The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-17

until tho regular session of the Joint
houses, whenever that may be.
Two prominent members of the
steering" committee are quoted as
being opposed to reorganization at
This time, and it may be that pro.
lon9eo struggle between the two par tics
will be prevented If their advice is fol.
lowed by the Democratic caucus. Should
tho caucus, however, vote Ito take up
the task of reorganizing it seems to DO
quite certain that the struggle will be
long and protrac,ed. AS q matter of
fact the Senate has never been re organ
lied in this particular at q similar extra
ordinary session. The Republicans at
tempted it in 1881, however. Tho Re.
Publicans now say that they desis.ed
from this attempt as soon as they
learned that they were seeking to
violate presidents of the Senate. II the
Democrats, therefore, attempt TO re.
organize at this session it is almost GER
tain that tho Republicans will show
light and prevent the contamination of
the plan ii 1t be within their power.
CALLERS AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, March 16-Visitors to
the White House began coming some
what earlier than usual and q larger
number of them consisted of Congress.
men, among them being Senators
Mitchell, Of Wisconsin; Hunton, of Vir.
ginis; Jones, OF Arkansas; Butler, Cam.
den, Palmer, Turpie, of Indiana; Dolph,
White, OF Louisiana; Proctor, Teller,
Wolcott, Mcmillan, George, Gordon,
Mcpherson and Smith, OF New Jersey,
and Representatives Wilson, of West
Virginia; Enloe, Psschall, of Texas;
Black, of Georgia; Forman, of Indiana;
Cable, Of Illinois; Wheeler, of Alabama,
Nnnl ynr -
Washington, OF Tennessee.
Speaker Crisp called to introduce Mr..
Russell, OF Georgia, new member.
Wheeler, of Alabama, and Washington,
of Tennessee, accompanied Col. Ed
Baxter, of Nashville, president of the
Tennessee State Bar Association, and
Judge l.. B. Mcfarland, of Memphis,
who presented additional papers urging
the appointment of Judge Lerton to
the circuit judgeship made vacant by
tho promotion of ldge Jackson to the
supreme bench. With ex.Representa-
tive Homphill, of South Carolina, was
Col. w. Il. Davis, of Chester, an appli.
cant for the position of United States
marshal for the district of South Caro-
lima. EN- Senator Wade Ham pton, can.
didate for the Office OF commissioner Of
railroads, was also one of the callers.
~ NO HURRY TO CONFIRM NOMINATIONS.
WAsHINGToN, March 16.-From it's
action today it is evident that the Sen.
| ate intends taking its time in the mat
ter OF confirming appointments. 1t was
supposed that as soon as the committees
we're reorganized the nominations, so
far made, would receive prompt action,
and that an executive session would be
had to-day. At the previous session it
was ordered that as soon as the com
mittees had been appointed the nomi.
nations should be referred. and those
sent in by the President up to date are
now in the hands of committees. These
might have been considered this morn
Ing in committee and confirmed to day,
but the adjournment Of the Senate un
TIL next Monday makes it impossible for
any Of the officials named by the Presi.
dent to assume their duties until the
middle of next week.
A prominent Senator on the Demo.
cratic side said this morning that the
Senate would not be in any great hurry
to go into the business Of confirming
nominations and intimated that possibly
they would wait until the elective
officers Of the Senate had been reorgan-
lied if it is determined to do this at
once. AS soon as this was done, he
said. the Senate would confirm every
nomination sent to it up to that time.
Senator Murphy, of New York, was
asked tonight il the report was true
that he would attempt to prevent the
confirmation of President Cleveland's
| New York appointments. "There is no
truth in it whatever" replied the
| Senator.
How about the confirmation of Rober.
Il. Maxwell and Edward Is. Whitney,"
The Now York Senators will 10 moth
ing 20 delay their confirmation. On the
contrary they will aid in having them
confirmed"
POOR CHANCE FOR LAsCELLEs.
| WASHINGTON, March 16-The United
States Supreme Court to-day intimated
| quito plainly what decision it will an
nounce in the future in regard to tho
appeal from the adverse decision of the
Georgia courts Of Sidney Lasceiles,
whose pyrotechnical swipdling opera
tions, under tho alias of Walter Beres.
ford. son OF Lord Beresford, gave him
much notoriety and caused much com
ment on the part Of the people OF stand.
ing into whose society he had been re-
caived. The Lascelles case came up for
argument in the court to-day and after
| listening to what his counsel had to say.
the court practically announced that il
did not think he had made out even a
doubtful case, informing the counsel for
the State that it did not care to hear
what ne had to say in reply.
Lascclles, in England. became &C
| ouainted with gentleman connec ted
| with the Etna ompany, OF Rome, Ga,
and securing letters of introduction on
| the representation that he was the son
OF Lord Beresford and wanted 10 invest
in property in America, came to this
country and successfully passed himself
on many prominent people as what he