The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-15
HELD A SHORT SESSION
House Adjourned Through Sym
pathy for the President.
THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW
1t Will Receive Exhaustive Discussion
When the Appropriation Bill Is
Reached-Dockery Calls At
tention to Expenditures.

Washington. Dec 1.-THE house to-
/ day, after a session of about two hours.
/ adjourned out of sympathy for the
| president. whose mother was buried at
/ Canton this afternoon. The time of the
| session was devoted to the considera-
tion of the legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation bill. 1t was de-
/ clded to postpone consideration of the
| item providing for the maintenance of
/ the civil service commission until after
| the other features of the bill had been
| concluded. 1t was apparent from the
remarks made to-day that the entire
subject will be exhaustively debated.
There is seemingly no disposition to
| curtail the discussion and it probably
| Will not be concluded before the holiday
| recess. So absorbing is the topic that
almost the entire time of to-day, des-
pite the fact that the consideration of
the question had been technically post
poned. was consumed in the debate
upon ii.
On motion of Representative Law
renee of Massachusetts. Saturday. Jan
Is, was set aside for paying tribute 10
the memory of the late Representative
Wright, his predecessor. Then, without
further preliminary business. the
house went into committee of the whole
and proceeded to the consideration of
the legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill.
Mr. Bingham, republican. Pennsylva-
mia, in charge of the measure explained
| Its provisions in detail Mr.. Bingham
said he would offer amendments to re-
duce the clerical force in the pension
office by 96 clerks involving a deduc-
tion of $115,000 in salaries. Mr. Bing-
ham did not discuss the approximations
providing for the maintenance of the
civil service commission. but stated
that the widest latitude would be al
lowed for debate, even if ii should run
over the holiday recess. He asked,
however. that the provisions of the bill
relating to the civil service and the de-
bate thereon should go over until after
the consideration of the other features
of the bill were concluded
Mr.. Grosvenor, republican, Ohio, un-
der whose direction the fight on the
civil service law is being made. ex-
pressed the opinion that the bill should
rot be pressed to final vote until after
the holidays.
Mr.. Bingham's request was agreed TO
and an hour and a half was set aside
fer general debate on the rest of the
bill.
Mr.. Barrett. republican, Massanhu-
Setts, took the floor and made some
general remarks in support of the civil
service law, in the course of which he
referred to the slender minority vote
which the civil service law had when it
passed the house in 1889, The vote
stood 155-f7
Mr.. Cannon of Illinois and Mr.. Brig
ham of Pennsylvania reiterated their
opposition to the broad extension of the
law hy executive orders. The latter
explained that the law was passed un-
der suspension of the rules practically
without debate and never contemplated
an extension by executive orders that
would cover $1,000 government en-
ployes.
Mr.. Barrett. continuing, insisted that
it was republican measure, passed
by republican voters and that the par
ty was irreyocablv committed 10 the
policy of civil service reform.
Mr.. Moody. republican. Massachu-
setts. said he Was willing to Civ
hearing on the civil service question
and he did not propose to give iuds-
ment in advance.
Mr.. GresVener commended the state
ment. All he asked was that the house
should honestly consider the question
and give its careful Judgment "The
craftsmanship that does not do it's own
thinking" he said the statesmanshin
that only respects what others saw. il
the statesmanshin the parrot disnlavs
IN the course Of his morning ablutione.
Gauphtef4
Mr. nockery. democrat. Missouri, dis
cnssed the amazing growth of the ezs-
renaftures of the government during
the recent years. The ordinary ex-
nenses IF the government. exclusive Of
the public debt during the last efrhf
years exceeded the aenres Of the last
ei~ht years by 81 00n 900 900 In round
nun bers. In view of this fact there
were only two WAYS. he said to bring
the receirts and expenses together.
Either taxation must be decreased or
exnenses eurfailed If the expenses
no