The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-12-23

tMissouri), Vest Missouri, and Tur-
p'ss ,,urdsv. Dec. lssh.-Thsre Ma.
v.ry little wosk done to-day. A joint
resolution uss Posed providing for
fhe expenditure Of $4,000 more than
vns originally intended upon the
Goverumeut building at the Trans
Nississippi international Exposition
A Omaha. Neb. The entire cost Of the
Coverment building NJ the Exposition
. TO be g. ,5p.
Atap. m, pursuant 10 concurrent
re.olution, the senate adjourned until
W ednesdAy, January 9Th, isss.
ROUSE.
Tuesday. Dec. ls.-The House to-day
had under consideration the bill max
ing appropriations for the legislative,
executive and judicial expenses OF the
government for the fiscal year ending
June 3Oth. 1879. bat came 10 no resoiu-
ton thereon. The appropriations re-
com meuded the bill aggregate 81 90.
a25 c5 which is q decrease OF eiss.isl'
Is over the current year. The appro-
priatious made are for the conduct oil
the various departments, and the mum.
Der OF salaries provided for In the bill
il 10000. The House agreed To pass
over the civil service feature OF the
bill until all the other paragraphs had
been disposed Of TO allow . longer de-
bate upon the proposition.
When the House adjourned 10 ad-
journed out OF respect for the President
on account: Of { lie death Of his mother.
Wednesday. Dec. l5.-The consider
alton Of the legislative, executive and
judiciary appropriations bill Vas again
resumed ard consumed the entire ses-
sion. Although all OF the paragraphs
had not been disposed OF, which WAS
to be done before taking up the civil
service paragraph, Is agreed upon yes-
terday, civil service came in for .
goodly part Of the discussion. IL seems
TO be pet theme, and nearly every
man has something he wants to say
about il either pro or con. It WAS m sde
. part of the discussion to-day by ref
erence to the proposition OF Mr.. VAN
derlip, Assistant Secretary OF the
Treasury department, to establish in
that department what he calls ian
honorary service ROLL" the effect of
which is nothing more nor less than to
retire government employees after GER
tain ages upon . good fat pension. His
plan is that after they have reached
the age Of seventy and have been in
the government service for Q certain
length Of time that they be retired at
$780, 90 per annum. This contemplate
those who have been drawing big fat
salaries from the government nearly
all their lives, and strange ~ it may
seem, many of those whose trust il is
to relieve the taxpayers Of the coun-
tries OF as much Of the burden Of tax
ation as possible, the taxpayers who
have to pay to maintain the govern.
ment but who have not been drawing
their $4,000, 100000 and s20O0OO SAL
aries and more for . lifetime-are We.
hemently in favor of establishing this
civil pension list, and say it ~ .brutal-
Tor the government TO discharge these
employees after they become incompe-
tent to do its service.
Inc consideration of the legislative
executive, and judiciary spproprie-,
ton bill was not completed, and vent
over rs unfinished business.
Thursday dec. 10th. "A bill appro.
priating $4,000 for the relief OF the
sufferers in the Yukon Waller was
passed The bill was practicable the
same as that passed by the senate ex-
cept that the Appropriation was made
smaller.
Pelagic came in for a long discus
sion, the question being on the passa re
OF Senate bill prohibiting the killing Of
iur seals in the North Pacific waters
Dy the American citizens. The bill
passed by q vote of l4S to IS.
Inc legislative, ETC., appropriation
Dill was again resumed but no reso-
luton reached on the same.
Friday dec. Itch. Mr.. Brownlov
tTennessee) offer red resolution which