The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-23

tLt interest tho -
and yet 1t came 10 oonyre.s 'sase POM
and mendicant. ASKING fnr 90 a bankrupt
not only paying interest on ,,s vas
put was paying dividends to pri,ish p Ss
nolders These roads were nursn,ns ~,
had become fixed policy In raises. "''
agement in the United States ths ,,.rnIn,,
GOWN or wrecking OF roads in order ~ ,,a.,
ipnia'e them.
VT. vest 'Dem.) OF Missouri internosea
at this point with n ouest,o. a. p"s.u
meaning OF the president in his rec. n, moe
sage that unless congress- ac,a1 ~ mes i
question the executive branch would me-,
ny January l.
Mr.. Morgan gave n denroco,or,. ...
ana SAID
NOW, In all Egypt there was on,v o,o
man and he was diviaely insured who
couiu interpret the dreams of paaroab IN,
senator ought not to ask me to IT. rrurst
inc presidents message. II any man ia
oapah'e OF interpreting that message IL
IS the senator from Missouri nm
stopping TO interpret the message"
Mr. Vest, with the message in his hand
uecn'ed on more exact answer and prn
ceoded TO repeat the presidents words
out ne vas cut off amid laughter nv AR
morgan. who said: II wish the senator
would not bother me with that message
Mr. Morgan proceeded at considerable
,N'rN-' Va tihh tHtl IL was Of supreme
Importance that these roads should not fan
into private hands partictlarlv tba had.
OF foreign bondholders. 1t was coming to
the point that an American stakeholder 4
an American railway was a curiosity VINO
ought to he put in side show.
instance of an American rad iona nils
not only owned by Americans. but Nv
american women who held a majority OK
'.A S, ,.h
Morgan. iid'''e' MI
SHOW mo the men who hold tho bonds
and l VIII show you those who control the
~ M.
ton on the paciac railtya,, o,,s,io, ne
he would seek to secure some hoadwov
Immediately after the holidays. He an
m'as no, INA, II q quorum OF the senators
nc had IN ino,iro irto ks wvui9
been raised
Mr. Pettgrew's resolution was then re.
- w. ,"u Doln'ti''e e On acme rallWays
adon,ion of roeoi,,io,, n,' a .uc
secretary Of state for Information nc to -bs
killing Of Charles Gavin, a United States
,'''nv", III una re reao letter from Mrs
healing for an inn,,,r, .n ,nV 49, s ap-
had been hacked to nleces by Snanish sal
diers.
After passing several private pension bills
i've sass,on H., "umt M" ~, ~
senate then adjourned IN January iSo7.
The House.
Washington. December 22.--The house TO-
d,,, ,assoa ,,., ,a,t,,.,,,.o e,,,..,.. 49,,
,,,.,,.,o.,, Nv, "','
judiciary appropriation Dill ana then adj
1ourncd for the holiday recess. This is the
first time in the history OF congress that
,ha iao,.t,.;,.> hui 80. -, -, -.
Tue holiuays'
The day was devoted to the annual debate
on the civil service law and as usual tho
,,,an,,, 20 s,r,,,o 49,. 49,, -, ~. ,,,'
f''' '7''' '0' '''0
commission was oVerwhelmlngly defeated
There was a great deal of threshing over
of old straw and sn.rri,c sor roli,,.,i
Mr.. Brossius, chairman OF the civil SER
vice committee, defended the law. Others
who particinated II, tba dehote yvsra ues.rs
49, -,
i'Ne' 'N'p'' VI No" fiaihpsn'ie' amer
tRep.) oil Massachusetts, Williams tDein,)
of Mississippi. Bowers (Rep.) of California
and Nielsen fDonn, nj Art,nso.
,, e.,-
M oe''ie 'HeihJ ol Nor'h NaroIihd haue
the motion to strike out the paragraph re-
latng TO the civil service, which was dc
feotod-9a tn 80 Tho Mil nc ,asscd oar
r,es sol $50 geo or sss az, nsors thar IN.
current nil
During the norninq bo,n bilI was
rassrd a,tboriz,nr tbo ,otIrosds =, IN ,T1
alan Territorv to change their al,gn,n,nts
Mr. Ralter 1pon or Nov tor,n9hire ~,
tackled The nathods ~ adnin,stsr,ng the
civil scrvice laws under Tho nresen, ad-
ministra,ton Ne ossor,ed ,hai tnG 1,oor-
gi,ns hnd ho,n unnamed IN nIaces in tho
Infn,ior denartment nv mis- adm,ntstrstton.
tbat of s7G Jismissa,s from The denarfns,,,
,s5 wero veterans and th,t Tho ,reasnrv
denartment had also discrimino,ed aaa,ns.
renmblirans In annointmen,s and dIs,nisqals
Under the spoils system The nublic husj-
ness had bron better handled than now
when clerks are kent under secret espionaea
and are no better off than factory hands.
W, HE civil service commission had never
,Io,cst,d against such maIadministration
Mir Rrossius REM of PENNSYLVANIA.
chairman of the committee ON civil service
ran1ied ot sn,re lcngth 70 Mr. Raker <