Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-01-26

mentS IN the Government service
should be for a term of four years and
that each official so appointed should
be eligible for one reappointment. but
no more: that all otlicials-here comes
the part that has upset the nerves of
those who have been feeding at the
public trough so long that they thought
1t belonged to them have been in
government employ eight years or
longer shall be ineligible to reappoint-
ment, and the other providing for a
suspension of the Civil Service law,
so far as it relates to appointmentsa and
removals, for Il period of one year
from the beginning of each President
ial term. Representative De Almond,
Of Missouri, the author Of the last
named bill. says in a preamble thereto
that no administration can fully and
satisfactorily carry its policies into
execution if d large portion of the sub
ordinate officers are hostile to such
policies
The largest appropriation bill-thc
Sundry Civil-has been completed. 1t
is $4,000, 600 less than the estimates
submitted to the House. The Diplo-
matte and Consular bill is almost COM
plete. 1t carries S209.00o less than the
estimates. The democratic watch
word-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 Il small part of his
wealth WAS made ont OF washington
real estate. Several years ago he
bought OH speculation Il large piece of
unimproved ground on the outskirts of
the city, and recently Il Waterman
was laid along the front of that pro-
pertv and Il bill amounting to about
$500 for the special tax provided by
law WAS sent to Senator Sherman.
Instead of paying this bill as !, private
citizen without an official pull"
would have done, he appealed to the
local officials to remit the tax. on the
ground that the land was ,lnimproved
and would remain so. as it was his in
tention, to sell it to the government to
be used asa park. If the Senator pro-
posed giving this ground to the gov
ernment there might be some Justice
in his not paying this water-muin
tax. but as he expects to sell it tat a
big profit, presumably he should be
made to pay all the legal taxes on it,
just as the most obscure Individual
would have to do.
The making of the joint resolution
providing for the election of the L. S.
senators by direct vote of the people
a party question by the republicans of
the House, when it was taken ND and
passed under suspension of the rules,
indicates that the resolution may be
defeated in the Senate by the same tao
tics. There are, however, a number
of republican Senators who, having
publicly committed themselves in favor
of the proposition, will find it awk-
ward to vote against it.
More money for pensions. In addi-
tion to the lO,5Os,62l, asked for on
account Of deficiency in the appro-
priations for the current fiscal year,
1885 ,sl6 was this week asked for by
Secretary Noble to meet further de-
iiciency whice has come to light since !!
the first estimate was made.
The public buildings in Washington
are all closed today on account of the |
funeral of ex-President Hayes, and
several members of the cabinet and a
detail of officers of the army and the
navy are at the funeral, as representa- |
tives of the administration. Personal
ly Mr.. Hayes was generally liked by
democrats who knew him, but those |
who did not enjoy tnat pleasure al
ways, perhaps unconsciously, associat-
ed him in their minds with the methods
by which he became president, methods
never to be duplicated and never to be
forgiven, which prevented their fully
appreciating the really good traits
which he possessed. Although he was
the chief beneficiary of a plot which
will always be a blot upon American
history, let it be remembered to
his credit. that he neither originat-
ed it, nor took any part in carrying it
out.
Delegate Gains has not been idle dur
ing this session. He has secured un-
animous report in favor of his bill for
the administration of Utah as a state,
from the house committee on terri
tories.
That treasury report which it was
promised the House ways and means
committee would be ready a week ago
has not yet been made. The sickness
of the official who was experimenting