Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-12-28
WASHINGTON NEWS.

HOUSE
ON the Contested Cases-Cominittse Of
American Bar Association Preparing
Plans for Relief Of the Supreme Court
The Old Grant Ring Closing In on the
National Onaces--Senator Becl, to Make
an Early Speech on the Tariff-General
News and Gossip.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-Hon William
G.. LeDuc, late commissioner of agri-
culture, has been elected a member Of
the National Society of Agriculture of
France.
There will be no further changes of
officers in the treasury department until
after the return Of Secretary Folger, who
is not expected before Saturday.
Secretary Lincoln intends to be in
Washington Saturday.
Gen. Sherman, who has just returned
from visit to the military school at Fort
Leavenworth, KS, praises the manage
ment very highly.
Bond redemptions under the 105th call
up TO date amount to $17,O6S, $50. Re-
demptions to date under the 106th call,
exclusive of bonds received IN New York
since last Tuesday, amount to s., 702, 400.
National bank notes received for redemp-
ton to-day, $637, 900.
The gunboat Essex leaves Norfolk the
| first of January for the Pacific. On the
| way she visits Liberia to investigate mat
tiers between the natives and the author
tiles of Siberia, and to settle any disputes
that may have arisen since the Alaska
was there. 1t is believed the treaties
then entered into by the natives are not
properly complied with.
Senator Beck is preparing speech on
the tariff question, which he will deliver
soon after the reassembling OF congress.
He opposes the commission and favOrs
| the policy of congress reviewing in con-
troll of the tariff revision.
The Nava 10 agency, New Mexico,
asks for the immediate shipment of vac
cine points, enough to vaccinate 500.
Smallpox is spreading.
THE CONTESTED CASES.
Representative Calk1ns, chairman of
the house committee on elections, has
been engaged the past few days
| in preliminary work preparing
for W. the printer the testimony
in the contested cases referred to his
committee. Thus far the testimony in
| the three following cases has been pre-
pared: Anderson VS.. Reed, Maine; Buch-
anas vs.. Manning, Massachusetts,; Bisbee
vs.. Finley, Florida. 1t is expected the
testimony in several other cases will be
ready for the printer before the reas-
sembling of congress next week. The
testimony in most of the cases are
very voluminous. 1t is quite probable
month will elapse before the printed
testimony in any OF the cases will be
| ready for the committe, so that it will be
late in January before the committee can
commence real work of investigation in
any particular case.
Chairman Calkins has divided the full
committee into three subcommittee,
and has arraigned the following assign
| ment of cases: Lowe VS.. Wheeler, Ala
bama; Bisbee VS. Finily, Florida; Ander-
son VS.. Reed, Maine; Cook VS.. Cults,
Iowa; Gillette VS.. Herndon, Alabama;
Strobeck VS.. Herbert, Alabama; and
Smith VS.. Shelly, Alabama, to 9 sub
committee composed of Havelton, Thomp-
son, Ranney, Paul and Beltzhooyer;
Mackey VS.. O'Connor, South Carolina,
Louner VS.. King, Louisiana, Lee vs..
Richardson, South Carolina, Small VS..
Tlllmun, South Carolina, Bailey VS.. Bar
bour, Virginia, and Smith VS.. Robertson,
Louisiana, to a subcommittee composed
of Wait, Ritch, WILDER, Davis and Moul-
trn; Mcdowell VS.. George, Oregon, Wat
sen VS.. Oates, Alabama, Lynch VS.. Chal-
mers, Mississippi, and Cannon vs.. Camp
bell, Utah, to Chairman Calkins and Re-
personalities Pettibone, Jacobs, Anterior
and Jones.
RELIEVING THE SUPREME COURT.
1t is pretty well settled that the COM
mittee of the American bar association
will at its meeting in New York in Feb
ruary adopt plan for the relief OF the
United States supreme court, which con-
templates the establishment of another
court, to consist of fifteen Judges. A
member of the commission is authority
| for the statement that this action will be
taken in Difference to the wishes of the
supreme court, rather than for any other
reason. He says the judges of
this court are unalterably OPP
posed to the other plan, which
looks to subdivision of the present
bench into separate chambers, each with
| jurisdiction over certain classes. The
Judges think in the first place this
plan would not give the relief sought;
that it would not enable the court, even
though it trebled its capacity for work,
to hear cases coming up rs promptly as
they should be heard, to say nothing of
relieving the docket of cases that
have accumulated. In the second
place the supreme judges think
it would lower the dignity, standing and
influence of the court to divide it for the
sake of getting more work out of it. They
will probably recommend to congress the
passage of a bill providing for the crea-
ton Of an additional court, which shall
hear and have jurisdiction over most of the
cases that now 60 to the supreme court.
All the higher and most important cases,
such as invite constructions Of the consti-
tuition, will be reserved for the supreme
court.
GRANT MEN ON DECK.
A. B. Mullet, supervising architect OF
the treasury under Grant, yesterday put
on file an application for his appointment
as general superintendent Of the federal
bridges now in course of construction.
He is strongly backed up by Grant and
the leading stalwarts of New York.
| Chould tho oppointuoout he made nv Spc-