Show FIGHTING CIVIL SERVICE LAW or OF CONGRESS FAVOR A CHANGE largely attended meeting to devise ways and means lor for securing tire changes desired I 1 washington dec IL ala A largely at meeting of 1 elopre t op r e in congress Coner Cong Tess we wal held t tonight a n ig 1 i t at tile and harbor committee lat room to dollee means for or spearing in tire the present civil service c pw w about be t alty members mcm br were present most moat 0 of the stiles sitter having havone do legations in con fress jt it was noticeable however that speaker reed itar fr dingley and other members nt the houam did not attend I 1 As indicating tho the representative character ot of the meeting it was stated slated that twenty two states wee were impre including fourteen chairmen ef c cammi t t pea a s tentative enta tive of 0 iowa acted ns as chairman the discussion took a wide range but in the main iraln waa ta q temperate tomp fralc and conservative the main speakers dupre representatives gres venor ot of ohio connolly of 0 illinois evans I 1 vans ot of kentucky ferris derrla of 0 andian In alana and Al mahonry aboney of airline it was finall anally y to biame a committe to devise a plan ot of action and the bolion ing re resolution was waa nestled Reso ne soled hed that tho the chal chairman man appoint a committee of at seven tile the chairman of 0 aich chich shall hall be representative grosvenor of ohio with the ahnin chairman na of this meeting as 03 a member who shain shall exit n ine the bills pending before the C committee M on reform ot of civil service and report to cr ft subsequent i of 0 this enre by bill or otherwise the chairman named the committee grosvenor Uros Oros venor hepburn ot of iowa cleamon canon of 0 north carolina a lawn lowney ev of evans of kentucky OD II of 0 Is new ew york and steel elcel of indiana the adviA I 1 illy nf attacking tile alio c dill 1 it r ervice item sIn in the legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill which will come before tile hie jouse house next week neek was discussed but tho the con coil renfus of opinion was aa against that collrep it was 1030 10 30 p in when the ahe eeten dosed closed |