Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-05

went into committee of the whole, and re-
sumed consideration of the army appro-
priation bill. Consideration of the army
bill was concluded excepting the reserved
section relative to the compensation of
subsidized railroads for army transporta-
ton.
Mr.. Kasson, of Iowa, chairman of the
committee on civil service reform, report
ed back the senate bill to regulate and i'm
prove the civil service of the United
States. Mr.. Kasson stated that he desired
that the debate and consideration of the
bill should be concluded this week.
Mr.. Culberson, of Texas, antagonized
the consideration of the bill with the spe-
cial order made June 10, 1882, being bill
to regulate the removal of causes from
state to federal courts.
The house decided not to take up the
special order.
Mr.. Cox, of New York, said the shipping
bill was also special order, but proposed
in good faith that the Pendleton bill be
put upon its passage without debate.
Loud applause and cries of ''vote, vote"
Mr.Kasson-Is the gentleman authorized
to speak for that side? Cries of yes,
yes" from the Democratic side.
Mr.. Bland, of Missouri, raised the point
of order that the bill must be considered
in committee of the whole.
The speaker overruled the point, and the
Pendleton bill was then read at length.
At the conclusion of the reading there were
loud cries of ''vote," and Mr.. Kasson moved
the previous question, which was carried
by a storm of ayes amid applause.
Mr.. Kasson stated that it was due to the
committee to state that there were some
slight errors in the bill, but, yielding to
the manifest wish of the house, he had de-
termined that the bill should not be sent
back to the senate on that account.
The speaker ruling that thirty minutes
debate should be allowed, Mr.. Ryan, of
Texas, spoke in opposition to the bill on
the ground that it was not sufficient to
remedy the evils complained of.
Mr.. Townshend, of Illinois, favored pro-
vision providing penalty for any viola
lation of the clause forbidding political
assessments by public officers.
Mr.. Buckner, of Missouri, favored the
bill, as it would tend to break up the
iniquituous assessment system.
Mr.. Calkins, of Indiana, regarded the bill
as the turning point to per
feet civil reform. If the Dem
ocrats could stand this bill now,
he was sure the Republicans, with their
followers in Office, could. He admired his
Democratic friends who could take medi-
cine in the shape of the civil service re-
form bill, after having wandered for TWEEN
tyfour years in a desert Sahara. For this
reason and many others he favored the bill
Mr.. Atherton, of Ohio-You have lost
my vote by that speech.
Mr.. Willis, of Kentucky, said the Demo
cratic party had demonstrated to the coun-
try it was in favor of the bill and that it
was sincere in its support.
Mr.. Kasson closed the debate with a
short speech in favor of the bill, which,
however, he did not consider so efficient as
the bill previously reported by the house
committee. People had revolted against
the tyrannical levying of assessments on
Office holders and against what
was called bossism in congress,
and there was provision in the
bill to put stop to it. He did not favo,
prohibiting private parties from asking for
money for legitimate election purposes,
for to do that would be to degrade every
government employe.
Mr.. Thompson, of Kentucky, moved to
recommit the bill with instructions to the
committee to report it back with the
amendment prohibiting any assessment OF
public employees by private persons. Lost
Yeas IS, nays La.
The bill then passed. Yeas 155, nays AZ
The vote in detail is as follows: