West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-03-08
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER,

On last Wednesday the Presiden,
sent to the Senate the name of Wal
ter s. Cox to be associate justice o.
the Supreme Court of this District
Mr.. Cox is tie Prof. of the Junior
class OF the Columbian Law School oil
this city and said to be the finest
lawyer of the Washington bar. The
bar OF this city had met and uuani-
mously requested the President to
appoint him, referring to bis distiu-
guished abilities as lawyer and mis-
eminent fitness for the position. On
Wednesday night when the Frof
enterd the lecture class OF the Iaw
school he was greeted by perfect stor
oil applause from the students and
in response to loud calls for speecb
and requests TO know whether he in.
tended to leave the school, Prof Coy
came forward and in a very pleas
ant manner assured them he would
not leave the class of 1879, not even
tor o. S. judgesbip, and after the
subsiding OF the applause Judge Cox
was heartily congratulated by over
an hundred and fiftv students.
Congress is still making the best of
It's tew remaining days struggling
with the appropriation bills. 1t has
been IN almost contiuous session for
two weeks day and night, Sundays
and Washington 'sbirthday not being
regarded as days OF rest, which il
seems to me. to be very much like
the law making power becoming a
law breaking power; indeed it seems
one OF the tendencies of our system
OF legislation to filter away the ear
~ parts oh sessions and then in an
almost indecent haste rush every
thing through in the ast few DAVIS
OF 1t. 1t now seems very doubtful
whether the two Houses will agree
as TO The test-oath aud supervisors
OF ection laws which seem to he tba
tones OF contention so it would seem
almost impossible to avoid an extra
session unless one House or the 9th
er backs down from their present
position. The early part of the
week was occupied in getting the ap.
preparation bills ready and many
Important affairs.
On Thursday Speaker Randall ask. !
ed Tor committee to investigate the |
charges laid against him ipiuripp
his good reputation. Judge Kelly |
and Eugene Hale promptly respond. |
ed to the request by saying if the |
speaker insisted. they would vote
for 1t, but for themselves thew had |
no hesitation in publicly pronoupc
ing the whole scandal a fabrication
IN their opinion and were proud TO |
stand up and testiiyto their unbound. !
ed confidence in the integrity oftbe |
Speaker, which was very compG
mentary to the Speaker and manly |
IN Hale and Kelly.
On Friday night GenI Shields |
tanned very complimentary Veto |
~ IN The Senate in behalf Of the |
veterans Of the War Of 1912 and the |
War Of Mexico, by amending the |
pension law SO as to apply to them |
aud their widows and orphans the .
old man showed the pluck which has
won for him the many laurels he has |
80 tnumpbantly carried from nanv
bloody field He had A hard font |
but stood up toit manfuIly, and Il
was carried by a vote Of &c TO 81 |
Afterwards Mr.. Window moved 70
Icy the bill on the table bnt the
Senate refused to do it by vote Of
10 10 favor Of taking and 4G against
IT. On Saturday Mr., HJar moved I
to reconsider the vote of the Sen
ate 10 the morning by which thew
bad voted down an appropriation q,
ten thousand dollars 10 purchase
picture painted by Mrs Fassett oftbe
Z sctoraI Commission, to be placed
10 The Capitol. The vote to recon
sder vac carried by 80 10 28snd
are passing The appropriation. Mr.
hereford made a short but telling
speech entering bis protest against
'uoh reckless expense Of public mon
~ lie was followed by Senator
Eaton of Connecticut, in which he