The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-02-08
FIFrIETH CONGRESS.
SENATE

WAssfScToN. February THE con.
ference report on the bill to incorporate
the Maritime Canal Company of Mica
ragua was presented by Sherman and
agreed to. The bill now goes to the
President for his approval.
The committee on woman's suffrage
reported back fsvorsbly the joint reso-
luton proposing constitutional
amendment I'd prohibit the denial or
abridgment of the right to vote by the
United States or by any state on &C
count of sex. Placed on the calendar.
A minority report will be made.
TIE committee on military affairs re-
ported substitute for the House bill to
remove the charge Of desertion from
soldiers of the late war and the Mex
loan var. where such soldiers after
wards served faithfully till the expira-
ton OF 4neir enlistment. Agreed TO
The 5 nate bill to suspend the opera
ton OF the section of the Revised
Statutes in relation to the Guano
Islands for five years from April 18th,
1889, passed.
PENSION AGENCIES.
Cockrell expressed regret that the
fourth auditor and treasurer of the
United States had permitted their
names to be used by firm of Washing
ton ci aim agents, as shown in the circu-
lar read yesterday. He sent TO the
clerks desk, and had read, another
Washington claim agency circular
offering to obtain special acts for the
benefit of persons having claims for
pensions. He said it was simply an
attempt to get the fee of $40 without
possibility of rendering any equivalent.
COckreI proceeded to give some other
incidents of the dishonesty on the part
of the Washington claim agencies, and
declared that there never had been
such imposition practiced on any class
as mad bsen practiced on the soldiers
OF the late war, and their widows and
orphans. He attributed much of the
success OF the claim agents to the fact
that government OH cials did not ad-
just the accounts and hunt up and pay
the claimants, but, on the contrary.
suppressed aud concealed the facts. at
the close If COckrelI's remarks, the
resolution went over till tomorrow,
Withoat action.
The House amendment to the Senate
bill, as to cutting timber lands, was
coDcurred in.
THE LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION BILL
The Senate then considered the leg
isiative appropriation bill, the pending
question being on Hawley's amend
meut to give an additional clerk of class
three 10 the civil service commission.
Chandler hoped one of the first acts
Of the new administration would be to
get rid OF the ignorant and incompetent
postal clerks appointed since March,
1885
Allison expressed the belief that the
civil service law, as long as il remained
on the statute books, would be fairly |
carried out. He commended, however, |
that its extension to postal n all clerks |
last December was not an extension by |
the commission itself, for the commits |
sion was practically not a commission |
since October last. One of its members |
was confirmed as commissioner of In
dian affairs, while another of it's mem |
bers mad paid no attention to it since |
then. He thought the new administra.
tion shoudd be allowed to make rules |
fo- the extension OF the Law to
POSTAL NAIL CLERKS.
Teller defended the last administration
in regard to the fidelity with which it
had executed the civil service law. Cor
man replied 20 Allison, and argued if
there was no civil service commission
now. the fault was not with the PreEi-
dent nor with the Democratic party,
but with the Republican msJority,
which would not allow the offices to be
filled, but acted upon the principle that
when there was to be a change of adj
minislratiOn the wheels of government
must b5 stopped and the Offices not per-
mitted to be filled.
Hoar approved of the extension by
DIR. Cleveland of the civil service law to
the postal mail clerks, whether the ex-
tension came late or early. After fur
ther discussion, the amendment was
agreed to. Another long discussion
took place as to whether the board of
pension appeals, fixed in the bill at
three members. should be increased to
sig. The change was made, and the bill
then went over until tomorrow. Ad-