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Show Republicans on Reduction. Washington, 17. At the adjourned caucus meeting of republican senators sen-ators today, after long discussion, it was unanimously agreed that the neces-ary efficiency ot civil service would be seriously injured if a sweeping sweep-ing reduction be made in all its branches by. application of the reported re-ported policy of the house committee lo cut down nearly all salaries 10 per cent., and the force employed 20 per! cent., and also that the action ol the, house in proposing to abolish a number num-ber of our missions to South America and reduce the salaries of our principal princi-pal ministers in Europe, ia unwise and impolitic; it was therefore agreed that the senate committee on appropriations appro-priations should ptiss upon each item of reduction in the various bills separately, sepa-rately, and should recommend concurrence con-currence only in those reductions which, alter separate examination, are found compatible with the continuance con-tinuance of requisite efficiency, and whenever such reductions can be made the republican majority of the senate will vote for them; but, on the contrary, unless similar good reasons can be shown for concurrence in any recommendation of the house touching touch-ing a matter of importance, tho issue will be met with unyielding firmnets. |