| Show IN CONGRESS A Xerr ElccIIon Hill introduced and Discussed In the Senate CIVIL SERVICE DISCUSSION IN I THE HOUSE HanADlflerent Trades Will StrUe la ChIcago for Light Hours S OD JlII1 lot SCENts OF DEVASTATION IN THE FLOOD REGION I I L 1 Scores of Irordr White and Black Seek Ecfua on High fl f r Croand d f Ur Tclecraph to the Sisal COAGRIMSIOX1I Jmlrta IlIIluhlfur chI Senate a andlluuru WASIIIXOTOK April 24 The Senate bill ajiproprlatlng 50000 bran wquestriau statMi ut Manchester Manches-ter N H of MajorGeneral John Stark was passed The House bill to tranjfer the revenue cutter servlro from Ito Treasury Department to the Navy Department was again taken up Au amendmetit retorted from the committee com-mittee on naval alTairs was agreed to Tending consideration of the ItEVENCE CCTTiai BILL Ute committee on priviteHD and elections reported as an original meafure a bill In amend and supplement sup-plement the election laws of tho Lnlted States and to provide for amore a-more efficient enforcement of Mich laws Placed on the calendar lugh saId that very democratic members of lie conlmiltee Were opposed to a favorable report on Ibis bill which he I Ktid appljes to republican supervisors to oversee State oRlixrs thereby Insulting and degrading these State officers It IB ubvension of tutu fundamental principles of local selfgovernment If this bill becomes a law its execution exe-cution wlllinsuro the iJieddiiig of blood and the dcxtnictiou of the peace and good order of the country coun-try Hoar replied that the bill is in putetincu a modification and loer fectluu of the syylem which has been the law ol thu United States for many years and which lion I secured se-cured in lie main honest elections and honest oolinU lu the city of Xew York where Ixforu Jt tUty thousand FRAUDULENT NATDBALIZATION PA iota had gone out from two judges with iu three days before election The bill is but an ASsertIon of the conti tutlonal tjQwer exprwsly aiscrted that tho United States may reg < iUtc the manner of electing members of its own Cocgrew or altertha regulations regula-tions in a State Consideration of the Revenue Cutter bill was resumed and Sherman Sher-man optKfeed it The iLaud Forfeiture bill was then taken up as unfinished buUne and the amendments reported from the 1 fsro committcvon Jublfc Lands agrved to Jterry moved to amend the firft section of the bill htrlUng out Its worn now and inserting the words within the time specifed In the act of Congress making the grants The effect of the amendment amend-ment he said would be not only to forfeit the portions of land opposite lines not now constructed but would forfeit all lands granted railroad companies hero tie lines were not complete within the time fixed in the act and subsequent extension ont After pome debate Tin AMENDMENT WAS REJECTED the republicans voting In the negative negat-ive Some other amendments were considered and laid on the table and the Senate then adjourned lou WASHINGTON April 21 The Houto went into committee of the whole on the legLsUtivu appropriation ap-propriation bill When the clue approprIatIng salaries for the Civil Service Commission was reached Cummings K Y made the poInt i of order that I lrS not prorerlyiii the bill as thu commission waj neither nei-ther leglsIatUe executive nor judicial judi-cial After some debalo Uie poi nt of order was overrule A motion by Dorsey Neb t reduce the numberof commissioners rno from three to one was merruled a was also one by Perkins Kan exempting ex-empting exsoldiers from lie provisions provis-ions of the civil service law honk Tenn moved fW STRIKE OUT THE ENTIRE CLAUSE Ho desired Ute government run on business principles desired to ate merit recoRiiiied but he did not believe in this finn wheel to the blev wagon Furthermore the Com mLision was under Indictment and no appropriation should b made until the committee employed with thl investUpUon made a report Moore X It announced himself him-self as a civil crvlce reformer without with-out qualification Biggs C denounced Ute Civil Service law I was he raid conceived con-ceived in Bin and brought forth in Iniquity rendition was IU father George William Curtis Us granny nnd Donuau It Eton iU nurse and clout washer Leblbach X J McComas Md nnd Cutcheon Mich opposed the whole theory of CIVIL SERVICE REFORM Grosvenor Ohio was oppt < F d ton the construction nnd operation of n present I law whilo olm favored reform Hopkins 18 said that Honk was out of joint with the sentiment of form his party as expressed in its llI formDunnell MIne said that under theclvll service law intelligent men did not enter tin service I fI the dudes that weru going in under the pneul system Hill Ills characUrizcd the motion mo-tion as an effort to do by indirrctncsH what neither great loliUcal party h the desire or courage to do open ly Orecnhaslu f3 mnilu a rIgor ou i i > iKxxii in favor of civil service reform and Coleman Ia opposed it Henderson Ia mid civil service reform had come to stay and Uio nor party that deserted J would not stay in power and ought not Hi not true that this administration administra-tion ba not ENFORCED THE LAW President Harrison J enforcing it and thats whats the matter