Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-21
SHIRAS. SURELY SAFE,
Though Cameron Is Disgruntled and
Expects Help From Quay.
NO SERIOUS DELAY PROBA BILE.
The Judiciary Committee Of the Senate
Temporarily Political Tie.
A WILD STORY AFLOAT AT THE CAPITOL
rrRoM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT

rFRoM STAFF CORRESPONDENCE
WASHINGTON, July 20.-Austere Sena-
tor Cameron and his non-committal col
league, Senator Quay, are said to have
declared against the nomination of George
Shiras, Jr., as Justice of the United States
Supreme Court In Quay's case at least,
though, the announcement 10 not credited.
'It was a personal insult to both Senator
Quay and myself, and especially to me, )"
are the words attributed to the senior Sen
ator from Pennsylvania while discussing
the nomination. Cameron championed j.
Hay Brown, of Lancaster, almost to the
point of being a nuisance to President Har-
rison. He succeeded in getting Quay's in
dorsement for Mr. Brown. Very amusing
stories are told of Senator Cameron's efforts
to impress upon President Harrison's mind
the necessity, the absolute necessity of
nominating Mr. j. Hay Brown. To all OF
the Senator'S vigorous Endorsements of the
Lancaster candidate the President is re-
ported to have answered nothing.
Not Q Promising Scheme.
Mr.. Cameron indignation is said to have
assumed such furious tone that he de-
clared his intention to chang up" the NOM
ination, counting on the cooperation of
Senator Quay Little stock is taken in the
probable success of efforts to chang up"
Mr.. Shiras' nomination. The motives of
anyone urging such a step would be trans
parent, it Is argued No point can be made
against Mr.. Shiras, and political motives
alone would be responsible for opposition
to him.
There are quite number of Yale gradu-
ates among the Republicans in the Senate,
and it is hardly likely that the unreasoning
antagonism of even. such Senatorial factors
as Messrs. Quay and Cameron would pre-
vail against clear record and admitted fit
ness The usual post-nomination bluster,
always to be expected after an important
Presidential appointment, will not in this
case, it is thought, amount to anything
more substantial than vocal vaporing.
Apropos of this state of affairs story
is in circulation tonight to the effect that
the Democratic members of the Senate
Judiciary Committee (Which committee
will have Mr.. Shiras' nomination to con-
sider) will oppose it. According to the re-
port they will object to his confirmation on
the claim that Mr.. Shiras received the ap-
poIntment as part of political bargain
whereby an enormous campaign fund is to
The Committee Just Now a Tie.
Under the ordinary circumstances Demo-
cratic opposition in the Senate judiciary
Committee would avail nothing, but it
happens that Senator Hoar of this COM
mittee is absent in Europe and the COM
mttee stands five Democrats and five Re
publicans. Were it possible: to carry out
such scheme, the story goes, the nomina-
tion would 60 over until next session, per-
haps defeated altogether. Mr.. Dalzell
would not discuss the matter at any length
tonight. He would not borrow trouble
but would wait until it came, he said, and
did not apprehend any diff Guilty.
Senator Quay spoke pleasantly tonight
of Mr.. Shiras and intimated he would not
oppose his confirmation. Senator Cameron's
position is not so clear. He refuses to sub
ject himself to an interview.
From the 13 original States, which con-
tain two-thirds of the country entire popu-
lation there will be but three Justices,
Gray, Blatchford and Shiras The West
has four representatives. Chief Justice Full
Ter and Justices Field, Brewer and Brown.
The South has two Justices Harlan and
Lamar M. F. I.