The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-01-10
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WASHINGTON, Jan. "a Woman's |
Evangelical Temperance Association has
been organized by the former members of
the Womans National Christian Temper |
ance Union, who are opposed to the suf- |
frage feature of that society.
Gen. Overton and several other members
of the Chickasaw delegation called on
Secretary Kirkwood again to-day to pre-
sent papers protesting against the proposed
grant of the St. Louis & Santa Fe railway
through the Indian Territory. The secre
tary Of the interior will transmit these pa
pers to congress as a matter most outside
the jurisdiction of the department.
Strong pressure is being brought to bear
upon the President by prominent republi-
cans and journals, especially in New Or
lie ans, to have Secretary Hunt retained,
claiming that he is a representative of
southern republicans in the broadest sense
of the word.
J. C.. Slater, Chief of the the Railway
| Adjustment Division of the Postoffice de
partment, David Haynes, Chief Clerk OF
the Money Order Division, and Murche
Free Delivery Division, have been desig
mated By the Postmaster General to open,
examine and schedule the bids received on
the Star Route contracts The bids num-
Der &C, 600, which will require ten days to
| open and file. The awards will not be
| made before March 4th.
The bill introduced by Senator Ferry to-
day concerning pensions provides that
hereafte~ all persoas entitled to pensions
under the existing law, having lost either
an arm or leg, shall receive S4o
month
In the supreme court of the United
States to-day Justice Gray was sworn III
and took his seat on the bencn.
| Congressman Page, chairman OF the
House commerce committee, says the as
sumption on the part of certain members
that the committee is unfriendly to the I'M
provement of the Mississippi river Is erro-
! neous. 81 think the committee, or ma
, ioritv of it, is favorable to the Mississippi
| improvement
4 Republican congressman, who is
friend and supporter of Blaine, said to day
4 in regard to the rumored appointment OF
: Chandler as Secretary of the Navy, that
Chandler is not Blaine man now. tie
and FRYE have cut loose from Blame
There is no doubt about that. They be
: lieve it is as easy for them to lead as fol
> low. and they intend to lead. They think
Blaine has had his day, and that he ough
to yield his place to others. don't believe
Arthur is making any fight on Blaine. In
= deed. / am sure of it. But Grant ant
!. some of his friends are, and they give ou
the impression that the President is witt
. them.
Another member of Congress, Sen
e ator. who ALWAYS held aloof from factiona
;. disturbances and who kept clear of th'
# Conkling- Robinson imbreglio, says: :
!. | was in hope the President would put on
= pronounced Blaine man in his Cabinet, bu
r with Sargent in the Interior all will b.
e filed except the Navy and this is so un
1,a
mentary to the Blaine element to give
to them. Iregret very much the renewe
attack upon Blaine. They do not inJur
him. He is out of public life now, bu
s his friends are as devoted as ever, and l
r the country gets the idea that there
!. any attempt being made to decry or pei
: secute Blaine, he will be the next Presi
dent.
IS The committee amendments to the Shel
man funding bill, adopted to-day, lesse
the aggregate of the new loan froT
$500, ,0O0, 900 to 5000, ,000, 900 and perfec
IS its details The bill as amended was put
"a lished Dec 16.
SDringer's bill defining the law OF lnsaI
Il ity in criminal cases, provides that no pc
SIS son indicted in q United States court sha
be acquitted on the ground of lnsanlt.
idiocv, lunacy or other unsoundness {
mind, except upon proof that st the TIN
a of committing the offense he was iaborin
"a under such defect of reason as either M
to know the nature and quality of the a.
" he was doing, or not know that it was VI
d. lawful or wrong. Amorbid propensity
a, commit prohibited acts existing in ii
10 mind of a person who is not shown to hay
- been incapable or knowing the uniaWfu
a. ness or wrongfulness of such acts, sha
It, form no defense to prosecution heretofor
e. If upon trial of such cases the jury shs
he find the defendant not guilty by reason