The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-03-13
FROM THE NATIONS CAPITAL.
Some Things Of Interest in and Around
Washington -D0lngS in Congress,
&C., &C., as Reported BY our
SDGCial CORRESPONDENT.

The Supreme Court OF the Unlted
States is to be given an opportunity to
decide whether Speaker Reeds new
method Of counting quorum Is Con-
stitutional or not. The Democratic
leaders have mapped out programme
with that end specially i'll view. Mr..
J. 0. Pendleton of the first district OF
West Virginia, who. was unseated last
week by the votes OF less than ma
jority of the House, which is consti-
tutional quorum, proposes to claim MS
salary as member Of the House OF
Representatives and if the Treasury
officials refuse to pay him-and they
will-he will enter suit for it in the
court OF claims and appeal it from
there. if decided against him, to the
Supreme Court. And if the Republi-
cans show any disposition to delay the
case III either court he will sue out a
mandamus tostop the Treasury officials
from paying the salary of the man who
has been illegally given the seat be-
longing to him. 1t is well that this
question is to be legally decided, and
the sooner the decision can be gotten
the better.
How circumstances alter cases was
never made palmer than by the actions
of the election committees of the two
Houses of Congress. In the House
where the Republicans need every vote
they can get there has been an indecent
haste in reporting contested election
cases, while in the Senate where no
votes are needed there is a dignified
leisure in the way contests are treated.
On the 18th of February the evidence
was all taken and the arguments heard
in the Montana Senatorial contest;
Saturday, March 1st., the committee
met and appointed subcommittee to
collate the facts to be reported at the
next meeting, which will be next Sat-
urday.
Governor Thomason, the Democratic
civil service commissioner, is the only
one of the trio that has not been
smirched by the investigation now in
progress. Lyman has been convicted
of favoritism of the worst kind in hav-
ing promoted his brother-in-law after
he had acknowledged that he had stolen
examination papers from the office for
a party who was seeking promotion,
and now Roosevelt. the high priest OF
the Il am better than you" element
in politics, is convicted of having de-
ceived the Secretary of War in order
to transfer an incompetent clerk from
his own Office to the War department,
and of having deceived the Postmaster
General and the Superintendent of the
Census in order to obtain place i'll the
census bureau for Il man who had per
jured himself i'll order to help Roose-
welt make a report against the post
master at Milwaukee.
The urgency deficiency appropria-
ton bilI-s23 $50 ,000-has been passcd
by the house. S21, 600, 900 of it is tc
pay pensions OF the war of 1912, and O
the Mexican war.
The Worlds Fair bill is now in the
hands of the House committee awaiting
the decision of the representatives O
Chicago as to what changes they desire
made in it. As soon as this is deter
mined upon the bill will be reported tc
the House and there is little orno doubt
of its being promptly passed by the
House. The doubtful part of the bust
ness will be reached in the Senate.
\ New York Syndicate, of which d
O. Mills. the fother-in-law Of Whitelaw
Reid, editor of the Tribune, and ex
Senator Tom Platt, the Republican
boss, are leading members, has beer
awarded, by Secretary Window, the
exclusive right to catch seals in Alas
kan waters for twenty years from the
first of May. This is combination OF
politics and business that is quite char
cteristic of the Republican party.
Mr.. Blaine has become so Disguised
with the administration that he refuses
to see any applicants for office even il
his own department; he turns then
over to one of the assistant Secretaries
of State.
Assistant Postmaster General Clark
son is telling his friends that he cam o.
| possibly remain in Office longer thar
the first of May, and that he may re
sign earlier, but he does not tell then
that he has received very pointed
| hint from the President intimatins il
| the most unmistakable manner that his
resignation wonld be acceptable.
The question of railroad to Soutf
America has been much talked abou
since the Pan-American Congress
adopted resolutions recommending the
appointment of commission to 60 ovel
the proposed route and report as to it:
feasibility, etc. A joint resolution ha:
been intronuced in the House, by Mr.
Buckalew, authorizing the President t.
appoint suitable parties to examine ant
report on the advisability of railroad
to South America.
G. E. kincaid, correspondent of thu
Louisville Times shot tex-Representativt
Tauibee, of Kentucky, during a persona
difficulty at the Capital Friday. Mr.
Taulbee's wound is not dangerous.
TAR HEEL.