The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-01-15
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| Mr. Teller u'uiD >p"ke at length, and gave
| Il sort OF an idea that the census should not
| he partisan hurrau ana that lis employees,
therefore. be piacrl in the classified service.
| Mr.. chiffon tteN.l i'll extended speech,
| III which he discussed the work OF previous
| crIsu>cS and cited the enormous amount Of
| work unnecessary that had been performed
| declared that ii was 4 scandal 20 have is
| sued 50 many volumes ~ seemed necessary
| 1870. Mr.. CuIIum said he had no ufnrma-
| lluh as To specific violation Of the law. but
| he would like to have the whole matter in
| NeStlGdted. a> h" WIS satisfied that the au-
| thorllieS Were far from carrying out the
original intention of thr authors Of the law.
senator Davis. chairman Of the committee
on foreign relations. gave notice that he
| W"uid call UP the Hawaiian annexation
| treaty III executive session Monday and ask
| the Senate to consider il each day thcrcaft-
! or until the treaty should he disposed of.
| AT $40 p IN. the Senate went into executive
| session ana soon after adjourned.
While The Senate was in session two
hours on tie 9Th practically 10 business was
Transacted beyond the passage of Il few bills.
Among the measures which received faNora-
b." consideration were the bills providing
for Congress Of the representatives " the
! Indian tribes of the United States 10 be held
1T omaha during the progress ui the inter
national exposition this year: bills providing
for III" erection Of public buildings at Fer
gus Fails. Mimi. ami Newport News. Va.
and Il measure 10 protect the naIuc and in
sigma of the Red Cross society. After 4
| brief executive session, during which some
| conSu!s we're confirmed, the Senate al
| journed.
9TH was 4 speech delivered by Mr.. Teller
Nol-I regarding press reports that the re-
cent efforts to make ii appear that Scrrc-
tary Gage had offered his resignation aN Il
member Of the cabinet TO President MCkin-
ley was part of a conspiracy Of the sill
yer men 10 disrupt the cabinet ana create
advisers Mr.. Teller branded the pubIica-
non aS an insult to me advocates or the
free coinage of silver He was satisfied that
the President and Secretary Gage were i'll
fuil accord upon the financial question. He
attacked the Republican party because il
was party advocating the gold standard
and expressed his intention of doing all in
his power to defeat the party in 1890. Mr..
Turner tWaSh.b called up the Immigration
nlIl, saying that aS he was about to leave
the city he desired To submit some remarke
upon the pending measure. He strongly or
posed the bill. Mr. Butler n. O. presented
J0int resolution proposing an amendment
to the constitution providing for the election
Of federal Judiciary by the people. mes
sage from the President informed the Senate
that the sale Of the Kansas Pacific railroad
had been postponed to February l6-lN. and
also submitted the agricultural department
reports on experiment stations. At 10 the
Senate went into executive session and AT
$40 p. III. adjourned until Monday.
A resolution in the Senate on the 10th look
ing To the filtration of the water used in the
city "f Washington caused Senator Hale, be
fore it waS referred to the District Of ColuuI-
ha committee. to say that in no part of the
ntted States was there city whose citi-
ZenS are 50 imposed upon and abused as to
IVe MATER snnRy as are the fTGnS lad %f
foul water" said he $50 filthy. indeed. as
to make ii dangerous to drink and irkSOme
even to take a bath" At l2:5o p. m, on mo-
tiOn Of Mr. Davis Mimi chairman Of the
committee on foreign relations, the Senate
went INTO executive session TO consider the
Hawaiian annexation treaty. \ motion to
have the debate with open doors was defeat
ed. Al 3:45 y. IN. the Senate adjourned
The Senate on the 1lth briefly discussed
ali adverse report by the pensions committee
on Il bill to pension Gen. Meade'S two daugh-
tiers at 500 Il month each. Chairman Cal
linger saying the committee did not wish 10
enter on the peuSi0niug Of daughters "f
veterans. Allen of Nebraska thought Gen.
MeadcS great services justified such liber-
ality. No action was taken and after VOL
| cott of Colorado announced 4 speech on the
money question for the lTth Senator Fair
banks addressed the Senate on immigration.
