Show m TOPICS acts of our wise SENATOR IDEA he is to override over ride the civil service taw newsy correspondence C feb senator plumb does not agree with the majority of his party upon financial mattera nor upon the tariff but when it comes to a question of government pap which is the keystone of the latter day republican arch be is republican to the backbone he has just given ample evidence of this by furthering far the boldest attempt yet openly made for overriding tho fraud known as the civil service law he has introduced a joint resolution providing that stenographers clerks chiefs of divisions copyists and computers in the census office shall be for transfer to the classified bervice in any of the government departments 1 hat means that a couple of thousand republicans I 1 are as are dropped from the rolls of the census bureau which will gradually be reduce frona this diroe on to be put into the regular departmental service without going through a civil pervice examination it dilso means that all of the democrats now in the classified service are to ho discharged to make room for those whose republicanism mr porter of the census bureau has couched vouched for under oath every one knows that the civil service law ia a coll humbug and there would be no grief if it was repealed tomorrow to morrow but that is no excuse for such schemes to trample underfoot a law of the land as this one is ha is a pretty thick skinned man who can not in these days be reached by public opinion representative dingley has found it necessary to defend his pool investigating committee from the charge of not attempting to gf t all of the information possible out of the witness owenby who was he fore the committee last week mr Ding leys denial is almost a reiteration of the charge he davs the committee was anxious to have owenby testify to what he had personal knowledge of but that it objected to his giving hearsay evidence and yet mr dingler knows very well that the speculations in silver of two eminent republicans senator cameron and representative taylor of lit nois were first braueht out bv hearsay evidence but perhaps that was the very reason that he objected to any more of it he want any more republicans found out and they are not likely to be unless nome enterprising newspaper man does it mr blaine has scored another knock down on mckinley reed and company by concluding the negotiation of a reciprocity treaty with venezuela true the trade of venezuela very great but it will serve to bring out the iniquities of the mckinley tariff law and for that reason if for no other it is dea mr Clev elands letter in opposition to free coinage coi naga published here this week shows that his backbone is as strong as is was when he wrote the famous tariff message upon which the campaign of 88 was fought manliness always commands admiration whether one agrees with its possessor or not it ia stated that the house coinage committee will next week the free coinage bill with a recommendation from the majority of the cam mattea against any silver legislation this recommendation if made will be a bit of sharp parliamentary practice as it will prevent the bill be ing placed en the calendar and make it necessary to obtain the consent of a majority of that committee before it can be called up in fact it will be equivalent to smothering the bill in committee which was the first gramme pro of the republicans secretary tracy received a sharp dressing down from members of bis own party in the house this week for the manner in which he reprimanded com mander keiter for his conduct in con lection with the ailline of general barrundia the sioux indians having testified to their objection to being placed under the care of the war department which was the principle reason for bringing them bare have been loaded down with presenta pre penta and sent borne via philadelphia and carlisle the wrong methods in the conduct of the pension office are constantly being tacitly acknowledged bv the authorities bv making changes in those methods if it bad not been lor the exeor urea made by such papers as the new york herald these chaiees would never have been made it is the fearless press of the country that always looks out for the real interests of the people after the practical killing of the eight hour bill and the copyright bill in the senate early this week that body and the house have devoted most of the time to the regular appropriation bills the night sessions oi the senate as was expected are a fizzle there at been a quorum at one of them the radical republicans are brewing some deviltry in connection with the Force bill but the democrats are wide |