Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1897 — FOES TO CIVIL SERVICE LAW. [ARTICLE]

FOES TO CIVIL SERVICE LAW.

Special Committee of Republican Representatives Meet. The special committee of Republican representatives in Congress who are seeking to change the civil service la-w held its first meeting Tuesday and outlined its action. It was determined to divide the work between two sub-committees, one to draft a bill changing the law .and another to gather evidence on the defects of the present law, its extension beyond the original purpose of the law, etc. The purpose of the latter committee is to make clear to the House when the subject shall come up that a change is imperative. Chairman Grosvenor named as the subcommittee to frame a bill Messrs. Hepburn of lowa, Peajson of North Carolina and Evans of Kentucky, and as the sub-committee to examine into defects of the law Messrs. Tawney of Minnesota, O’Dell of New York and Steele of Indiana. - -