The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-23

'''NHi'lCNtiii lJtC- - ne House to-
day passed the legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation bills, and then nd
lourned for the holiday recess. This is
the first time i'll the history of Congress
that the Legislative bill has been passed
| before the holidays. The day was devoted
To the ANIMAL debate of the civil service
law and is usual the attempt TO strike
out the provision for the commission WINS
overwhelmingly defeated
Mr. Settle made the motion to strike
out the paragraph relating to the civil
service, which was defeated
The bill as passed carries sol, 500, 800
or Si6,39 more than the current bill.
When the House, took up the legislative
appropriation bill, Mr.. Gibson urged
greater consideration fssr~ .Nsta,ans, Of The
rebellion Ill nppointments.t to Office under
the civil service system
Mr.. Baker attacked the method of nd
ministering the civil service laws under
the present administration. He asserted
that lOo GeorSans had been appointed TO
places in the Interior Department by this
administrations: that of SiS .dismissals
from the department. 49, were veterans.
and that the Treasury Department also
had Disseminated against the Republican
appointments and dismssas leaving but
one Republican in the secret service
nder the spoils sytem the public bust
ness had been better handled than now,
when the clerks are kept under secret es-
pionage and are no better Off than factory
hands.
Mr.. Walker warmly endorsed the prin-
ciplcs of the civil service law, which he
declared was the controlling principle in
every, well regulated business concern.
y remark of Mr.. Walker : about the
poor white trash of the South drew
,f
eloquent and SURFING rebuke He char
acterized the so-callcd poor white trash of
the South as the most magnificent raw
material in this country for the making
OF manhood and wOmanhood. The South,
he said, was to-day the only American
part of America and from the poor white
trash" of the South sprnng Henry Clay,
Andrew jackson aud Abraham Lincoln.
The lGtter's magnificent courage and keen
sense of humor was Southern and poor
white trash at that.
MIR. Walker repudiatcd the suggestion
that slur was contained in his reference
TO the poor white trash. He said he had
referred to class well known in history
who before the war were exiled to the
mountains and had the contempt both of
the wealthy slave owners and the negroes.
Mr. Williams in reply declared the class
had never had any existence save in the
minds OF novelists ana negroes Express
ing himself on the civil service law, he
gave it as his opinion that no business
man OF common sense would apply the
principle OF II competitive examination to
the selection of his employees
MIR. Settle moved to strike out all pro.
vision for civil service
Mr.. Brosius expressed his astonishment
that motion to strike out this paragraph
ShnIIlI rpua from, a
the utterances of the st. Louis platform
and of President elect Mckinley Oh that
subject
Mr. Settle said that he was not so much
opposed to civil service law rs to the ex-
tensions made by Mr.. Cleveland
Don't you know your amendment
would strike down the commissioner
1T would not, replied Mr.. Settle 1T
would cripple the law, and wish could
cripple it still more.
This statement wa heartily applauded
by many Republicans on the door and
was vocifcrousIy hailed 10y the galleries.
In reply TO question by Mr.. Richard
son, Nv. Brosius said he felt certain that
President elect Mckinley would do all he
could to imp owe the efficiency and effect
iveness of the laW.
Mr.. settles amendment was defeated.
Mr. Hill moved nm amendment to provide
that MI persons in the classified service
who had not taken an examination should
take such examination.
The purpose OF this amendment was To
subject those persons placed i'm the classi-
fled service by Mr.. Clevcland's order 20
an examination. The amendment was
ruled out on point of order. The COM
mittee then rose and the bill was passed.
At i:3O p. IN. the House adjourned until
noon of January j.