St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-24
ANGRY STATESMEN.
Randall and Dorsheimer
Warm up Their Blood
in a Misunder-
standing.
An Interesting House Decision in
the Case of Wood
Against Peters.
A RumOr Current that the New York Arthur
Edmunds Combination is Really a
Grant Movement.
Especial Telegram to the Globe. !

special Telegram TO the GlO0e.
WASHINGTON, April 23.-The Kansas con-
tested election case of Wood against Peters
occupied most OF the day in the house, and
resulted in an overwhelming vote to sustain
the report of the majority of the election
committee in favor of Peters, the setting
member. The propositions involved were
very interesting, and the decision of the
house is regarded as important in settling
the question whether state constitutions may
lawfully supersede qualifications, according
to a provision of the constitution of the
United States, which surely requires that
representatives in congress to be eligible
must be twenty-five years Of age, citizens for
seven years and inhabitants of that state in
which they shall be chosen. The constitu-
ton of Kansas, like those of many other
states, disqualifies judges of SUI
preme court and district courts from holding
other offices under the state or United States,
and in some cases provide, as in Minnesota,
that all votes for them for any elective Office
except judicial shall be void during their con-
tinuance in office. Peters was a district
judge in Kansas when elected to congress,
and did not resign until some time there
after. The contestant, Wood, received the
next highest vote, and claimed his election
upon the ground of Peters ineligibility I'M
der the state constitution, insisting that the
votes cast for Peters were void. No paral-
lei case in circumstances has been hereto
fore determined by the house, although the
question of the operation of the state laws
in congressional elections has frequently
been mooted. In all cases where the
eligibility of judges has been heretofore
raised the judges had resigned prior to their
election to congress. The decision of the
house practically nulliies all state constitu-
tons superadding qualifications to those pro-
vided by the constitution of the United
States. In some states persons are disquali-
fed from holding any state or federal Office
who have accepted challenge to-fght duel
or who have been engaged in dueling.
in the district and state, and so on, but the
house holds that state laws and constitutions
are not binding on congress.
DEMOCRATIC CALORIC.
The unpleasant episode occurring this af-
ternoon in the house between Dorshemer, of
New York, and Randall, concerning non
concurrence IN the senate amendments to
the naval appropriation bill providing for the
construction of additional steel cruisers, is
freely commented upon. In the first place,
the Republican members did not act in good
faith by resisting Randall's motion to non
concur and request committee of confer
ence, because the Republican members of
the appropriation committee agreed with the
Democratic members that this course should
be taken, and their fight be made in the
house on the report of the con-
ference committee. Therefore, when
Kasson and Reed made speeches
against the motion it took Randall by sur
prise, and reused his anger. Dorsheimer is
one of the Democratic members favoring the
construction of new war vessels, and wish
ing to speak on the question, Randall yielded
him five minutes. When the gavel fell on
the expiration of five minutes, Dorsheimer
claimed he was entitled to fifteen minutes,
which Randall denied had been yielded in a
somewhat offensive manner. Dorsheimer
which had the effect of making Randall much
uglier, and matters were assuming
a belligerent attitude when Calllins
raised the point of order
that the house was required under the motion
adopted yesterday to take a recess at o'clock
and assemble in the evening for tariff debate
Approaching the necessities of the situation
the chairman sustained this view, and
brought the matter to a close without action
on the motion of non-concurrence, which
will come up tomorrow. Although Randall
was in bad form and not well disposed there
can be little doubt that he yielded only five
minutes, and not fifteen minutes
as claimed by Dorsheimer, but the
question became one of veracity and hence
there was feeling Dorsheimer is the largest
man in the house, almost gigantic, but Ran
dall's pluck is unQuestioned. The affair
evidently grew out of a Misunderstanding.
NEW YoRK's CONVENTION.
The excitement among Republican polit-
clans was intense to-day over the assembly
of the New York state convention to select
delegates at large to the Republican national
convention at Chicago. When the news was
received that the Arthur and Edmunds men
had successfully combined against the Blaine
men in the selection of a temporary chair
man, there was quite a furry among Blaine's
friends in the house and senate. The situa-
ton was frightened this evening by receipt
of news that anti-Blaine men had been elect
ed delegates at large, and that the Arthur
and Edmunds men would control three
fifths of the delegation from New York.
This was total surprise to
Blaine's supporters, as they fully expected to
carry the convention. Rumor has it that the
Grant movement is at the bottom of the af-
fair and that at the proper time Grants
friends intend to press him to the front.
The half-breeds are disposed to blame Sena
Warner Miller for the defeat attributing it
to his bad management. Miller daclined to
accept delegate nomination from his dis
be chosen delegate at large. He staked
everything on his ambition and lost, and
necessarily becomes scapegoat.
IN RE TARIFF.
It was reported here to-day that Mr. Nor
rison's bill would be put on its passage with
out giving an opportunity for amendments,
fearing that if the door is opened for amend.
ments the bill win be beyond his control.
Should this be done, it is understood that the
Minnesota members who voted to take up the
bill, would vote against it, as would several
of the Missouri and illinois Democrats who
voted to take it up. 1t would doubtless be
defeated on proposition of this sort.
VIM. Walter Phelps, New Jersey, has sent
to the New York Evening Post a formal an
swer to the charges recently made in that pa
per against James G. Blaine.