Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-01-21


Two hours of Saturdays session OF the
Aottse were devoted to the civil service
debate. during which Mcssrs. Corliss
Rep. Mich.). Hepburn tEcp.. IowaD. and
Clarke tRep., n. HI addressed the House
IN opposition to the law as it now stands.
The remainder of the session was con-
sumcu by the friends of the late Repre-
sentative Wright of Massachusetts in
eulogy of his memory. The Senate was
not in session.
During Mondays session of the House
.hc opponents of the civil service law had
much the hest of the debate. so far as the
aumtrr of those engaging in it were con-
:erncI. Nine of the eleven speakers were
If the opposition. The friends of the law
arc very anxious to shut off further de-
bate. and in this will have the co-opcra-
lion of Speaker Reed and the Rules Com
nittec. Those who participated in the
debate were: In opposition to the law,
Messrs. Cooney Dcm.. MOI. Door (Rcp..
W. W.. Cox (Dcm.. Tenn, Little (Dem..
Ark. Brumm (Rcp.. Pa.). Cowherd
Dem. MOI. Sulloway Rcp., n. HI. Low
rep. y. W, and in the defense of the
aw Messrs. Mccall tRep.. Mass.), and
Parker dRep.. n. j.. In the Senate u
resolution looking to the filtration of the
water used in the city of Washington
:auscd Senator Hale. before 1t was re-
tcrred to he District of Columbia Com
nittec. to say that in no part of the
United States was there II city whose
citizens are SO imposed upon n abused
ls to the water supply as are the citizens
Of Washington. AT 1880 p. !. the Sem
ate went into executive session to con-
slider the Hawaiian treaty. and at 3:45
adjourned.
In the House on Tuesday the civil SER
vice debate ended very tamely. There
was no. even a vote on the appropriation
In the legislative. executive and judicial
appropriation bill for the commission up
Dn which the debate was based. The Re-
publicans who are seeking to modify or
repeal the law, decided to let the debate
some to a close. but it required the cast
Ing vote of the speaker to accomplish this
1875 to 12G. Mr.. Bailey, the Democratic
leader. made a clear statement of the mi
nority position. which indicates that the
minority will vote to repeal. but not to
modify the law. The principal speech of
she day was made by Mr.. Brosius. chair
man of the Civil Service Committee, who
defended the law in n two hours speech.
In the Senate. Senator Davis took the
toor and proceeded to deliver u set speech
IN support of the Hawaiian annexation
treaty. His speech was accepted as prac-
tically the committees report upon the
treaty. Mr.. Allen introduced and secured
the adoption of n resolution calling upon
tho President for information in his pos
session relative to the boundary line be-
tween Venezuela and British Guiana, and
to inform the Senate whether the United
States now has any clerks or other en-
ploycs at work upon the Venezuelan boun-
aary question.
In the House on Wednesday an urgent
deficiency bill carrying ST. 41.S43 was
passed. One of the items authorizing q
further expenditure of $25O,OOO for the
Soldiers Home Mt Danvillc. ILL.,, for
which $150,O0O was appropriated in the
last s,,ndry civil bill. was used by Mr.. De
Almond Dcm., MOI us IL basis for a bit
ter personal attack upon Chairman Cam
non. whose home is ut Danville. His
motion to strike out the item was defeat
I'd without division. There was a lively
tehate over the provision in The bill re-
lniring the owners of bullion hereafter
20 pay the cost of transporting bullion
from assay offices to the minis. The mo-
!tion to strike out the proviso was then de-
~Scatcd-125 to 40. Mr.. Hit from the
Foreign Affairs Committee reported the
diplomatic II consular appropriation
bill. In the Senate Mr.. Chandler of the
Committee OH Naval Affairs secured the
passage OF 81 resolution asking the Secre-
tary of the Navy to furnish IL list of the
active officers of the navy in each corps,
together with those who are at sea, on
shore duty and on waiting orders. The
Senate then went into executive session
and Mr.. Davis concluded his speech Oh
the Hawaiian treaty.
On Thursday in the House considcra.
ton of the agricultural appropriation bill
was completed i'll committee of the whole,
and then the House adjourned upon the
motion of these opposed to the printing
of another edition of the famous horse
book" There was the annual fight over
th" question of free seed distribution to
shc farmers. hut the effort to strike out
the appropriation t$13O.O0M failed as
usual. the majority against it Thursday
being 1916. Ono of the important amend
,nents adopted provided for the %inslec-
ton of horse meat for export purposes
in .lie same way that the meat of cattle
and other animals is now inspected.
Among the measures reported in the SEN
ate was the pension appropriation bill. 1t
was placed Oh the calendar ut the con-
clusiOn of the morning business. Tho
immigration bill was then taken up. and
Mr.. Cutlery was recognized for n speech
In opposition to the measure. The eulo-
gics in memory of the lnte Senator Isliam
G. Harris of Tennessee. which were to
have been presented, were postponed ut
the request of Senator Bate on account
of the absence of his colleague, Senator
Turley.; They will not be offered until
after the election of u Senator by the
Legislature of Tennessee. At the con-
clusion of MIR. Caffrey's speech the Sen.
ate went into executive session.
Beats the Gold Cure.