Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1884-12-06

sneyy 0ve. Ine Il sult WI; d % rals9e the
average capacity Of the List OF ellgf6leA;
The change will mako It easier tor persons
well qualified for the government service..to
Sc eSes RIe e issfa s9a aasae % .aTh el% seSoi.s aGc
tests are not severe, and one does not have
to be graduate OF Harvard, orSi even . re-
cent graduate from aihigh school, In order
TO pass ; but he has to, have some capacity
Tor thinking and expressing himself. Ono
Of theregular tests Z TIL, writing Of 9 short
letter on subject named by the examiner:
knowledge Of It Is not required. The In!
formation and opinions IN the letter do not
count. The sole object is to test the applt;
cant's ability to express himself In . re-
cent examination . very intelligent-appear-
Ing fnss young 's9 man y s ssss% %R 4 IN a !s4s1al, sad ~
WAS OF no use Tor him to try! Though
mafked'zero OF that, he might answer 9th
,ef questions we'll enough to get an appOint-
ment, but for the future the examiners do
not mean that . general! average shall save
intellectual feat OF writing . letter.
BILLS BEFORE CONGRESS-. 3
!. The following bills relating to the tariff
are awaiting consideration in committee of
the whole In the house; having been favor
ably reported by the committee on ways
and means: @Eii& -
To amend the act to prevent the importa-
ton OF spurious and adnlterated goods:
works Of art by foreign artists. =
/ To refund duties upon goods on ship
board when the tariff act Of March s, 1883,
went into effect &
To modify existing laws relating to du.
ties on imports and the collection Of the
The lastcnamed bill is the one prepared ct
the treasury department and reported by
Mr. Hewitt, of New York, June al.
The bill to. carry into effect the Mexican
reciprocity treatyts also on the calendar.
The Mcpherson bill, which authorizes ma
par paws value Hss'. Of y bonds sssds e deposised. e BASED ID tie the
senate, Feb. 20. and Is on the speakers t.
BILE; but q bill In identically the same Ian
guage Is No. 80 on the house calendar. II
at any time 9 motion should prevail that
the house 60 into committee Of the whole
on revenue BILL, the first one TO be taken
Of fruit-growers, which repeats the tax up.
on fruit brandy. The consideration Of this
would involve discussion Of the whole In
ternal revenue system.
The modified and amended Lowell bank
s s'apd Syn6 6iil n passed sec t the senate sau. at the i Last se e.
opponents admit that q majority Of the
house is In favor of the bill, and It will be
passed If it can be reached In due course on
the calendar. This Is unlikely, and the op.
ponents of the:bill are numerous enough to
prevent q suspension Of the rules In its be
half. There Is small prospect theretore,ot
Its passage. n.,1 ~
The Hoar. bill to regulate the counting Of
the electoral ballot is also on the speakers
table, and while the democrats do not es
pecially object to It they will certainly moi
pass 1t at the present time. The next con
gress will not have the same excuse for ig
noring the subject, but the next election
will then b. too far off to make the elector
al vote q matter of interest. At the begin
ming Of an administration neither party car
be induced to take much interest in the
presidential count. just before q genera!
election, or the casting Of the electoral
vote, one party or. the other is sure to bt
afraid of any change. The bill which Mr.
Eaton, Of Connecticut, offers as a substi
tute for the Hoar bill could not get through
the house even, and the senate would nevel
discuss 1t. =