Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-05-31
AUDUBON AUDUBON THURSDAY,

greater part OF the afternoon was con,
sumcd in dreary discussions upon the
proposed increase of salary for
House employees and in tedious details on
points of order, No material changes
were made in the bill. McComas Of
Maryland offered an amendment to
increase the clerical force Of the civil
service commission. Pending vote upon
tho amendment the committee rose. The
House at its evening session passed fifty
private pension bills and at 1880 adjourn.
ed until tomorrow.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, May 90. The House
went into Committee Of the Whole on the
legislative, executive aud judicial appro,
priation bill The pending amen dmcnt
offered by McComas, Of Maryland, In.
crcasing the clerical force Of the Civil
Service Commission, was advocated by
Tracey OF New York. who said that the
increase would enable the President 10
extend the classified list The President
has been criticised for having made an
extension The amendment was further
debated by Whitthornc, Hopkins Of Hin.
OILS, Adams Of Illinois Enloe and Williams,
and was finally agreed to. The amend
ment provides for one additional clerk OF
class 3, one Of class 2, one at 81 900, and
an increase of the appropriation for nee.
essary travelling expenses from ~ 900 tn
s., 900 Grain Of Texas. raised a point OF
order against the appropriation Of 81, O0O
for the salary OF the First Auditor OF the
Treasury. He quoted from the statutes
the law fixing the salary of this official at
$4,000, and denounced the practice Of
cutting down salaries in appropriation
bills The point OF order was sustained
and the appropriation ruled out, Pend
ing further action the Committee and the
House adjourned,
SENATE,
WASHINGTON, May 2S.-In the Senate
Frye from the Committee on Commerce
reported back the River aud Harbor ap.
preparation bill. The report OF the com.
mittee, he said. could not possibly be
ready under II week, whenever il was
ready he would call up the bill The
Senate went into executive session and
agreed to the following resolution: Re.
solved, That the injunction of the SoCre
iary be removed from all proceedings Of
the Senate in reference to the treaty with
Great Britain now under consideration.
HOUSE.
Under call Of States the following
bills aud resolutions were introduced and
referred: BY Cert, OF Illinois. appro.
priating 1915, 600 for the ro building Of
the government dam at the Rock Island
Arsenal. BY Chcadlc, of Indiana, (by
requcsD-To retire eX'soldiers and sailors
who have been wounded in battle after
twenty one years Of service in the civil
service The following bills were intro.
duced and referred: by Townshend, Of
llinois-Providing for an Assistant
Secretary Of War, BY Plumb. of Illinois
tby requcst)-To provide for issuing
bonds to refund the National debt, The
Housc then went into Committee Of the
Whole on the legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation bill. In connec.
ton with an action on the salary
Of the First Auditor of the Treasury
Kerr, of Iowa, commented on civil ser
vice reform rs praCticed by the Demo
cratic party. and sent to the clerk desk
and had read Il circular letter to Federal
Office holders in Iowa, written by the
Secretary Of the Democratic State Com.
mittce of Iowa, asking for voluntary con
trbutions A sharp interchange on the
merits of the civil service law and the AT.
titudo of the two parties toward il then
took place between Messrs Weaver Of
Iowa, Steele Of Indiana, Cameron of
Illinois, and others. On motion of Kerr
Of Iowa the salary Of the Assistant Treas
urcr at New Orleans was fixed at 1000.
instead of "a, 500 as proposed by the bill.
After completing the consideration Of
sixty of the one hundred and ten pages Of
the bill, the Committee rose. Townshend
Of Illinois from the Committee ON Mill.
tary Affairs, reported the army appro-
priation bill and It was referred TO tho
Committee of the Whole. Adjourned.