St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-12
WAS A DRY SESSION
SENATORS PASS A FEW BILLS AND
Do A GOOD DEAL OF TALK
THEY ALL VOTE FOR SEEDS,
AND SECRETARY MORTON Is d.
RECTED TO DISTRIBUTE THEM
AS HERETOFORE.
GIBES FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE.
Senator Allen Says 1t Serves to Give
Places to Cigarette-Smoking
THEY ALL VOTE FOR SEEDS,
GIBEs FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE senate
passed a bill giving the city Of Charles
ton, g. c., the use of the old postoff1ce
building for municipal purposes Sen
ator Quay's resolution to recommit the
tariff bill went over. The long pending
resolution which has brought out much
criticism Of the secretary of agriculture
was passed without division. The meas
ure was amended so as to provide that
the purchase and distribution of seeds
shall proceed as heretofore. Mr.
Blanchard Dem.. Lao was then recog-
niZed for a speech on the Monroe doc
trine
Mr.. Allen Pop., Neb.) replied briefly
to Mr.. Vests criticisms on the secretary
of agriculture. Mr.. Allen contended
that any unusual allowance of seeds
made by the secretary to Nebraska
was due to the drought there. Mr..
Wolcott, Of Colorado, interrupted with
the statement that the eastern belt
Of Colorado had suffered from this same
drought, but the secretary of agricult-
ure had declined to give the slightest
help in the way of seeds. Mr. Wolcott
hoped there might be some explanation
Of this in order to redeem an office
that was regarded as worthless" In
order to stop debate and take up the
deficiency bill. Mr. Hale suggested
that the seed bill had been disposed of
earlier in the day. This is all caput
mortum." said the senator. Does the
senator mean to call the secretary Of
agriculture a head dead?" asked Mr..
Wolcott
A discussion of Secretary Carlisles
observance Of
CIVIL SERVICE METHODS
came up on a provision of the def
cheney bill for the appointment of
twenty-five expert money counters.
Mr.. Chandler sarcastically pointed out
that the secretarys letter requesting
the twenty-five counters asked that he
be given the selection as the civil SER
vice commission was not able to fur
nish the class Of counters required 1t
was thus discovered, said Mr.. Chand-
Ter. that the civil service commission
had broken down and was so feeble
and dilapidated that it could not fur
nish the class of counters required
Mr.. Lodge Rep., Mass) said there
was no decrepitude in the civil service
commission. This request of the sec
rotary was due to his desire to con-
trol the appointments. Mr.. Allen ar
raigned the civil system. 1t would in
time turn over our government service
to lot of "cigarette-smoking dudes"
The senator said the two frauds Of the
public service were the civil service
commission and the interstate com
merce commission.
Mr.. Wolcott interjected a brief but
somewhat sensational speech. He said
the real menace to the country was
the power Of patronage lodged with the
executive, and which had never before
been used to such an extent as under
the present administration. A free
coinage bill would have passed through
the last house Of representatives had
not the power Of patronage been
brought to bear by the administration.
especially the patronage controlled by
the secretary of the treasury. Colo
RADIO was today flooded with appoint
ments, many Of them unfit ones. made
by the secretary Of the treasury for