The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-03-28

the subiect.
6enafcx Yest made The he of the
week il ! semi-humorous speech IN
favor Of Senator Cann6n's rssolu-
ton directing Secretary Smith TO
carry eut the law By opening the
2;OO0,O 600 acres comprised il the
Uncompahgre Indian reservation,
in Utah, to the public. He started
out By calling attention 70 the adj
ministration's disposition to mis-
understand tho western people
and threw tho entire Senate into
laughter BY tho following references
to President Cleveland's speech 1t
tho New York Home Missionary
meeting: "Our President stood with
Dr.. Talmage on one side and the
Rev. Sheldon Jackson on the other,
and gave us : new version Of that
blessed old missionary hymn which
We have heard 80 often in our child
hood:
AFrom Nontana's siaful mountains,
From Utahs wicked plains,
They call u to deliver
Their lands from errors chains"
AZ was expected the House made
tho resolution csnsuring Ambassa-
dor Baysrd the basis for q partisan
discussion.
According to the present pro-
gramme, President Cleveland will
shortly extend the civil service rules
90 a. to cover every employe Of the
Federal government outside of MEM
bers of the Cabinet and the Judici-
airy. II done the administration
which will come into power next
March would have practically no
patronage to distribute. This docs
not strike the politicians favorably.
In fact, it doesn't strike anybody,
outside of the present office-holders
and those who are dependant upon
them, very favorably. While there
never was any sense in Wholesale
change in tho small-fry officials of
the government every time there
was q change Of administration, it
squares with both common sense
and good business ideas to have
those filing executive positions in
political sympathy With the admin
If President Cleveland
makes the proposed blanket extern
sion of the civil service rules it will
be the first step towards the total
abolition of those rules by his sue.
cessor.
The fact is not likely to be over
looked by foreign nations that the
Naval appropriation bill for the
fiscal year beginning July l, next,
which vas this week agreed upon
by the House committee on Naval
Affairs, carries more money for
the increase Of our navy than has
been carried in . single bill since
the war. The building Of four
battle-ships and fifteen torpedo
boats are provided for in the bill.
The new boats are all to be built by
contract, and to meet any emergen-
cy that may arise for hurrying them
the Secretary of the Navy is author
lied to spend as much of the total
appropriation as in his judgment
may be necessary during the COM
ing fiscal year.
Representatives of nearly all the
railway labor organizations we're
given hearings by the House Labor
committee this week. They all
spoke in favor Of the bill of Senator
Voorhees,, giving any railway en-
ploye who is arrested for contempt
Of court the right to appeal to any
other court and to . trial by jury !;
also the bill introduced by Repre-
sentative Erdman, of Pennsylvania,
providing for q national board Of ar
bitration to settle disputes between
railways and their employees, and
Representative Phillips bill to Gre
ate q national nonpsrtisan board TO
look after the interests Of employers
and employees and make recommsn.
dations for their mutual benefit.
The giving Of . dinner and recsp-
ton in honor Of Secretary and Ars.
0lney, BY the British Ambassador,
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