The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-10-26
FROM WASHINGTON.
Long and Short HauIs.

Long and Short HauIs.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25-The Supreme
Court rendered its decision today in the case
of the Wabash, st. Louis & Pacific railroad
company, plaintiffs in error against theIpeo-
pie of the State of Illinois, The specific al
legation was that the railroad company
charged Elder & Mckinney Is cents per hun
dred pounds for transporting goods from
Peoria to New York City, and on the same
day charged Isaac Baily 4 Swannell % cents
per hundred pounds for the same class of
goods from Gilman, ILL.,, to New York. Gil
man man is 60 miles nearer than Peoria to New
YORK. The discrimination, it was alleged,
was In violation of the law of Illinois,
which prohibits any charge for the transp0r-
tatl0n OF passengers or freight within the
State OF Illinois proportionally greater than
would be charged for the transportation of
passengers or like classes of freight over
greater distance of the same road. The gist
OF the discussion Is contained in the concur
sion, which is as follows:
When it is attempted to apply to transportation
through an entire series Of States a principle of
thls KIND and each one of the States, or of half
dozen States, shall attempt to establish each its
rates OF transportation. and methods to prevent
discrimination in rates, the deeterious influence
upon the freedom of commerce among States, and
upon the transportation of goods through these
States, cannot be even estimated This species
at all, OF general and national char
acter, and cannot be safely and wisely re-
mtied to local rules and local regulations
We think IL is clear from what has already been
said, that if there is to De a regulation OF com
merce, as we think we have demonstrated it is
and as the Illinois court comedies it to be. it
can only appropriately be by general rules aud
principles Which demand that It should be done
py the congress OF the United States under the
commercial clause OF the constitution.
The INDIGNANT IF fha Cpnran,a Nou~+ of
Illinois, which was adverse to the railroad,
Is reversed, and the case is remanded to
that court for further proceedings in con-
formity with the above opinion.
The opinion was by Justice Miller. JUS
tice Bradley delivered dissenting opinion
in which the Chief Justice and Justice Gray
concurred.
In this opinion it is conceded that Con-
gress might, ifit saw it, regulate the matter
under consideration: but not having done
SO, II Is held that the State does not lose its
power to regulate charges of its own rail-
roads In its own territory, simply because
the goods or persons transported have been
brought from, or ale destined to points be-
yond the State borders.
Prohibition in Alaska.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-Secretary Endicott
has Informed the Treasury Department, in
regard to the action of the commanding
officer of the division of the Pacific in
issuing permits to land liquors in different
parts OF Alaska, that hereafter no permit
will be issued by the War Department for
the introduction of liquor into Alaska, ex-
eept for use for medicinal, mechanical or
scientific purposes. The collector of customs
at Sitka, Alaska. has been notified accord
lngly. He is instructed however, to permit
the entry of wines for sacramental uses
upon the presentation of proof that it is in
tended for no other purpose.
What VIII IL ArnotInf Tao
Z Commissioner Miller has directed an in
yestigation to be made of the charges that
w. ). Schofeld. deputy collector of internal
revenue of the First Pennsylvania district,
has, with the consent and approval of Col
lector Frederick Gerker, been levying politi
cal assessments amounting to 3 per cent. of
their salaries from the employees of the
revenue service.
One OF the French Princes Expected
at the Capital.
Prince Louise jerome Bonaparte, who is
now travelling in this country and win soon
visit Washington, is a grandson of Jerome
Bonaparte, who married Miss Betsy Patter-
son. His grandmother was Catherine of
Wurtemburg, whom jerome, at the command
OF his brother, the great Napoleon, Subse
quently married. The mother of the young
prince Is sister of Humbert, king of Italy.
For this reason. representatives of the
Italian government in this country take the
lead in showing him courtesies. AS France
is now republic and he is an imperalist
scion, the diplomatic and consular rapresen
tatlves of France in the United States are
estopped from paying him the least atten
ton, or indeed from appearing at any enter
talnment or reception where he is present.
he WILL however, of course not suffer for at
tention while in Washington or anywhere
else in the United States.
Mr.. CIeveIand's Plans.
President Cleveland will leave for New
York Wednesday afternoon, accompanied by
Secretaries Bayard, Endicott and Whitney,
and possibly by other members of his Cabi-
net. He will review the procession in New
York Thursday, at 10 a. M, attend the
ceremonies at Bedloe's Island, at 2 p.
M; and after their close, will return to
Washington as directly as possible
The Man Who Nominated Cleveland
Rewarded.
The President has appointed Daniel N.
Lockwood of Buffalo to tbe United States
District Attorney for the Northern district
of New York, in place of Martin /. Town
send removed Mr.. Lockwood will accept
the office. A few days ago the President
wrote to Mr.. Lockwood, asking him whether
his name could be considered in making an
appointment. The reply conveyed an ex-
preston of Mr.. Lockwoods willingness to
be regarded as candidate, and to accept the
position if offered to him.