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| ity.
The committee then adjourned until
next Wednesday. and the Republican
members went into secret session win
view of reaching some common under
standing if possible.
At the executive session of the session
of the Republican members of the house
on banking and currency this afternoon
the individual attitude of the members
was polled and the procedure in the
drafting of the currency Legislation
mapped out.
Mr. Walker favored a revision of the
system which would take the currency
business away from the government ana
furnish at once a banking on assets. He
would not approve any plan materially
differing from this
| Mr. Brosius of Indiana was opposed
to retiring the greenbacks and to BANK
ing on assets in any y.degree Mr.. John-
son of Indiana urged the gold standard
retirement of greenbacks, eliminating
the currency business from the treas
ury and issuing new circulation through
national banks to take its place, the new
circulation to he under national control
Mr.. Van Voorhis of Ohio substantially
lagreed with Mr.. Brosius, while Messrs
McCleary of Minnesota and Mitchell OF
! New York had views along the lines OF
Mr.. Johnsons policy.
Mr.. Spaldng of Michigan opposed a
| declaration for the gold standard in so
| many words and was not certain that he
was willing to have the greenbacks re-
| tired or to have credit currency.
| Mr.. Hill of Connecticut favored the
monetary commission bill and practic-
ally agreed with Mr.. Johnson.
Mr.. Prince of Illinonis opposed the
specific declaration for the gold stand
ard and thought the retirement of the
greenbacks should be carefully dealt
with and favored banking on assets.
Mr. Capron of Rhode Island approved
of allowing banks to extend circulation
| to the par value of their bonds. the incor
portation of banks with stock, capital
and a diminished tax on circulation.
This. he believed, would pave the way
for a more extensive currency legisla-
tion in the future.
THE CORBETT CASE
| WASHINGTON. Jan. 26.-The report
of the majority of the senate committee
on privileges and elections in the Cor
| bett case was presented to the senate to-
day by Senator Caffery. The committee
recommended that Mr.. Corbett be not
given a seat in the senate. The Oregon
! Legislature, the report says. deliberately
refused to perform any of the functions
with which it was charged, one of the
most important being the election or
successor to Senator Mitchell. and the
precedents are against the seating of an
appointee when the Legislature has had
an opportunity to elect. Senator Pettus
concurs in the conclusion but files sep
arate opinion. He takes the position
that the decision in the Mantle case con-
trolls in this. Mr.. Hoar presented the
minority view, sustaining Mr.. Corbett's
claim to a seat.
THE CIVIL SERVICE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-Rev. E. d.
Bailey Chief of the Examiners Office,
of the Civil Service Commission, sub
mitted some sensational testimony at
today's session of the Senates Civil Ser
vice investigating committee.
1t was a sequel to the charges he made
Monday, of intimidation and interfer-
ence by the Commission. He called
attention to the bitter attack
made on him then by Presi-
dent Proctor, of the Commission. He
read a letter he had addressed to Theo
dore Roosevelt, the New York Police
Commissioner severely criticizing the
Commission. The letter said, in part:
THE business of the Commission is in
the greatest confusion and is becoming
more and more demoralized for want of
intelligent management acquisitions
remain unacted upon for months and
many complaints are made by the de-
partments of delays and annoyances det-
rimental to the service. In such cases
temporary appointments were author
lied and after ninety days made perman-
ent, although no rule exists permitting
such action. These acquisitions probably
cover several hundred places"
The letter gave number of instances
in substantiation of the general state
ment. Continuing, the letter says:
questionable appointments have been
so numerous that the rules have almost
lost their force and the alleged law of
necessity is pregnant and want of uni
formity exists in all the business of the
Commission and the greatest uncertain
tity prevails. The subordinates cannot
do their work with confidence because
all precedents, practices and principles
are abandoned and new ones substi
tuted. No reliable policy or line of action
exists which can be relied upon and con
Trajectory action is frequent. The force
of the Commission has lost confidence
in the ability of the management and
can do no more than to maintain exist
ing conditions and await inevitable
changes The action taken by the Com
mission lacks continuity and the minutes
of one day contradict those of another
day. Action is taken, then amended,
then revoked. Under the recent admin
istraton, four or five officers of the
Commission were changed, bringing in
new men who lacked even the advantage
of experience in the departmental SER
vice, some Of whose views were unfaV-
orable to the Civil Service laws and
rules. with theories little less than hos
tile, and their ineXperience and unfamil-
iarity proved disastrous. They adopted
rules to classify, in one lump, 20, 900 new
offices and utterly failed to provide to
meet the needs. The present condition
is thoroughly alarming. Disaster can
only be averted by immediate remedial
action, and changes should be made at
once, not for political reasons, but in the
interest of the service"
Mr.. Proctor asked if Mr.. Bailey had
not sent copies of this communication to
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