The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-16
KILL CIVIL SERVICE
Mckinley's MOuthpiece In the
House Den0HnceS Law.
GR0SYEN0R'S ATTITUDE
he OPENLY ANNOUNCES HOS
TILITY TO THE REFORM.
Boutelle Declares That Silver Is Dead
Without Hope of Resurrection
President Should Be Supported In
Philippine Question-opposed to
Negroes In South Voting.


Washington, Feb 15.-,The house to-
day completed twenty-six of the 1924
pages of the executive, legislative and
judicial appropriation bill without
amendment. During the general de-
bate. which closed at + O'Clock, a va
riety Of topics We're touched upon. Mr..
Boutelle 0ll.). Mr. Miers Gnd.) and Mr..
Showalter pa discussed the Philip
pine question; Mr.. GrosvenOr (O.) and
Mr. Gillette (Mass.). civil service re-
forms; Mr.. briggs IN. ", pensions,
and Mr. Underwood (Ala.), his resoiu-
ton to repeal the fifteenth amendment
to the constitution. The legislative
bill probably Will be passed tomorrow.
Mr.. Boutelle Gid opened with some
general remarks about the approach
ing presidential contest. He remarked
upon the great transformation which
had taken place in the Democratic
party in three years. Silver had been
kille1 in 1885; it was buried in 1925 and
he aid not think a single member of
the minority honestly desired it resur-
rect6d
There had been an occasional euIogy
of the departed and an occasional
rhetorical tear had been dropped upon
the grave, but the lamentations lacked
the zeal of real sorrow. 1t reminded
him of an epitaph he had read last
simmer in Vermont over the grave of
the wife Of a man VINO had enjoyed as
little of happiness nd prosperity with
her as the Democrats had enjoyed with
free silver.
Here lies my wife. All tears can
not bring her back Therefore. /
weep" Oaughter)
Should Support President.
Mir. .Boutelle argued that the solemn
duty Of every American citizen at the
present stage of the insurTectiOn in the
support the president. Whoever in
suited the fiag Of the United States
must be punished Whoever would treat
with the United States must first re
Spect her flag.
Mr.. Boutele proceeded to argue the
constitutional rights Of the United
States to take and hold territory out
side of the United States He received
a round of applause when he con-
cUded.
Mr.. Underwood (Ala) followed with
Il
ton introduced by him to repeal the
fifteenth amendment to the constitU-
ton 0he suffrage amendanenD.
II the matter Of suffrage, said Mr..
Underwood. public safety should be the
governing test. People morally and
intellectually disqualified should not be
allowed to exercise the high privilege
of suffrage. The Indian and the Mon
golian could not vote. Why the negro?
The conditions which obtained when
the fifteenth amendment was adopted
no longer existed. No one in the south
desired slavery. The experiment Of
giving the negroes suffrage had failed
Instead OF proving a strength to the
Republican party it had proved a
weakness. He did not believe the ne
gro would ever become the equal Of
the white man. Educational qualifica-
ton would not meet the situation in
the south.
The Philippine Question.
Mr.. Myers Ond) argued that the
Philippine question, involving. as it
did, the traditional policy Of America,
should rise above party. The Philip
pines were either entitled to admission
into the United States upon an equality
with ether territories. or they were
entitled to freedom and independence.
A colonial policy, he predicted, would
disrupt the Union.
Mr.. ShOwalter (Pa) argued that the
United States had power 10 decide the
system of government for the Philip
pines
Mr.. Grosvenor (O.) denounced the
civil service law, basing his remarks
upon the statements of Mr.. Hemen-
way yesterday that the departments
We're full Of incOmpet6ntS whereas in
1889 the civil service was a model of
efficiency.
The gentleman, believe, was one of
the trainers of the St Louis platform, -
interrupted Mr.. Richardson (TennD.
That platform declared for an extern
sion Of the civil service law How does
he reconcile that fact with his present
hostility TO the Iaw2'
The gentleman from Ohio" replied
Mr.. GTOavenOT, sometimes makes a
fool of himself. just as the gentleman
from Tennessee does" 0aUghteT)
Continuing, Mr.. Gro5venor said the
only way to prevent the public service
from breaking down was 10 provide for
a tenure of office act on the lines of
the Evans biIl' of the last congress.
He protested against the payment Of
to uphold the discTedited cred
=.
Mr.. Gillette CMass.), replying to Mr..
GrCevenor. pointed out that the inef-
fciency Of the departments. according
to the statements of Mr. Hemenway,
was due. not TO the civil service law,
but because political influence was used
to protect incompetents.
Mr. Miers Und) filed the minority
views in the contested election case Of
D.. ord