The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-02-16
PERMANENT CENSUS BILL
The Senate Consumed the Entire Day
Considering the Measure.
SCOTT OPPOSED TO CIVIL SERVICE
Ve,v soon He Thinks the People in the
Classified Service viii Control the
Government.

washington. February ;5 During the
crtir, session Of today the senate mad un'
dor consideration TIE bill establishing
t,crn,euen- census office. II was not com
nleted but an agreement was reached TO
lake IL up again Immediately after the eN'
rcutIve session that Is to he held on Mon
day next for the consideration OF the Dan
ish treatv
Tho great contest Of the day was over the
transfer 10 the classified service of the en-
ployrs Of the census office who are to be re-
Gained in the permanent establishment.
1t involved the entire civil service ques-
ton ana the debate covered much of the
ground y A. heretofore has been gone over
in congressional debates
After the routine business the senate
pissed bill appropriating 100000 for
tuhlic building at Selma. Ala.
The senate then resumed consideration of
,he bill establishing a permanent census
bsreau. The pending amendment was that
Of Mr.. Lodge to amend the paragraph re
lstlnc 10 the retention Of employees so NAV
n would read; That all employees OF rue
tyralfth census Office at the date OF tnr
massage of this act, who are retained IN the
Cu.plot Of the permanent census ABOVE tuc
grade Of skilled laborer, shall be and tneS
are hereby placed without ~. tuei tt,NnLliuI" -
ttou under the provisions of the civil service
Mr. Gai,lnger gave notice Of an amend,
ment declaring that persons who had served
ms ST. ldiers in any war In which the Chlte9
states has engaged and the widows or
sucb soldiers shall have preference IN tue
matter of certidcation.
Nr Galliucer declared that the amount
Of money expended each year by persons
taking she ciyl service examination n It's
aggI egatc could he uscertaiped, would aP-
GAL congress and the country. Few of them
could hone TO get appointments, he de
clpyod vet thousands OF people were en-.
pioycd in the departments who mad no
claim upon congress or upon fhe country
fot thrir positions.
Mr. Scott declared that he was opposed to
the civil service system from start ~
finish" and that the whole system was
wrong i'm operation and principle NcrE
srou Le thought. the people In the classi
ted service would contrn the government
W. Lodges amendment was then rejected
without division
Mr. G9lliueer then offered his amend
mcnt. 1t was accepted 10y Mr.. Quaries
IN charge Of the bill and it was adopted.
Many Intellectual eGortS were made to
amend section D. the confusion arising from
the attempts becomin. So amusing that MI
Tl,mau suggested tho point II order IN the
chair that the senate is So muddlel that
IL could not pas" ctvi' service eNaWiua-
ton era the members. therefore would not
I be el'nbir to rc election
] The chair is In doult sid the prtsi
.
4 ue,lt nlo TEN 'Air. FtNrt ah0 VIII nave 10
NQnH't the question TO the scnui.'
4 mary on h'uoh ol Mt M'Nomha tIc
/ hrst paragraph Of section was amended 50
/ MS to rrld; That all empioyeS OF the
/ census oihce except unsiiu"d lahorers; ~
| the date or the passage ut this act, shall
| ue ana lheN. are hereby placed at once
( without fur.her examination under the
( provisions of the civil service act
ON motion Of Nj Teller, the Hill WAS
amended So rs to provide Tor an assistant
director OF the census at salary of 5000
per anunm; and, further, that the terms
OF the appointment Of both the dircc.rr
AMI assistant director should he -four years
Mr. Dubois offered an amendment pro.
Yig1ng thnt the director of the census shall
collect annually statistics concerning the
business OF trusts or industrial comhina-
lions, the statistics TO he collected through
reports made to the director 10y the re.
sponslblG heads of such concerns and to
coTCr all details Of the business
The amendment was rojcctcd-lI to 81
IRE 'o'e pG,hs along strict party lines. OK.
cent tha( Mr. MGEnoY lDemr Lao voted
a2T,nst re omyndmenf
III A!uSon offered IN amendment elm,
uniting th' provision for the collection ut
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