The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-02-20

committee rose and fafOraDly reported IN
bin to The House, and then the House rs
assumed consideration Of tAe Oklahoma bil
hr. Hooker. of Mississippi. questioned Oh
authority of tle United states % interior
Niia the affairs of these Indians. The bu
simply proposed grand robbery Of the In
, dian lands.
Mr. Baker. Of New York. opposed &C..
SIR. Washington. OF Tennessee. declares
that it would ho q crime against ciyili1a
ti0n t0 leave the ninety thousand people ii
tAe Territory without amy Governmen
at all.
After further Discussion. and without ac
ton On the hilf. the committee. On motion %
lir. Wilkinson. of louisiana. sci apart sat
urday afternoon. March -. for the deliver
0f eulOgIes upon ile late Representative
Edward j. Gay. of Louisiana, and ON mo
zion az Mr. Cummings. of New York
Thursday evening. April B. was fixed io
the delivery 90 eui0gies upon the late Rep
reseniatiYe =. =. Cox. of New y 0rk. The
House at tJ:lj O'Clock adjourned.
OFF FOR pursBURG.
The President left at - o'clock TO-DAY
over lhe Baltimore and OHIO Railroad to
piltslurg Pa. Congressman Bayne. Dal
SELL Professor Langley Mr.. En0ch Pratt
and Mr.. Andrew Carnegie accompanied
tie President. The Presidential train j.
expected 90 arrive at iitisbur- about Il
O'Clock tonight.
ASSASSINATION or MARSHAL SAUNDERS.
Tee rcpoe Of Marshal John u. Mzell on
the assassination 0f Deputy Marshal W. B
saunders at Quincy Fla. was made pub
Dee hy Acknowledgement Miller to-day
/ Aftcr rociting ihe fact that he met ,1unden
I in ilc ,ireetOu the day saunders was assassi
mated. when Mcfarland was trying 20 per
suado saunders 90 g0 ont riding with him
Doe says 81 called saunders away and tool
him tO my room. where ] told him
that / had every reason to believe
that there WAS plot 90 murder
/ hm. and De must pay n0 attention t0 pre-
tense, Ol friendship. Dut lctthese men alone
and remain bon his room until / returned. "a.
/ ] was going out into ihe country. and would
f he absent couple 0t hours. ! wont 90
summon some jurors, aua Was absent about
three hours. ON my return ] went % ,aun.
+ dor-' room. but ne was gone, and asked
I Deputy L0ngiOrd Who was there where
Saunders was. llo said Dee did not
f know. hut he was afraid he had
/ been dec0ycd away. as the last he saw of
/ him he was with Mcfarland Marshal
+ Mizeu. while at the courthouse inquirng
about saunders. SAW man named
Mitchell drive up with saunders dead
body in the buggy. saunders had been
shot in the neck with pistol bah. 10 en-.
T tered 0n the left side of the throat and came
ont behind the right ear Mitchell said be-
did not kill saunders. and did not know who
did. saunders was seen in the buggy with
+ Mitchell and Mcfarland.
CIVIL SERVICE INVESTIGATION.
The Investigation 0f the Civil Service
+ Commission by the select committee of tie
/ House ON reform of tine Civil Service, open
ed 400 the Capitol tonight. Civil Service
/ Commissioners Lyman. Thompson and
/ Roosevelt were present. Mr.. Lyman was
the first witness. sworn. lie said De was a
+ Republican. and bad voted tne Republican
/ ticket ~ the last election. ard told about the
appointment and promotion OF bis brother
/ iu-.dw. 3lr. a. q. Campbell. who had been
appointed as ID laD0rer under the commits
sion without examination, hut who bad
/ been promoted twice since. tle last time IN
April. 1889. when hr. Lyman was
/ the only member 0f the cOmml
sion. The rules of the civil service,
I le said. did not require that person.
appointed directly under the commissioners
should pas. % written examination, This
was n0W therNlo. SIR. lamphell had been
F promoted both time, without examination.
