Show VARIETY OF TOPICS House Takes Another Day for Talk on Various Matters Washington Feb 1Tlic House today to-day completed 1 wen tslx of the 134 pages of the executive legislative and Judicial appropriation bill ithout amendment During the general debate de-bate which closed at I oclock a variety varie-ty of topics wre touched upon Mr Eoutell 1 Mr Miers Ind and Mr Showaller Pa discussed the Philippine Philip-pine question Mr Grosvenor 0 and Mr Gillello Mass civil service Gleto cvi reforms re-forms Mr Driggs N Y pensions and Mr Underwood Ala his resolution to repeal the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution The legislative bill probably prob-ably wH be passed tomorrow COMING CAMPAIGN Mr Boulell Il opened with some general remarks about the approaching Presidential contest He remarked ipon ihc EEeaJUtxausformatiou wjflch hau taken place in the Democratic party in three years Silver had been killed in 1SOC I was buried In 1SOS and he did not think u single member of the mmorlly honcslly desired it resur reclcd There had been occasional eulogy of the departed and an occasional sional rhetorical tear had been dropped upon the grave but the lamentations lacked the zeal of real sorrow I reminded re-minded him of an epitaph he had read last summer In Vermont over the grave grave of the wife of a man who had enjoyed as little of happiness and prosperity with her as the Democrats had enjoyed with free silver Here lies my wife All tears cannot bring Ijer back Therefore There-fore I weep SHOULD SUPPORT PRESIDENT Mr Boulell argued that the solemn duly of every American citizen at thc present stage of the Insurrection In the Philippines was to hearllly and loyally support the President Whoever Insulted In-sulted the flag of the United States must be punished Whoever would treat with the United Slales must first respect her Hag Mr Boutell proceeded to argue the constitutional rights of the United States to take and hold lerri tory outside of the United Slates He received a round of applause when he concluded WANTS AMENDMENT REPEALED Mr Underwood Ala followed with some remarks in support of a resolution resolu-tion Introduced by him to repeal the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution Constitu-tion the suftragc amendment In the mater of suffrage said Mr Under wood public safety should be the governing gov-erning test People morally and intellectually I intel-lectually disqualified should not be lectluly clsqunlfe 10l allowed al-lowed to exercise the high privilege of suffrage The Indian and the Mongolian Mongo-lian could not vote Why the negro The conditions which obtained when the fifteenth amendment was adopted I no longer existed No one In the South desired slavery The experiment of giving giv-ing the negroes surge had failed Instead I In-stead of proving a strength to the Republican Re-publican party it I had proved a weakness weak-ness He did not believe the negro would ever become the equal of the white man Educational qualification would not meet the situation In the South SHOULD RISE ABOVE PARTY Mr Miers Ind argued that the Philippine ippine question involving as it did the traditional policy of America should rise above part The Philippines were eIther entitled to admission into the United Stales upon an equality with other Territories or they were entitled to freedom and Independence A colonial co-lonial policy he predicted would dis Union rupt the i Mr Showaller Pa argued that the United States had power to decide the system of government for the Philippines Philip-pines 0 Mr Grosvenor 0 denounced the civil service law basing his remarks upon the statements of Mr Ilemenway yesterday that the departments were full of incompetent whereas in 1SS3 the civil service was D model of efficiency effi-ciency The nenllpman o believe was one of the framers of the St Louis platform plat-form interrupted Mr Richardson Tcnn That platform declared for nn extension of tho civil service law How does he reconcile that fact with his present hostlllly to the law The gentleman from Ohio replied Mr Grosvenor sometimes makes a lr fool of himself Just as the gentleman from Tennessee does Continuing Mr Grosvcnor said the only way to prevent pre-vent the public service from breaking down was to provide for a tenure of ofilro act on the hues of the Evans bill of the Inst COn reJH lie protested l against the payment of millions to uphold I up-hold tie discredited credit 1 GILLETTE ANSWERS I Mr Gillette Mass replying briefly to Mr GroHvonor pointed out that the in I officlMicy of the departments according to the statement of Mr Hemomvay was due not lo the civil service law but I because political Influence was used to I protect Incompetents Mr MIem Ind filed Iho minority views In the contested election 1041 > of Ppannnrr word Then at 6 oclock House adjourned the HOUE adJournc |