The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-12-16

brief remarks Mr.. White said it was ev
ident that the foreign relations commit
tee was not so bellicose as it was year
ago, but that he hoped it would not force
the country into such legislation as
would yield any rights or profits now en-
joyed by American citizens to the peo-
pie Of other countries.
BY unanimous consent the fur seal bill
was at this point displaced temporarily
at the request Of Allen of Nebraska, who
asked for consideration of bill granting
the right of way to the Omaha Northern
Railway company to construct railway
across the Omaha and Winnebago res
ervation in Nebraska. The bill was
passed.
Upon the resumption of the considera-
ton Of the seal bill the amendment Of
fered by Pettigrew was defeated.
The bill was then passed by vote of
81 to IA.
BY agreement the bill to provide for
the twelfth and subsequent censuses
was taken up to enable Lodge of Mas
sachusetts to submit some remarks upon
1t. Lodge said he was aware that at
the present time it was not fashionable
to say anything in support of the civil
service law, but that it was considered
rather bad form to attack the admins
tration of the law. He said that he had
always been and was now friend of the
civil service law. President Cleveland
had at the close of his administration,
made an enormous extension of the
classified service, placing about 10000
persons without examination under its
protection. Naturally, such action, so
late in the last administration, had put
the present administration under a
great strain, but it is satisfactory to
note, said Lodge, that President McKin-
ley has bravely and courageously dealt
with the question at the beginning of his
administration, instead of waiting until
it's conclusion, as was the practice OF
his predecessor.
Lodge read extracts from letter from
the Hon. Carroll d. Wright, chief of the
labor bureau, in which the expenses of
conducting the census office were dis
cussed at length.
Inquiry was prompted by the state
ment recently made by Col Wright that
50 900, 600 would have been saved by this
arrangement. The estimate tends tc
show that in reality this saving would
have amounted to nearer eight and a
half millions. The comparison is based
on the work Of the census bureau and
the Department Of Labor, the latter
under civil service. Tables are giver
by Commissioner Wright showing thu
cost per thousand ems of selected mat
ter in the field, of preparing it in the Of
flee, and printing, engraving and bind
ing. He holds that there Is enough sim,
ilarity in the work of the two depart
ments to make this comparison holt
good In actual practice. The results may
be summarized as follows: The tota
cost of the census work, exclusive O
printing and binding, had it been car
ried on under the civil service, would
have been $S,525.452, instead Of $10,016,
CIT, saving Of $6,421 PAS while the cost
exclusive Of field force and of printing
and binding, in other words, the ex
pense of the office force, would have BEEF
S2,29SS21, instead of $5,670,S47, a savin
of $3.972,02
Mr. Wright refers to his own exper
fence as the head Of the census bureau
saying that chief executive officer can
not be expected to render the highes
grade of service when, in addition to hi
expert duties, he Is continually har