Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-08
NO TIME FIXED.
Civil Service Debate in House to
Continue Next Week.
In the Senate Teller Talks of Alleged
Silver Conspiracy and 6reathes Ven
geance on Republican Party

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE civil service
debate continued throughout the day in
the house. All efforts to fix a time
for its termination failed, and it is GER
tain now to run over into next week.
The debate today was without marked
incident. The speakers were Messrs. Gill
lett Of Massachusetts, Burton of Ohio,
republicans, and Fitzgerald, democrat,
Massachusetts, in support OF the law:
Messrs Cummings, democrat, New
York, Faris, republican, Indiana Ma
haney, republican, New York, briggs.
democrat, New York, and Bradley, DEM
ocrat, New York, in opposition to, and
Mr.. Kerr, republican, Ohio, in favor of
the modification section Of the law.
The feature of the senate session was
a speech delivered by Mr. Teller, Col
orado, regarding press reports that the
recent efforts to make it appear that
Secretary Gage had rendered his resig-
nation to the president, were a part of
conspiracy of silver men to disrupt
the cabinet, and create dissension be-
tween the president and his advisers.
Mr.. Teller branded the publication as an
insult to the advocates of the free coin
age of silver He was satisfied that the
president and Secretary Gage were in
fuu accord upon the financial question
lie attacked the republican party be-
cause 1t Was the party advocating the
gold standard, and expressed his inten-
tion Oh doing all in his power to defeat
that party in 1900, and to drag the nres-
ent administration from power. becarsa
the policy of the party was, in his opin-
ion, inimical to the best and highest in
terests OF the people of the United
States.
IN THE HOUSE.
Washington, Jan. 7.-Before the de-
bate on the civil service question was re-
sumed IN the house today, an, Intellectual
attempt was made to agree upon a time
Ioi the termination of the debate
Monday evening was suggested ty Mr..
Moody, in charge of the bill: but the eff
fort failed. nd Mr.. Gillette rep, Mass)
TOOK the tioor i'm support of the law.
Mr Gillette maintained that the argu
ments of Mr.. Grosvenor and Mr.. Ian 1is
against the law were both in reaiity
strong arraignnenis of the spells sys-
tenn. He denied that the scope of the
executive order of May 6, 1890. was not
understood when the st. Louis platform
was adopted. Mr.. Gillette commented on
the spectacle of the white-haircd vet
eran, General Grosvenor, Leading the
young hotspurs of the party IN the bat
tie for the spoils, and said It reeaned to
his mind the words Macauley placed in
the mouth of Henry of Navarro at the
battle of Ivry:
Press where you see my white plume
shine,
Amidst the ranks of war,
And be your oriffamme today,
The head of Grosvenor.
Mr.. Faris rep, Ind,) spoke in opposi-
ton to the law. He declared that the
republican party was not responsible
for the civil service law.
Mr. Cummings dem, New York;
announced himself an implacable
foe to the whole system of
civil service reform. Roscoe
Conkling, in his opinion the greatest
senator New York had ever known, had
once spoken, he said, of the "dreary
drivel of SWIVEL service reform He had
never appreciated it so much as he had
during this debate. Mr. Cummings said
the hostility to the system had been
steadily growing. The system of doomed,
said he, and one of the factors in its de-
struction is Tammany Hall.
BY $4,000 majority, Tammany
Hall had been placed in control of the
second largest city in the world on an
anti-eivil service reform platform. That
was what the people thought Of this
reform" Mr.. Cummings replied warm
ly to some of the charges of corruption
made against Tammany during the de-
bate.
''The gentleman from Ohio (Grosven-
orr said he, ''rushes on here from Co
lumbus, the hot-bed of political corrup-
ton, to which he has hied himself back,
and tells us that Tammany is corrupt
Think of it, Denounced as corrupt by a
man who comes from the state that
profted by the robbery of 1871"
''Mr. johnson (rep., Ind.) had said
bot 70 n the most cOrrllnt
organization on the face of the earth,
and Mr. Johnson came from that state
made famous by blocks of FIVE meth
DDS And today" said he, Mr.. Gillett
of Massachusetts, reiterated the calum-
n.y. Tammany was, Mr. Cummings said
a patriotic, liberty-loving society, which
had existed 1903 years.
Mr.. Burton rep, o. followed in de-
Tense of the merit system, and in tine
course of his remarks paid high tributes
to Secretary Sherman and the late Pres
ident Hayes, whose records had beer
assailed by Mr.. Cummings.
Mr. Vandiver dem, MOD, in the
course of some remarks in opposition tc
the law, referred to ex-President Cleve-
land as chs fat-witted excellency." Mr.
Mahaney rep, N. " said that If he
were not allowed to vote for modifica-
ton of the law he was one of those who
would vote for it's repeal.
Mr.. Kerr (rep., o. favored the mod
ifioation of the law. Mr.. Bartholdi
(rep.. MOI defended Carl Schurz from
what he termed the ISLANDERS heapeo
upon that gentleman by Mr.. Grosyenor
The other speakers were Messrs Dr1ggs
and Bradley, New York democrats, VINO
defended Tammany, and Mr.. Fltzseralo
(dem.. Mass), who supported the civil
service law. At 4.55 the house adjourned
IN THE SENATE.
washington, Jan. 7--At the opening
of the senate today the reply of the at
torney general to the senate resolution
calling upon members of the cabinet tc
inform the senate what if any changes
should be made in the administration OF
the civil law, was read.
The attorney general recommends
that attorneys employed by tine depart.
ment of Justice and deputy Unltee
States marshaIs ought to be excepted
from the operation Of the law. Mr.. COCK
real. Mo-, said that these recommenda,
lions ought to be made to the presldenl
of the United States, as he mas IuI
power to act regarding them. He gave
notice that he would move to refer al
the replies of cabinet officers to the
senate resolution to the president him
self
Mr.. Hoar, Mass, said that the trou-
tle with all these communications arose
from the ill-advlsed action Of the sen
ate itself. ut seems to me-, said ne
"a most extraordinary proceeding lol
the senate to direct the heads OF de-
partments to give their opinions as tt
the wisdom of the presidents oraef
That is what we have DONE inadvert
emily no doubt. Had my attention
been drawn to IT should have movet
tnArescind the order