The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1888-05-16
WASHINGTON NOTES.


: President Cleveland has the happy
faculty of making good appointments,
His latest popular hit in this line was
the nomination of Mr.. Melville Fuller.
the eminent Chicago lawyer, for Chief
Justice of the United States. The an
poi,itment is universally conceded to be
an excellent one. Even the Republicans
join in prais!ng Mr.. Cleveland for tie
good Judgment shown in making the Sc
lection. He will be promptly confirmed
by the Senate, and it is probable that
the vutc will he unanimous.
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Mr.. Fuller has ALWAYS been consistent
Democrat. lie was delegate to the
Democratic national conventions of 1864.
1872, 1876, and 1889. The President has
been anxious tn give him an Office ever
slEct the beginning of his admllstra.
ton, and has offered him saccessively
the positions of Solicitor General, now
filled by Mr.. jerks; the Civil Service
Commlssionership, whici. Mr.. Oberly
accepted; the Pacific Railroad Commits
sionership, to which Mr. Litiler was
aiterward appointed and the Inter
Stale Commerce Commissloncraliip,
which Hon. W. r. Morrison afterward
received. He declined ali of them: but
the last and greatest he has accepted.
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Had foreigner stepped into the Sen.
ate Chamber on Tuesday last, he would
doubtless have been of the opinion that
the Civil War was in full blast. The oc.
casion was the delivery of speech by
Senator ingalls,, of Kansas, in reply to
one by Senator Voorhees,, of Indiana.
Mr.. ingalls, reiterated his attack of some
weeks ago on Gems. Hancock and Nc.
Clellan, pitched into the South in
much more reckless manner than he
did when the war was actually going on,
and finally made vicious personal at
tack on Senator voorhees,, making all
sorts of unfounded charges against that
sentleman's conduct during the war
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The unfortunate part Of the affair was
that Mr.. Voorhees, became so maddened
by these attacks that he allowed him
self to be goatled into using language
unsuitable to the Chamber of the United
States Senate. The provocatIon was
great, but every good Democrat would
have preferred that NJ. Voorhees, hal
remained imperturab!e. If Mr. Ingalls,
and the RapubIic,p ,,rtr ans, ,T.I A.,
go into the present important Presiden.
tial campaign with these CID and ex-
ploied arguments of Il quarter of a
century ago, the Democrats need not
object. As for the latter, they propose
making the fight on the issues of to-
day-revenue reform and an economical
administration of the Government. The
war is over, AMI new generation of
voters have been born aud have grown
up, 1t is to these that the Dem ,cra.ic
party appeals for support.
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The Senate committee on foreign ra-
lations has made favorable report on
the Chinese treaty recently negotiated
by Mr.. Cleveland. 1t will probably be
ratified by the Senate IN short time.
Another triumph for the Democratic ad.
ministration,
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Speaker Carlisle will, it is understood,
make the closing speech on the Demo.
cratic side IN the general debate on the
Mills tariff bill, which has some ten
days to run yet.
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The President has been compelled, in
the interest of the public, to put hls
veto upon qnite number of small bills
of late.
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tits thought that the Blair Education-
al bill is dead, SO far as the present ses-
sion of Congress is concerned.
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The Senate committee on inter state
commerce have decided to report an ell
tirel; new bill, TO take the place of the
present interstate commerce law.
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bill has been introduced in the Sem
ate to increase the pensions of soldiers
and sailors who contracted heart disease
in the service; and one in the House.
giving pension to all soldiers or sailors
who served ninety days and over, at the
rate OF one cent per month for each day
of actual service. Should this last bill
become a law, it Is estimated that it
would require 900 extra clerks for one
year to make up the mails, ETC., which
would be absolutely necessary.