The Monitor., 1891-10-16

mails. TIE session starts cnt with
larger number If cases upou Tie docket
than ther Cou-t has ever before bad, and
although the act creating the new Circuit
or Appellate Court was intended TO relieve
tie Supreme Court, osher legislation enact
ed st the same session u i'll add much more
ta is iabors than tie new court can pos
sibly relieve ii Of. Tie Indian depEeda-
tion eases referred to The Court Of Claims,
Of " hich there are someihing like l5.Go0,
are appealable to the Supreme Court. 80
also are cases from the recently established
Land Claims Court These cases will not
increase the docket Of the Supreme Court
at this term, but By the next year this time
it is predicted thai it will be almost
swamped With them. + is evident that
something has got to be done il the near
future TO relieve the Supreme Court. q ii
will take the greater portion Of an ordinary
lifetime to get decision on case not i'm
poftant enough to be advanced on the
docket.
TIE movement to seeure the vacancy on
the Interstate Commerce Commission
made by tie death Of W L. Bragg foT an
Alliance nan, has at last eTyst2liZed, and
the name Of Mr. D. P. Deseau, Of South
Carolina, las been presented to tie Presi-
deut, eudeTssd BY President Polk Of Tie
NatIenal Farmers Alliance. ard ihe State
Alliances of Ccorgiz. E.st Virginia.
Louisiana, Nortl. Carolina, aid Michigan.
and i j. said thai mere endorsements are
TO eome from other State Ailisuces. EA-
Representative Clements, Ct Georgia, who
lost his seat iu Congress because Of his op-
position to the principles advocated By the
Alliance, lad been the supposed favorite
of Mr.. Harrison up tplhe advent Of an Al
lance caadidate. The appointment of
Mr.. Clements " Nould, II is said, be regarded
by the Alliance as direct ard intentional
affront TO that organization. Many people
believe that II no other candidate is sut
fors ard by the Alliance, aud Mr.. Dewesn
receives tLe endorsement Of tie State AL
liances that his friends expect him TO get,
that lie will secufe the prize. 1t is regard
ed By many as only justice that tie Farm
ers' Alliance should have representative
on the Board of Commissioners.
The next thing Secretary Foster knows
| lie will have acquired the fame OF a real,
genuine reformer. He told scme New
York politicians, members Of his party,
who told him he Lad better 60 slow iu
making changes in lie New York Custom
| House that would affect the party workers.
/ that efficient service at the Custom House
/ is the best political move that any parry
can inaugurate, and believe that the Fner-
chants, irrespective of partisan eoHsidera-
tons, will agree with me. Now, Mr.. Eos
| ter has only to act up to his talk 10 make
great reputation among those who have
business relations with the New York
| Custom House.
Nj. Harrison las refused to issue an OIL
der allowing Government employees, whose
regular leave Of absence has all been used
! up. to 90 home to vote without loss Of pay.
| He could not have issued such an order
without violating the law, but allthe same
be was asked to doit.
The tire for Secretary Blaine to resume
his official duties has now been extended
| by Madame Rumor until after the fall
elections, although it is difficult to discover
how there can possibly be any connection
| between the two things.
Owing to the State campaigns, politicians
are rather scarce in Washington these
days, but the presence of five hundred Of
the most distinguished Methodists in the
world, who are in attendance upon the
Ecumenical Conference Of that church,
now in session here, more than reconeiles
our people to the absence Of the politicians.
The conference has been great success.
and everything has so far passed off
smoothly, although the refusal Of some of
the hotels to accommodate the colored
brethren for a time threatened to make
trouble, but quarters were found for them
elsewhere. WESTON.