Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-25
TO ABOLISH BLACK CABINET
PROPOSED TO END ABUSES OF
THE SECRET SERVICE.
Various Legislative Limitations In.
cluded In the sundry Civil
Appropriation Bill.

NO person employed in the secret serv-
ice division Of the Treasury Department
or under the appropriation for suppress
ing counterfeiting and other crimes. who
is detailed. furloughed. granted leave Of
absence. dismissed or otherwise tenn
porarily or finally separated from the
service Of such division and is there
after employed under any other branch
of the public service. shall be restored or
paid compensation for service or expenses
In the secret service division for two years
after the termination of his employment
under such other branch of the govern
ment."
The legislative limitation above quoted
is included in the sundry civil appropri-
alton bill reported to the House today
from the committee on appropriations,
and is intended to do away with the
tenn of the government. which were un-
earthed during the preparation Of the
sundry civil bill by the committee. Chair
man Tawney and his colleagues feel as
sured that this provision when adopted
by the Senate and House-and they feel
certain that 1t will be adopted-will put
the ''biack cabinet out of business and
reduce to an irreducable minimum the
espionage system which has been growing
in favor for some years with department
heads and others In Washington.
Bureau Of Engraving.
The sundry civil bill contains several
other legislative limitations or provisions
of considerable local and general inter-
est. One, in connection with the appropri-
alton Of $25O.O0O to begin construction of a
new building for the bureau Of engraving
and printing to cost not more than 81, 15O.
600. pro. ided that II in the judgment of
the Secretary Of Treasury the land de-
scribed in the bill-which is the plot ad-
joining the present building ON the south
I>~ 1H~4o o<x1 H4 10
authorized to construct the building on
land now owned by the government west
of the present site Of the bureau Of en-
craving and printing.
Licenses for the erection of lighthouses
along the banks of the tidal reservoir on
the Potomac river fronting Potomac
Park may be granted by the Secretary OF
War according to another limitation
Another provision changes the name OF
the Reform School Of the District OF Co
lumbia to THE National Training School
for Boys"
Public Printer Restricted.
The public printer Is required to submit
for the fiscal year 1910 and after that es-
Inmates for all clerks and other employees.
additional to those named in the sundry
civil bill, who may he required in the ex-
ecutive or administrative Offices Of the
government printing Office, and 1t Is ex-
pressly provided that no funds other than
those specifically appropriated shall be
used in the government printing Office
for services of this character.
Those In charge of the isthmian canal
work are forbidden to pay wages and
salaries for skilled and unskilled labor on
the isthmus which are more than 25 per
cent in excess OF such average wages
and salaries paid in the United States for
similar service.
The officers of the isthmian canal COM
mission are relieved from liability to ac-
count for $11,2 ,2O5 for material and sup
plies furnished to the sufferers by the
Jamaica earthquake of January II, 1907
One Government Laboratory.
One important Limitation In the bill
hints at the possible consolidation. of the
with the bureau Of standards. The pro-
vision in question says that 1.-The National
Academy Of Sciences Is required. at its
the methods and expenses OF conducting
all surveys Of q scientific character and
all chemical testing and experimental
laboratories. and to report to Congress as
soon thereafter as may be practicable a
plan for consolidating such surveys. chem
ical. testing and other experimental lab
orateries so as to effectually prevent du-
without detriment to the public service -
AS previously published In The Star. the
bill contains Q provision authorizing the
Secretary OF the Treasury to make q
contract with the Potomac Electric Power
Company for furnishing to the United
States all electric current for department
al use in the District at the annual rate
million kilowat hours and Of 2x cents
Der kilovat hour theeea ftAP