Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-10-24
Unpleasantness i'm the U. S. Supreme
Court

JUDGE FIELDS LATE DISSENTING OPINION LEADS
TO TALK OF NEW RULE
A few days ago In the United States Supreme
Court Justice Field in delivering dissenting
opinion as to the constitutionality of the Thur
man Pacific Railroad funding act, intimated in
rather broad terms that the views of the major
ity Of the court as announced in the opinion
submitted had tendency to Capitalization, and
then went into an argument advancing rather
pOintedly the doctrine OF state rights. The
majority of the members OF the court have, in
view of what they deem Judge Fields breach Of
decOrum, proposition under adviSement to
dissenting opinions shall first be submitted to
the court in its private consultation room. A
member OF the court told practitioner before
it on the day that Judge Field delivered his Opin-
ion that the court would certainly not have sub
mitted to such lecture from an attorney MAX
ing argument before it, and that it ought to eX-
ercise the right to prevent member in the mi
reflect upon the other justices of the court.
SECRETARY SHERMAN left the city this after
noon at 1880 O'Clock. He will spend tonight and
tomorrow with General Fitzpatrick at his
home in New Jersey. Next Monday night he
will speak in Cooper Institute, New York.
Tuesday night he will speak at Albany, and the
next day will address the people Of Syracuse.
IT'S WISE DEPARTMENT THAT KNOWS IT'S
OWN, ETC-The statement that Judge Key fur
AiohSo uSptli NlOil OilC dllCSCu
information that Van Auken, the tobacco inspec-
tor at Petersburg, was going In with the read
justors is comically incorrect The Postmaster
General received note from the Treasury de-
partment few days ago stating that this post
master Van Auken was reported to be working
for the readjustors. Judge Key returned an an
swer that he had no man by the name of Van
Auken in his service, but that he thought the
Treasury itself had. That's all he had to do
with the Van Auken breeze.
CoJNa u0nE VOTp apoplovoc
who are entitled to vote in New York have been
granted ten days leave of absence.
AMERICAN BONDS ABROAD Mr.. Eckstein,
United States consul at Amsterdam, In dis
patch to the Department of State, gives COM
prehensive and very interesting view of the
trade Of the Netherlands. Amsterdam has seven
banks. The Bank Of Netherlands has a capital
Acting as the agent of the government, it has
the exclusive privilege of issuing bank notes. Its
average circulation Is about $75, 600 Dis
counts $4,000 600. The results of theyear were
most satisfactory. The Netherlands India Bank,
next in importance, has agencies in Boston and
New York. The resumption in the United States
M and the sale OF the per cent bonds has excited
the admiration OF the Dutch capitalists. The in
terest, however, is too low to meet their views.
They prefer to reinvest the money received by
them for called bonds in the Russian loan. The
amount OF American securities held in Holland
has greatly decreased the last year. Large
amounts OF American railway stocks have been
sold by the Hollanders to capitalists and brokers
in the United States since the advance in thos
securities.
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