The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-10
NO HURRY ABOUT 1T
CONFIRMATION OF GEORGE 7. AN
THONY HANGS FIRE

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Appointed as Insurance Commissioner, TIT
Senate Hesitates to Confirm Him--Pop
ulists Hate Him With an Edifying Cor
diality, but are Divided as to Whether
They Want to XIII Him on at Once OIL
Let Him OmciaIly Live, with the Chair.
| table View Thereby to Stir Up the Young
Republican Crowd.
Topeka. Kan. Feb. 9.-(SpeciaD-The
senate committee has still the confir.
| nation Of George T. Anthony under cor
sideration and their report is eagerly
! watched for. When they will make il
| nobody knows. but it is probable tina,
nothing will be done until the return
| Of Senator Lands, who left last night
| for Medicine Lodge where his daughter
| lies at the point of death. Senator Ian
dis is one of the Populist senators who
is bitterly opposed TO Ex-Governor An
| thony, and it is said that he secured
| promise that the confirmation of the
gentleman as state commissioner of in
| surance would not be called up in his
absence.
When Mr.. Anthony's name was pre-
scented to the senate the Populist mem
bers attacked him and it is said tina.
Mr.. Sterne, the Republican senator Of
Shawnee county, was rather glad of il
for some heason not yet satisfactorily
explained. Senator Jumper of Usage
read several extracts from the Leaven-
worth Times in which the anliable Dan
Anthony fairly skins his cousin. 1t is
unnecessary to repeat the extracts in
question as they have appeared con-
spicuously in PoDulist papers for three
or four years.
Senator Dennison of Butler county
was recognized by the chair and he
said that he had been informed by a
Republican member of the house that
Mr.. Anthony was accused of taking a
bride amounting to $4,000 while he was
railroad commissioner. He said that
he afterward saw certain letters which
tended to increase the suspicion. He
did not. however, pretend to say that
the charges were true. This gave SEN
ator Sterne a chance to come forward
and he made a motion for the appoint
ment Of committee to investigate G..
L. Anthony's public official record. The
motion carried and Senator Sterne was
appointed chairman of the committee.
Notwithstanding the charges and the
investigation it is the general opinion
that the nomination Of Mr.. Anthony
will be confirmed.
mon enemy Of all of them, but that they
are divided into two factions; one whose
members will not vote to confirm him
under any circumstance and another
faction whose members will vote for
him on the idea that it will make young
Republicans hot and thereby cause a
split in the Republican ranks. The
latter faction is sufficient to aid the Re-
publican side Of the house in effecting
the confirmation.
COURT OF APPEALS.
Representative Robinson of Jackson
county has introduced court bill that
is creating favorable comment. 1t
privides for a court of record called the
court Of appeals inferior to the supreme
court and superior to the district
courts, and unless otherwise provided
by law IT will cease to exist March 81,
1901. 1t is to consist of six judges and
is to be divided into two departments
OF three judges each. The judges to be
appointed by the governor and to hold
office until April l, 1897. Their success
sors are to be elected at the general
election in November, 1896, for the term
Of four years from April 1, 1897. The
court Is to have exclusive appellate
jurisdiction in civil cases where the
amount in controversy exclusive of
costs does not exceed $1,000, except in
cases involving the constitution OF the
United States or federal questions or
the validity of treaty or statute OF
the United States or actions in the
nature Of quo warrato. The court sits
at Topeka and is to hold three sessions
year. The salaries of the judges are
to be thes anne as the judges of the
supreme court The judges are to
elect one of their member chief justice
at he April session each year. who is TO
act as such chief justice until the next
April session. and he is to assign the
cases to the different departments. All
cases orally argued are to be heard by
the court sitting in benc. but for the
purpose Of consideration, disposition
and decision of cases, the departments
may sit separately, put If any judge
dissents in the department in any case
the court is to sit in benc and consider
such case and a decision of majority
Of the judges will govern.
The court is authorized to appoint
clerk and reporter and is to have power
to make rules for it's government. All
provisions Of law preventing any regu-
lating method of taking cases to SUI
preme court and of procedure therein
the court of appeals. The supreme
court. as soon as practicable after the
taking effect of the act, transfer and
certify to the court Of appeals as many
of the cases pending in such supreme
court as il may deem necessary for the
relief Of the supreme court, the sub
ject matter Of which is within the juris-
diction of the court of appeals, and is to
have experimenting control over said
court rlan1anNS prohibition
certiorari When the court ceases to
exist, all cases pending and undermined
are to be certified by its clerk to the
supreme court
MORSE'S CHANCES.
Orie Morse, candidate for warden of
the state penitentiary. returned to his
home in Wellington today after weeks
hard work in Topeka looking after his
interests. Mr. Morse has made Won
derful fight for the position and his
friends say that he will get the place
without doubt. He has presented TO
the governor as fine q list of indorse-
ments as have been presented up to
date The two strong men now in the
race are Mr. Morse and Bruce Lynch,
who was defeated two years ago for
state treasurer.
Governor Morrill, this afternoon sent
to the senate for confirmation the name
OF W. c. Bird of Kansas City. Kan, to
be labor commissioner to succeed j. L.
Todd. Bird is a machinist and was in
dorsed by labor organizations OF Kan
sas City. Kan. The salary of the labor
commissioner is $1,000 a year.
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