The National tribune., 1895-06-27
CHAT OF THE CoPPIDoPs.

other time il might be different They say that
from the way the House decides contested cases
results are arrived at on party lines, and with
out due regard to the equities of the cases.
OF course, it is great temptation to any party
| that might be in control of the House to seize
npon chance TO increase its majority. Such
cases are TOO serious to be influenced by party
considerations. There is no branch OF our Gov
eminent that is so far removed from political
! influences courts. Contested election
cases should be tried in these courts, located
where the elections took place and where wit
nesses may be called. The courts should be
! given power TO summons witnesses TO testify
in such matters. This question, it is argued,
should be taken up by the next Congress and
decided once fer all.
Last week Clerk Kerr. Of the Honse, opened
the sealed evidence taken by the parties to the
contests in the Fifth. Sixth and Tenth Virginia
Congressional Districts for seats in the 5ith
Congress, and turned it over TO the Public
| Printer to put into shape for the use of the
/ Committee on Elections. These make 90 cases
! that have gone TO the Public Printer from the
! Clerks hands, leaving six cases on the Clerk s
/ docket. The evidence la th rec OF these will be
opened this week, as follows: A. ]. Goodwin
| VS.. J. E. Cobb, Fifth Alabama District; w. G..
| Robinson VS. George p. Harrison, Third Ala.
bama District; Robert II. Van Horn vs. John
c. Tarsney, Fifth Missouri District. No date
has been fixed for opening the evidence in the
eases of Ii. Dudley Coleman VS.. Chas. F. Buck,
Second Louisiana District. and Taylor Beattie
VS.. Andrew Price, Third Louisiana District
No evidence whatever has been received in the
case or Robert A. Chesebrough VS.. Geo. B. Nc
Ciellan, Twelfth New York District. of which
formal notice was given Clerk Kerr and the
attaches Of his Office are inclined to think that
| the contest has been abandoned. Mention is
made occasionally in the public prints of the
contests Of Hugh Il. Belknaf vs.. Lawrence Z.
Mccain. Third Illinois District, Snd of Timothy
J. Campbell VS.. Harry C. Miner, Nisth New
York District.
The parsimoniorsness Of Congress in sDsr->>-
priations for the carrying on of the Govern
ment Departments has led TO a state of extrava-
gGnce that amply emphasizes the old adsge,
Penny wise, pound fsolish.r If any Bureau
or Department of the Government should not
use up all the money allotted TO il during any
fiscal year, and certain amount should be
covered into the Treasury, the economical
Appropriation Committee would the following
year cut down the amount of the particular
Bureau TO the sum actually used during q
given year, regardless Of whether the money
was wanted for some purpose in one year that
would not be needed in another. So it is that
Al. n fha
have authority to make purchases figure very
closely how much they will need, and try to
buy enough to eat up the entire appropriation.
In some Bureaus many gimcrack is purchased
that is not needed because the officials have
learned that economy on their part means
skimping just when they do not want TO skimp.
The Government OF the United States is good
Government. but il is such big machine that
it ie sometimes run on a very curious basis
X
Hon. Henry Skinner, one Of the coming
Populist Representatives. has some views on
the Democratic tro-thirds rule in regard to the
nomination of free silver candidate for that
party. in an interview last week be said that as
4 two-thirds majority for free silver could never
DO obtained in the National Democratic Con-
vention. it were idle to expect the Democracy
to adopt free coinage plank or nominate
free coinage man. 1t simply could rot be done
under the two-thirds rule, and that rule was
too venerable TO be abandoned. The Demo-
Gratis, therefore, cannot and the Republicans
will not declare for the white metal, and so the
friends of silver will have no recourse but 10
become Populists, and they will do SO by the
thousand" confidently asserted the Congress
man.
Heads OF Department.. here get some
queer communications occasionally. Post
master-General Wilson has received CON-
munication from Postmaster of town in
Upsher County, w. Va. who asks that, on
account of the burning of his store and post.
Office, the President and the members of his
Cabinet should give him something to make
good his recent losses, amounting TO 81, 500 TO
$1,000. He suggests 800 each. Accompanying
the letter is subscription list for the citizens
of Washington. P0stmaster-G General Wilson
has replied that this request is only one of
great many, and he could not sec his way clear
TO make it special By bringing it before the
President.
Gov. w. T. Thornton, of Santa Fe, predicts
some good things for the people of New Mexico
he was here last week, and in an interview
said: The outlook for New Mexico in the
future il particularly bright and encouraging.
The cattlemen, especially at present. are iubi
liant over the increase OF the price Of cattl. of
about % per cent, and the late general heavy
rains also give JOY to the farmers and fruit
growers, so that they now ex pecting abupd
ant crops. in sheep, Now Mexico stands third
in rank in the United States and while the
sheep owners have lost quite heavily lately
owing TO the low price Of wool, yet they hone
for better times in the not distant future For
some years the stOckmen have been selling
their cattle at So per head TO DO sent to the
Northwestern States TO be fsttened, but now,
owing to great system OF irrigation on the
Rio Grande and pecos rivers and some other
places the stockmen fatten their cattle on
alfalfa, and sell them al Sl5 head"
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Secretary Smith, Of the Interior Department