f Commissioner Oherly had first brought t1
/ had since been accused Oi securing boo ad-
vance OF the examination. They were in
/ Mr. lamphells handwriting, but this fact
lld not attracted hi5 attention. The day bee
discovered chat thl questions were writ
ten iu (1mpncli- handwriting he told
bis Dr0ther-ln-law that the matter would
have l0 Doe investigated as serious breach
0f discipline. and Camrlelf- last promotion
followed year after he bad been reprI-
mauded for This breach of discipline. Repre-
sentative ButierW0rth questioned the Wit
ness regarding tle examination conducted
Dy the commission. Mr Lyman said that
tle examination papers were prepared with
"a view t0 lifting tns candidates for appoint
mrnt t0 which the examination was taken.
Concerning ni- hr0iherlu.laW, MI. OaWp-
l.ll. tle witness said he had 300 agency in
appointing him. ile was absent from the
city when .t was done.
Frank llation. editor of the Washington
Post. Who wac present. said Oe expected to
prove thlt some Ot lle statements made hy
Mr.. Lyman were untrue. and lu order iO
prove THE he wanted some gentlemen who
were not present sworn. t. WAS agreed,
h0WeYcr.tJ allow Sir Roosevelt COB De sworn.
lie said De- bad first heard of tle Campbell
affair through newspaper DOB October. l,,J.
Commissioner Thompson and himself had
Investigated 30 and afterwards discussed
ihc matter at length, and bad decided that
/ they had u0 reason 0r right t0 reverse the
+ decision Ui the previous commission.
Mr. ii00seTe.t .aid le Was totally isno-
rant of the charges against the present
commission. and would Ike tO Doe en.i-ht-
ouod about them. The Chairman said, as
+ he understood &c. There We're DO charges OF
Z tnr0ng-doing against the present commits
/ si0ucrs. except tnat oi retaining ln office am
unworthy man. Quite un ensued pe-
F tween Mr. l,0lseYeli and Ar liati0n boz re-
gard t0 some of the editorials that have
appeared in the POST Mr.. ROOSEVELT de-
manded 90 know whether Mr. liatton had
amy evidence 20 ,u0stintiate the charges.
~0 far as the present commissioner was
concerned the charges were unqualified
ralsenlOds.
Hr. Hatt0n said that ho bad several char
yes t0prefora-ainstt the present commission.
+ 10 bad NOT only violated the spirit bar the
f iotter 0f the Civil Service laW. one Of the
charges affected clerk in the Washington
/ clty p0si0nce. 3lr Lyman bad been in-
+ formed oi these charges, lut nO action had
] been taken Dy the commissioner.
Commissioner Thompson was sworn, ana
corr0Dorafed the statement ri Mr. Roosevelt 10
c0ncerliug thc charges against Campbell.
The committee at the conclusion OF NJ.
/ IhOmus1n's testimony adjourned, subject
iJ tle call Oi Doe chairman.
SECRECY OF SECRET SESSIONS.
Iu the secret session of the senate this
afternoon ihe question of ihe secrecy of the
secret session Ras debated at some length.
. Yesterday Senator nOlph called the atten.
ton oi the senate l0 the fact that certain
newspapers published most elaborate re-
ports 0i the proceedings Oi the senate IN
secret session. and that tne press assOcia
lions covered very fully each evening all
iho business transacted by the senate De-
hind closed doors during the afternoon. lie
was in favor Oi a..neeping investigation.
The matter was postponed until today,
when 30 was again discussed. Attention
was called t0 toe fact that in spite Ol the
special Injunction of secrecy placed on the
proceedings of yesterday, tAe newspapers
This morning contained the usual iGil and
accurate reports As the ,enlton would
not place fhe blame ON each other the pos.
sibillty That reporters obtained access 20 tht
galleries duru- the secret session was dis
cls-ed. as was also the possibility that the
I emul0ves Of The senate leaked. 10 WAS pro
posed among other things that ine entiri
senate wing of Doe Cauiu. De- cleared OF al
but senators and employees during The
secret Session. After some further discus
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