The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-16
DEBATE ON The
CENSUS BILL
SENATE PUTS IN ENTIRE DAY
ARGUING MINOR
POINTS
DUBOIS WANTS TRUST FIGURES
republicans, However, Refused to
Tolerate Amendment Which
Might BE Annoying
to Octopus
DUBOIS WANTS TRUST FIGURES

WASHINGTON. Feb. 15-During the
entire session OF today the senate had
cHuer consideration the bill establishing
permanent census Office 1t was not
completed, but an agreement was reached
10 take 1t up again Immediately after the
executive session that is to be held on
monday next for the consideration of
the Danish treaty.
ne great contest Of the day. of course
was over the transfer to the classita5
service OF the employees of ,-.e census Of
nee VINO are to be retained in the nor
lIIdiIenC establishment. 1t involved tho
ehtlre civil service question and the d.
pate covered much Of the ground thai
heretofore has been some over in cor
sressional debates
Many Intellectual efforts were made to
c'IieHu sectlon five, the confusion a15s-
ing from the attempts becoming 81
amusing that Mr.. Tilman facetio,,sIv
suggested the point of order to the chair
tiat lne senate is SO muddled that II
cCulo not pass civil service examination
anu the members therefore would NOT he
eligible to reelection W
l ne chalr is in doubt" said the nrs6S
Loent Pro TEN. CMr. Frye, "and will have
20 submit the question to the senate
@ily' On nollon OF Mr.. CcCOmas tha
HTst paragraph of section five u1as u
amended rs to read: THAT ali amnIo,,e,
or the census office EXCEPT unsl[ii1ad
IapofefS, at the date of the passa pc of
lnlS act, shall be and they are hereby
paced without further examination nm.
act" ot'1l service
on motion Of Mr. Teller, the bin was
amended so as to provide for an assistant
a
$4'VO0 per annum; and further that the
terms OF appointment of both the director
anu assistant directors should be four
years. "A
Statistics of Trusts.
mr.. Dubois offered an amendment pro-
Vldlng that the director Of the cepsns
small collect annually statistics concern
MS the business OF trusts or industr al
complnatIons, the statistics to be collect
ed through reports to the director nv tba
responsible heads of such concerns and
70 cover all debts of the business
Inc amendment was rejected II 70 Il
tlle vote being along strict party lines
except that Mr.. McEnery Dem. La
voted against the amendment.
Mr.. Allison offered another. anandr,nr+
eliminating the provision for the coIIec-
ton of statistics concerning the nrod1c-
Ton OF cotton as returned by the ginners
lie maintained that cotton statistics now
were collected by the Agricultural d.
partment and the statistics collected Nv
the census office would be a dunIica.
ton. ""Piice'-
TfIllnan Demands 1t.
Mr' IIllman opposed the amendment
vigorously. He held that statistics If tho
coCtoh production now collected were not
accufate-''mere guesswork'' in MANY in
stances. BY obtaining the statistics from
t4e SIuIlerS he cOntended, it would nrac
ucdIy De possible to know by Christmas
each year what the cotton production for
the year was. He urged that either this
provision be left in the bill or that q
suHIcleht sum be given to the secretary
OF agriculture to enable him to take tTe
statistics Of cotton production.
Mr.. Allison replied that the secretary
OF agriculture now collected statistics
rom the glnners and from every possible
-, s eeeIdI course and he presented let
ler from the secretary to that effect
Mr.. Berry appealed to Mr.. Allison ~
Withdraw the amendment. He said 4
was a question of such Importance IL The
cottoh-groWlng states as well as to the
remainder of the country that the small
expense involved ought not to be ner-
mitted to stand in its way
Finally Mr.. Tillman offered an amend
ment IN the nature of substitute for Mr.
-AIllson's amendment providing that the
census director should issue monthly hul
Ietns on the cotton production as re-
ported by the ginners beginning on Oct
each year and extending to and includ-
ing March l. No action was taken unon
the amendments, the senate agreeing to
take up the bill and amendments immedi-
ately after the executive session on the
Danish treaty to be held on Monaav
next.