Mr. Allen introduced and secured the adop-
tion Of a resolution calling upon the PrcSi-
dent for information in his possession rela-
tive to the boundary line between Venezuela
and British Guiana and to inform the Sen
ate whether the United States now has any
clerks or other employees at work upon the
Venezuelan boundary question. and also
what part of the 500 600 appropriated for
the Venezuelan commission has been eXpend-
ed. The Senate devoted almost an hour of
Wrahgle over the recommittal OF the nOm-
nations Of one or two OF the minor officials
confirmed the day before.
House.
The civil service debate began in the House
on the 5th based on the item in the legis-
lativc. executive and judicial appropriation
bill for the maintenance Of the commission
1t promised to continue ut least until tn"
end OF this week, with possibility that II
may run longer. But il is generally admit
ted on both sides that the appropriation IN
the bill viii stand as the anti-clvi service
rrformcrs do not seriously contemplate an
attempt to strike it out. The debate. there
fore. is only preliminary 10 any programme
which the enemies Of the law may agree
upon. The members of the House are di-
vided into three camps on this question;
those who advocate its entire repeal, and
those who desire its modification. These di-
visions were apparent in the debate the
nature of which was not as stirring as had
been anticipated.
The friends and enemies Of the civil sery
ice law exchanged brOadSifes In the House
on the 9Th The heaviest guns on each side
Ohio and Mr.. Johnson Of Indiana each made
exhaustive speeches and kept their respect
i've sides in constant furore The interest
in the debate was much more lively than the
day before. The crowded galleries which
were plainly in sympathy with the oppo
nentS of the law because 81 noisy in their
demonstrations Of approval at one iuncturc
that the chair was compelled to call them
% order Mr.. johnson was warmly suS-
tanned by the friends Of the law on the floor.
but be got little applause from the galleries,
Mr.. GTOSvenOr did not define his attitude in
detail. but gave his adhesion to the bill
agreed on by the opponents Of the law In
caucus last night and warned his colleagues
that unless notifications Of tile law were
made. he and his friends would by cO-opcra-
tioI find way to completely destroy Il.
The civil service debate continued through
out the day in the House on the 9TH. All
efforts to fix time for It's termination
failed. and it is certain now 10 run over into
next week. The interest in the discussion
does not seem to be wanting. The debate
was without marked incident. The speakers
We're Messrs. Gillette (Mass,, Burton tOhiol.
Republicans, and Fitzgerald dem. Mass1,
Rep., \. y. briggs Dem, \, ~, and
BRADLEY Dem, \. y, in opposition to. and
Mr.. Kerr Rep-, o.: in favor Of the modihca.
tion Of the law. Mr. Rartholdt Rop., Mo-
took occasion to defend Carl Schurz from
What he termed the ISLANDERS h"aped upon
thar gentleman by Mr.. GTGsvenpr. The ir!-
timation that there was a stain upon his
personal honor was an insult to the German,
Americans whose confidence Mr.. Schurz had
retained for years
The House devoted two hours Of the ses-
sion on the sth to the civil service debate,
during which Mes~rS. CorliSs RepJ Of Michi-
gan. Hepburn K"pl If Iowa and Clarke
tReDI Of New HaWV~hirc addressed the
House i'll opposition 10 the law as it now
stands. The remainder of the session was
consumed hy friends Of the late Representa-
tive Wright Of Massachusetts, IN cUlpgy Of
his memory. Mr.. tnriisS tRcpD Of Michigan.
the first speaker today. favored radical modi-
i"ations Of the civil service law. He thought
that cOnstitutionaIly the heads OF depart
ments were clothed with the power Of ap-
pointing their suborinateS. To that extent
he thought II tested the law would be uu-
constitutional He believed the right OF re-
upval should be- restored and the tenure IF
office limited Mr. Hepburn lEepl II Iowa
spoke for an hour against what he termed
The popular Impression of the S"-Ca,led mcrir
system I'll" public. hc argued. had been
utterly uisled by the high -~puuding title
reform In s'Iac things the old system at
if worst was superior 10 the new.
The opponents II the civil service Law had
much the best of the debate III the HOUSE. oH
the l6th so far a- the number II those ell
gazing iu il We're concerned. Nine ~ the
eleven speakers were Of the 0rpo-ifipu The
friends ~ The law are anxious 20 shut n
further debate. and i'm This viii have tine
cooperation Of Speaker Reed and the rules
committee. Mr.. Moody. who has charge If
the bill. gave notice that he wogIG test the
sense Of the House the following day nu a
motion To close debate. The opposition i'm
meliafpIy sent word 10 all in their ranks