The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-03-04
NO 49,
ImPORTANT DEoIsIONs-

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The Uzltsd states supreme Court upho5as
tle Mckinley Art-rhu HeriHE sea sat
ter-syo HOPE FoF the Condemned chIuz-
so AnarchIsts-
YYAsursaroS. bIsrch The three
cases in which importers sought @ test
the conztituGoullitT OF the Ne ckinlev
tariff act were yesterday decided 10y the
United States supreme court Tho
business arms who brought tho suit
were Boyd. Sutton s. CO.. Herman
StaEubach & Co, and Marshall,
EieId s. Co The grounds -uu
which iL was maintained that the
tariff was uuC8ustituttouaL ss ere that
tine tobacco rebate section of the buL
had been omitted in enrolment after
passage by congress aud tlerer5fore
the bill signed by Lhc president was not
the liL passed by the Legislative de-
plr-mcue OF the governments tanl
the reciprocity feature was
trausmi--51n 90 rhs executive OF
the JaE-uli-iuE power and rlcre-
and, last 81, that the act was void bee
cause of tho sugar bounty provision
The court affirmed the Judgments OF
New York and Illinois courts OF tie
United States in favor of the coaattu-
tiouuIity OF The act
HAEwAED-uEEISG SEA CASE
yVAsmsoroS- March 1.-The United
favor OF the United States iu the Hay
wurd-narinE sea case Tho uppl.isB-
tion FOR writ OF prohibition agaius
the Alaska court IS denied.
The whole case should mot J1 c1u-
founded with the negotiations between
the United States aud Great Britain
looking 60 the subm issiaG 10 arbitration
of the Bgriug sea seal fisheries which
reached "a favorable conclusion to-day.
Sir Julian puuuCefote, the British mine
lister, met Secretary Blaine Dv appoint
meutat the state department to-day aud
signed tine treaty OF arbitration uu
behalf of Great Britain he said ha
had been fully authorized by Lord Sul-
isbury TO take this action Mr. blaine
signed the document ON behalf of this
government and the matter was cone
summated so far as the diplomatic part
of the business is concerned Tho
treaty is still subject, however to- tus
action OF the British parliament and
the United States senate
The exact terms of the treaty cannot
Es stated. but it is known that lho
board of arbitration will consist OF
seven persons. two representing the
United States, two representing Great
Britaiu-oua OF whom is tu ba "a Cana
dtau-anG one each representing tho
neutral governments OF France. SDC-
den and italy.
DECISION AGAINST THE AEAuoHIsr=-
WAsuINeroN, March L-TLe supreme
court of the United States has eNtiu-
guished the luSt hope OF ths two i'u-
prisoucd anarchists 10y affirming ths
decision uE the supreme court or
Illinois and tho circuit court
OF the United States Tor the uuTtECrn
district OF Illinois iu the cases of Sam-
ueI Fieldcu and Michael SehHlb vsr-
sus the warden of tho Joliet paulteu-
Liury. These two men were sentenced
TO be hanged with Spies and the other
anarchists for completely iu the Hay
market riot 80 Chicago but tlcir
I sentences were uommutel TO life in-
prisoumcnb by the governor. Iu tho
application for Writs of hlBels corpus
which the court to-day denied, counsel
for the two men alleged that their -rn-
leuCs was iu violation of IEe cou-f fiJu-
. ton because the men were mot Iu court
fin person when she Illinois surrauI
court rendered Judgment s1staiuius tho
decision of tLe trial court and thut -eu-
tence. and that their right -o say why
sentence should not bl passed upon
them had b.cG denied It was "a aI
coutendcd shat while the governor of
Illinois had power 70 commute tHs
sentence, no warrant was given by law
for tho communication Other minor
points were also brought iu-