West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-01-17
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
More Civil Service Humbugery.-
Senator Lodge Trying To GetIt
Applied 70 The Consular
Service.
SPANISH GOVERNMENT CALLED DOWN
Coxey and His Good Road and Non
Interest Bearing Bond Scheme.
The Sugar Bounty Declared Uncon.
stitutional.
WASHINGTON, ID. c.,

Jan. II, 1895.
President Cleveland and Secretary
Carlisle were far from being pleased at
the success of the combination of
Republicans, Populists and anti-ad-
ministration Democrats. which result
cd in the House refusing by vote of
12o to ia to adopt the order reported
from the Committee of Rules, fixing a
day to- vote upon the currency reform
bill; but they still believe that a bill
can be passed. The direct result of
that vote is the temporary laying aside
of the currency bill, but steps are be-
ing taken which it Is hoped will result
In getting the support of enough of the
Democrats who voted against the rule
TO make the ultimate passage of a cur
rency bill by the House certainty.
Representative Bland, of Missouri, who
was one of those Democrats, says It
will be an easy matter TO get the sup
port of nearly all of them by amending
the bill SO rs to recognize silver. One
thing now seems certain Ii no finan-
cial bill is passed. at this session an ex-
ira session of Congress will have to be
called.
Senator Lodge having announced his
intention to offer an amendment TO the
diplomat and consular appropriation
bill, When it comes up in the Senate,
providing that the consular service
shall pass under the jurisdiction of the
Civil Service Commission. Senator
CoclSrcll, chairman of the Appropriation
Committee, who will haye charge of
the bill, was asked if he thought the
amendment would be adopted No"
was his positive reply. Continuing, he
said 81 am not in favor>of extending
the Civil Service law over any more
Offices / believe that the intention
of Congress and the spirit of the law
have already been exceeded. 1t was
never contemplated that so many
branches of the government as are now
included in the classified service should
be So / believe both President Cleye-
land and President Harrison have ex-
ceeded their duty and authority in this
respect, and ii they are goinr any
further and take any more offici lis un-
der this humbug system, | propose
they go the who.e hog, AMI inclu lie the
heads of bureaux, members of Cabinet,
and the President himself | do not
see why we should except the President
from civil services examination, if we
are going TO inclu lie ,all the rest OF the
executive officers of the govern nent"
1t Will be intere sting to note how
many Republican newsp lpcrs will be
honest enough to give the administra-
ton proper credit for having compelled
the Government of Spain to remove the
discrimination of IS cents II barrel
against flour shipped from the United
States to Cuba. This diplomatic vic
tory was not easily won, but President
Cleveland and Secretary Gresham de-
cided tn 1t won it must be, ana Minister
Taylor was instructed to inform the
| spanish governme mt that it must choose
between rem wing the discrimination
against our -four ami h lving Cuban
sugar shut out of the United States.
and that the choice must be made quick.
The Spanish government is VIGOROUSLY
slow in reaching conclusion upon
anything, but in this case it got a
move on and quickly chose to abolish
that discrimination.
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Senator Voorhees, chairman of the
Senate Finance committee, refused to
J grant hearing To Coxey on his good
roads and non-interest barring bond
sche me, on the ground that il would be
an absolute waste of time, as the COM
mittce would not attempt to cJnsi Ter
the matter. Coxey was granted hear
ing before n subcommittee OF the
House c)fumittee on WAYS and Means.
consisting of Bryan, of Nebraska; DIl-
zsl, of Penn sylvania; Whiting. OF
Michigan. and McMilleu, OF Tennessee,
but there is no probability that any
recon mend itions will be made by the
subcommittee.
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Secretary Carlisle's Interpretation of
that clause OF the new tariff law which
repealed the Mckinley sugar bounty
that it put an immediate stop to tho
pigment OF bounties has been unan-
imously sustained by the Court of Ap-
pals Of the District OF Colun bia. in n
test case. And the court also decid ss
that the sugar bounty was unconstitu-
tional, two out Of it's three iud res as.