The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-01-27
Washington Letter.

Kelu. lllC.in oliCldi-r HAfti'hiAii - ''N-'
who have been in office, IN the depart
ments. for eight years or more, are'ln a
state of mind. Tney don't ike recent
( indications of a coming change IN the
Civil Service law Civil Service Com
missioner Roosevelt. IA bis anxiety IN
| behalf of the Republican, Office holders,
! even took the trouble to go over To New
York for the purpose Of sounding PreSi-
dent-elect Cleveland on the subject. The
immediate causes of this -pz,nickv feeling
I on the part Of those who. felt their posi-
tions on Uncle sam pay roll To be safe
were two bills introduced IN the House;
one bv Representative Martin, OF Indi
| ana, providing that from and after the
/ first of next July, all appointments IN
| the Government service should Ice for a
| term of four years and that each official
so appointed should be eligible for one
! re-appointment, but no more; that all
/ officials-here comes the part that has
upset the nerves of those Aha have been
feeding at the public trough 50 long that
they thought 1t belonged a. them-who
have been in government employ eight
years or longer shall be ineligible To re
| appointment, and the other providing
| for a suspension Of the Civil Service law,
so far as ii relates to appointments and
removals, for a period of one year from
the beginning of each Presidential term.
Representative De Almond, of Missouri
the author of the last-named bill, says
| in preamble thereto that no admins
tration can fully and satisfactorily carry
| its policies into execution If Il large por
ton of the subordinate officers are hos
tile to such policies.
The largest appropriation bill-the
| Sundry Civil-has been completed 1t
| is $15, 900, 900 less than the estimates
submitted to the House. The Diploma
tic and Consular bill Is also complete.
1t carries S209, 900 less than the esti
mates. The Democratic watchword-
econOmy-is being lived up to as much
as possible.
Senator Sherman's ability to look out
| for number one has made him a very
rich man and not small part of his
wealth was made out of Washington
real estate Several years ago he bought
| on speculation large piece of unim-
proved ground on the outskirts of the
| city, and recently a water main was laid
! along the front of that property and a
| bill amounting To about 500 for the spe-
! cial tax provided by law was sent to Sen
ator sherman. Instead of paving this
| bill as a private citizen without an Off
cial pull would have done, heappealed
to the local officials Ia remit the tax, on
| the ground that the land was unimprov-
| ed and would remain so, as ii was his
intention, to sell 1t to the government to
/ be used as a park. If the Senator pro-
! posed giving this ground to the govern
! ment there might be some justice in his
| not paying this water main tax, but as
! he expects ito sell 1t (at big profit, pre-
/ sumably) he should be made to pay all
! the legal taxes on II, aS the most obscure
/ individual would have To do.
The making of the joint resolution
| providing for the election of the L. :.
Senators by direct vote of the people a
party question by the Republicans of the
House, when IT was taken mp and passed
under a suspension of the rules, indi-
Gates that the resolution may toe defeated
in the Senate 10y the same tactics. There
! are, however, number of Republican
! Senators who, having publicly commit
| ted themselves in favor of the PROPOSE
! ton, will find it awkward to vote against
/ il.
/ More money for pensions In addi-
| ton to the $lO, sos, G2l, asked for on
account of "A deficiency in the approplia-
tions for the current fiscal year, -, 335,
/ $40 was this week asked for 10y Secretary
| Noble To meet a fu-ther deficiency which
| has come to light since the first estimate
/ was made.
The public buildings in Washington
| are all closed to-day on account Of the
! funeral of eX President HAYES, and sever
| al members of the cabinet and "A detail of
| officers of the army and navy are at the
| funeral as representatives of the admins
| tratlon. Personally Mr.. Hayes was
| generally liked by Democrats who knew
him, but those who did not enjoy that
| pleasure always, perhaps unconsciouSly,
| associated him in their minds with the
methods never to be duplicated and new
er to be forgiven, which prevented their
| fully appreciating the really good traits
which he possessed Although he was
the chief beneficiary of plot which will
always be blot upon American history,
let it be remembered to his credit that he
neither originated it or took any part in
carrying it out
Delegate Game has not been idle dur
ing this session. He has secured a unan-
imOus report in favor of his bill for the
administration of Utah as state, from
the House COMMITTEES on Territories
That Treasury report, which it was
promised the House Ways and Means
committee would be ready week ago
has not yet been made. The sickness of
the Official who was experimenting its
preparation is given as an excuse for the
delay. NJ.