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Show ff,isipl Tim Senate Serjeant-at-Arms is A aiii Sent Chasing Alter a Quorum. About 11 O'clock He Succeeded in Corralling Cor-ralling Enough of the . Absentee!. FEED DUBOIS' CREDENTIALS IN Tlien Hoar Kesuiued His Speech on the i:ieetiou ISill, Commenced Com-menced "estertlay. Tho House of Eepreseutativos Met This Morning but Immediately Adjourned Ad-journed Until Friday. JOHN WANAMAKER CALLED DOWN. The riril ierrlce Coniinlialon Objects to aouiv of IIU Criticisms uud Talks liack tHiarply. Washington, Doc. 30. Gorman made tftie point of no quorum when the senate met today, and the sergeant-at-arms was seut to secure the attendance of the absentees. It was 11 o'clock before a quorum was secured and the journal of yesterday yester-day read. The vice-president laid before tho senate tho credentials of Frederick T, Dubois, senator from Idaho for the term beginning March 4, Mil. Referred to the committee on privileges and election. Reagan gave notice of two amendments amend-ments to the Aldrich closure rasolutiou. Tho morning hour having expired, the senate resumed the consideration of the election bill and Hoar continued his speech commenced yesterday. At the conclusion of Hoar's speech. Wolcott spoke against the bill. He said the time consumed in the consideration of this bill should be employed in the consideration of other and 'more important im-portant measures before tho senate. He disapproved of the bill. At the close of his speech the elections bill was laid aside and the bill reported, from the finance committee was tsknn up. Stewart attacked the bill and spoke in favor of free coinage. Reagan followed speaking in favor of free silver. sil-ver. ' 'The senate then resumed tho consideration consid-eration of the Election bill. In a speech in opposition to it, Teller intimated that the Closure rulo would bo Called up next Tuesday. . - . A HOKT OF A MCO WI MB WAIL. - The Civil Scrrlee Commission TrleS to dump on John Wanamaker. Washington, Dec , 30. The civil service ser-vice commission has addressed a lengthy letter to the presi lent regarding regard-ing tho annual report of Postmaster-General Postmaster-General Wanamaker, in which the latter lat-ter said the civil service examination, particularly as regards postoflice employees, em-ployees, ought to be improved. The commissioners say they have many timed asked high officials of Ihe post-office post-office department for suggest ions, but this annual report is the first intimation they had received that the department had anything to suggest. The statement state-ment that from one-fuurth to one-third of the men furnished by the commission through tho railway mail service examinations exam-inations have not proved satisfactory is denied by tho commission in the letter, which shows that inorethnn nine-tenths of tho men are still kept in the service, and the commissioners express surprise that their work is not satisfactory. The commissioners say the figures of Wana-maker's Wana-maker's own report contradict his assertions. as-sertions. Tho figures also show that of the postoflice inspectors furnished from tho commissioners' list, more than 00 per cent have been retained. There is no class of employees, the commissioners commission-ers say, which it is more desirable to keep from political patronage than the postollice inspectors. |