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Also Prohibits Filling Vacan-
eies in Federal Service
Until July |, 1888.
SIMILAR LIMITATIONS.
FOR OTHER MEASURES
Further Effort to Cut S495, 900
From Agricultural Pay Roll
Expected Tomorrow.
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

The first affirmative step toward
prohibiting increases in salary and the
filling of vacancies throughout the
Federal service until July /, 1888, was
taken by the House yesterday in adopt
ing a special rule brought in by the
Rules Committee making In order such
prohibition as carried in the agricul-
tural appropriation bill now under
consideration
Similar limitations are to be in
cluded in the Interior Department ap-
preparation bill, which is expected to
De reported to the House on Monday,
ana In all the departmental supply
| bills which carry the funds for the
Government pay roll, amounting in
81 900, 100000.
Further effort to cut s495, 900 in
salaries from the pay roll of the De-
partment of Agriculture IN the District
OF Columbia will be made, probably
tomorrow, by Representative Robert G.
summons OF Nebraska, ranking Repub-
Ilcan on the subcommittee which
drafted the bill, and who says that the
adoption Of his motion will make the
approximately $2,040,OO0"
Proposes Congress Cuts.
In the meantime, Representative
D. D. Cover, Democrat of Arkansas,
VINO is serving his second term in Con-
gress, forced the issue of cutting their
own salaries upon all members of Con-
greSS by introducing a bill providing
that the salary of the Speaker be re-
duced to s12,500 and that of the other
members to $780, with similar reduce
tions applicable to all Senators, Rep
resentatives and territorial delegates.
Representative Charles A. Karch,
Democrat, of East st. Louis, Ill, further
complicated the situation by introduc-
ing bill for 33-hour week for Fed
eral employees
The action of the Rules Committee
IN reporting the special rule, and the
action of the House in adopting it,
makes the section in the agricultural
appropriation bill prohibiting salary
increases and promotions, proof against
any point or order that might be made
against it,
These prohibitions are effective from
the date of the approval of the act dur
ing the remainder of the fiscal year
1882 and the entire fiscal year 1888.
The Intention is to deny all increases
in compensation except such as may
occur incident to the filling of vacant
positions through the advancement of
qualified incumbents from lower grades,
and to prevent the filling of vacancies
which may occur in the Offices and DO
sitionS in the department, except in
absolutely essential places, the filling
OF which the President only may ap-
prove.
The section covering the limitation
on salaries and promotions comes at
the very end of the agricultural ap-
preparation bill, which, it is expected,
will be reached late Monday. While
not subject to a point of order be-
lative rider on an appropriation bill,
it is subject to amendment the same
as any other section of the bill.
Simmons Proposal Last.
Representative Simmons effort TO
effect a wholesale cut in the force
employed by the Department of Agri-
culture in the District of Columbia will
come when consideration of the bill,
section by section, has been completed,
and it is ready for final passage in the
House. He has been contending for q
5 per cent reduction in the force, and
met with bitter opposition, especially
from Chairman Byrns of the Appro-
priation Committee.
His determination to continue his
fight to the last possible opportunity
was announced by Mr.. Simmons late
yesterday in a letter to his colleagues,
soliciting their support, in which he
said:
Il expect to offer a motion to recon-
NIT the agricultural appropriation bill
when it is up for final passage, that
will cut approximately S495, 900 in SAL
aries from the rolls in the District of
Columbia. This is based upon, first,
the belief that in times like these the
department can and should operate on
a reduced personnel; second, the field
forces and activities of the department
have clearly been reduced in excess of
the departmental forces, whereas I feel
that activities directly touching the
farmer should be the last and not the
first to be curtailed. Under the budget
set-up large number of District activ-
tiles took no reduction of employees.
Some actually asked for an increase. I
feel sure that this reduction, if prop
erly administered, can be effected with
out any material adverse effect upon
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