Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-23
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, March %
SENATE.

blllS were I0pOIlou anu linSCO vi
the calendar as follows:
To amend the act repeating the tim
Der culture act.
To establish uniform laws on the
subject of bankruptcy throughout the
United States.
! A memorial of the Society of Friends
of Philadelphia in favor of the arbitra-
ton treaty was presented by Mr.. Nor
gan.
Numerous bills were introduced and
referred, among them two for the re
lief of the heirs Of John Roach; and
one to pension Cassius M. Clay, of Ken
lucky, as Major General.
A constitutional amendment to make
the 30th of April Inauguration day was
introduced by Mr.. Hoar and was re-
ferred to the com..ittee on privileges
and elections.
Mr.. Gallinger said he looked upon
civil service as administered to-day, as
a monumental humbug from top to
bottom and from beginning to end" /
have voted against it in the ether
House and | desire to have an oppor-
tunity to cast my vote to blot out the
statute and to let us return to
q condition of things that will give to
every man and woman an equal right
to hold office with every other man
and every other woman."
''If that is the Senator's doctrine"
said Mr.. Hoar, "about civil service,
and if the question comes up in our
committee and he undertakes to act
upon it there, there will be quite a
lively fight"
81 am. always ready for fight" Mr..
Galinger replied, Especially with a
m IN older than myself"
The Senate passed joint resolution
authorizing the Secretary of War to
purchase tents, not exceeding 1000, to
be used for the relief of the sufferers by
the floods in the Mississippi valley.
| a resolution was offered by Mr..
Allen in regard to the dismissal OF
microscopists from,the bureau of animal
industry. An Investigation was pro.
posed, the allegation being that the
dismissals took place because of the
free silver sentiments of the microscop.
lists.
Mr.. Wilson denounced the whole
civil service as fraud and promised
Mr.. German, of Maryland, that before
the session ended he should have the
opportunity of vote upon it.
Mr.. Lodge tainted the democrats
with not daring to take charge of leg
islation in the Senate themselves, yet
by their combine" with the populsts
preventing the republicans from hav
ing working quorum on any import
,ant committee. He protested against
men who were the worst political en-
emes of the republican party and who
had opposed Mckinley in November
being classed as republicans.
| Mr.. Aliens resolution was amended
so that the committee should also in
vestigate whether in their opinion the
civil service law should be continued
amended, or repealed, and in this
/, amended form the resolution was re-
ferred to the committee on civil ser.
vice and retrenchment.
At 3p. M, according to notice, Mr.
Turpie took the floor to deliver set
speech in favor OF the election of Sen
ators by the people.
HOUSE.
Less than two score of Representa-
tives were in their seats to-day at ter
o'clock when the House assembled un'
der the special order for the considera
ton OF the tariff bill Before proceed
ing with that, however, Mr.. Wilson
dem. S. c. appeared at the bar and
was sworn in by Speaker Reed.
The first speaker of the day was
MIR. Gibson, in support of the bill.
Mr.. Dock cry, opposing the bill, said
his complaint primarily and essentially
was that this measure, involving the
interests of the industries of the coun
try aud providing for taxation
amounting to 1915, 100000 year was
introduced and pressed here without
opportunity to the minority to prepare
their views or to draft a substitute rep
resenting the policy of the democratic
party. The people wanted more
money and less taxes. Applause
This bill did not represent the issue
which divided the people in the last
campaign. Speaking for himself, and
he believed for the democratic party
he preferred to legislate to put $ll3
100000 more money into circulation
rather than to exercise the sovereign
power of taxation and thus withdraw
that amount from circulation. APP.
plause.
MIR. Ray endeavored to divert Mr..
Dockery at this point by asking: $50
you suppose we would have endorsed
the boud issues if there had been a
tariff law on the statute books produc-
ing sufficient revenue to meet the ex-
penditures of the government and to
pay the interest on the public debl?"
But Mr.. Dockery's prompt response,
$50 you acknowledge that you did en-.
dorse the bond issues" evoked dem
ocratic applause and seemed to en-
barrass the gentleman from New York.
Mr.. Dockery referred to Mr.. Ding
ley's characterization of the Wilson
German bill as "a monster" and twit-
ted the majority of the committee on
ways and means with Mr.. Dingley' IS
admission yesterday that the iron and
steel and cotton schedules of that
monster" had been practically copied
into the bill under discussion. "What
caused the awful Homestead riot June
| 80, 1922" he asked, "before Cleve.
land was nominated and while the Nc
Kinley law was in operation, if pros.
perity was its handmade r.
Mr.. Dalzell-That riot grew out of a
contact hetween orpeni1 labor and