The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-12-15
FROM THE CAPITAL.
THE SUPREME COURT DOCKET,
Plans for R1pSdlunT the Bu'Iu'u-WhIts House
COsfsrssss o. C.bInst Vacancy = A AOOtsd
Tariff Question General Beaver Declares
ATalalt SOmlaAtlOs By the "ROSlSI."
Special plspatch to the IntellIgepeer.

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| Special Dispatch to the lptelllgeneeF.
WAsuINGTOS, December II. A com
mittee Of the American Bar Association
composed Of nine members, viz: ClarksoI
N, Potter, Of New York; Henry Hitchcock
Of Missouri; Alex, p. Lawton, Of Georgia
Rufus King, OF Ohio; John W, Stevenson
Of Kentucky; CORTLAND Parker, Of New
Jersey; Charles s, Bradley, lof Rhode Is
land, and Richard 7, Merrick, Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia, appointed at the lRst
meeting Of the association, met in consul
tation at the house OF Mr., Merrick here this
afternoon, and arranged some preliminarles
to their consultations, which begin to-mor-
row, The committees object Is to formu'
late some plan 10 relieve the United States
Supreme Court OF the enormous pressure oi
business now upon 1t, and which renders II
very difIicIIt to secure hearing in the
court upon the most important mat
ters without incredible delay, There
are several plans proposed, among
which Is one constituting the Supreme
Court Commission to run for brief pc
riod, which shall have concurrent iurisdic-
ton with the Supreme Court, Another is
the formation OF an intermediary court
which shall have final jurisdiction in o
certain class Of smaller cases which now
encumberthe calendars, to the exclusion
Of more vital questions The Supreme
Court has rendered Its consultation room
for tho use Of the committee, and 1t will
meet there tomorrow. Mr., Rufus King, a
member OF tho committee, from Ohio, was
III and unable to be present
WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE.
A conference was held at the White
House this morning relative to the ap-
pointment Of a Now England member in
tho Cabinet, in the course OF which 1t up
peared that the persons from whom the &C.
lection is to be made, II amy one Is selected
from New England, are Governor Bout
well and VIM. L, Chandler; that Boutwell,
does not wish Cabinet place but desires
the appointment to the Clifford vacancy in
the United States Supreme bench, and that
Chandler would take a portfolio. The
place considered, according to rumor, is
the Navy Department,
THE HOUSE ELoCUTIoNISr.
Clerk MCPHERSON will tomorrow appoint
as reading clerh Of the House William D.
Leonard, Of Columbus, Ohio. Leonard
was Chief Clerk Of the House Of Represen-
tatives Of the sixty.second General AS
sembly Of Ohio, aud is considered good
reader. The Ohio delegation strongly
urged his appointment.
TIE HOUSE COMMITTEES.
Speaker Kicier will announce the House
Committees on Tuesday next 1t is in
tended that both houses shall take recess
on Wednesday following over the holi
days. The members are oil greatly inte
rested in the formation Of the committees
and the Speaker Is harrassed by continual
applications for places, which It is entirely
out Of his power to grant. Only two points
regarding the committees can be considered
us positively settled, and those are that
Judge Kelley will be Chairman Of the Ways
and Means, and Mr.. Hiscock Chairman OF
the Committee on Appropriations. The
other chairmanships are still in doubt
Decisions that are made to-day may bo
changed tomorrow. A member OF the
Ohio delegation who Is in consultation
with the Speaker constantly, said tonight
he would predict that Mr.. Grape would be
Chairman Of Banking and Currency; MIR.
Fisher, Of Pennsylvania, Of Coinage,
Weights and Measures; Mr.. Reed, Of the
Judiciary, and Mr.. Valentine Of Agricul.
turc. RAILS.
The contest between Mr.. Oth and Mr..
Robson for the Committee on Foreign
Affairs has been very energetic, and Mr..
Kasson Is talked OF tonight as possible
selection. There are twenty applicants for
the Craftsmanship Of the Committee on
Commerce with the chances in favor Of
Mr.. Townshend, Of Ohio. Mr.. Harris will
probably be given the Naval Affairs.
rREYclt's RESIGNATION.
1t is reported tonight that Assistant
Secretary French OF the Treasury has ten
dered his resignation. The resignation was