The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-21
THE CIVIL SERVICE.
The Fight Against It Mili Besis
Next January.
BOTH PARTIES ARE OPPOSED TO IT.
But Neither Darcs Lead the Attack
to Abolish 1t.
9TH PARTIES ARE OPPOSED TO IT.
\ REPUBLICAN "AODIrIcATION"
IN Very Likely, a. Mr. Hanna Has
Told the PREF Al IL VIII
Have 10 - Done.

washington, December 20 Specially
During the holiday recess everybody Will
lond themselves on the civil service ques-
ton and early in January there is going
TO be blk gahfcst over that piece OF dema-
gogicnl and hypocritical legislation. Nei,h-
er side likes the law and both democrats
and republicans would like TO see Ii sent
to coventry" but both are afraid of Il;
The republicans will make bluff at
KILLING the law. but they won't do 1t. They
don't dare. Tho Miss Nanuys aud goo
COOS" OF the east hold balance OF power
ever there. ana the republicans are not
throwing away any chances in the light
before them next fall They are beginning
&c realize that they are up against Il good
and hard. and they are lighting shy OF all
breakers.
The democrats don't want to see the Ian
Killed nov. for 1t would throw out whole
lot of good democrats who went in under
Cleveland and VINO are mostly silver meH.
The chances are that after the wind jan-
, ming matcn Is over the republicans viii
II ollly the law 80 rs 10 rcaCn i0L OF
| democrats ana stun retain the Jaw TO Use
a. campaign material vita tue Pnatise:s OF
| the East
/
| him Dlool raw, 10 make MIN resciuu mat
oTdor by which Cleveland ut one swoop
| took l5.u00 democratic otfccholderS in ouL
| OF the spoils aystem rain, iiannn has lupt
| uim In plain English that he wouid not
| give TIE purnt end uf broom straw ior his
, ohaEcc OF succeeding himself II he does
not foHcind that ctnpr and rut $4,000 re-
ruhliCanh In those places hey afS try
ing to scare Mckialcy Into action. a0d tnsy
u'ay 10 10, but he insists that hs viii
force the civil service law to the leutr
| There Is apparent apalhy N the dehates
going on now in both the senate and holise.
but there is an undarcurrent that iora-
bodies storm IN January Whom the eelons
| gol settled down and strung cut on rhu
| tong session. Tho democrats are watch
| INK everything carefully and are ready 10
Z tahe ndyantaes OF every mistake n,asl,.
| Al said beIo,e IN rhusc aiSpatcrsa, the RES
| publican game rs 10 create multiplicity
| OF Issues and keen down the SILVER Issue
| rs much as possible, but the democrats are
| rndy for them and don't ntepu TO allow
| tneln TO 30 IL " they can help II. The
| burden vi every republican song Is that
| the silver question les q dead one, bur snoy
| say It with a sort G, siGclong glance and
Acry- lnilDh 80 a boy whistles while going
| through graveyard at night They are
! afraid Of it, and they have every reason TO
! be- II viii yet cause them more trouble
| In this congress than anything else. There
| u more dynamite IN the financial legisla-
! ticn question fer the republicans than aIiy
other and they are approaching II very
| gingcIly, The Gage plan with some modi-
| ficatiohs Is now buunroly before the house
/ and the committee is AZ work on II, ont
| there 10 no telling what viii become Of II.
| The chances are It's progeD,or VIII not
| know II whcn 1t emergos again into the
| light OF day. After a long iight the re.
| publicans viii PROBABLY lie down and this
congress will fail 10 agree upon any COM
prohensiye system OF financial reform.
| The republicans are preparing for the
| inevitable consequences Of the Ubiquitous
| Dngloy tariff law. They are getting ready
| to borrow money. Secretary Gage says that
! his bill VIII hc supplemented later by an
| other empowering the secretary OF inc
treasury TO borrow s00.o00.00o when cir
cunstances demand IT, This Is the predic-
lion of every democrat verified.
The Post representative tried Ia inter-
view Chairman Hooker OF the rivers and
! hnrDors committee and ascertain, II DOS
siblc what the chances We're for the Buff
faIo bayou appropriation. but he shut up
| like a clam and refused 10 say a word IL
| IL ascertnined however. that there H. AN
/ effort being made to limit the objects 10.
which the rivers aud harbors bill provide.
| IL viii be suggested IN committee that no
provisions be made for Inner harbors,"
I in which term will be Included nayiganle
! streams within the corporate limits Of
cities. This Is stab at the Chicago river
| Improvement proDosticn but 1t also hits
! Buffalo bayou dab In the eye.
| The Illinois congressman may be de-
! pended on to fight this suggestion, and
thus we get some excellent allies for Buff
| falo bayou, but It viii be seen from this
| that the Buffalo bayou appropriation Is not
| going to have an all-stecl rail and rock
| ballast track 10 travel on. and the sooner
! after January | that the Houston people
get up here prepared to fight for this thing
! the better 1t will be for them and the bet
! ter their chance OF winning.
Secretary Long OF the navy department
| IGnnlinucI nm Eaurih HaRe.l