, 1881-12-30
The Attorney General Will Go
into Court in the Star
Route Cases.
Young Bayard and Young Ma
hone Go on a Spree and
Get Arrested.
The Speaker Is Likely to Have n Breezy
Time With tho rl,alnnx Ut
kickers.
Western Representatives Will Work Hard
for Railroad Legisla-
tiou.
observation-disclosures,

VALENTINES
ri1E sllAlsKs AGAIN nttlvES INTO nEEr
WATER.
tpseta. nftpdteS to Th& Cnl:ao1 1rtouns.
WAsMryaroS, II. c., lee. 90.-Socretnry
ktrkw0ol ltas rendered II dectsluM IN the
application for u reiicarInx Of tho Valentino
scrip cases adverse tn tho applicants. III
this decision he calls attention to the mutton
flied BY tho illinois CGntraI lsailraad Com.
pany oil tho Isl inst. to dismiss tho npplEc!l-
tlon for 4 rellearing Oh ule grounu TINT 1t
was not filed III nccurtnlco with tho rules
mud practice In laild cases: alld, secondly, on
tho ground TINT hn {the Secretary) .i,ad
no power to rcvlew tho DECISION OF
Ills predecessor. 1io passes over tic
claim that tho application, was nut
tlod ln accordance with the practice,
',ecansc he says that, as n matter OF fact, tho
application Aad been fully 'argued OH Its
merits IN behalf Of tie applicants, atld comes
to tile question Of tho merits Of tho applica-
tion and the extent of Ills authority III tic
Promises. ......'
ON THESE POINTS '".
le says: "Attor careful consideration mi
Of the opinion that, were the matter properly.
before Inc, ought not to disturb my prede-
cessor's declsiun. even II ! hive tho power
to do 50, for the argument upon tic appifca-
tioll WIS simply Il rcarEulnclit Of tho cAs0
upon the sumo facts that were presented to
and considered by hin. Thu only inatters
submitted rs ilow evidence I'll tho application
for n rcllcaring were certain copies Of let
ters written OIL different dates frnm tho 25tIl
Of Mny to June 81, 1850, by Mr.. Dirchnrrt
Government appoiDtee to make sales 1f
lands within the limits of tho Fort Dearborn
Military kescryattOn) to the SECRETARY Ut War
concerning the sale nf said lands, the object
belny TO Rl,ow that the lpts sold bv Mr..
UIrchard did not bring fair price.
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j., , ,,oo,, nj ra.1,, a>ro1sn,t ,,,,, .,t, ,,,,
;,.t -, ~ Saasat,r', - ,Van T.,
1sss ls's - NV s'eelo.u.9 " -" ~ "ppio'lle
tLe s''les W." oAecuttnG ueeAs ~ 1lu pal,
ch"aets, Ao i.ut eo"s'"ci th1s t!lalcI4ht
QUESTION III thls case. Again, tno tact
being tllat tho letters OF Mr. Blrchard Wcro
matters OF public record In the Executive
Department OF tho Government, they cannot
10 trcuteA rs neWly.uIscoyered evidence fsce
t,pcts;on of the henottuent Afnrci, q 1Ra1. In
t,te matter of tin rhnuvtn lnu,l-urn,,t,.
T,aro ts tlorogoro
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chAe1 III ~" VI ~ inGts tul0 ~ h"kRealloa u
llhu'etleiica OF ace1slel!t oa ulo 1uFk OF my
predecessor III fohaer!ng Ills decision. Tho
present proceedings seelu to bu III the nature
OF a,, appeal to q tribunal OF last resort frou,
Its own recorded tlecIsiotls It seems to 1,le
,unuifeytiy ngolust sound policy antl 'Roud
tlemrtmeutui regulations. If mt nnulnst nil
m,rjst rn,tv, n,y IN ,lIe,,,r, ,ho dec,s,,,,s ~
.,,a hI,-,,n.t ,,,,,oI1,t" .Sas"t,,,, ss,i,.,,,n,
'o '.*'..ss s'sT',I "pp1 .', .,e.,,.'. ,,n
nA'oo upu'! e"!u.u4 wv. uo'1uoiu.o eot''"e1as
t1un ul III tle l"c@s alsA INV II! l4e eaao, eFeA
upon M application presented to the oxecu.
live utficer by WllUnt tho decisions wpre rol,-
dared, wlion nothing nov and material IL
presented, aud theru is il0 iludyertenco Or
accident shown Ia the rendition Of the same,
Entertaining this yleY. i must tlecttne. tn
.ltsturl nv ,,ridnrnsanr,s ,nctsin,, :,yfch ho,l
hoa,, ncn,,t,s,oI II, for NAM I'M, t,"n ,,onrs
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"'4't' "' "ao ~ o!Hse' ~
| tEAc of TUE nEcisloS,
,., 40 'oe "sse'n "ssosete@ tu'fft.
WAs1llS6ToS, ~. w Dec %N-becrotafy
klrkWootl rendered. tile following decision,
refusing the application for q Telearlng III
tho Valentine SCRIP case: H.. 4.
The npplIration fur the rnbcnr,up ,f nv