Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-26
SH|RAS SURE OF IT,
Cameron's Attempt to Defeat
the Presidents NOmina-
tion for Judge
DOESN'T AMOUNT TO MUCH.
The Committee Reports 1t to the SEN
ate Without Comment.
HOT WEATHER HAS ITS INNINGS.
The End of Congress Not Visible Under the
Circumstances.
A QUORUM NOT ALWAYS 0BTAINABLE
HOT WEATHER HAS ITS INNINGS.
The End of Congress Not Visible Under the
Circumstances.
A QUORUM NOT ALWAYS OBTAINABLE
SPECIAL TELEGRAPHIC LETTER.
BUREAU OF THE DISPATCH,
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be an Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court of the United States. That nomina-
tion has been hanging in the Committee on
Judiciary for several days, owing to Mr..
Cameron's personal activity in opposing
confirmation, but to-day the friends of Mr.
Sh,ras succeeded in having it reported to
the Senate.
This is a victory for the administration,
because the Senators voting in the COM
mittee were composed of four Democrats
and two Republicans In order to defeat
the nomination it will be necessary for
Mr.. Cameron to have behind him the
almost solid Democratic side of the cham
Der to add to the handful of Republicans
who are ready to vote with him against
Mr.. Shiras imply because the latter is a
friend of the administration and political
opponent of the clan Cameron. To lose
two Senators out of four indicates that the
Democratic force is weakening, and this is
what must have happened because other
wise the nomination could not have been
taken out of the committee. The four
Democratic committeeman are Senators
Vest, Coke, Pugh and George. 1t is
thought that the two first named are the
ones who voted with the Republican COM
mitteemen.
Poor Policy to Defeat the Nomination.
Messrs Platt and Mitchell are in favor Of
confirmation because there is no reason why
any other action should be taken. They
think Mr.. Shiras is well fitted for the place
for which he has been nominated, and that
it would therefore be poor policy and unfair
treatment of the President for the Demo-
cratic Senators to help Mr.. Cameron to sat-
isfy his desire for revenge for the sacrifice
of good man. The chances are all in
favor of the nomination, therefore, no mat
ter how stubbornly the case is contested, it
is only interesting now to know who the
Republican Senators are who will join Mr..
Cameron in his unsuccessful administration
fight. They are fewer in number, no doubt,
than if he were playing winning game.
A Pennsylvania Republican member of
the House of Representatives said to me to-
day that while Mr.. Shiras had dis
tinguished and powerful influence back of
him in the Allegheny county bar and mem-
bers of the bar and private citizens through
out the State, the influence which brought
the President to make the selection of Nh.
Shiras resided without the State of Penn
sylvania 81 personally know" said he,
'from conversation with the President,
that he had not thought of considering the
appointment of Mr.. ShIras until after the
visit of Chauncey NJ. Depew, which fol-
lowed closely the Minneapolis convention.
1t was as lately as that when the idea
entered the Presidents head.
Other Influences That Worked.
'sThen 1 think that Justices Brown and
Brewer, of the Supreme Court, lent hand,
and probably Wayne McVeigh put in
word. All of these gentlemen were with
Mr.. Shiras and graduated from the same
class at Yale College. as we'll as other dis
,Sa,piehod oopflamop a
BILE class, and, my word for it, that class,
with Chauncey M. Depew as the leader,
and he lust returned from the National Con-
vention after playing a part there which
would entitle him to ask any favor of the
President, brought about the nomination of
Mr.. Shiras, of whom 1 myself am great
admirer.
Some progress toward adjournment was
made in both the House and Senate, to-day.
In the former body the Raum investigation
report was put asleep without any fillibus-
tering against it whatever on the part of
the Republicans They simply obstructed
action on certain portions of the conference
report on the deficiency bill till the Demo-
Gratis gave up in despair the hope of getting
a quorum to-day and agreed to an adjourn
ment. This postpoues the Raum report in
definitely, if the Committee on Rules do
not think the case is urgent enough to be
day for consideration, which it will hardly
do.
A Decidedly Dreary Debate.
The debate, what there was of it, was de-
cidedly dreary. Mr. Enloe made the lead
ing speech. He is vindictive and awfully
partisan, but he is neither brilliant nor in
teresting. The thermometer marked 1000
in the shade The hall was sitting hot,
members retired to the cloakrooms, and
some of them stripped to their silken un-
derclothing to avoid possible prostration
from the heat. Only small portion of the
body remained in the chamber or made any
pretense to listen.
The capitol restaurant and respectable
saloons in the vicinity held nearly quo-
rum of members drinking drinks which
they claimed to be cooling, and the variety
of judgment as to just what was cooling
would have made fearful and wonderful
study for the bibulous connoisseur.
The few members who remained in the
hall famed themselves violently, opened
their vests-those who wore any-and some
even ventured to loosen button or two of
the Wristbands of their trousers. Repre-
sentatiyes John Dalzel1 and Harry Bing-
ham alone seemed to look cool They were
clad in such breezy gauzy costumes, neither |
fussing, tanning nor perspiring that one
would wonder whether ice would melt in |
their vicinity. |
The galleries were deserted. Visitors to |
the city did not care to satisfy curiosity at |
such an expense to comfort 1t was as fine |
q picture of a sizzling hot day in the House |
as has been seen for long years, and no |
wonder the members ran away from it, and |
no wonder that the mass of the Democrats |
declared they did not care q continental |
what became of Raum, they were going to |
find q cooler spot
Rusk in League With Them All.
Uncle Jerry Rusk evidently Joined in /,
with President Harrison and the Repub- i
licans, and a wave OF 1000 in the shade |
swept aside the adoption of the Raum re- |
port with o recommendation for the re-
moyal of that much-investigated gentle |
man. a
In the Senate 1t was much cooler, but 1t |
was hot enough. The ventilation OF the
Senate is superior to that of the House,
though it is bad enough. ltNeither heat,
nor frost, nor hail, nor thunder, however,
could prevent Senator George from putting /
the finishing touches on his speech on the
anti-optiou bill The finishing touches re-
ouired about three hours, and during that
time he never once mopped his brow or
took a drink of ice water. He slipped q
little port wine occasionally from glass
on his desk but from the length OF time 1t
stood there unexhausted it must have be-
come thoroughly mulled.
Mr. George is very thorough, but he is
avtully slow. Not more than three or four