Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-04-21


was denounced As amended by the
committee the bill placed all eefsls
appointments under civil service com
mission. 4 general denunciation OF
the civil service Law ard system OF
| making promotions Ia the ..ecutiye
Departments in Washington character
lied the debate Il know of cases
declared Senator William Alden Smith
Of Michigan. in which women clerks
are Inundated because they will not
permit a petty chief to take the Iiber-
ties with them thai they can take
with other clerks Mr.. Smith de-
ciared that there was no more con
temptible politics anywhere than ex-
sted in the civil service of the
United States, which he added, ex-
celled ANYTHING in that lne ever
known curing the spoiIs system in its
operation under Andrew Jackson. No
man or woman. he said. could get pro
motion until he bows down or kow-
lows to some little. petty chief who
shields himself behind the law" He
denied that II is a merit system.
Tariff Bill Passes.
Washington, d. c., April 9.-Late
/ this evening the tariff bill passed
the house II is substantially the
measure reported by the ways and
means committee in the first place,
except that it has been modified by
various amendments submitted by
that same committee in humble ac.
acknowledgement of the fragment of
mistakes it has consistently made In
| The tariff bill as adopted by the house
hides are free, sawed lumber remains
at 81 per thousand feet. which is
half the Dingley rate, tea is free, cot
fee is free. oil is free, and the coun-
teryailing duties on oil, lumber, and
coffee, which were evident avenues of
fraud on the people, have been re
moved The advances made, to the
surprise of the people, on hosiery and
/ gloves, unfortunately remain. The
rates now in operation on cotton,
WOODEN. and silk goods OF the kind
women buy in dry goods stores are
unchanged, and the present high
prices will be maintained so far as
the house Of representatives is con-
cerned. There was no vote in re
gard to hosiery and gloves, the lead
| ers of the house having been afraid
to trust their colleagues to go on rec
ord The protest of the women was
ignored absolutely.
The managers of the house major
| ity made a sensational surrender at
the opening of proceedings and pre-
scented ways and means committee
amendment providing for absolutely
free oil
ut seems to be the sense of this
house" said Chairman Payne in a
thick voice, that petroleum and its
products should be on the free list
The amendment was adopted with
whoop and for the first time since
! the organization of Standard Oil it
and on a level with all its conpetl-
tors Ringing cheers. in which both
| democrats and republicans Joined,
greeted the passage of the amend
ment When the final stage of the
debate had arrived and Speaker Can
non was about to put the bill on final
passage, Champ Clark, leader of the
democrats, made demand that a sep
arate vote be had on oil The re IL
! lars resisted. Cannon hesitated, out
| finally permitted the roll call which
put ON record every member of the
| house on the question of free oil,
The final vote on the bill itself was
217 to 161, practically a strict party
vote On the final passage four demo-
Gratis, Brussard Estopinal Pujo and
Wickliffe, all of Louisiana, voted with
! the republicans. Austin of Tonnes
see was the only republican who cast
! his vote against it.
Washington. April 10.-The bill to
| provide for the taking of the next
census was passed by the senate in a
form which. it is understood, will
meet the views Of the president re-
garding appointments for the census
work under regulations by the civil
service commission.
Washington, d. c., April 12.-When
The senate committee on finance met
Senator Aldrich presented the report
on the Payne tariff bill agreed on by
the majority OF the committee The
report is Il victory for the many
women who opposed the Payne tax on
hosiery and gloves. The senate com
mit;ee lowers the schedules on these
articles To the level of the Dingley
bill