Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-03-01
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SENATE AND HOUSE. Ssa5t
Condensed Record Of the Important
Transactions of Our National Law.
mnkers-Tke Work Done in Both
Branches.
Washington, Feb. 19.-The Democratic
members of the senate committe on
finance have decided that they will not
ne able to report the tariff bill to the
full committee on Tuesday next, us they
had announced they would be, and one
OF the members of the subcommitte which
has had the bill under consideration said
to-day that he would not attempt to say
when the bill could be reported. II shall
De very well satisfied" he said. IF the
bill is in shape to be reported by the
beginning of next week" The reason for
the postponement is discovered in the fact
that the work of satisfying Democratic
senators has been found very difficult
one, and the construction of q bill that
Is sure to be accepted by them, the un-
dertaking requiring many changes of pur-
pose and alterations oft he figures as
hrst made. When the subcommittee be-
gan their work they had before them the
/ NAesAs u - 0AAA upOA WHICH IL Was UOllttCu
| 1T would be an easy matter to secure
agreement, but this bill has been changed
in some respects several times and has
become so worn from handling and eras-
ures that it has become necessary to
destroy the original copy and replace it
with a new Que. There is still much de-
mand for concessions on the part of
\ senators on minor items, and many of the
most important features in the bill are
Enacted upon. Sugar is included in this
list and it looks as if it's fate would be
about the last question to be determined
by the subcommittee.
The fight over the silver seigniorage
bill was resumed in the house to-day,
and Mr.. Bland is confident that there
will be a quorum on hand to order the
previous question tomorrow. Once the
necessary quorum is obtained, and that
is only a question of time, as the oppo-
ntnts of the measure have practically
abandoned hope of defeating the bill, it
will be brought to a vote if need be by
a special order from the committee on
rules, the speaker having promised a
special rule if the emergency demands it..
Minor matters occupied the attention
Caffery and White of California have
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luton for this week, and it is probable
that other senators will speak upon the
subject before next Saturday.
Washington, Feb. 2O.-The president
of Senator Edward d. White of Louisi-
ana to be an associate justice of the
Urited States supreme court, to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Justice
Blatchford. The senate had hardly time
to recover from the surprise which the
I cmination had caused when the con-
frmation was announced. While months
had been spent in consideration of the
nominations of Messrs. Hornblower and
Peckham, and much time devoted to
them by tile senate committee on jul
dietary, the name of Mr.. White was not
referred to the committee at all, and in
less than an hour after the nomination
had been received the senate had placed
its seal of approval upon the selection
and robbed itself of an esteened member
and had given the supreme court the one
man necessary to make full bench.
Edward Douglas White will take his seat
on the supreme bench as the youngest
of the justices, and with the exception
of Justices Field and Harlan, he will
have entered at an earlier period in life
than any of the other justices, and will
have the exceptionally long term of twen-
ty-one years to serve before retirement.
Fourche, La, I'd was fcrty-eight years
of age last November. He was educated
at Mount st. Mary's, near Emmetsburg,
Nd, at the Jesuit college in New Or
leans, and finely at Georgetown college,
District of Columbia. He entered the
Confederate army, and after the war
was admitted to the bar by the Louisi-
ana supreme court, and practiced his pro-
fession during the troubled years which
followed the reconstruction period. In
1874 he began his political experience as
a state senator, lapslng into the law
again he became associate justice of the
supreme court Of Louisiana in 1878, but
again turning to political pursuits, he
was elected to the United States senate
to succeed Senator Eustis, at present
minister to France, taking his seat March
4, 1891. BY his appointment to-day he
will leave vacancy of full two years in
his senatorial term. The new justice is
a bachelor at present, but there is a
well defined rumor afoat that before the
year expires he will espouse well known
society woman who has been q brilliant
figure in Washington.
The session of the senate was un-
usually devoid of interest. Senator Hale
presented a resolution to investigate cer-
tsin printing contracts but the matter
did not even create a discussion in the
serate, although the resolution was
adopted. Senator Daniel opened his argu-
,nent in support of the administration in
the Hawaiian natter, and will conclude
t lEor1ow.
i The filibuster over the silver bill in
the house continued to-day, and an ad-
journment was had to give the Democrats
an opportunity to consider the situation
in caucus. An order arresting absentees
was passed.
I The success Of the filibuster against
the Bland silver seigniorage bill, which
has blocked proceedings in the house for
five days, forced the Democratic advo-
Gates Of the measure to in, okc the decree
of a caucus. There We're present 100
Democrats, but not Democratic member
of the New York delegation, all Of whom
have joined the obstructive movement,