Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-03-03
IMPORTANT DECISIONS.

Tho CE'ted states Supreme court Uphoids
the Mckinley Act-The Berlng sea NAT
ter-No Hope TOR the Condemned chica-
20 Anarchists.
WAsnfroroN, March THE three
cases In which importers sought q test
tho constituiionality OF tho Mckinley
tariff act were yesterday decided by the
Uritod States supreme court The
business firms who brought the suit
were Boyd, Sutton q Co, Herman
eternbach & Co, and Marshall,
Field & Co. The grounds on
which II was maintained that the
tariff was unconstitutional were that
the tobacco rebate section OF the bill
had been omitted 10 enrolment after
pnssage by congress, asd heretofore
the bill signed by the president was not
the bill passed by the legislative de-
partment OF the government; that
the reciprocity feature was a
transmission 10 the ex ecutive of
the law-malSing power and there
fore void, vitiating the whole act;
and, lnst'y, that the act was void be-
cause OF the sugar bounty provision.
The court affirmed the judgments of
New York and Illinois courts OF tho
United States In favor Of tho constitu-
tionality Of the act
uAYwARD-BERTSe SEA CASE.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-The United
States supreme court has decided In
favor OF the United States In the Hay
Wandering sea case. The appllica-
tion for a writ Of prohibition against
the Alaska court Is denied
The whole case should not be con.
founded with the negotiations between
the United States and Great Britain
looking to the submission TO arbitration
OF the Bering sea seal fisheries, which
reached favorable conclusion to-day.
Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British min
ister met Secretary Blaine by appoint
ment at the state department to-day and
signed the treaty of arbitration on
behalf of Great Britain. lie said he
had been fully authorized by Lord SAL
isbury to take this action. Mr. Blaine
signed tho document on behalf Of this
government and the matter was con-
summated so far as the diplomatic part
OF the business Is concerned. The
treaty is still subject. however, to the
notion OF the British parliament and
the United States senate.
The exact terms of the treaty cannot
be stated, bat IL is known that the
board OF arbitration will consist of
seven persons two representing the
United States, two representing Great
Britain-one Of whom is 70 be a Cana
dian-and one each representing the
Na r.f
den and Italy.
DECISION AGAINST THE ANARCHISTS.
WASHINGTON, March /. The supreme
court OF the United States has extin-
gnishcd the last hope Of the two i'm
prisoned anarchists by affirming the
decision of the supreme court Of
Illinois and the circuit court
Of the United States for the northern
district Of Illinois in the cases of Sam
uel Fielden and Michael Schwab YER
sus the warden Of the Joliet peniten.
tiary. These two mon were sentenced
TO be hanged with Spies and the other
anarchists for completely in the Hay
market riot in Chicago, but their
sentences were commuted TO life im-
prisonmeat by the governor In the
application for writs of habeas corpus
which the court to-day denied. counsel
for the two men alleged that their sen.
tence was in violation Of the constitu-
tion because the men were not in court
in person when the Illinois supreme
court rendered judgment 1staining the
decision OF the trial court and that sem
teaca, and that their right TO say why
sentence should not be passed upon
them had been denied. 1t was also
contended that while the governor of
Illinois had power 10 commute the
pentence. no warrant was given by law
for the Communication. Other minor
points were also brought in.