Free press., 1904-12-17

asaw citizenshi, court to the su-
preme court Of the United States.
The bill provides that if the supreme
court reverses the decision of the
citizenship court
at all, applicants who have been de-
MED enrollments by degrees of that
court shall be enrolled by the Dawes
commission the same as other mem
bers of the two nations.
Washington, Dec. 1O.-The commit
tee. by a vote of II to Go, reduced
the pay of committee stenographers
from $5,000 to $4,000.
The paragraph relating to the civil
service commission elected from Mr..
Maddox, of Georgia. severe criticism,
because of a proposed increase of %
employees to constitute the rural car
rier examining board. He declared
there was no necessity for them, and
that it was the duty of this congress
to retrench, if the statement of the
secretary of the treasury be true.
Mr.. Hepburn, Of Iowa, moved to
strike out the appropriation for the
commission, and bitterly denounced it.
He was not, he said, opposed to
proper civil service, but the present
merit system did not improve on the
old spoils system. The present civil
service was not as good as it was
twenty years ago, and was constantly
becoming less and less efficient.
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today and adjourned until Monday
An attempt to secure consideration
of the pure food bill was defeated by
| a demand of Mr. A-drich that the bill
be read at length, which brought an
objection from Mr.. Tillman, who did
not want the time consumed.
The session had not progressed far
| when Mr.. Hepburn Qdaho) called up
! the pure food bill, but Mr.. Aldrich
suggested that the bill should be read
in full for information, and it went
| over under an objection by Mr.. Till
man, who said that he considered any
effort to get the bill up today "a waste
of time. He said that his object was
to get the matter out of the way.
| Washington, Dec. 12.-On conven-
! ing the house began the second week
of the session with consideration of
private pension bills.
1t is reported that the appropria.
! tions committee may report a short
urgent deficiency bill during the week
and it is stated that it is barely posi-.
| bly, that the District of Columbia ap-
preparation bill may be reported by
| the end of the week. a sub-commit-
tee is hard at work framing the bill
The principal event scheduled for
the senate during the present week is
the taking of the vote on the Philip
pine civil government bill.
After the vote on the Philippine bill
on Friday, the senate will adjourn
until the following Monday, and it is
considered doubtful whether much
more business of general importance
will be then undertaken until after
Christmas, as many senators already
have announced their intention tC
| leave for home Immediately after the
vote on the Philippine measure. II
had been the original intention of the
senate to press for an adjournment
as early as the 10th inst, but there
is now manifest a disposition to al
low the house to have its way in fix
ing the date for the 21st, even though
the senate remain only technically in
session, as will be the case, according
to the present outlook.
1t is the intention not to transact
much business other than the Philip
pine legislation during the present
week. Senator Hepburn will make
an effort to secure consideration OF
the pure food bill, but if he succeeds
in getting it before the senate it will
not be seriously proceeded with be
fore the holidays. 1t is believed thai
the statehood bill will not be report
ed from committee before the holi
days.
The vacancies on the senate com
mittees probably will be filed during
the week.