Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-01-13
BILL GOES THROUGH
PASSES HOUSE AFTER WEEK OF
DERATE.
SAVED
SERVICE
CIVIL
Provision in the Legislative, Execu-
tive and Judicial Measure Provid-
ing for Maintenance of Commission
Not Cut Cutlery Simpson Takes
n Fling at Hanna-Senate.

Washington. Jan. 2..--The civil
service debate which was inaugurated
in the house a week ago has ended,
When the bill was reported to the
house II was discovered that those
who desired to vote to strike out the
appropriation for the civil service
commission had neglected to make
such a motion in the committee OF
the whole. No vote. therefor, could
be taken and the bill passed without
division. The republicans who are
seeking to modify or repeal the law
decided when the house met to let
the debate come to q close, but 1t re-
quired the casting of the vote of the
speaker to accomplish this, There
are conflicting statements as to the
situation in which the future conduct
of the war against the civil service
law is left, All the republican oppo-
nents of the law agree that the fight
is to be kept up and it was positively
stated by Mr.. Pearson (rep., n. c.
from those in authority In the house
that an opportunity will be given in
the future for consideration Of bill
to modify the law. But from other
sources the statement cannot be con-
firmed. The debate was quite dull
until the closing hour, when Mr..
Simpson (pop., Kan.) enlivened 1t
with some reference to the Ohio sena-
torial election. He said that the de-
bate had been prolonged while the
republicans in Ohio were making
promises to the boys in the trenches"
in the interest of Senator Hanna. 1t
was all bluff, said Mr.. Simpson.
Nothing was to be done and now that
Hanna's election was secured the
mask was thrown off Whether the
house would have an opportunity later
to consider bill for modification or
repeal of the law would depend on
the speaker, said Mr. Simpson. "Ho
is the whole thing" exclaimed MIR.
Simpson, "and runs the house" Mr..
Bailey the democrat leader made n
clear statement of the minoritys po-
stion, which indicates that the minor
ity will vote to repeal but not modify
the law. The principal speech was
made by Mr.. Brosius, chairman of
the civil service commission, who de-
Tended the law in two hours speech
The agricultural and urgent deficiency
bills were reported to the house.
SENATE.
Washington, Jan. Fin the senate
Mr.. Allen (pop., Neb,) secured the
adoption of a resolution calling upon
the president for the information in his
possession relative to the boundary
line between Venezuela and British
Guiana and requesting that he inform
the senate whether the United States
low has any clerks or other employees
at work upon the Venezuelan boundary'
question and also what part of the
100000 appropriated for the Venezue-
Ian commission has been expended.
The work that the commissioners
OF Wisconsin lands have been doing
here the past few months through
State Timber Agent Mullen has ended
in the introduction by Senator Spoon
er of a bill TO adjust the claim of Wis
consin under the swamp land grant to
the state. 1t was proposed by the
commissioners a year ago to secure n
cash indemnity for such swamp lands
as have been granted by the govern
ment to railroads and other public i'm
provement companies or set apart as
Indian reservations, but little progress
was made in this direction. 1t is now
the plan to secure indemnity in the
form Of other lands from the remain
ing government lands In the state. The
bill introduced has for its object the
bringing Of the subject to a center by
adjusting the states claims In the
various railway land grants and in In
dian reservations it is said that con-
siderable swamp land which belonged
to the state under the original grant
was included, and indemnity for these
lands is desired.