The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-04-02

Tending tis6 prlncipis 81 civil service.
saM ;its rActics had been attended
with glafiHR sincompetency. Mr.. Stew
art Of Neyada regarded the civil Ger.
Vice conl1llgsi0n % an "0fYlce broker
age establishment" Senators Hoar
and Lodi defended the law. The res
ofutiOn directing the civil service COM
mittee Of the senate to. investigate the
I South Omaha removals was br0adenetl
by an amendment instructing the. COM
inittee 70 inquire into the general ope-
ration Of the law and to report wheth-
er 1t shonld be continued, amended or
repealed. Mr.. Turpie of Indiana spoke
at considerable length in advocacy OF
the election Of United States senators
by the popular vote, detailing tie I'M
certatntles and frequent scandals at.
tending tue present method Of choosing
senator's. On motion Of Mr.. Hoar the
bankruptcy bin, which was reported
favOrabIy, was made the unfinished
business, thus givinI, & right Of way
after 2 p. m. daily.
Washington, March 25.- The third
day Of the tariff debate In the house
was almost az dull as the first. There
were two notable speeches, one BY Mr..
Grosvenor Of Ohio, and the other by
Mr.. McMillin OF Tennessee. but the
rest Of the speeches, with the possible
exception Of that Of Mr.. Walker Of
Massachusetts,, hardly created rip
pie on the m0n0tonous sea Of speech
making. Mr.. Gr0SvenOr and Mr.. Nc
8iillir were dfstlnctively the orators OF
the day. The other speakers at the
day session were Messrs. Fox OF Mis-
sfssippi, Sims of Tennessee, Williams
of Mississippi, Terry of Arkansas,
Savers OF Texas, johnson of North
Dakota. Evans of Kentucky, Maddox
Of Georgia and Adams Of Pennsyl-
vania.
The night session was devoted to
set speeches. There were only two
features OF, the. session that caused at
tentlon. Mr.. Kerr (Rep., Ohio severe
~ criticised the reciprocity features of
the bill. which he predicted would
wholly fail to secure valuable conces-
si0ns for the surplus products of agri-
culture. I'VE should adopt the Nc
Kinley plan Of reciprocity" said lie,
1.-THE plan born in the brain of James Il.
Blaine" He characterized this as the
fatal defect of tl.e bill. The other
feature was the sstatement of Mr..
Castle Wem., Cal) that il "Rome had
her Catalina, America had her Han
na." The speakers were Messrs. Liv-
lngston of Georgia, Belford of New
York, Rrun.lagc of Arkansas, Brom-
well Of Ohio. Castle of California,
Brown of Ohio, Kerr Of Ohio and Ohm
stead Of Pennsylvania. The house ad-
journed at II o'clock.
The senate session lasted only half
an hour and no business was done be-
yond the Introduction of bills. Mr..
ldoar presented bill prohibiting Vita
fights in the District of Columbia and
the territories, and forbidding the
shipment of pictures for these exhib-
it's by mail or through any interstate
means. The bill is aimed against
| vitascope exhibitions of the recent Car
son City fight, although, general in Its
! provisions.
Washington, March 26. - The four
days general debate in the house on
the Dingley tariff bill is closed. Be-
ginning tomorrow the bill will be
open for amendment under the five
minute rule. until Wednesday, when
the vote will be taken. Mr.. Bailey of
Texas, the opposition leader, who was
| to close the general debate for his side,
was unable to make his speech owing
| to q sore throat, and mutual arrange
ment was made for an hours debate
on side just before the final vote is
taken. The speechmaking was not OF
n very lively order, but the crowds in
| the galleries continued. Five members
| Of the ways and means committee
spoke, Messrs. Tawney, Dalzell, Rus
sell, Payne and Steele. The other
speakers of the day session were
Messrs. Talbert, Clark, Nature,
Gum, Cox, McRae, Grow, Simpson,
Curtis, Burke. Lentz, Colson, Hawley,
DE Almond and Fitzgerald.
The senate held half-hour open
session early in the day and then after
two hours in executive session on the
arbitration treaty resumed the open
session in order to go on with the
| bankruptcy bill. The latter measure;
generally known as the Torrey bank
ruptcy bill, was read at length, and
Mr.. Nelson of Minnesota offered sub
| stitute differing in number of par
! ticulars from the committee BILL The
debate has not yet opened. Amended
credentials were presented in behalf
of John w. Henderson, appointed by
the governor OF Florida to the seat va
Gated by MIR. Call. 1t brought out a
statement from Mr.. Hoar, acting
chairman of the committee on priv
ileges and elections, that action on the
pending election cases, was delayed by
the uncertainty as to the committee
organization of the senate. The re-
vtsed credentials we're referred to the
elections committee. Mr.. Stewart OF
Nevada said the general feeling was
that the senate was capricious in its
actions on these cases and that there
should be some definite and final set
tle1nent of the whole subject. The
executive session was concluded ut 3
o'clock on motion of Senator Hoar.
who suggeste dthat the bankl uptcy bill
could be taken up with profit. The sug-
gestiUn, was accepted. y