The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-15
appearances Indicate an Exhaustive
Debate.
PROCEEDINGS IN HOUSE
ENLTvENED BY A LITTLE
SPEECH FROM GRosvENoR.
Mr. Parrett Insists That the Civil
Service Law Is Republican
Measure and That the Party Is
Irrevocably Committed to It
Early Adjournment.


Washi3 ton, Dec. 14-In the house
today. on motion of Representative
Lawrence Of Massachusetts, Saturday
Jan. Is, was set aside for paying
tribute to the memory of the late Rep
resentative Wright, his predecessor
Then, without further preliminary bus
mess, the house went into committee
OF the whole and proceeded TO the con-
sheraton Of the legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill
Mr.. Bingham (Rep., PAP, in charge
OF the measure, explained its provis-
ions in detail. AR Bingham said he
would offer amendments to reduce the
clerical force in the pension office by
SO clerks, involving a deduction of
$4,000 in salaries.
Mr.. Bingham did not discuss the APP
Preparations providing for the mainte-
nance of the civil service commission,
but stated that the widest latitude
would be allowed for debate, even if it
should run over the holiday recess.
He asked, however, that the provision
of the bill relating to the civil service
and the debate thereon should go over
until after the consideration of the
other features OF the bill were con-
GUIDED
Mr.. Grosvenor (Rep., o.. under
service law is being made, expressed
the opinion that the bill should not be
pressed to q final vote until after the
holidays.
Mr.. Bingham's request was agreed to,
and an hour and a half was set aside
for general debate on the rest of the
bill.
SUPPORTED CIVIL SERVICE.
Mr.. Barrett CRep., Mass) 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 against the civil ser
vice law when it passed the house in
1883. The vote stood 155 to AZ
MIR. Cannon of Illinois and Brigham
of PENNSYLVANIA reiterated their Oppo-
sition to the broad extension of the
law by executive orders. The latter
explained that the law WAS passed I'M
der suspension of the rules, practically
without debate, and never contemplar-
ed an extension by Xecutive orders that
would cover 1000 government employ
ees.
REPUBLICAN MEASURE.
MIR. Barrett, continuing, insisted that
it was a Republican measure, passed
by Republican votes, and that the
party was irrevocably committed to
the policy Of civil service reform.
Mr.. Moody (Rep.. Mass) said he was
willing to give hearing on the clvl
service question. and he did not pro-
pose TO give Judgment in advance.
PARROT STATESMEN.
Mr.. Grosvenor 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 its own
thinking" he said, the craftsmanship
that only respects what others say, is
the craftsmanship the parrot displays
in the course of his morning ablutions."
Naughter.)
Mr.. Dockery (Dem. MOI, discussed
the amazing growth Of the eXpendi-
lures of the government during the re-
cent years. The ordinary expenses of
the government, exclusive of the public
debt during the last eight years, eX-
ceeded the figures of the last eight
years by 81 1000 in round numbers.
In view of this fact there were only
two ways he said to bring the receipts
and expenses together. Either taxa
ton must be increased or expenses cur
tailed. If the expenses were to be re-
ducei congress could not accomplish
much without the aid of the executive
branch of the government. Despite the
presidents appeal in his message for
economy, the executive branches of the
government had submitted to congress
estimates for appropriations of $27, OOO,-
900 in excess of the appropriations for
the current year.
TOKEN OF SYMPATHY.
At this point the committee rose and
Mr.. Grosvenor, addressing the chair,
said:
Mr.. Speaker: AS is we'll known, the
funeral exercises of the mother of the
chief magistrate of the nation are to
take place at this hour and therefore,
conforming to the action of the senate
and as a token of cur sympathy and
respect for the president 1 move that
the house do now adjourn
The motion was unanimously carried
and at 1:45 the house adjourned until
tomorrow.
IN THE SENATE.