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CIVIL unusual
Deputy Collectors May Go I'rom
the Classified Service.
ADMINISTRATION MAY ACT
Reported Terms of the House Bill to
Modify the System—Hard Fight
Expected in the Senate Over the
Caucus.
Washington, Dec. 14.—-One of the re-
sults of the anti-civil-service confer-
ence of Republican Congressmen Sat-
urday is the announcement that per-
haps the Administration will act in the
matter before Congress. It is rumored
at the Treasury Department that an
order is contemplated taking the Dep-
uty Collectors of Internal Revenue out
of the classified service, and that this
will be followed by other changes, not
only in the Treasury, but in other de-
partments.
So far as Congress is concerned, it is
expected that the House Committee on
Civil Service, soon after the holidays,
will report a bill carrying out the
ideas of the more moderate of the op-
ponents of the extended civil-service
system, and that a. vigorouseffort will
be made for its consideration by the
House. The measure reported will
probably, in addition to fixing narrow
limits within which the classification
shall extend, propose some tenure oi
office for clerks in the classified serv-
ice, and will aim to -curtail the pow-
ers and check the growth of the Civil-
Service Commission. The general un-
derstanding is that the Democrats will
assist the Republicans opposed to the
'law, provided the proposed.modifica-
tions do not go too far.
The Census and Civil Service.
Washington, Dec. 14.—-The Census
bill will be before the Senate this week,
and a. lively fight is expected, espe-
cially in regard to whether the new
bureau shall be placed under the Civil-
It seems, there-
fore, likely that both Senate and
House will discuss civil service re-
form this week.
The bill, which has been reported to
the Senate by the Committee on Cen-
sus, provides for a. permanent Census
Commissioner, who shall be assisted
by such clerks and statisticians as are
deemed necessary to prepare the de-
tailed plan for the twelfth and subse-
quent censuses. Commissioner of La-
bor Wright, who completed the last
census, believes that there should be
some preliminary training for men
who are to undertake the work, and
the Committee on Census is evidently
of the same opinion. It is also pro-
posed to limit the scope of the census
in regard to manufactures to show
only the total output, the number 01
men, employed and the raw material.
It is argued that a permanent Census
Bureau would be able to collect bien-
nial statistics which would be far
more valuable than reports gathered
every ten years. It is also proposed to
limit the work regarding population,
and several lines of inquiry which were
followed in the last census will be
omitted.
The Senate, as at present constituted,
is strongly in favor of keeping the cen~
sus out of the classified service, and
allowing appointments to be made at
the discretion of the director, subject
to such examinations as he may pre-
scribe, with the approval of the Secre-
tary of the Interior.
THE DAY IN THE HOUSE.
Legislative Appropriation Bill Re.
ported—Comes Up To-dny.
Washington, Dec. 14.—Mr. Binghan;
(Rep, Pa.), from the Appropriation
Committee, reported to the House yes-
terday the Legislative, Executive’ and
Judicial Appropriation bill, which he
gave notice he would call up to—day.
The bill carries a total of $21,562,425,
being $780,861 less than the estimates
The number of salaries provided for is
10,000, being 198 less than the number
estimated for and twenty-five less than
the number provided for in the cur-
rent law. ,
Mr. Bingham asked unanimous con-
sent for the consideration of a. resolu-
tion to print 2,000 copies of the testi-
mony of the Civil Service Commission
before the Appropriations Committee
The work of the commission was pro-
vided for in the appropriation bill, and,
as it was the purpose of the committee
to allow the widest latitude for debate
in the consideration of this item, he
thought the House ‘should be in pos-
session of this testimony. There was
no objection, and the resolution was
adopted.
Mr. Cannon, chalman of the Com-
mittee on Appropriations, secured
unanimous consent for the considera-
tion of an urgent deficiency bill, which.
he explained carried but three items—
$5,000 for the construction of a building
at the Naval Academy, $30,000 for the
payment of the temporary employes 01
the House and Senate, and $175,000 for
the payment of the mileage of Sena-
tors and Representatives. The mileage
ordinarily available at the regular ses-
sion of Congress, he explained, has
been used to pay mileage at the extra
session. The bill was passed without
debate.
Sealing in the Senate.
Washington, Dec. 14.-—In the Senate
Mr. Davis, chairman of the Commitlce
on Foreign Relations, called up the bil.
prohibiting the killing of fur seals ii-
the North Pacific Ocean, but upon llu-
suggestion 'of Mr. Pettigrew (S. Ix;
who said he desired to offer somt
amendments, the measure went ore:-
until to-day.
' A bill was passed for a public build-
ing at Durham, N. 0., to cost $125,000.
At 2 p. m. the immigration bill was
taken up. An agreement has been
reached by the Senate to vote on the
Immigration bill at 2 o’clock on Jan
17, and the Senate then adjourned.
A Trust Knocked Out:
Chicago, Dec. 14.—It is reported here
that the typewriter trust is on the
verge of collapse. One big concern has
given notice of withdrawal from the.
combine in January, and others are ex-
pected to follow Suit. This will mean a
fifty-dollar typewriter. Most of the im-
portant patents have expired, and out-
side makers can now duplicate high-..
grade machines for a factory price 01"
$12 and $15. Trust sales have been out
almost in half. ‘ ' -
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