The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-16

Acknowledgement and the President were
for this position. Catchings said he had
known Foote for many years, and even
when they were young men together Foote
was known and appreciated in Mississippi
as man of rare legal attachments.
Some of Mr.. Caminetti's friends declare
that had he consented to have become
candidate for this place he would have
been appointed. Representative English
says he knows this would have been the
case. Mr.. Caminetti is naturally discom-
fitted about his partners defeat, but is
somewhat consoled by the consciousness
that he stood by his partner to the last and
did not yield to entreaties of his friends to
allow his own name to be presented. He
will not, as reported, become a candidate
for the new United States circuit Judge
ship ninth Circuit).
The bill creating this new Office passed
the House to-day and goes to the President
for his signature. There will be half a
dozen candidates, prominent among whom
are United States District Judge Ross of
Los Angeles and Judge Wallace of San
Francisco. This judgeship pays $4,000 a
with chances in favor of Judge Ross, who
is earnestly supported by Senator White.
DIN Welborns presence in Washington
for several weeks past has occasioned some
speculation, but now it develops that he
came on here in the interest of Judge Ross.
When DIN Welborn was a member of Con-
gress from Texas he established close
friendship with Representative Culberson
of that State and their relations have been
Intimate ever since. Culberson is chair
man of the Committee on Judiciary of the
House, is a man of commanding influence
In Congress and with the administration.
He has been working most zealously to get
this bill creating new iudgeship passed
by Congress. He went to his fellow men,
bers of the Committee on Judiciary and
asked them as special favor to report the
bill, and so the measure, which had passed
the Senate without ever having been
referred to any committee of that body,
was submitted to the House with only one
or two lines of recommendation from the
Judiciary Committee, thing almost
unheard of in Congress considering the
Importance of the bill.
Judges Mckenna and Morrow wired to
friends here to support the bill, and for
this reason it would have been opposed by
some members. 1t is believed Olin We'll
born wants to step into Judge Ross shoes,
if the latter is appointed Circuit Judge.
GeaIy, aminetti and Bowers have Sc
cured 49, signatures to the Nicaragua
canal petition, seventy of whom are Re-
publlcans, the others Democrats. Crisp
will give his decision tomorrow. There is
possibility that the House may consider
the bill to appoint engineers to investigate,
and if their report is that the project is a
feasible one to undertake at an expense of
$100, 600, Congress can then take further
action.
Huntington is still here, and his Heuten-
ants are busy, but Judge Mcguire insists
that the Pacific railroads will not have an
other day in this Congress. Approaching
this, the railroaders will doubtless try and
compromise at 30 cents on the dollar, cash
payment to be authorized in an attempted
Senate amendment to the sundry civil APP
preparation bill.
Senator Perkins has secured from the
Appropriations Committee OF the Senate
promise to restore the salary OF Professor
Davidson and others of the Coast Geodetic
Survey. He will also endeavor to secure
an increase for the quarantine service at
Angel Island. The result of his visit to
Marine Surgeon Wyman, In company with
representative Loud, is a letter sent to the
Senate by DR.. Wyman to-day recommend
ing an Increase of So, 900.
The prospects are that the house Will