The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-01-08

augural committee informs all persons
wishing to visit the capital during the
inaugural ceremonies that they can Sc
cure good rooms and board at private
houses throughout the city at prices
ranging from So to 81 per day, by COM
municating with Colonel J. P. Wright
chairman of the public comfort COM
mittee.
THE SENATE
will spend the week in consideration of
the Edmunds-Monroe doctrine joint
resolution.
The proposition to amend the rule so
as to prevent flibustering on the first
and third Mondays of each month
against motions to pass measures VI .
der suspension of the rule has thrown
the House into a dead lock, which only
the rule requiring adjournment each
day at O'Clock prevents from becom-
ing as memorable as that which last
session was preclpitated by the direct
tax bill. Reed, of Maine, who has
charge of the resolution to change the
rules, has announced his intention to
keep the matter before the House until
final decision upon this is reached.
CHAIRMAN CRISP,
of the committee on elections, has sig
nifed his intention of calling up, oh
Tuesday, the South Carolina contested
election case of Smalls against Elliott.
He expects strong Republican opposi-
ton TO the report of the committee in
favor of seating the member, and its
consideration will probably consume
two days. This case disposed of, the
SulIiyan-Feltcn California; contested
election case will be called up.
Every opportunity t. continue con-
sideration of the river and harbor bill
will be unfavorably received by Blanch
ard, and the COMMITTEES on foreign eff
fairs is waiting chance to call up the
diplomatic appropriation bill. The
sundry civil appropriation bill will be
reported during The week, but the
course Of all business in the House
hinges on the disposition of the pending
proposition TO change the rules.
THE CIVIL SERVICE
commission has prevailed and the
President has approved the series of
rules which are to govern admissions
and changes in the railway service. 1t
extends the rules TO ell persons except
the general superintendent and his as
sistant, and provides for clerk. Ex-
aminationS shall include not more than
the following ubjects-orthogra
reading, addresses, copying, penman-
ship, arithmetic, letter writing, and
%hn NE h. H. 80
Age liInitat tons for examination are
eighteen and thirty FIVE years, except
as to discharged soldiers and sailors.
There shall be at least one board
IN EACH TERRITORY,
and not less than two in each State
except Rhode Island and Delaware.
Competitors must have obtained gen.
eral average of not less than seventy
five on 8 basis of 100, though with
soldiers and sailors sixty-fve will be
sufficient. 1t provides that vacancies
shall be filed by promotion. ALI APP
poIntments shall be made tor the
probationary term of six months, at
the end of which term the appointee
may be absolutely appointed or dis
charged according to his record. Au-
thorized transfers may be made from
classified mail service to any classified
postotfice and Vice Versa.
CHINESE RESTRICTION.
WASHINGTON, January THE motion
made in the Supreme Court of the
United States to-day by ex Governor
Hoadley, of Ohio, to advance for ar
gument the case of Chae Chin Ping,
appellant, VS.. the United States. The
appellant is a Chinese laborer, who
departed from the United States for
China June ID, 1887, first having Sc
cured q return certificate from the
collector at San Francisco as REQUIRED
by law. He returned to the United
States October 7th, 1883, but permits
sion to land was refused on the ground
that the return certificate had been
declared void by Scott, under the Chi
nese exclusion act of October 1st, 1888. |
Chae Chin Pang then sued out writ
of habeas cjrpus in the United States
circuit court, which being refused
an appeal was taken to this court. He
commended in his behalf that the Scott
act declaring the return certificates
void as unconstitutional and an
sbrogation of their vested rights. 1t is
sought to have the case advanced for
hearing, on the ground that the case is
one OF great Importance involving
thousands of certificates, many holders
of which have considerable property
interests in the United States and that
q delay in the determination of the
case would result in great injury to the
persons affected.
RAILROAD FENCES,
In the case appealed from Iowa, the
Supreme Court OF the United States
rendered a decision TO- day that the
State has right TO pass a law COM
polling railroads to fence their lines
and failing to do SO to pay double the
value for stock run over and killed.