Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-03-12
PROUD OF HIS PEOPLE.
Speaker Reeds Ruling Report Of
senate Civil Service Investigating
Committee.

Mckinley is proud of the patienc,
and forbearance displayed by tn,
American people during their trying
wait for the verdict of the Naval Couf
of Inquiry that is investigating III,
Maine disaster, in the face OF many
unjustitiahle and inflamable publica.
tions, although he is not surprised
He knows that whatever may he said
or done by few individuals that the
great mass of our people recognize
that 1t would be as great an insult to
the brave officers who compose that
Court to take action in advance of the
report of the Court as it would be to
a judge aud jury or any other court to
take an accused murderer in the midst
OF his trial and lynch him. Every
preparation that wisdom and patriot
ism can suggest is being made to
place our military and naval forces in
a position to meet any emergency
that may arise. II there is to be war,
we shall be ready for it, and we shall
win
Another step forward was taken BY
SpeaKer Reed when he ruled that II
was violation OF order for a member
to get the floor, when the House was
sitting as committee of the whole for
the purpose OF speaking upon bill
under consideration and then to make
a speech upon something entirely
. foreign to the bill. Because it is an
, old custom for members to utilize any
old bill that happened to be out as a
basis tor partisan political speech, is
no reason that 1t was right. OF course,
the Democrats claim to see in this
!, ruling fresh attempt on the part oil
the speaker to suppress free speech,
but it was nothing of the sort. AS
Representative Dingley stated, after
the Democratic howl which followed
the application of this ruling by Rep.
resentative Payne, who was presiding
over the House sitting as a commit.
tee, the enforcement of the rule against
irrelevant debate was necessary to
correct a growing evil and to expedite
public business. 1t does not interfere
with the making of political speeches;
only confines their making to proper
times.
President Mckinley and every mem.
Der of his cabinet feel great indigna-
ton at the disgraceful affair at Lake
City, South Carolina, which resulted
in the murder of the postmaster and
one of his children, and the wounding
of three others, an official report OF
| which has been made to the Postoffice
Department. At the last Cabinet
: meeting it was unanimously decided
/ to increase the Governments reward
, TO 81 500, for information that will
) lead to the conviction of the perpetra.
| tors of the cowardly and bastard
, ly crime, and that all the facili.
: ties of the Postoliice Department
aud Of the Department of Justic,
should be utilized in the effort to rur
down the murderers.
The Senate Committee on civil ser
; vice, which made an exhaustive in
vestigation Of the subject, has report.
ed in favor of removing from tn,
classified service all deputy collector:
of internal revenue, storekeepers, anc
: gaugers, and all deputy collectors O
customs. The report also adopts tn,
l contention OF Senator Pritchard, chair
man OF the committee, that the Gov.
eminent printing Office was never
legally put within the classified ser
vice and is not, by right, now in that
5 service.
a The delay in getting a special rale
b which was made necessary by Demo
t cratic objections when unanimou.
: consent was asked, reported to the
/ House from the committee on rules
e for the consideration of the bill pro
e viding for the enlistment Of two adj
d ditional artillery regiments has moi
been caused by opposition to the bill
on the part of Republican members Of
that committee, as has been declared
by sensation mongers. No Republi.
can members of the committe were cp
posed to any precipitate action, such
as would cause the country to get the
1 idea that the bill was an emery.
| ency measure, whereas it is only
carrying out the requests of the War