The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-22
Washington Letter.

The president will not appoint a sue
cessor To the late Justice Samuel r.
Miller on the bench of the u. ;. SUI
preme Court until after congress meets.
The names of number of prominent
gentlemen have been mentioned for the
place, among them, Attorney General
J Miller, Secretaries Noble and Tracy,
Judge Walter q. Gresham. and Sen
ators Edmunds and Spooner. Positions
upon the bench of this, our highest Ju'
dical tribunal, are not sought for In
the same manner as other Offices under
the government. That is To say, no
gentleman of sufficient ability IL salts
factorily discharge the responsible du-
ties of IL Justice of the Supreme Court
would be guilty of the indeiicacy of APP
plying personally To the President for
the appointment, nor would he know
ingly allow his friends TO do So for him.
1t is only when the President asks for
suggestions that the party leaders are
given an opportunity To put in good
word for their friends. The reason for
this is, that the President is presumed
10 be sufficiently familiar. either per
sonally or by trustworthy hearsay, with
the status, legal and otherwise, of the
more prominent members of his party
To enable him To select the proper man.
After discussing the matter fully in
all its bearing. the cabinet has, / have
the best of reasons for believing, de-
cided that it was inadvisable for the
President To call an extra session of
Congress previous To the regular meet
ing i'm December, and Mr.. Harrison has
acquiesced, although his first opinion
was that il ought To be done. This de-
cision does not satisfy all of the repub-
Leans, and number of senators and
representatives are still trying tn con-
vince the President of the necessity for
the extra session, and prominent re-
publican senator from an eastern state
told me to-day that he had not yet given
up all hope of succeeding.
Gen. w. w. Belknap, eX-secretary of
war, who was found dead in his bed
last Monday morning, was buried at
Arlington Cemetery with imposing mil
itary Donors. The escort consisted of
members of the Loyal Legion, G.. A. X.
and Union Veterans. The War De-
partment was closed all day yesterday
in his honor, and veterans in all of the
other executive departments were Civ
en- leave of absence to attend the fun
eral.
The atmosphere of the Supreme
Court is always awe-inspiring To those
not accustomed to it, but yesterday
afternoon when the small gathering of
Americas most prominent men, includ-
ing the President, his Cabinet, and the
surviving members of the Supreme
Court assembled there To listen To the
simple and transformations funeral SER
vices over the remains of the fallen
judicial giant, Samuel F. Miller, it was
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accommodations of the court room,
none were admitted to the funeral eX-
cept those who had been specially in
vited. Last night the remains left here
! for KeOkuk, Iowa., where the intermcnt
will take place. 1t was accompanied
by committee from the Justices of the
! Court, the Marshal of the Court son
of the dead Justice, and several other
! friends.
u. ;. Treasurer Huston has been a
close second to Hon. j. 5. Clarkson, his
colleague on the national republican
committee, in the number of times
democratic newspapers have made him
quarrel with Mr.. Harrison and other
members of the administration since
he accepted an office. 1t has recently
leaked out that Mr.. Huston placed his
resignation i'm the hands of the Presi-
dent some weeks ago, and now the
democrats are doing their level best To
make it appear that Mr.. Huston is to
be forced out. Among Mr.. Huston's
friends here, and presume at home, it
has all along been an open secret that
he accepted the office of Treasurer un-
der protest, and only to please his
friends. And instead of being pushed
out it is more than probable that the
President will endeavor To keep him i'm
by offering him another and better APP
pointment before accepting his resigna-
ton as treasurer.
OF all senseless and baseless canards
ever attempted by the unreliable dem
Ocratic press, that sprung by the New
York World, charging that the census
returns were being destroyed i'm the in
terest of the republican party, was the
weakest. 1t bore its contradiction up
on its face and democrats joined with
republicans in denouncing paper that
would print such II story, when few
minutes work on the part of its Wash
ington correspondent would have shown
its utter falsity.
Mr.. Blaine will go to Ohio next week
to take part in the campaign in Major
McKinley's district.