Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1898-01-13

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convince the advocates of gold
bond Legislation that they are
wasting their time.
AS it is known that Senator
Davis, chairman of the commit
tee on foreign relations, has been
making a careful canvass of sem
ators, his action in giving notice
that the treaty for the annexation
of Hawaii would be called up
Monday and kept before the SEN
ate until disposed of is taken to
mean that he feels sure Of the
needed votes for ratification.
Civil service matters are very
much in evidence in congress
this week. In the house a lively
debate on the subject is on, and
bill, which is the work of the
committee appointed at the recent
caucus of republicans opposed to
the present status, providing that
the civil service law shall only
apply to the government depart
ments in Washington, and to
other localities where the number
of employees exceed IS, and even
in those places only to those with
salaries from 5000 to 800, in
elusive; and in the senate the re-
ports Of members OF the cabinet,
III reply to the senate resolution
asking their opinions of the work.
ings of the civil service law and
rules, were read. Those of three
secretaries---Sherman, Gage and
Wilson---favor modification of
present rules.
This week the bureau of en-
craving and printing made the
changes in the color of postage
stamps that were decided upon
bv the international postal CON
gress last year, but the new
stamps will not get into use for a
month or so. It will be remem-
bered that the congress decided
that the one, two and five cent
stamps of the U. S. should con-
form in color with the stamps OF
the same value of all countries
belonging to the postal union.
This will make the one-cent
stamp green, the same tint as the
old three-cent stamp; the two
cent stamp remains vermillion, as
it has been for some time, while
the brown fve-cent stamp gives
way to blue. These changes
were made to expediate the hand
ling of internacional mail.
Representative Sla y d e n, o f
Texas, who at the extra session
introduced a bill giving states
the authority to control the intro
Iduction of goods made by convict
labor, is trying to get members
interested in the subject. He
says that when he made a person
al investigation of convict compe-
tition with honest labor he was
horror-stricken at the extent of
it. OF his bill Mr.. Slayden said:
Some doubt has been raised as
to the constitutionality of the
measure. Of course / think it
constitutional, and if it is, the
only objection likely to be raised
will come from gentlemen who
think the privilege of controlling
any part of interstate commerce
should not be given to the states,
and from employers who grow
rich on the use of convict labor. .
The most experienced politi-
dams smile incredulously at the
story that Mr.. Bryan is to be
sent back to congress from his
own district. They have heard
such talk about ex-senator Hill
and the same sort of story has
been told about Senator German
in advance of his retirement.
There is nothing that a man who
wants to be presidential candi-
date could possibly gain by being
elected to congress; that is why
the old politicians never take any
stock in such stories.
In a lecture in WASHINGTON on