Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-09
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WASHINGTON, Dec. s-The President had a
very busy time of it to-day. Callers were
coming and going all the morning, and the
pressure did not cease until the hour for the
meeting of the Congress-. The Cabinet met
at 1l:30 o'clock as usual, but the session was
short one. The State, War and Treasury
apartments were not represented. Secre-
tary Blaine was detained at the State De-
partment by conference with the British
Minister on West Indies reciprocity. Secre-
tary Foster is i'll, and there is no Secretary
of War.s-
Mr.. SHERMAN HoAR. of Massachusetts,, when
asked why he did not vote for Speaker on
the roll call, to-day said: 'Iast fall, in an
interview which 1 had during our cam
paign in Massachusetts,, / stated that
in the coming contest for the
speakership 1 would vote for
no candidate who would not promise to use
his influence, if elected Speaker, against the
consideration of bad financial legislation,
and the extension of silver coinage. When
Mr.. Crisp became a candidate of the party,
sent to him and asked to give me this promise,
which he declined to do. There was then
nothing left for me to do but to refrain from
voting for him. Having gone into the eau
Gus, did not care for voting for any one
else but its nominee but could not vote for
him and keep my word. In my Judgment,
however. he will do exactly what he refused
70 promise to do: namely, use ms influence niue
mea asures looking to the extension of the
coinage of silver. I feel fairly sure that
such will be his action. but as 1 could not
get his promise, he could not get my vote"
THE fourth annual meeting of the National
Bar Association will begin in this city to-
morrow morning and will continue for three
days. The association, whose birthplace
was in this city, was formed for the pur-
pose of uniting the Bar Association of the
country in practice work and promoting the
science of the law and the due administra-
tion Of Justice. 1t is purely representative
in its membership. composed of delegates
chosen from Bar Associations. One event
that will help make this meeting notable
will be the presence for the first time OF
delegates from the Boston Bar Association.
The programme for tomorrow includes an
address of welcome by Mr.. Justice Harlan,of
the Supreme Court, and the annual address
of the President, Charles Marshall, of Baltl-
more. Tho dinner to the delegates on
thursday evening, at the Arllngtoa' Wi, oe
ing. There will be four toasts. The Presl-
dent or one of the Cabinet will respond to
the first toast Mr.. Justice Gray. of the
Senator Gray, of Delaware, to the third, and
Mr.. James c. Carter. of New York, to "The
Bar" 1t is expected that about $50 Will at
tend the dinner.
REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAMS, of Massachu-
setts, when asked to-day why he did not
vote for Mr.. Crisp, said: 81 did not vote on
the roll call for Spea ker for the sole reason
that could not do so and keep faith with
the people of Massachusetts. In the last
campaign took the position distinctly that
would not support any man for the speaker
1,s,, foxy nf
the suppression of free coinage legislation
in this Congress. Mr. Crisp has not ex-
pressed himself though opportunity has
been given him to do so; he remains silent
on the question, as he has a right to do 1t
is plain that promises to the people on
which votes are sought. are primary obli-
CATION; The caucus can find no fault that l
refused to cast my vote: If there is any such
caucus law as that, 1 shall keep out of
caucuses hereafter"
THE Court of Claims to-day sent to the
Senate the findings in several spoliation
claims submitted to the court under the act
of Congress of January, 1885. The names Of
the vessels and their masters and the sew
eral claimants, together with the amount
claimed in each Case are fully set forth in
the document.
SECRETARY NOBLE to-day rendered deci-
sion in the case of the heirs of William Bond
and others against the Deming, New Mexico,
town site. The Secretary sustains the de-
cision of the Commissioner of the General
Land Office, allowing the Probate Judge of
Grant county to enter all the land in ques-
tion as the town site of Deming in trust for
the several use and benefit of its occupants
according to their respective interest. The
claims of Bond, Kidder and the additional
homestead claimants are rejected.
THE departure of the United States steam
er Atlanta for her new station in South At
lantic waters will be delayed a few days by
reason of a change of commanders. An. or
der issued today relieving Captain j. W.
Philip of the command of the vessel and
ordering Captain J. F. Fig snson to that
duty. Lieutenant T. B. Ma o has also been
from the Atlanta.
WHEN the House Committee on Elections
is appointed and proceeds to consider the
contested election cases which will come be-
fore it for the first time it viii have, as q
basis, a digest of the reports, testimony and
legal questions which came before previous
This digest is intended by Ches-
ter II. Rowell, the Clerk of the Elections
who worked on it during the re-
cess, to assist the members in reach |
ing an impartial conclusion touch |
ing the law and precedents applicable
to any election contest. The oldest |
members of the Senate are familiar |
with election precedents, and well informed
on most of the questions at issue, and a
made. In the House, however, no digest |
has heretofore been prepared, owing in part |
to the greater number of contestants and |
the voluminous testimony taken in each, |
and, Rs the complexion of the House changes |
the result has been that men, |
bers have often acted with only an imper- |
feet knowledge OF the laws and precedents, |
the result being confusion and lack of any
thing like uniform policy in dealing with |
cases involving the rights of members to |
their seats |
WHILE it is impossible to obtain an official |
to that effect, it is known |
that a commercial convention under the reci- |
procity clause of the Mckinley act has been |
concluded between Germany |
and the United States and that the Presi- |
dent will soon issue proclamation an
the fact. The convention con- |
sugar into the United States and the reduc- |
ton of duty on American cereals imported |
into Germany from 5 marks to 81 marks.
A STATEMENT prepared at the Pension |
Office shows that during the month of No
vember last 22.253 pension claims OF all |
classes were allowed upon which the first |
payments aggregated s., ,s63, ,sSs The average |
payment to each Densioner was therefore |
Sl24 20. OF the D. 253 claims allowed, l5,060 |
we're under the act of June27, 1880.
THE Commissioner of immigration has
ordered the deportation of five INDECENT
who had attempted to land at
New Orleans from the British steamship
William Cliff, in violation of the immigra-
ion laws.
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