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renee? Fourth. What legislation viii be
calculated TO promote harmony. between
capitalists and laborcsf Filth. What leg.
islation will improve the condition OF wage
workers in the industrial classes?
}. CIVIL. SERVICE.
The Trcatmcnt tho Measure Received ht
the Hands Of Congress- Yesterday.

The Treat tmcut tho Measure Received At
the Hands ofGouGrcss YeHesxlny.
WASHINGTON, d. c., December l4.-ln
the House to-day Mr.. Caswell, OF Wiscon.
sin, moved that the House go Into Com.
miuee Of the Whole for the consideration
oithe Postoillcc Appropriation bill. This
motion was ant,gonized by Mr.. Kasson, Of
Iowa, who desired to call up the Civil Ser.
vice Reform bill and by Mr.. Kelley, of Penn.
sylvania, who advocated the consideration
Of special orders, namely, bills pertain.
Ing 10 the administration Of y tax law. lie
stated that while these bills could be dis.
posed Of IN two hours, they we're OF great
Importance 10 the Treasury Department.
Mr.. Kasson thought that the Civil Service
measure should be considered now, while
there were four appropriation bills passed
by the House and unacted upon by the
Senate, 1t would become more and more
difficult to secure consideration On 1t US the
time went on:
Mr.. Caswell's motion was carried by $50
to %, and ut 1880 tho Honse went into
Committee OF the Whole, Mr.. Watkins, OF
Indiana, in the Chair, on tho Postoliice
Appropriation bill.
THE Senate after disposins Of some mis-.
cellaneous business, took up the pendleton
Civil Service Bill.
Mr.. 1loar expressed the belief that the
passage OF the bill would mark AL impor.
tant cru in American politics, md would
be regarded in the future almost equal to
the adoption ofa new and better constitu.
ton. @p5Q
Mr.. Brown opposed the bill, and did a
little plain talking to the Democrats. The
object Of ebill, he said, was to give the
Republican party aperlnanent tenure Of
office, and the Republican party was clearly
the minority Of the people in this country,
9,Mr. George thought there was au Oh.
lection to the bill because it did not per.
init competition by all for Offices Of every
grade, and expressed his regret that Mr..
Brown had broken It's face by coupling it
with the argument that the bill would do
the Democratic party injustice. lie was
not so confident us Mr.. Brown appeared to
be Of Democratic triumph in 1854, and
thought the reverses Of the Republicans
this year were to be attributed in
large measure to that party having occu.
pied u very loose position upon this ques.
ton thacBrown now wishetlth Democraty
take. lie agreed with Brown that the bill,
if passed, would not prevent the Demo.
cratic President when he did come in,
from following theJeilersonian rule.
, Ina colloquy between Brown and George,
the latter said he would have Democratic
President turn out every Office holder who
responded to political assessments in the
last campaign. Laughter]. !,
MIR. Biown-That would be little
broader than my doctrine.
Mr. Miller, Of New York, addressed the
Senate but did not conclude his remarks
before adjournment. Iu7.
MIR. Brown offered an amendment 'strik-
Ing out. the provision that entrance to ser-
vice shall be ut the lowest grade, md pro-
viding that competition shall be for aiIicers
CT all grades, and shall not be confined to
persons already in office. Also III amend
lnent explicitly authorizing removals lby
the President or heads OF. departments
without assignment Of causes. s3