The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-04-23
In the House.

WASHINGTON, April 22.-Candler moved that
the House concur in the Senate amendments to
the worlds fair bill. This being agreed to- the
bill was finally passed and will be sent to the
President. The House then went into commit
tee OF the whole on the legislative appropriation
bill.
Butterworth, in q brief explanation of the bill
SAID that In some bureaus of the departments
there was substantially a civil pension list. II
consisted OF number of old persons who had
| faithfully served the government in the past
put who were no longer able to perform their
duties. They were carried on the rolls but
were of no service to the government. The
committee on appropriations had allowed an
increase in the clerical force of the civil service
commission substantially as requested by the
commission.
! Dockery criticised the bill. 1t provided for
the appointment of al new officers ar cost of
S16l,5U0. Referring to the civil pension list he
persons who were wholly or partially inefficient
but who drew salaries amounting to $3.50 COO
He believed if there was new blood N
the departments fifty or a hundred clerks could
be discharged at Il saving $4,000 year.
| Allen, of Mississippi, quoted from a speech
delivered by Cannon and used as campaign
document declaring that the Republican
party was, devoted to. the country and
| minister the government with greater
economy and greatly reduce the expenditures
He then quoted from the civil service plank Of
the Republican party and from President Har
| rison's letter of acceptance. But the Republi
can party had gone back on its promises and he
wanted to call the attention of the country tc
| the civil service pretensions of the administra
| ton.
| Allen recalled a story as showing q Republi
can opinion of the administration 1t was to the
effect that, meeting Republican and asking
him what he thought of the administration he
| received the following reply:
"Wanny runs the Sunday school:
Levi runs the barr
Baby runs the White House.
And damn it, here we are.' Laughter
| Bland addressed himself to the discussion Of
the monetary question. He had never regarded
| the question as party one, but from the fact
thut the Republicans were going to hold IA eau
Gus for cause, it would seem that they were
| going to make it one. Let The bill he brouph1
| in as any other business bill would be brought
| in, not under the gag law of caucus. He pro
ceeded to speak in favor of silver, and charac
terized the bill as demonetizing bill
| Cannon replied to Dockery'S criticism In
view of the last administration and the las,
caucus it seemed the gentleman had swallowed
a camel then and now WAS Straining at q gnat
In the Fifueth Congress there we're created 95s
Offices with an aggregate expenditure of 81, 1874
COO. The increase of salaries made bv the pend
ing bill was only 5000; the increase in salaries
made in the Fiftieth Congress was 81 100000
| Williams of Illinois, criticised the Republi
cans of the House for not bringing in bill for
the settlement of every question, and thus
relieving the oppressed people of the country
| Grosvenor said the anxiety manifested on tho
! Democratic side IN regard to the popularity and
I success of the administration was the best sign
the Republican side ought to be satisfied witt
! the administration. Speaking of the civil SER
| vice system. he said he could not believe the
law and its administration were approved by
onc-tifth of the members of either house Of
Congress. He was told there were on the eli
gible list enough young men and womer
| to fill the offices for twenty-five wears
to come. Yet the young men and women of his
district were caioled and urged to spent
time and money in being examined when ths
men who issued the invitation knew The
chances were not one in thousand that the,
would get II position,
Lodge defended the civil service law and re
scented its being characterized as a humbug ant
fraud. q
| Without finishing the bill the committee ros.
and the house adjourned,