The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-01-23
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Fourteen States Remiss in Their Re.
turns.
PILING THE PENALTIES UPON DE-
LINQUENT BANK OFFICIALS.
Check Upon the Pinkertons. Possible
Vacancies Upon the Supreme Bench: =

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Vacancies Upon the Supreme Bench: =
WASHINGTON, January 21-Certiicates
of all the, states IF the votes cast for
President and Vice President ought to
be in the hands of the President of the
Senate by Monday next. Fourteen states
have failed SO far to comply with the
law by sending on their electoral certifi-
Gates by messenger. and many of those
states which have complied with the law
have done SO in SO slipshod a manner
that if the late elect on had been in any
way, close, an official ascertainment of
the result might have been made almost
impossible, Many messengers purport-
ing to bring on the action of the states
have come utterly unp nprovided with Gre
dentials. Kansas was one of the most
conspicuous offenders in this respect.
Many packages brought by messengers
have had nothing on the outside to indi-
cate their contents. Two states sent
their votes to the president of the
Unitod States instead of to the ''Presi-
dent of the Senate and Idaho sent her
votesto the Secretary of States Many
states failed to endorse on the package
what it contained. Some messengers
have been able to say there was a sealed
and endorsed package inside the outer
envelope. In that case the President of
the Senate has opened the outer casing
and found duly certified package in
side. In other cases the messengers
have said they did not believe there was
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instances the envelopes have been put in
the Senate safe and left untouched. They
may contain the electoral vote or may
not.
Senator Manderson of Nebraska, Pres
ident pro tenn of the Senate, in the alb
sence from the city of Vice President
Morton, is custodian of these electoral
certificates. He is fully alive to the dan
ger this lax compliance with the law in
wolves.
Gresham and His Ambitions
Judge Gresham is quoted as having
said when here the other day to friend
that there was nothing in the report con-
Meeting his name with Mr.. Cleveland's s
cabinet
1t is said that he has strong hopes that
President Cleveland will give him the
coveted promotion from his pre- ent posi-
ton as circuit judge, denied him. by
President Harrison.
In spite of all denials, the retirement
of Chief Justice Fuller by resignation
and Justice Field and Justice Blatch-
ford to the supreme court pension list,
to which they are eligible, and of Justice
Lamar by special act on account of his
i'll health, continue to be talked about as
affording opportunities for Cleveland for
making three or four appointments in
the next year to the supreme bench.
The Pinlertons.
There is a prospect that at last a report
will be made to the house by the special
subcommittee soon of the House judi
ciary com mittee which investigated the
Pinkerton system and the Homestead
troubles. The report will show there is
agreement on the facts developed by the
inves igation and that members are
no legislation on the part of Congress is
called for as result of the investigation
To Make 1t Criminal Offence.
Mr.. Bacon of New York, from the
committee on banking and currency,
submitted to the House today, accom-
panied by report recommending its
passage, a bill amending the statutes so
as to make wilful omission from bank
books bv bank officials or employees Grim
inal offences.
The statutes as they now exist leave
room for doubts whether the omissions
to make entries in the books of associa-
tions is an offence.
The examination made after the fail
ure of the Spring Garden and Keystone
banks of Philadelphia and the Maverick
of Boston disclosed many omissions of
the most serious and injurious charac-
ter.
McComas's Confirmation.
The opponents of the confirmation of
Judge McComas threaten to talk his
nomination to death.
They say they will have no difficulty
in doing this during the comparatively
little time left for executive sessions to
consider all nominations between now
and March 4.
All the charges brought against him
turned out to amount to nothing, but
they served the purpose for which they
made in delaying action upon the nomi-
nation, which they think will prevent
his confirmation, if his opponents in the
Senate carry out their plan.
House.
Mr.. Bankhead of Alabama, chairman of
the committee on public buildings and
grounds, reported back the resolution
calling on the Secretary of the Treasury
for information regarding the amou is
appropriated for public buildings and
the condition of the work.
Mr.. Dingley of Maine, declared that
more has been done during the present
administration in the way of construction
of public buildings than during the
previous administration. Resolution
adopted.
Mr.. Cultivate called up the Senate
bill for marking the lines of battle at
Gettysburg. Several amendments were
recommended by the committee on mill
tary affairs, and these gave the opponents
of the measure an opportunity to fill
buster against it. and the morning hour
expired without the final action on the
bill.
Mr.. Blount reported the consular and
diplomatic appropriation bill and it was
placed on the calendar. Then the floor
was accorded to the committee on COM