Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14
Washington Letter.


Harrison has offered Secretary Noble
the place on the Circuit bench in the
southwest, left vacant by the eIeva-
ton of Judge Brewer of Kansas to
the Supreme Court Secretary Noble
is said to have taken the matter under
advisement, but his friends believe he |
Will not accept. Nothing has seem
ingly transpired in the last few months |
to make his position in the Cabinet I
Hess agreeable than 1t was last sum |
mer, when it is well known that he
could have had the position given
Judge Brewer, and it is thought hard
~ likely that he would now desire a
much inferior position. Besides Sec
rotary Noble has high political ambi-
ton, dreams of the Senate and even
of the Vice Presidency, and Judge
ship would mean the surrender of
these desires.
The house of representatives has
had bad luck with It's reading clerks.
Clerk Mcpherson tested the candi-
! dates before the men were selected,
but unfortunately he tried them only
on Washington's Farewell Address.
in print. Now it developes that the
best man of the lot, so far as. vocal
power go, having a voice that gould
be heard all over a boiler factory,
cannot read manuscript. He gets
stuck at every eighth or tenth word
and there is a painful pause. The
member who has Offered the resolu-
ton groans, for the sense Of the doeu-
ment is entirely lost upon the mem
bers by the halting and piece meal
reading. The other day Representa-
tive Allen pronounced him the finest
reader of periods in the world.
Martin Maginnis, one of the demo
cratic Senators elect from Montana,
occupied a seat upon the floor of the
Senate yesterday. The other demo
cratic Senator elect. millionaire Clark,
is still IN the city, and the republican
senators elect are expected to arrive
this week. The Senate committees
will commence the hearing of the case
next Saturday. It is believed that
neither the republicans nor the dem
ocrats will be seated, The republi-
cans commissions are signed by the
Secretary of State, while those Of the
democrats bear the autograph Of the
Governor. None Of these sets of ere
dentials, therefore, are in legal form
and on this technicality, unless the
republicans can discover some ingen-
ious basis for adding two to THEN
S majority, there will be a halt, In
such an event the credentials would
L likely be returned with the opinion
that no election for senators from that
state had been formally completed
In such an event Governor ToOIe vii
appoint two senators to hold until the
legislature meets. The republicans
i would be quite well satisfied witt
Il such plan, as they say that there is
no doubt that the legislature to bt
p. elected next summer will have
# working republican majority Poo
Maginnis, it will be hard on him
- During the twelve years he spent il
Congress, popping champagne and VI
to date in all the enjoyments Of tn
town, his old time chums in Montana
were turning themselves INTO million
aires. To-day. handsome 1Iaginnl
is the poor man of the crowd, and t
be compelled now to go back to Mon
tana or to sink into the rut of har,
work some where else would not b
an inviting prospect.
Is The number of public building bill
ls introduced this session is someth1n
amazing. There have already bee
). two hundred and forty-fve such bill
laid before Congress, being a large
, number than was presented durin
the entire Fiftieth Congress, an
triple the number introduced durin
the first two months Of its first sei
sion. The bills call for an averag
expenditure of about 100000, calm
for an outlay Of s28,OOQ.0OO. {
course, comparatively few of the bill
will pass the House, and those thi
do pass will be cut down heavily
the amount Of appropriation. Oh
cago, with commendable modest
comes forward with a request for 8
100000 for new building, althoug
the one now occupied is one of Il
"a largest in the country and was cree
> ed only fourteen years ago.