Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-02-13

WAsiISGTos, IaI. a. The Hsus
passcd the bill authorizing the Kansa
4 Arkansas Railroad Company 60 rx
tend It's Line Into Indian Territory
The House then went into commit.e,
Of the whole ON the legislative appfo
priation bill.
In speaking Of the pension Ollie,
paragraph, Cooper Ind made an at
tack upon thc superintendent Of th'
pensloD building, asserting that IN
had stored several hundred bushrl ol
potatoe, IN the pension Oillco nui sole
them TO the employees, thus turulng a
government department intn q huck
sterling establishment.
Enl0e Tenn attacked tue admins
tratiOn OF the pension oliicc, nnd
offered ma amendment reducing 10
s}nll the salary ~ the commissioner.
Perkins tlias.) defended Commits.
missioner R,um, aud after some debate
Enloe Withdrew hl- amendment.
The reading u the blll was concluded
and the committee required u consider
alton Of lhe clause making an appro.
priatlon for the civil service coninis.
slon. Grosvenor raised point Of order
ngains, IT, .Ncept 80 Ear A. IL refers 10
the commissioner, chief examiner aud
secretary, on the ground that Il violates
the existing law. The statute designed
that the clerks should bo divided into
four Glasses, and that none be ap.
pointed until they were found qualified
by n board u three examiners. Under
the law establishing the commission II
was provided that the clerks should he
assigned from one OF the departments.
Now II was proposed 10 appropriate Tor
them, under the head of civil service
commission, and then the bill was In
violation of the law.
The chair sustained the point OF order
NJ TO the secretary because his salary
was raised 500, aud, m 10 all the clerks
and employees, except one messenger
and one laborer.
McComas Md appealed from the
decision and considerable debate EN-.
sued.
Tracey IN. Y, said this was an effort
TO carry out the policy followed by the
present Administration 10 represent 10
the people that II was trying TO reform
the civil service, while at the SAME
time II was making every effort 10
cripple tue commission In an under
handed way,
Cannon denied that II was the intent
10 cripple the commission.
The decision OF the chair was sus.
tained-ll0 10 l0-and the clause ~ 10
the clerical force Of the commission
stricken out.
Speaking TO a verbal amendment,
Hooker Miss referred TO the printing
Of CieveIsnds letter In the record. lie
wished TO say that there was no man
Ia the country, whether he had held
n distinguished position OF he
had an ambition 10 hold the highest
position within the gin OF the Ameri-
can people, DO he " ono party or an.
other, who could lay down u law TO the
great masses Of this country who
thought for themselves. Whatever
might be the opinion Of any one man,
he had no right Ia speak Tor the great
laboring interests Of the country, which
stood back and behind tho Constitution
and the law. lie believed his con.
stituents want free coinage OF both
metals.
Cannon-I would like TO ask the
gentleman whether hc IL In favor OF
MIR. Cleveland for the next President.
HOoker--i will say that | do not
think that man on the continent Of
America will ever he candidate
OF the Democratic party for President
Of the United States who In opposed 10
the free coinage OF silver.
Without disposing OF the bill the
committee rose and the House adj
lourned.