, and consequent in
time for action had come, and he (Hawley)
hoped the senate would pass this plain,
simple, practical bill.
The formal amendments reported by the
committee were agreed to. The question
was then on Mr.. Hoar's amendment pro-
viding that competitive examinations shall
be as far as possible upon such subjects as
are embraced in good
common school education. After some
discussion, Mr.. Hoar waived this amend
ment in favor of the one offered by Mr..
Logan, providing that examinations shall
be practical in character, and shall relate
to matters which will fairly test the rela-
tive fitness. and capacity of applicants to
discharge the duties of the service into
which they seek to be admitted.
Mr.. Pendleton favored the idea under
lying both these amendments, but thought
it was already provided for in the bill.
Mr.. Logan said the bill gave the presi-
dent and commission power to prescribe
such examination as he proposed, but he
wanted the law in such form that they
must do so.
Mr.. Pendleton, having charge of the bill
assented to the amendment, and it was
adopted.
Mr.. Sherman moved to strike out the
provision in section four making a perna-
nent appropriation for the expenses of
the civil service commission, there being,
he said, no appropriation of this character
for any branch of the civil service, not
even for judges of the supreme court.
Agreed to.
On motion of Mr.. Sherman, provision
for the payment of expenses of the COM
mission was limited to travelling expenses.
Mr.. Coke offered an amendment, which
was ordered printed, providing that ''for
the purpose of equalizing appointments
between the states and territories and the
District of Columbia, and also between
the political parties, all persons now in
Office, place or employees who would have
been within the operations of the act had
it been in force when they respectively en-
tered the public service, shall within twelve
months from the approval Of this act COM
ply with the terms and conditions of ap-
plicants under this act for original entrance
into the service, or vacate the places held
respectively by them."
Mr.. Garland introduced bill granting
the right of way to the st. Louis & San
Francisco Railroad company, through the
military reservation at Fort Smith. Re-
ferred.
Mr.. Allison explained that the object
of his amendment offered yesterday as q
substitute for the first section of the Pen
dleton bill was to provide that there shall
be three commissioners instead of five, and
that the commission shall be composed of
persons not connected with the depart
mont.
Pending consideration of the amend
ment the senate went into executive ses-
sion, and when the doors re-opened ad-
journed.
Committee Work..
The house committee on foreign affairs
will probably consider Friday the Hawaiin
treaty as it affects the sugar trade of the
United States. At the last session the
committee was evenly divided as between
retaining the reciprocity character of the
treaty and modifying it so as to put sugar
| imported from the Sandwich islands on
the basis with sugar from other countries.
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