The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-16
HOMESTEAD ENTRIES
The Senate Passes a Bill to Allow
Settlers a Second Chance.
The CIVIL SERVICE LAW QUESTION.
Trying to Shape q Bill to Please Divergent
Eiements-The Federal Habeas Corpus
Iaw-Letter Carriers Bonds
Indian Congress Scheme.

Massachusetts. made an etfor, in the
senate 10 secure an Immediate vote
upon his immigration bill, which Is sub
stantially the same measure that was
passed by the Fifty-Fourth congress
and vetoed by President Cleveland. Mr..
Allen. of Nebraska, objected to an inn
mediate vote and suggested that the
final vote on the amendment and the
bill be taken on Monday, January II,
at three p. III. This suggestion was
accepted by Mr.. Lodge, and the order
for vote at that time was made.
Mr.. Pettigrew called up the bill |
granting to settlers the right to make
second homestead entries of l60 acres
and it was passed.
Mr.. Butler, of North Carolina, spoke |
at length upon amendments ne had |
offered to the bill which he had previ- |
ously introduced providing for postal
savings bank system. Such system
would, in his opinion. insure greater
comfort in the homes of the plain peo-
pie of the land, as great majority OF
them would certainly become deposit
ors in such banks. This would culti-
vate among them thrift and economy.
anu CudDlG lAcLl W biosASaS ava
themselves in illness and in old age,
which was another argument in favor
of such a system. Mr.. Butler said that
| if the system were established there
| would never be another issue of bonds
| by the government in time OF peace.
Excepting the reporting of the leg
| islative and executive and judicial APP
preparation bill, which is to be consid-
| cred to-day, the house did no public
| business yesterday. The entire ses-
| sion was consumed in ad iustinr n per-
sonal dispute between Mr.. Hepburn.
of Iowa, and Mr.. Norton, OF Ohio.
1t involved the renewal OF con-
troversy that occurred between the
two gentle men during the ebate on the
| pension appropriation bill last week
over the word most or many" in
reference to soldiers on the pension
roll 1t was claimed that most was
used, but the speech when printed
was changed to many Mr.. Hep
burn insisted that the use of the word
many" placed him in a false light and
he was sustained after two hours de-
bate.
THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW QUESTION.
| WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE outlook
for changing the civil service law is
! being actively canvassed among re-
publican members of the house as a
result of the conference held Saturday
= night. The members of the special
committee having the matter in charge
are trying to SO shape bill that II
will command the support of mum
] ber of divergent elements Mr.. Pear
son, of North Carolina, who inau
| purated the movement and is mem
ber of the special committee, says tht
essential notifications of the Law
D likely to be considered by the commit
tee are as follows: Excluding from th'
). operations of the law cases in which
one government officer is responsible
for the acts of his subordinate, as
u public collector of revenue; eXamina
tions of those already covered into tn
classified service without examination
10 so as to put them on footing wit
U new applicants; change of examina
tions, so as to make them more prat
tical and less theoretical; distinct pro
It vision against life tenure and for
stated term of service; affirmation c
" the rights of heads of departments
remove, reduce or promote in the IL
b. terest of the public; a limitation of tn
law to specific departments, bureau.
" etc, and an exclusion of those not en-,
merated.
is THE FEDERAL HABEAs CORPUS LAW.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 14.-Senator Pc
kins, of California. yesterday lntr
% duced a bill to amend that paragrap
,u of the revised statutes relating to tt
appeal on habeas corpus of crimin'
'e cases to the supreme court of tt
a. United States. The object is to {
away with numerous appeals by a
torneys of prisoners made with Il
n sole view of gaining time. Senat'
Perkins cited the Durrant case as
80, particularly strong example of tn
sort.
m' LETTER CARRIERS BONDS.
sit WASHINGTON. Dec 14.-Postmast
General Gary has amended the regul
tions SO as to require that. after Apr
Tn 1 next, the bond supplied by lett
,va carriers for the faithful performan
of their duties shall be that SUPPLE
by surety companies At the prese
m, time about half the carriers ha
surety company bonds and the 9th
half private individual bonds By t
death of bondsmen and for 9th
si. reasons the Individual bonds are oft
found to be worthless.
INDIAN CONGRESS SCHEME
III WASHINGTON. Dec. 1.-THE sena
- committee on Indian affairs yesterd
reported favora bly, on bill providi
for a congress OF Indian tribes, to
held at Omaha during the coni
Transm;ssissipp exposition.