The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-03-26
ATTACK ON CIVIL SERVICE
In the Senate Followed Up by Introduc.
tion Of a Bill to A bolish and One to NJ od.
ify 1.-THE Tariff Bill Debate in the
House-To Form q New Cabinet Office


ify 1.-THE Tariff Bill Debate in the
House-To Form New Cabinet Office
Washington, March 24-The senate
spent only half an hour in open session
today, the remainder OF the time being
given to the consideration Of the ar
bitration treaty behind closed doors.
The agricultural appropriation bill,
one Of the four appropriation bills that
failed at the last session. was reported
back in the shape in which it passed
the house last week, and was placed
on the calendar. 1t will be acted on at
an early day.
The attack on the civil service law
and its administration. which distin-
guished yesterdays proceedings. was
followed up today by the Introduction
Of two bills, one by Senator Allen, pop
ulist of Nebraska, for the repeal and
annulment Of the law, and of all exec
utive orders issued under it; and the
other by Senator Pritchard republican,
of North Carolina, chairman Of the
committee on civil service and re-
trenchment, modifying it in it's appli-
cation to the government printing
office.
A bill prohibiting the exhibition in the
District of Columbia of kaleidoscope il
Illustrations of prize-fights, and also
prohibiting the transportation of ma
terials therefor through the mails or
through the avenues of Interstate
commerce, was introduced by Senator
Hoar, republican, of Massachusetts
and was referred to the judiciary COM
mittee.
At o'clock p. m, the senate adjourn
ed until tomorrow.
While in executive session the senate
confirmed the nominations of Binger
Hermann, of Oregon, to be commits
sioner of the general land office, and
Ernest c. Timme, of Wisconsin, to be
auditor of the state department.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
Large audiences in the galleries and
an unusually large attendance on the
floor of the house of representatives
heard the third days general debate
upon the tariff bill. The principal
speeches of the day were those Of
Messrs. Johnson, of North Dakota
Grosvenor, of Ohio. and Evans, of Ken
lucky, republican members of the COM
mittee on ways and means, in favor of
the bill. and of Messrs. McMillin. of
Tennessee, the oldest democratic men,
ber, against it.. There were a number
of other speakers.
bIOW IlOW, TopuDl1cdn, Ien-
nessee, introduced a bill establishing
| a department of commerce. labor and
| manufactures. It's head is to be a cab
| met officer and the necessary clerical
force is provided for
Mr.. Livingston, of Georgia, was the
| first speaker at tonight's session and
| 1ndulged in half hours protest
against the tariff bill. The tariff that,
would bear equally upon all sections
| of the country and treat all interest
| alike, he said, all parties would sup
port. But this bill benefited manufac-
| turers at the expense of the masses
Mr.. Castle, populist and democrat, of
California, attacked the bill most Wig
| OrOuSly. The proper title of the mon
| strosity, as he designated it, should be,
! in his opinion, ITO Foster Trusts and
| to Pauperize and Peonize the Agri-
cultural Laborers of the United
States" The primary object of the
| bill, he said, was neither to raise rev.
| enue nor to encourage the industries
| of the United States, but was design
| ed by it's authors for the express pur-
: pose of enabling the powerful trusts to
| stand UP the people Of the country ano
| to legally rob them. I'VE are today"
Mr.. Castle said. ''in the transitional
stage, passing from republican into
| the most odous form of government
| known in hiStOry-a mOnied Oligarchy
Rome, in her decline had her Cataline; ;
America has her Hanna" (ApplauseD }
| Mr. Brown, republican, OF Ohio, said
| it was not necessary to hold a long
| session of congress to execute the COM
mission placed in it's hands, by the pas
sage of the tariff bill. I'm the opposi-
| tiOn to it," he said, I'VE see the final
| struggles of another Lost Cause The
| new members as we'll as the old could
| see, and did, in this struggle the old
contest between two different systems
of labor"
Saying that he should vote for the
bill, Mr.. Kerr, republican. Of Ohio,
criticised the reciprocity feature as
being, in his opinion, fatally defective
The concessions proposed in the
scheme, he said, were SO insignificant
compared with what we must ask in
exchange, that any nation negotiating
with US for them would be without
either dignity or sense. He urged the
| substitution for the provisions Of thu
bill the reciprocity section Of the Nc
Kinley BILL born in the brains OF
James G. Blaine.
The last speech Of the evening was
delivered by Mr.. Olmstead republican
Of Pennsylvania, in support Of the bill
who addressed six representatives or
the floor and a score of visitors in the
galleries.
At II o'clock the committee rose and
the house adjourned.