Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-02
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From Our Regular Correspondent
Washington Jan. y. 1898.


House and Senate I'll account OF the
death of some man who Is or mas
been promirent in public life has been
so frequent at this session that the
adjustment OF the custom Is DelnS
seriously talked of in Congressional
circles. Said cX-Speaker Reed on the
subject. .'It strikes me that this ad-
iournmcnt business is carried TO lar.
1t is well enough in certain instances.
but in others it is simply hollow
mockery that takes the form Oh an
excuse to shirk work. Reples
eptative Burrows OF Michigan, said;
''The meaning OF these frequent adj
tournaments is that the House does
not intend to do any business at TINS
session. But they do no harm, for
the democratic party is always SAFE
when going to AZ funeral Represen-
tative Stewart. OF Illinois, asks this
tOnundrum: IF we adjourn twice II
week on account of somebody's death
" hen the population is only 6O,OOO,OOO
how many days will we be in session
VIII IN there are ten times sixty million
and the prominent men increase in
proportion?' The question may bc
shirked now, but sooner or later it
will have to be met and settled. and
there is only one commonsense way
to settle it.
New Mexico, Oklahoma and Utah
may come into the Union as full
fieGged States. SO said Il caucus OF re-
publican senators held tins week. 1t
has not b zen fully d2:iu I'd Wht ther
the three territories will be admitted
in one bill or each have.a seperate bill
The matter is to have the right OF
way in the Senate after the anti
option and the ''CherOkee Strip" bill,
new before the Senate and the Mic
aragua bill. yet to be taken up are
disposed OF. This will throw it quite
tie in the session and may result in
it's failure as the Senate will be
bound to give lots OF it's time to the
appropriation bills none OF which it
has yet acted upon.
Cooler than the recen cold weather
is the proposition seriously advanced
by democrats that the president shall
not fill the vacancy in the Supreme
curt causes, by the death of Justice
Lamur, but leave it for the demo-
cratic President to fill. The princi-
pal argument advanced i'll support
Of this unique proposition is that
there are to many republicans already
ON the bench of the Supreme Court.
If the President really held doubts
about the Wi0sOm of filling this
vacancy this argumen would decide
! him in fnuOr OF making the appoint
ment for there never w;ls Il period
| whom it was more necessary to have
Il majority OF that court made up Of
men who have republican ideas of
Constitutional law than for the four
years beginning the +. OF next March.
There is no telling what the dem, :
cratic administer ton and Congress
might be tempted to d. ii they knew
there was Il states right democratic
Supreme Court to pass upon the
cOnstitutiOnality OF their acts. Your
correspondent viola teS no confidence
in making the positive tatement
lat the President will promptly I'll
this vacancy and from talks with re-
publican Senators it is evident that
the man nominated will be promptly
confirmed, no matter how much
kicking the democratic Senator's may
do. Providence has given the presi-
dent the opportunity to make t.
reasonably certain that the Supreme
Court will remain republican and it
will not be neglected,
Representative Abner Taylor, of
illinois prominent republican mem
Der of the House Coinage committee
said concerning the present agitation
for the repeal of the Sherman silver
law: Il know that three-fou.ths,
and believe four-fifths OF the repub-
llcans III the House ale opposed to
any repeal at this session and will
vote against it. Nothing can be
done. The matter will go over for
the new administration to deal with"
Four States Indiana, Montana,
wisconsin and Oreeun] failed to
send by messenger duplicates of the
officials ELECTORAL vote warded bv
mail. 1t was at first thought that
III order to comply with the law the
Secretary of State would
nave TO se1d a messenger for the
duplicate returns but after a. confer
ance with Attorney General Miller.
and careful examination of the law
1t was decided to be unnecessary as
one set OF returns had been received