San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-29
CIVIL SERVICE RULES.
REPRESENTATIVE DOOR WANTS
THIS HUMBUG REPEALED.
Senator Allison Looking Over The Tariff
Bill-Continued Demand For
Sugar Beet Seed.

Washington, April 29.-Special.-
1t is expected that President McKin-
ley will shortly modify the civil SER
vice rules. He has had an extended
conference with the civil service COM
mission. Secretary Wilson stated be-
fore the Senate subcommittee, which
is investigating the workings Of the
civil service law and rules, that the
present rules hampered him in select
| ing efficient scientific subordinates,
and in a written communication, Sec
rotary Gage expressed the opinion that
modification of the rules would be
beneficial to his department.
Representative Dorr, of West Vir-
gina, has introduced bill for the out
right repeal of the civil service laws,
and he declares his intention to do
everything he possibly can to get the
bill acted upon.
Nothing could better illustrate Pres
ident McKinley's idea of the relations
that should exist between the Federal
administration and the public than the
official announcement of the selection
of Judge VIM. +. Day, of Canton, O.,
to be first assistant secretary of state,
and Representative Bellamy Stor-
err of Ohio, to be United States minis
ter to Belgium, three days before their
nominations were sent to the Senate.
President Mckinley believes that as
soon as anything has been determined
upon, the people have a right to be in
formed of it, and acts accordingly.
Secretary Wilson is much pleased
with the reception of his effort to in
crease the culture of sugar beets in
those sections of the country where
the climate and soil seems to indicate
success with this crop. So great has
been the demand for the seeds that
the large supply contracted for by Sec
rotary Wilson when he first took
charge of the Agricultural department
has been almost exhausted.
The death of Representative Milliken
recalls the fact that no member of the
Maine congressional delegation died in
office before Mr.. Milliken, since 1888,
when Representative Jonathan 2. Gil
ley, of Maine, was shot dead by Repre-
sentative Graves, of Kentucky, with
whom he fought a duel.
Senator Allison, who is a member of
the subcommittee engaged in going
over the Dingley bill before it is re-
ported to the full finance committee
by the way, this subcommittee is not
taking any holiday either night or day
this week-gave caller n good idea of
the manner in which the work of re-
vision is being done, when he said:
Here is letter from a manufacturer
of backing. How many ingredients
do you suppose there are that enter in
20 its manufacture? Well, more than
a dozen. Some of these ingredients
have been transferred from the free
90 the dutiable list. Some have had
the rates increased and some decreas-
ed. Each article has a direct bearing
on this mans business. He writes
us that backing is sold in packages
of a certain size. which can not we'll
be varied: also that most of the
backing is imported from France, and
that the industry in this country is
in it's infancy, but is making fair
progress. If we retain the House
rates on certain ingredients he men
tions, he asks that we also make
small increase in backing and sug-
cests that it will be easier to do this
than to change the rates on the dozen
articles which enter into his product.
His request does not seem unreasona-
BILE, does 1t, if the facts are as he
states? Well, we have looked into the
rates on every one of the ingredients
mentioned and their bearing on his
product, and find his statement correct.
This is the way we are doing our work
on the tariff bill, and I think 1t is bet
ter than to do this man an injustice
and 'possibly give his business to the
French manufacturers" The sub
committee expect to complete its work
on the bill this week, and it is hoped
that the bill can be reported to the
! Senate next week.