Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-18
OUTSIDERS VS.. INSIDERS
The Fight of Government Printing Office
Civil Service Continues.
More Resolutions Passed by the OPP
pOnents IF the Present System
In the Columbia Union.

The third round in the fight between the
two factions Of Columbia Typographical
Union. No. 1O1, which is being waged over
the existence of the civil service regula-
lions in the government printing Office
came off last night at the regular weekly
meeting. and resulted in a victory for the
oompositors who do not hold places In the
government composing room. and who are
variously termed OUTSIDERS AMI "spois-
men" This is round No. . on The winning
side of the latter faction, the first victory
being scored several weeks ago. when reso-
lutions were passed requesting the Pres
ident to remove the government printing
office from the classified civil service list.
The printers who are sticking type under
government auspices. and who rejoice in
the appe!lations of insiders or steady
joEbers'' Immediately prepared to OFFSET
the work of the ''spoilsmen." AMI they got
together and passed resolutions lauding
the working of civil service out en- North
Capitol and II streets to the very zenith OF
the skies. These resolutions We're also sent
to the President
Again Victorious.
Nothing daunted, the outsiders got to-
gether again last night and prepared more
resolutions for Secretary John Addison
Porter to file away in one of his capa ,ious
pigeonholes at the White House. These
resolutions. which were passed by Vote
of II TO "a, after reciting that President
Cleveland .iefied a decision of the United
States Supreme Court when he placed the
government printing office in the classified
list. ara also violated the civil service law.
and that there a petition before the
Department of Justice setting form these
facts and praying President Mckinley to
set aside the unlawful order of President
Cleveland. resolved that Columbia Typo
graphical Union condemned the unlawful
ction of President Cleveland, and prayed
President Mckinley to secure IN opinion
from the Attorney General on the subject
President Prescott of the International
Union was also urged TO exhaust all power
vested in him to have the government
printing office taken out of the Classified
list, and instructions were given to the
president and secretary that copies of the
resolutions should be sent to President Me
Kirley and President Prescott Ion Mon
day. October Is. 1877.
Presented Today.
The latter specification was regarded as
a coup de etat by the "spoilsmen." By it
the resolutions will be in the hands OF
President Mckinley today, and it WAS
adopted because the majority last night
knew that another and special meeting of
the union was to ne called at once. which
would take action directly adverse to that
taken last night, large majority of the
members being favor of the retention of
the civil service law in the printing office.
A call for the special meeting was made up
last night and signed by the requisite
twenty-five names.
Among other business transacted at the
meeting. resolution offered by e. W.
Oyster, requesting the public printer to
continue the present time system, was laid
on the table by heavy aJority-