Arizona republican., 1897-11-26
Will Oppose McKenna'S Confirm
 alton as Justice
ON ACCOUNT OF SECTION 22
NuIlified By the Attorney Gen.
 erals. Opinion
Europe's DeDenaenco Upon the United States for Whsat-Clvil Service in the Treasury D%past- msnt-HaWaiIan Annexation.

will oppcse the nomination or cOnfir- nation of Attorney General McKenna as associate justice of the supreme court because of his decision on sec- tion P of the Dingley tariff law. The insertion of this section of the bill was due to Elkins, and Me Kennais decision against it aroused his ire The opinion prevails, how even, that E,lkins can be brought into line for McKenna, and will ultimately refrain from opposing his confrma- tion.
 The solicitor of the treasury, to whom was referred legal complica- tions growing out of the removal of deputy collectors of internal revenue after Attorney General McKenna de- clined to give an opinion on the sub ject, will follow the example of Mo Kenna and not attempt to determine whether or not collectors are clothed with the power of appointment and removal Assistant Secretary Wander lip said to-day that the whole matter is just where it started, and that no opinion is expected from the solicitor until after congress convenes. It is naturally inferred that the solicitor has found that the secretary does not wish his opinion, and the inference is natural that efforts will go no fur ther with what appears to be an ait tempt to evade the civil service law cfr,,o ofi .Hf in position to that of khe civil service commissioners. It has been deter mined that the present order shall be enforced until time Is secured to modify the regulations or until some action is taken by congress which can be regarded as an expression oI sen timent concerning the whole system. In the meantime it Is understood the opinion of the law and aFpiiea- tion to employees of internal revenue collectors prepared by civil service commissioners may be accepted by
 treasury department
 William Blaine, chairman of the board of directors of one of the larg- est milling companies in Great Brit ain, who has been in this country in- vestigating the American wheat SUD- ply, will sail for Europe in a few days convinced that the world will have to depend on the United States to make up the shortage in the wheat crcp which has been found to exist in near 1y every wheat raising country in the
 
 Limited States. Blaine is not specu- lator in wheat, but a practical miller, and his observations were for the purpose of ascertaining just where he could procure enough wheat to supply the enormous demand which is made upon his establishment in England each year. He says there will be a constant demand for American wheat during the coming year which he thinks will increase until the crops of next fall are harvested.
 Blaine thinks that the wheat pres poets in Argentine are far better than they were last year, but his ex- elusive investigations as to the condi- ticns in France lead him to believe that the crop there is the worst known in the present generation. He says the French crop is nearer to a failure than any time since 1865 and that France will be obliged to rely up on the United States for a supply.
 The United States, he delcares, has an advantage not only in its surplus of wheat, but in it's power of increas- ing the estimated surplus for the coming year. He believes that 'the almost universal use of corn for bread food in the United States" will tend to make a large wheat surplus which can be shipped abroad. Especially is this the case he says when the price of wheat is carried above certain fig ures.
 Six weeks ago, when Mr. Blaine left England, there was only ( months supply of wheat to meet tht local demand there and for that req son English millers are making enor. nous purchases in this country an6 Canada. One of the advantages o American wheat pointed out by tht
 
 Englishmen is that it is adapted if many different uses, and it is almost impossible, Blaine says, for the whea, crop to fail in all parts of the countr, where different grades of wheat ar. grown. The continued exportation, of wheat will tend to maintain an( increase the excess of exports owe, imports which has prevailed duri the past six months
 Representative Deliver of low; says he doubts if congress does nor, than to pass immigration and appro priation bills. He says, of course that Hawaii will be annexed.