Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-14
rrRoM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT. !

TFROM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT
WASHINGTON, November 13.-Again
the announcement of the course to be pur-
sued in the matter of the alien glassblowers'
importation under contract is delayed at
least for another day. Assistant Secretary
Batcheller said to the correspondent of The
DISPATCH this afternoon that Secretary
Window had fully expected yesterday to be
ready to give his decision to-day, but when
to-day came he found yet something more to
arrest his attention and prolong his consid-
Grafton.
He held brief conference with the Attor-
ney General on some of the points of the
opinion rendered by the Solicitor of the
Treasury, and when he closed his desk for
the day was not yet ready to say what he
would do. There is nothing to indicate any
disposition to act otherwise than in accord
ance with the opinions of the Solicitor and
Attorney General in regard to the feasibility
of ordering suit, but, of course, so long as
the District Attorney is not formally directed
TO BEGIN A PROSECUTION
there is possibility that some new thought
may prevail on the Secretary to conclude
that, rather than risk defeat, the Govern
ment would better let the affair rest where it
is. This, however, is merely possibility.
All the tendencies have been in the other
direction. The spirit of the investigation
has shown an unyielding disposition to
make the most rigid application of the law
TO this case, and that, possibly not so much
to catch the principals or the imported
workmen particularly, but to mete out the
seyerest possible punishment to officers of
labor organizations, who, if the allegations
prove true, are held to have engaged in
most fragrant violation of law which is the
result Of the efforts of labor organizations,
and the one enactment above all others
which makes them feel kindly toward Con-
gress.
In almost every expression in regard to
this case IRON officials of the Treasury De-
partment some word will be dropped show
ing the strong grasp this particular feature
of the matter has upon the mind OF the in
vestigators.
A DECISION EXPECTED SOON.
For months at intervals, and constantly
since the receipt of the last chapter of in
formation furnished by District Attorney
Lyon, the Solicitor and the assistant secre-
taries have given all the time they possibly
could spare for its consideration, and now
the Secretary, who thought to have dis
missed it with formal decision based on
the opinion of the Solicitor and the advice
of the assistant secretaries, becomes in
volved in a prolonged personal analysis
of the matter, and is in frequent
consultation with the Attorney General, as
well as the Solicitor of the Treasury. II the
District Attorney be directed to begin a
prosecution, as apparently will be the con-
clusion, he will certainly be put upon his
mettle to make the Imost of a cause which
aroused SO deep an interest and made so
great demand upon the time and ability OF
several of the highest officials of the Govern
ment.
Whether the Secretary will be ready to
announce his decision tomorrow he was un-
able to say this evening, but at any rate the
end will doubtless be reached before the close
of the week. LIGHTNER.