The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-27
COVERED 4 WIDE RANGE
4 Lively Debate In the House of
Representatives.
FREE COINAGE OF SILVER
It Wa Discussed by shafroth OF
Colorado A Brush Over the
Evil Service Temporary
Clerks Wanted.

Washington. May 26.-1n a long ses-
sion to-day the house passed few bills,
but the discussion involved a wide
civil service. brought on by a para
graph in the deficiency pension bill
providing for some temporary clerks
In the war department. the house. con-
sidering a bill to amend the internal
revenue laws. listened to lengthy
speeches from Mr.. shafroth of Colo
RADIO and Mr.. Grow of Pennsylvania
upon the free coinage of silver and
greenbacks as legal tender respectively.
Pending a yea and nay vote upon the
Internal revenue bill. the house ad-
journed. The vote will be taken inn
mediately after the house meets to-
morrow.
The house to-day passed a resolution
directing the secretary of war to pre-
pare and submit plans and estimates
for the Improvement of Aransas Pass
channel, Texas. Also a bill providing
for the sale of unallotted lands of the
Pottawatomie and Kickapoo Indians
In Kansas, and a bill amending the
Law for times and places of holding the
United States courts IN Idaho and Wy
oming.
Mr., Cannon of Illinois called up the
pension deficiency bill as amended n
passed by the senate yesterday. The
bill carries a paragraph inserted by the
nat providing that the temporary
appointments of clerks may be made
without civil service examination. Mr..
Cannon said the temporary character
of the appointments n the Urgent
necessity of them made the provision
wise.
Nj. Mahany, rep. N. Y. and Mr.. I'm
derwood. DEM. Ala. questioned the
civil service provision. the latter insist
ing that temporary appointments
should be made from the eligible lists
furnished by the civil service commits
sion. Mr.. Underwood moved to non
ono in the provision.
Mr.. Hepburn. rep, Iowa, proposed
an amendment declaring. provided
that ZONE of the clerks herein pro-
vided for shall be placed in the classi-
ned public service"
Mr.. Moody. rep, Miss, made a
point OF order against the amendment.
The speaker sustained the point. but
meantime Mr.. Cannon o occasion to
call attention to the nature Of the
pending measure as an appropriation
bill. land ] don't propose" said he.
Ito open a debate upon the civil serv-
ice or any other hobby. If you inter-
5ect the question of civil service in this
bill and let II go to debate In the house
and senate, hen pensions and the wal
can both &c to the devil so far as some
men are concerned, IL they have op-
portunity 10 talk upon their hobby
The house concurred in the senate
amendments to the bill.
The senate amendments to the bill
granting additional powers to railroad
companies operating lines in the In
dian Territory vert concurred in.
The h Use then wen into committee
of the whole to consider the bill to
amend internal revenue laws relating
TO distilled spirits. Mr.. Evan and Mr..
Cromwell. rep, o., briefly objected TO
the measure. Its chief provisions re-
duce the bonded warehouse period from
eight years. as fixed by the Law OF 1894.
TO seven years, and increase the out
age period from -four to seven years.
making the periods of equal length.
Other provisions of the measure are
intended TO reduce frauds which are
committed under the present law.
MI. McRae. dem. Ark. vigorously at
tackled the bill as framed to give the
distiller improper concessions.
Mr.. Berry, dem., Ky, advocated the
measure as calculated to place Ameri-
can distillers upon an equal footing
with the foreigner, and also 10 discour-
age distillers i'm rushing their whiskey
to sale and consumption before prop
erly matured. and causing American
citizens to drink IL to the risk of their
systems and destruction OF Their
stomachs."
Incidentally TO the discussion Mr.
Shafroth of Colorado and Mr.. Grow
rep. Pa, made speeches upon the sill.
yer coinage and legal tender currency
Ar amendment offered by Mr.. Ding
ley was adopted. declaring that an,
spirits exported and subsequently i'm.
ported should pay the same interna
tai that 1T would have been required
10 pay at the time OF importation haC
IL not been exported. 1t was intended
Mr.. Dingley explained. TO prevent ex.
port of spirits for bonding purposes
to which reference had been made II
the debate. A vote was taken upoi
the bill as amended. The yeas an
nays were demanded. but pending tn
roll call the house adjourned at 81
o'clock