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short western trip. After visiting
Chicago, he will go to Indianapolis
and attend to some important private
business before returning to Washing
ton.
The Senate has, by lot, determined
the length of thu terms of the six new
Senators as follows: Washington
Senator Squire expires March 3, 1891,
and Senator Allen March 8, 1893;
South Dakota,Senator Moody March
3. 1891 and Senator Pettigrew March
3, 1898; North Dakota-Senator Pierce,
March 5, 1891, and Senator Casey
March 3, 1898. The terms of the
Montana Senators will not be fixed
until they occupy their seats.
Judge David j. Brewer. of Kansas
has been nominated by the President
to be associate Justice of the Supreme
Court to I'll the vacancy caused by
the death of the late Justice Stanley
Matthews, of Ohio. Judge Brewer il
a nephew of Justice Stephen ]. Field
of the Supreme Court; he has been
since 1884 United States Judge for the
Eighth circuit of Kansas. He has fill
ed number of important positions in
Kansas, judicial and other wise, and
has always been popular official.
The nomination is highly pleasing to
Senator Ingalls, and Plumb, and in
fact to everybody, with the possible
exception of several disappointed can
didates and their immediate friends.
Justice Miller, over whose circuit
Judge Brewer has presided for the last
five years, says he considers him one
of the ablest judges now on the bench.
When Justice Brewer takes his seat on
the bench with his Uucle Justice
Field, it will be the first time in the
history of the court that two of the
contemporary justices haye been so
nearly related.
Owing to the organization of the
House on Monday the Presidents
message was not read to Congress un-
til Tuesday. The message has been
well received by everybody except a
handful of Southerners who profess
to see in its plain statement of the con-
dition of political affairs in the South
cause for alarm. The message is
strictly conservative, both in tone and
in its recommendations, being thereby
in striking contrast to the last dicta-
torial documents sent from the White
House to Congress. Mr.. Harrison
evidently intended this message to be
confined to its strict constitutional
limits, that OF informing Congress of
the state of the country. Its recon-
mendations are in every instance what
has been approved by the republican
party. Upon those things on which
there are different opinions in the
party in which he has presented the
facts without recommendation. 1t is
a document that has greatly disap-
pointed the democrats because it fur
nishes them with no ammunition.
Next in Importance to the Presi-
dents message is Secretary WINDOWS
annual report to Congress, which was
made public on Wednesday. Mr..
Window covers the entire financial
field and furnishes one of the most in
teresting as we'll as important reports
of the kind ever made. It'presents u
plan for the satisfactory solution of
the silver problem, which Mr.. Window
believes will be accepted by both sill
yer and gold men. Space prevents
further notice of the report, but it
should be carefully read by every in
telligent citizen of the country. 1t
may be obtained by addressing Sec
rotary Window.
The organization of the House was
attended by little circumstance that
shows the danger which will constant
ly menace the majority during the SEES
sion. After Reed had been elected
Speaker, Mcpherson Clerk; Holmes
Sergeant-at-Arms; Adams Doorkeeper,
and Wheat Postmaster, Representa-
i've Henderson, as chairman of the re
publican caucus, nominated Rev. G..
B. Ramsdell for Chaplin. Represent
alive Cheadle of Indiana, boiling the
caucus nomination, moved to strike
out the name of Mr.. Ramsdell and
substitute that of DIR. Milburn, the
blind preacher who was Chaplain of the
last House. Mr.. Cheadle was sup
ported outright by three republicans
Moore, of New Hampshire; Lehblack,
of New Jersey, and Ewart of North
Carolina-and enough retained from
voting to elect DIR. Milburn, who re.
ceived 166 votes to Mr.. Ramsdell's l55,
the dem ocrats voting solidly for Mil.
burn. This is of itself small thing,
but If the party caucus can be success
fully bolted in small things, there Il
nothing to prevent the same thing be
ing done VIXEN something important i,
at stake.
Secretary Noble has gone to St
Louis. his former home, to look aftel
some private matters. He is expected
back early next week.