The Portland daily press., 1893-03-17
CLEVELAND'S WRATH
At the Constitution Of the New Senate
Committees.
DECISION ADVERSE TO MAINE
RAILROADS BY INTERSTATE
COMMISSION.

Maine Pensions-Resignation of Commits
sioner Raum - The Senate is Slow
About Confieming Nominations.
WASHINGTON, March 16. - President
Cleveland is not pleased at the way in
which the Senate committees are made
up. He thinks that some of the Demo-
cratic Senators deliberately went out of
their way to make up the list contrary to
what they knew were his wishes. A
prominent Democratic Senator called at
the White House today and received a
reception upon which he had not count
ed. Mr.. Cleveland at once took him to
task for the makeup of the committees,
declared that they were SO made up as to
handicap the administration at the start,
and that his wishes tn the matter had
been completely ignored.
He complained that some Of the prin-
cipal committees are headed by men who
are known to be opposed to him and who
have fought him for some time. Then,
too, he complained that several of the
important committees, like those on ap-
propriations, commerce, foreign rela-
tions, immigration, judiciary, pensions
and railroads, all contain in their Demo-
cratic majority an overwhelming proper
ton of Senators who are opposed to him
personally and politically.
Three of the most vehement anti
Cleveland Democrats in the senate are
Pugh of Alabama, Ransom of N. O. and
Vance of N. G. Yet these three men
were given the most important places of
all, and the places that will exert the
greatest influence on legislation. He
expressed himself as especially indignant
at the appointment of Hill at the head of
the immigration committee The chair
manship will enable Hill to exert di-
rect influence upon any legislation bear
ing upon the control of quarantine, and
also enable him to exert an influence up
on the action of the senate upon the
nomination of collectors of the ports of
New York, Boston, Baltimore and other
immigration ports. {
Adverse to the Railroads.
The interstate commerce commission
today decided the case of James and Alb
bott against the Canadian Pacific, Maine
Central and Boston & Maine Railroad
companies, in favor of the complainants.
Among other points, they held that a
"drive'' of shingle logs down rivers
which flow past the place of cut in Maine
to seaport in Canada where shingle
mills are located, from which the pro-
duct may go by sea to market ports, af-
fects the shingle traffic from competing
with mills along the rivers at the place
in Canada and place in Maine, but oper-
aJes with less force at the latter point.
Railroad rate from Canadian mills to
market being fixed with especial refer
ence to effect of log drive to and water
port rate from the Maine mill should be
made upon the same basis. The defend
ants are ordered to restore the relation
of rates on shingles to Boston as they
" ere established after the filing of COM
plant herein, but soon after discentin-
ued, to wit, rate from Fort Fairfield,
Maine, not exceeding 1-2 cents above
the rate in force from Fredericton, Can
ada. Complainants' claim for reparation
is denied.
Senate Will Take Its Time.
From it's action today, it is evident that
matter of confirming appointments. 1t
was supposed that as soon as the COM
mittees were reorganized the nomina-
tions so far would receive prompt action,
and that an executive session would be
had today. At the previous session it
was ordered that as soon as the commit
nominations should be referred,
and those sent in by the President up to
date al in the hands of the committees.
These might have been considered this
morning in committee and confirmed to-
day, but the adjournment of the Senate
till next Monday makes it impossible for
any of the officials named by the Presi-
dent to assume their duties till the mid
die of next week.
Ratifying Extradition Treaties.
Under authority given by President
Cleveland to Secretary Gresham to ex-
change with Minister Grip certificates of
ratification of the extradition treaty be-
tween the United States and Sweden,
recently ratified by the Senate, the ex-
change will take place soon. Exchanges
of ratification of French and Russian
extradition treati es recently ratified by
the Senate will take place in Paris and
pb. ctcISouiS IoSpcCuVeiys pTOUdDly u6-
fore the end of next week.
A Do Nothing Day.
The only items of business transacted
by the Senate today were the presenta-
tion of various memorials from the leg
islature of North Dakota, and reference
of a resolution for the appointment of a
clerk to the committee on national banks.
Then at -. 10 the Senate adjourned.
Commissioner Raum Resigns.
The Secretary of the Interior today ac-
cepted the resignation of Green B. Raum
as commissioner of pensions, and desig-
mated Deputy Commissioner Davidson to
take charge of the Office until the ap
pointment of General Raums successor.
NTojpo Peusi0uS