The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-03-02
FOR CIVIL PENSIONS.
Government Employees to Pay Two
Per Cent. of Earnings to Fund.
ON TRUSTS AND TRANSPORTATION,
The Industrial Committee VIII submit It's
Report to Congress This week-Rich-
ardson's Campaign Against Trusts
Reducing Cuban Garrlsons.

Washington, Feb. Ex-senator Gal
linger has given notice in the senate
of his intention to offer an amend
ment to the legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation bill providing
for the retirement of government em-
ployes in the civil service. This ques-
ton of civil service retirement has
been the subject of much discussion,
and strong opposition has been mani
tested toward it, principally because
of the large appropriation it would
require, as shown by the amount car
ried by the English retirement fund.
Senator Gallinger's amendment avoids
this objection, however, and there is
good prospect of its being favorably
considered. The amendment provides;
THAT, beginning with the first day
of July, 1900, two per centum of the
| salary of every employee i'm the classi-
! fled civil service of the government
shall be withheld and shall be de-
! Quoted from his or her monthly pay,
and shall be deposited in the treasury
of the United States TO the credit of
the civil service retirement fund, and
the money so deposited shall consti-
| tute a fund which shall be known as
the civil service retirement fund, and
which shall be held in trust by the
secretary of the treasury, to be eN-
pended for the retirement of employees
in the classified civil service of the
government and for certain expenses
in connection herewith"
On Trusts and Transportation.
Washington, Feb. 26.-Publicity an6
equal treatment by transportation
lines are, briefly expressed, remedies
proposed by the industrial commits
sion for the evils growing out o
trusts and great aggregations of cap
ital Both houses of congress have
been waiting for the report of the in
dustrial commission before taking NJ
the subject of trust legislation. Som
time during the coming week the.
will have the benefit of all the infor
nation that the commission has oh
tanned on this question and the rec
} concentrations the commissioners hav
; based on this information. The re
port which will be submitted does no
cover all the ground gone over by tn
commission in it's hearings. 1t wi
) be a partial report and will be cor
= fined to the allied topics of the trust
and transportation.
Richardson's Campaign Against Trusts.
t Washington, Feb. 26.-Representi
5 tive Richardson, the democratic leade
of the house, has entered on a uniqu
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e is satisfied that there is some way
= control trusts, and the particular wa
e that seems most feasible TO him is
j assail the products of the trusts {
n they come under the jurisdiction {
5 the interstate commerce law. 1t
Mr.. Richardson's personal idea, an
e he has few, if any, followers who b
IS lieve he has hit on the right key
I, the problem. His scheme has Il
h rhetorical force of iteration. He i
e tends to introduce every day joil
o resolution directed at some particul;
II trust; his motto is "no day witho
J. a thrust at "a trust"
Reducing Cuban GrrrIsons.
Washington, Feb. 26.-It is unde
:. stood to be the purpose of the war d
partment in carrying out its alrea'
l. announced policy of reducing t
force of American troops in Cuba
begin within six weeks the reducti,
of the present force of 5000 to abo
H. 5000, which limit will be reached
Of the beginning of summer. The prop
v sition is under consideration to orga
er ize three complete Cuban regimen
IN with Cuban officers to replace t
r. United States troops in garrisons a
ne to form the nucleus of the Cub
le army, which would exist when the
he land passes from the United Stat
lis control.
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