The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-02-19
vt THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
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upon financial matters, nor upon
the tariff, but when it com = to
a question OF Government pap,
which is the keystone uf the
latterdar Republican arch, lie is
Republican 10 the backbone.
He has just given ample evil
idence OF this by fatLe,ing the
boldest ATTEMPT yet openly
made tor overriding the sancti-
mOneous fraud known as the
civil service law. He Has intro
5uced q joint resolution pr0viG-
ing that stenogra pliers, clerks,
chiefs CT divisions, copyists
aud romruters III the census of
fee shall be eligible for transfer
to the classified service IN any
OF Tie Government departments.
That means tia: L couple, OF
thousand Republicans are, as
they are dropped from the rolls
OF the Census Bureau, which
will be gradually reduced from
this time OF, to he put into the
regular departmental service
without going through t civil
service examinations; j. also
means that a! the DEMOCRATS
now in the classified service are
to be discharged III make room
for those whose Eepublicani5n
Mr.. Porter or tie Census Bureau
Las vOuched for under oath.
Every one knows that the civil
service law is a colossal hum
bu@, and there won q be TO
grief if it was repealed to NOR
row, but that is 10 excuse for
such schemes 10 trampie under
foot a law CT the land IS this
one is.
He is & pretty tL!ck-skinned
Inan who cannot IL these days
be reached by public opinion.
Representative Dingley has
found it necessary to defend his
silver pool Investigating COM
mittee from the charge Of not
attempting to get ali OF the in
formation possible out Of the
witness Owerby, who was be-
fore the committee last week.
Mr.. DiHgley's denial is almost
a reiteratiOn Of the charge. He
says that the committee was
anxious to have Owenoy testify
to what he had personal knowl-
edge Of, but that it objected to
his giving leFesay evidence, and
yet Mr.. DingieY knows very we'll
that the speculations n silver
of those two eminenv RepUbli-
cans, Senator Cameron and Rep
reseutativo Taylor, Of Illinois,
Were first broul 1t out by here
say evidence, but perhaps that
was the very reason that lie OBJ
jected TO any more o. it. lie
doesn't want any moe Republic
cars found out, and they are bot
likely TO be, unless some cutter
prising newspaper man does il.
Mr. Blaine has scored another
knock down Oh Mckinley, Reed
Il Co, by concluding the Heg0-
tiation of Il reciprocity treaty
with Venezuela. True tie trade
Of Venezuela isn't very great,
but it viii serve to bling cut
the iniquities Of the Mckinley
tariff law, and for that reason,
if for 10 other, it is desirable.
MF. ClevelaDd's letter in up
position to free coinage, put
ished here t;IIs week, shows
that his nach bone is as ,tcong
as it was when he wrote the ia
NOUS tariff message upon which
the campaign OF SO was fought.
an]iness always commands adj
III ration, whether one agrees
with its pCssessor o. hot.
1t is stated that the House
Coinage committee Will next
week report the free Coinage
bill, with q recommendation
from d majority Of the commit
tee against any silver legiaia-
ton. This recommends ton, #
made, will be q bit of sharp par
liamentarv practice, as it Will
prevent the bill being placed on
the calendar, and max. it neces-
sary to obtain the consent OF a
Of that committee be
fore it can be called up. in fact
it VII be equivalent TO suloth- !
ering the oill in committee. .
which was the frst program ae
Of the Republicans. /
Secretary Trey received d
sharp dressing down from MEM
bess Of his own party III the
House this week for the manner
in which he reprimanced Com /
modore Re;ter for his conduct
IN connection With tie killing
Of Gen. Barrondia.
The Sioux Indians, having tes-
Lifted tp their objection 10 being
placed under the care o. the
War Department, y hlch was the
Reason for bfing.ag
,beln here, have been 3otaed
DOWN vita Presents and sent
home, via PhiIadsipiii and ca
isle.
The wrong methods in the
conduct o. tie Peusiau Office are
constantly being ITCHY ac-I
zno .gled5ed IL ille authorities
y making changes III lA1se
natho1s. II i. had not been for