Mower County transcript., 1888-04-04
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From our Regular Correspondent.)
WASHTNGTON March 40 1895

(From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON. March 80, 1888.
The death of Chief Justice Waite has
added another and a very important issue
to those which will be decided by the
Presidential election this year. It is. in
short, whether the Supreme Court of the
United States shall be Republican or
Democratic. If is is to remain Republi-
can it is absolutely necessary for the Re-
publicans to elect the next President, as
he will in all probability have the ap.
pointment of the successors to three or
more of the Republican Justices of that
Court, two of whom. Bradley and Miller,
are already past the age at which the
Justices are eligible for retirement, while
one, Justice Blatchford, is within two
years of the retiring age.
The Court as it now stands has six Re-
publican members and two Democratic,
with one vacancy, sure to be filled with
a Democrat. So it is for the people OF
the United States to decide whether
Messrs. Bradley, Miller and Blatchford
shall be succeeded by Republicans, en-
suring q construction of the Constitution
and its amendmendments that will not
change the results of the war and the
legislation which followed it. or whether
they shall be succeeded by Democrats,
whose construction of the constitution
and amendments would be sure to differ
widely from those of the Court for 25
years past.
Probably no question has ever before
been submitted to 4 vote of the people
that has had more important influence on
the history of the Country than this one
will in the near future.
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gress reports from the U. s. Minister 1T
Berlin, stating that trichinosis prevails in
certain parts of Germany, and that a
number of persons have died from the
effects of eating the meat of diseased
hogs grown in that country; and from
the U. s. Consul at Marseilles, France,
stating that highly contagious disease
prevails among the swine there. In mes
sage accompanying these reports the
President doubts whether our present
laws are sufficient. and recommends the
passage of law prohibiting the impor-
tation of hogs from either of the coun
tries named.
The International Council of Women
has been the principal attraction here
this week. The only feature of it which
has caused any adverse criticism so far,
was sentence in the opening speech de-
livered by Mrs. Elizabeth CadY Stanton.
Here it is; you can judge for yourself
whether rebuke was merited: "lf our
Saxon fathers do not give women the
rights they demand, they will strike
hands with the labor unions, anarchists
and socialists, and there will be re'enact.
ed in this county the bloody scenes of
the French Revolution.
Postmaster General Dickinson has vir-
tually acknowledged by the appointment
of q committee to investigate the ineffic-
lent mail service at the Chicago postof-
fee. that such inefficlency exists
The Senate Committee on Territories
has reported resolution declarin G
against the admittance of Utah as state
until polygamy is entirely abolished and
the civil affairs of the Territory ARE taken
from the control of the priesthood of the
Mormon church.
Mr.. VIM. Dudley Foulke, of Rich mond,
Indiana, President of the Indiana civil
service reform association made an ad-
dress before the Senate Civil Service in
vestigating committee Wednesday, which
gives the Indiana democracy the dlstinc-
ton of being more open IN their violation
of law than those of any other state.
The address of MIR. Foulke. who is not a
tial investigation made by the associa-
ton which he represented. and was sup
ported by a number of atfdavits. He
says the postotfices throughout the entire
state are in demoralized condition. and
that removals of efficient men who are
Republicans, and the appointment of IN
efficient men who are Democrats, are
open; Postmaster Jones, of Indianapolis,
having publicly stated that none but
Democrats would be appointed, regard
less of civil service examinations. Mr..
Foulke says that he laid all these facts
before Cleveland, not believing that he
would allow the abuses to continue if he
were personally acquainted with them
Cleveland knew all about and apparently
approved of the action of his party strik-
ers. He told Mr.. Foulke that he regret
ted that his association had made this in
vestlgation. Mr.. Foulke invited the
committee to visit Indiana, and pledged
his association to substantiate every
statement which he had made, with legal
evidence. If Cleveland, who poses be-
fore the country as great civil service
reformer, were not protected with the
hide of an elephant, this address would