New-York tribune., 1894-05-25
SPOILSMEN DEFEATED.
THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION NOT TO
BE STARVED"

ACTION IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE RE-
vrpsrD Py THE HoUsE-THE LEGISLATIVE
APPROPRIATION BILL PASSED
lpY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBUNEi
Washington Nav A-Two days ago in Com
rnittee of the Whole where record OF votes could
be made the House OF Representatives by a vote
OF lO9 TO II struck from the Legislative Appropri-
alton bill the paragraph appropriatins money 10
pay the salaries OF the Civil Service Commission
and the result greeted with Democratic yeiis
and applause In the House to-day this action was
reversed bv a vote of Is yeas to l5S nays. and the
paragraph restored. This result provoked APP
plaiise but most OF II came from the other sue ot
the House II appears that OF the lOs brave spoiis
men who voted on Tuesday TO starve the 'i'h
Service Commission to DEATH, no fewer thah
thrty-one took to the bush" to-day Tor II Is not
to be supposed that any OF them had peen CON
vertcd and become Civil Service reformers in the
short space OF forty-eight hours. They might as
we'll have stood by their guns, although the result
would have been the same.
The amendment OF Mr.. Caruth shared the same
fate as that of Mr.. Enloe. and sad to say IL went
down without even a division. Another amendmeh.
OF the Committee of the Whole. which the House
to-day reversed, the one which declared 'hat
the statute OF 1856 under which authority Is FOUND
70 dock the pay of absent members had beeh re-
pealed. This defeated by majority OF twenty
three In Of 23l. 1t Is apparent that tne
House o Representatives cannot De uepeHue' '''
as a body to construe statutes. In this case now
ever there is reason to believe that Speaker Crisp
and Mr. Richardson, who presided over the COM
mIttee of the Whole when the amendment was
adopted did some effective work TO change tne coi
yictons as we'll as the votes OF numoer OF ne'h-
bers. 4. ,,oroose tho
Unsuccessful efforts were made to increase en- tme
salary OF the Superintendent of the Geologcai %
yey from 5000 (as provided in the bid 70 so.oW as
fixed by the statute and to strike out tne Pr
vision for contingent expenses OF the civil service
Commission. -. No., =, .r,end.
Mr. Van Voorhls Rep, y. " offered an I aIIifls il
ment fixing the salary Of Postmaster -SeneIai p oi
sell al $4,000 Ruled out on point OF oruer' & Sir
Van Voorhis satirically said that when the 10. 90.
ernrnent got a great in the onlce OF Iose'
rnnster-General he should receive salary CoAi'
mensurate with its Importance oa.,or,
Mr. Stone dem. kyJ offered an aHlehul.iei IA. u.
striking out the appropriation for 70 i assis.ai'
attornevs at 5000 each three assistant attoeS eo
at 60 500 each and assistant attorney at S-:v'
ali connected with the office OF the Attorney -"en
eral The amendment was lost on on1
rho reading OF the bill was concluded az S.1O, aliI
tho hill was reported to the House with the amehl
rnents An of those on which separate votes WEI
! nor demanded were agreed to- The nrst alnen,u
mont on which a vote asked was that oy Hll
HAYES Dem Iowa) declaring section ~ tteElsce
Statutes Droylding for dcductng the pay ol nIeI,l
bers for time absent except on account OF SIN
ness 70 have been repealed. The yeas ana ma ma
we're called. resulting-yeas lOi. nays ~. IN. ~,
amendment was therefore lost The Dill was Ine.
passed and the House adjourned till noon tomorro"