The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1895-02-01
NEWS FROM THE CAPITAL.
Y TASHINGTON, D. C., Jan.
M 29th, 1S95--Justice Har-
" Ian this week deliverpd an

''so A~OAA WIZ AOS1oiOn VI IuC leu
States Supreme Court III favor of the
sugar trust, in the case brought ag. inst
that trust under the antitrust law.
that may make him president of the
United States. At any rate, it would
certainly be desirable to have a presi-
dent who would hold the views
expressed in this opinion hy Justice
Harlan. He believes with thousands.
nay millions, of patriotic citizens that
the unchecked growth of gigantic mon
opOlies and trusts for the control of
the necessarles of life is IA menauce to
the existance of our government, and
that they must he made amenable to
law.
The chief obstacle to the agreement
of the senate upon financial bill is
President Cleveland. That fact was
clearly brought out this week, when
Senator Ransom visited the White
House at the instance of certain dem
Ocratic SENATORS. Mr.. Cleveland will
haze nothing that in any way
favors silver, although he was fatty
told that nothing could he done unless
silver was favored. Two new bills
have been introduced in the senate,
one by Mr.. Jones, of Arkansas, for the
issue Of $500, 600, 900 III bonds, the
unlimited coinage of silver on the
basis of silver dollar. being given for
dollars worth of bullion at the mar
ket price and allowing national banks
to issue currency TO the par value of
bonds and reducing taxation OH their
currency; the other-by Senator Smith,
CT New Jersey,-fOr the same amount
OF bonds and a currency commission to
Investigate and report next December.
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Judge Ricks, of Ohio, will not he
impeacled. That was practically set
tlei when the House judiciary Com
mictee decided, last week, to reopen
the case and give Judge Kicks hear
ing. Therefore nobody was surprised
when that committee after the hearing
by vote of 9 to adopted the follow
ing; Resolved, That while the COM
mite is not satisfied that Judge Kicks
has been guilty of any wrong commit
ted while judge that will justify it in
reporting resolution of impeachment,
yet the committee can not to strongly
censure the practice under which
Judge Kicks made up his accounts.
Although this can hardly be considered
4 vindicatlon for Judge Kicks, it isn't
satisfactory 10 Representative Bailey,
of Texas, who will present a minority
report to the house, in favor of i'm
peachment.
The idea of u senatorial investiga-
ton of the charges Of election frauds
i'll the South, which was first broached
by the Alabama populists. and which
is being pushed Ill their behalf by
pOpulist senators, has new and
strong supporter Ill the person Of sell
ator Butler, of South Carolina. MI.
Butler does not advocate an investiga-
ton in Alabama, but he has presented
petition from DR.. Sampson Pope,
late candidate for Governor of South
Carolina OH the .antl-Tillman demo-
cratic ticket, asking that an investiga.
tiOii of long list of specified election
frauds at the late election in that
state be made by the senate, and lie
endorses the petition. lie cannot
consistently vote for an investigation
in South Carolina and against one in
Alabama.
The delegation sent here by the five
civilized tribes of Indians to oppose
the bill providing Territorial form
of government for the Indian Terri
tory might AS we'll to have staid at
home and saved their expenses, not
withstaEding the advice of Washington
L 'bbyists itching for a fee to the
contrary. The bill is dead, but it
wasn't the Indians nor the LOBBYISTS
who did the killing. 1t was a quiet
tip from President Cleveland which
let the author aud the friends of the
bill know that if All attempt was made
to pass it at this session it would he
antagonized by the administration.
That settled its fate in short order.
although those who get paid for saying
so still talk as though, the bill was
likely to pass unless their efforts
against It are kept up.
The Railroad pooling bill has heen
favorab!y reported to. the senate with
out amendment, but, although Il
majority of the senate is believed to
favor it, there is much fear expressed
10y the railroad lobby that it may not Q
voted upon at the present session.
Several shrewd senators, ampng them
Senator Gorman. are reported to be