Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-09-11
WILL TEST CIVIL SERVICE LAW.
Reciprocity With France May Build
Dry Dock.
From our Regular Correspondent.]

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.-Other Off
Gals are just as deeply interested in
the suit brought against Postmaster
Cary and First Assistant Heath, by
Iohn G. Woods, Supt. of Mails in the
Louisville, KY. Post Office, to deter
mine the right heads of departments
have to remove officials in the CLASH
fed civil service, as are the gentlemen
directly concerned. A temporary re-
straining order, forbidding the re-
moval of Wood was granted return
able last Saturday, and directing the
Postmaster and his first assistant to
show cause why it should not be made
perpetual. The hearing was postpon-
ed one week from that date. A test
case is to be made as both sides wish
TO have the matter definitely settled
bv & decision of the y. S. Supreme
Court, so no matter how the case may
be decided, an appeal will be taken,
and when the case gets on the docket
of the Supreme Court, Attorney Cen
eral McKenna will move to have it
advanced for early hearing. 1t is also
expected that the case will be so
handled in the Supreme Court as to
pet decision that will cover other
points of the civil service law than the
one directly in this case. 1t is highly
desirable that heads of departments
should know the exact extent Of their
authority over their subordinates.
M. Patenotre, the French Ambassa-
dor, has been consulting with Secre-
tary Sherman with view to securing
a reduction in some of the duties inn
posed by the Dingley tariff upon
products of France, by commercial
agreement between the two coun-
tries. The articles upon which he is
especially DESTROYS of getting reduced
duties are brandy, champagne, still
wine and vermouth, and paintings,
drawings and statuary, and the reduc-
tions asked for will average about rs
per cent. The President has authori
ty to grant these reductions without
the formality of a treaty, whenever
in his Judgment there are satisfactory
reasons for doing SO; all that is need
ed to put them into effect being
proclamation by the President The
Dingley tariff also provides for reel
procity treaties, but they must be rat
fled by the Senate and approved by
the House after they are negotiated,
before they become binding. This is
the first time that the House OF Rep
resentatives has been recognized as
part of the treaty making machinery
of the government.
Those who are offering to sell the
information about examinations, etc,
which the civil service commission
furnishes to all applicants therefor free
have grown so numerous that the
has issued an announce
ment containing the following explic-
it language: mo person has any
information of importance to appli-
cants, concerning examinations which
cannot be obtained without cost from
the commission. All claims to the
contrary, therefore, are misrepresen-
tations"
Naval officials believe that the send
ing of the battleship Indiana to Hall
fax to be locked will, after all, be a
good thing, because they think it will
Congress of the necessity OF
for ample docking facilities
of our own. 1t is hoped that it will
not be necessary to send any more
warships to Halifax to be locked.
In Difference to complaint made
by the Swiss minister, Secretary
Sherman has written letter to the
Governor of Iowa, quoting the follow
ing provisions from the treaty be-
tween the United States and Switzer-
land: mo higher impost, under
whatever name, shall be exacted OF
the citizens Of one of the two coun-
tries residing or established in the
other than shall be levied upon the
of the country in which they
reside. nor any contribution, what
ever, to which the latter shall not be