with te by McKinley O earnestly opposed J = U1f the motion to strike out If the republican re-publican party were pledged to one tingle thing more than another J was the maintenance of the civil service law I w not only according ac-cording to the tenets of the republican republi-can party but according to the best sentiment of Lit republican party throughout United Slates I HUB sustained by the bent sentiment of this and demo ofhl country republican ctl ocratic alike The republican party prty mUEt take no backward tp Ilutterworth endorsed every word his colleagues had said folding smacked of monarchlal for aa much as thu spoils system The motion to strike out was lost Cl to 120and pending further acUon the committee mo and the IOu adjourned Tlirr Mill All StrIke CHICAGO April 4I was orig inally tho IntentIon of the American Ameri-can Federation of Labor that lie carpenters only should at present make demand fur the eighthour day but Uie developments today and yesterday show that hue other trades are not likely to conform tote to-te Instructions of President pampers pam-pers Nearly every prominent trade of the rltv Itst lllrntiirli el III union declared it IntenUon to also demand the eighthour day on May 1st Gomi rs desired the other oter trades to hold off and contribute financially fi-nancially t the carpenters assistance sistance until the latter had gained their point and to come Inurn in-urn by turn but President Gom rn circular lettering been entirely disregarded and in addition to the carpenter the stockyards and packing bows tmplojt gaffitUins Iron moulders stairbuildens f mill carpenters and harness makers have already declared their Intention to fight anti their example l liable to 0 fullgwed by I the tailors shoemakers shoe-makers plasterers lathers cornice maLtcs and other trades Scene or Devastation BAYOU SARA L April 21 Iluln and desolation meet the eye on every side in Polnto Coupe tar bilvTlj ul Ish The destrucUon is complete Sot a plantation is nw above the water not a levee unbroken while hundreds of families are liomelese thousands of stock have been 1 drowned and from the meager reports mcer ports received from the Interior I is quite probable that human life baa been sacrificed to the Hood Standing on the dock of the relief steamer Ifacotati tart evenIng the full extent of the disaster could 0 seen Grouped together on little knolls between the broken levee through which the water rujlitd iJ with ungovernable fury were scores of people both ry and black some with babies lu their anne while others had dogs secured by con Many of them bad nothing else in the world except the clothes they wore on their backs Whenever When-ever the Daootah discovered a scene like this the stage was swung out and the stricken ones taken on board Equally as sad a scene was thou poor dumbcaUIu standing in the water actually starving Itonro lUmlon fill WASHINGTON April 24 The fed eralel ccUou bUIrei < ort d by Senator Hoar today provides that the chief sui < Tvisor3 of elections sliall be charged in their respective judicial districts with a II > ervlslon of then the-n < loU31 election wtli enforcement en-forcement of the national election laws and with pravetitlon of fraud and Irregularities in naturatlzaUou Whenever In any cl ly havl 30000 Inhabitants or upwmds or In any congressional dlitrict 100 qualltled voters shall > eUUou the chief sujier vlor alleging Uiat them Is danger J WI hl that unless the Itt is guarded It will not L fair and free it thai he l the duty of the judge of the United States dMrict curt to open court fur lie purpose of transacting all business b5r taing to regltratlon or election matters as may by alI UnltedStatto Hw tlierebulrati icted The court shall always open for the tr < nc lots of such Of1 until the second sec-ond day succeeding election ant the judge may exercise his < ouer In open court or in chambers The clilef supervisors may verify the registration I Ibis ant in any city of 50OiM or upward may cause a house to hoi canvas but DO imjiiiriex should lie made as to lie political opinions ofany iperson Every Inr son charged witli duties ith regard t any election of any member of Congress who should commit any fraud Uiereou should L liable to a flue of not exceeding > or t Imprisonment not exceeding five years or loll flier U thu same penalty for bribery attempted bribery bri-bery of voters ThOI torrl PoitTLAND Or April 21The Deuii > cratlc Statu Convention this evening nominated It It Miller cf Jacksunvllld for Congress Sylvester Pennover was renominated for governor The platform favors I eight hour as n days labor the Australian system of ballot and the freetoinago of silver Pine elAction ClllCAGOApril 4A conference of the strikers and bos canot members bers of the Master Carpenters Awe ciaUon tonight agreed upon a plan of action The bosses showed that they could provide for 1000 Journeymen Journey-men I was agreed that a committee com-mittee from lie bosses and strikers should call on the old masters association elation before Saturday and place Uiat body on record It I understood under-stood In any event that the strike will b declared off on Saturday as regards the new association |
