The Press., 1899-01-12
lar instructions sent to other "bucking''

lar instructions sent to other "bucking''
senators.
For the twelfth annual time the house
made the civil service clause of the legls-
lative. executive and judicial appropria-
ton SIT the basis for q '.circus.' This
time, however, the performance was car
ried little farther than ever before, and
a motion to strike out the appropriation
for the civil service commission was
adopted by vote of 81 to 81, while the
house was sitting as a committee OF me
whole. j, The total vote being only little
more than one-third of the entire NOM
bership, it was not surprising when the
yea and nay vote was taken in the house,
that the motion was defeated by small
margin, but there may come day when
it will not be defeated.
i Some good propositions are ruled out on
L points,. Of !, order in the house, One OF
llEttl;!M .lsE thatl. offered, by Representative
a. ItaftMAp ofMontaha, that any member
fof the house who retained any portion OF
the 300 a month allowed him for clerk
hire. should forfeit his seat Later modi-
fed so that any member who attempted
: to retain any portion of this allowance
should forfeit that amount. Mr.. Hart
man was very considerate toward the
feelings of the members of the present
, house. He said he had information that
members of previous congresses had made
!, practice of pocketing all, or large
.partiaa, i ef = this; allowance. He struc'
eso6m m egajo f his colleagues hard, however
, when he added mo man who would b.
guilty OF such an act is fit to hold a sea
4 in this house." 1t seems like littl
thing, in itself, but. little abuses invaria
bly lead t6 larger ofles, and often to grea
national scandals. 1t is notorious Il
Washington that outside of few men
who pay out much more than the allow
g Anek Cor clerical assistance, most of tn
congressman work some sort of dodg
to keep all OF part of this allowance
their own pockets. Some do 1T by en-
blowing some member of their family, O
3. E4'ert, l. boy OF girl at school, and regularl
r presenting voucher signed by them fe
H. the entire amount, but the favorite meti
IL cd seems to4he to hire some poor devil
l. clerk, making him sign vouchers for 5 II
" month, and paying him only d sma
p portion of 1t. MI. Hartman should II
~ to find some way to make the member
n. of, the house put themselves ON recol
'et for or against his proposition.
W. Senator Caffrey agrees with Senate
" Vest, that. colonial policy is against tt
- Constitution of the .. s., and said in
20 speech, that to establish one would be de
:" potism. The following extract from h
speech sounds good, and, if there were
" contented English colonies, might be co
IL vincing THE history of the world shov
that God has set the bounds where the d
~ ferent people of the earth shall abid
y When look at the condition of the worl
-. / AUTOMATICALLY convinced that no Pc
" maaneEt sway can be held by the white mi
over the black man In the sub-tropics, e
:, cept by strong military and cruel dc
IN potiem,''<... =. ~:
to In Offering his resolution, calling on q
II president for all the instructions given
n peace, commissioners, which was adopt
IT. by the senate, although opposed by M
ia Davis, chairman of the senate commit
he OIL foreign relations and one of the pea
he commissioners, Senator Hoar was actu'
n ed, he says, by a desire to bring out t
IL fact that our commissioners went 70 fal