The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-24
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
Another Lick mt the Civil-Servfce
COmmi ssfOu.

WASHINGTON, May '23.-The onslaught
on the Civil-service Commission, which was
started yesterday. resumed to-day, and
several times during the day the question
was disposed of only to break out mo-
ment later in another place. The appro-
priation for commissioners and clerks for
the Civil-service Bureau having been strick-
en- out yesterday, the next paragraph pro-
viding for the transfer to the Civil-service
Commission of clerks from the departments
was stricken from the bill to-day The
House refused to strike out, however. the
appropriation of $1,000 for travelling ex-
penses for civil-serviee examiners. An
other amendment to the bill gives the Sec
rotary of the Treasury discretion in the
temporary appointment OF clerks to wind
up the accounts of the divisions proposed
TO be abolished instead of taking them from
the classified service. Prior to going into
committee OF the whole. the House passed
the Senate bill amending an act TO pro-
vide for the sale of the remainder of the
reservation OF the confederated Otoe and
Missouri Indians in the States of Nebraska
and Kansas. The House adjourned at sos
after getting half way through the legis-
lative bill.
Chairman De Forest. of the civil-service
committee OF the House, says: II am not
surprised at the vote in the House to cut off
appropriations for the Civil-service Com
mission have noticed strong tendency
the allowance for the commission will be
cut OF on the yea and nay vote yet TO be
taken doubt, however, II the Senate will
thus emasculate the commission. If Ii does
I do not believe President Cleveland will
sign the legislative bill. although 1t would
be perplexlnS problem TO have to veto
the entire appropriation bin for paying pub
lie officers in order 10 save this one COM
mission"
Mr.. Enioe. the author of the amendment
which cut of the civil-service appropria-
ton. says: From assurances have re-
ceived think the House will stand by the
amendment on yea and nay vote. The
success OF the move voices the feeling of
the country against civil-service methods.
particularly the action OF Commissioner
Lyman in deferring the extension OF the
civil service over the railway service. 1 will
introduce a bill to repeal the civil-service
Representative Enloe to-day introduced a
Dill TO repeal the civil-service act. The
acuon OF the House In refusing to appro-
pirate money from the treasury for the sal
aries or tae C1v1l-service Commissioners by
and Roosevelt of their positions even ie
IL Is followed by the Senate In the act
creating the commission il is stipulated
that there shall be three commissioners al
certain stipulated salaries, and this act still
remains in force. III was the intention of the
House TO make IL ineffective. but the failure
To appropriate money does not accomnIish
that end. There will sim be three civil
service commissioners If both House and
Senate refused TO appropriate for them.
and the commissioners could continue TO
perform their duties and appeal 10 the
SOurt OF claims Ior the remuneration fixed
by the act Representative Sayres, OF
Texas. chairman OF the appropriations COM
mittee. says that this course Is open to the
commissioners should Congress fail to pro-
vide money for the expenses of the COM
mission; that the officers could enjoy a
sinecu-e and still call upon the treasury
for their salaries. it being no fault OF theirs
that they were not able 10 carry on the
work OF the commission. The Ineffective
ness OF their blow is realized by the oDpo-
nents OF the commission. and II was for
this reason that Representative Enloe in
troducsd his bill TO abolish the commits
sion by repeating the act establishing it,