Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-04-23
House.


WASHINGTON, April 22.-After
eoncurring in the Senate amend
ments to the Worlds Fair bill. the
House went into committee Of the
whole on the legislative apprOpria-
ton bill.
Butterworth. in n brief eXplana-
ton Of the bill, said tina. in some
bureaus Of the departments there
was substantially civil pension list.
II consisted Of number Of old per-
sons who had faithfully served the
government in the past, but who
were no longer able 20 perform their
duties. They were carried on the
rolls, but were Of no service to the
government. The committee on
appropriations had allowed an in
crease in the clerical force Of the
Civil Service Commission. substan-
tally as requested by the commits
sion.
Dockery criticised the bill. It
provided for the appointment Of III
new officers, at a cost Of Sl6l 800.
Referring TO the civil pension list,
he said that in the departments there
were employed Ss7 persons who
were
WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY ISEFFI-
CIEST,
but who drew salaries amounting 10 |
$3.50, 600. He believed If there was
new blood in the departments fifty |
or a hundred clerks could be dis |
charged, at a saving Of $4,000 a
year.
Allen Miss quoted from aspeech |
delivered by Cannon and used as a |
campaign document, declaring that
the republican party was devoted TO
the country, and would, IL 1t came
into power, administer the govern
ment with greater economy and /
greatly reduce the expenditures.
He then quoted from the civil ser
vice plank Of the republican party
and from President Harrison'sletter
Of acceptance, but the republican
party had gone back on its promises,
and be would call the attention OF
the country to the civil service pre-
tensions of the administration.
Allen recalled
A STORY
rs showing the republican opinion
of the Administration, which was to
the effect that, meeting repub-
iican and asking him what he
thought OF it, he received the follow
ing reply:
wAnny runs the Sunday school,
Levi runs the bar.
Baby runs the White House,
And d-ii. here we are.
Bland addressed himself to a dis
cussion of the monetary question.
He had never regarded this question
as a party one, but from the fact
that the republicans We're holding
caucuses it would seem that they
were going to make 1t one. Let the
bill be brought in as any other bust
ness bill would be brought in, net
under the gag law or the caucus. He
proceeded TO speak in favor Of silver,
and characterized the bill as a de-
bill.
Cannon replied to Dockery's
criticism. In view Of the last adj
and the last caucus, ii
seemed that the gentleman had
swallowed a camel then and now
was straining at n guat. In the
Fiftieth Congress there were created
9S5 offices, with an aggregate ex-
penditure Of 81, l64, 900. The in-
crease in salaries made by the
pending bill was only $1,000. The
increase in salaries made in the
Fiftieth Congress was 81, 100000.
Williams ILLS. criticised the re-
publican house for not bringing in a
sill for the settlement Of
THE SILVER QUESTION,
md thus relieve the oppressed peo-
pie Of the country.
Grosvenor said the anxiety mani
Iested on the democratic side In re-
gard TO the popularity aud success
Jf the administration was the best
'ign that the republican side ought
% be satisfied with the administra-
ion. Speaking of the civil SER
vice system, he said he could not
believe that the law and its ad-
was approved by one
18th Of the members Of either House
If Congress. He was told that there
we're on the eligible list enough
foung men and wemen 10 fill all
If the places for twenty-five Year,
o come, yet the young men and wo-
men in his district were c5joled and
Urged TO spend their time and mon
" in being examined, when the
men who issuei the invitations
znew the chances were that only
me In q thousand would get q pO-
ition.
Lo ige defended the Civil Service
aw and resented its being charac-
erized as a humbug and frand.
Without finishing the bill the Z
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