Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-02-16
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Grosvenor Announces the Members
to Recommend Legislation.
The "ENBALMED BEEF" COURT.
Its Meeting Delayed because several Per.
sons Are snOwb0und-The Joint High
COmmissi0n-A New Extradi-
tiOn Treaty with Mexico.


venor, Of Ohio, chairman of the repub-
lican caucus, yesterday announced the
appointment OF the following repub-
licans of the house as members on the
committee on financial legislation,
provided for by the resolution Of the
republican caucus: Representatives
Henderson, of Iowa; Payne, OF New
York; Dalzell, of Pennsylvania; Kerr,
OF Ohio; Ilawley, of Text J; Lowering, Of
Massachusetts,; Overstreet, of Indiana;
Curtis, of Kansas; Loud, of California;
Babcock, Of Wisconsin, and Morriss, OF
Minnesota II will be observed that
no member OF the banking and cur
rency committee or the coinage,
weights and measures committee is put
upon this copmittee. Referring to
this fact Gen. Grosvenor said
made the appointments in that way after
full and free conference with most OF the mem
bers Of the committees and with prominent
members OF the house, II must not be for q
moment understood that the omission OF mem
bers OF these committees from the caucus COM
mittee was Intended to in any wise reflect
upon the distinguished gentlemen who COM
pose these two great committees, but on the
contrary the idea prevailed. that inasmuch Us
any bill or bills which might be agreed upon
by the republican caucus would have to 20 10
one or both Of these committees for thor lna
action and report 1t would be unwlse to ask
these gentlemen TO make any decision or take
sides In any way in any dispute Of policy or dc.
tail, and 1t was deemed wisest and best that
the committee should remain wholly indie
pendent and non -o0mmittal as to the details OF
the report md be free TO act independently
with the final judgment of each member unln-
fiuenced and unaffected by the action of the
caucus committee. In this way we will ulti-
mately have the opinion Of the caucus com.
mttee OF i members Of the house and Of such
committee as the senate may see iii to provide,
and then the deliberate judgment Of the proper
committee Of the house
THE "EMBALMED BEEF" COURT
Washington, Feb Is, THE weather
indications led to the prediction at the
war department yesterday that the
court Of inquiry to investigate Gen,
Miles charges as to the character OF
the army meat would not assemble on
time. Gen, Wade is on his way here
from st. Paul, aud is believed to be
somewhere between Chicago and the
Atlantic coast. Col, Gillespie and Re.
corder Davis are in town, but Gen.
George W. Davis, who is on his way
here from Cuba telegraphed that he
was snowbound at Augusta Ga The
court will have its quarters in the
Lemon building. Whether session
will be open or secret is for the court
to determine, but the usual course for
II court of inquiry, which corresponds
to a grand jury, is to work in secret
session, Gen, Miles and Secretary
Alger, both of whom are particularly
interested in the proceedings Of the
court are now stormbound in New
York, and it is hardly probable that
the court will proceed to work with
these two officers out of the city.
Official opinion in the department
agrees in the prediction that it will
take the court long time to complete
its work
THE JOINT COMMISSION.
Washington, Feb. Is, The high
joint commission held a session yester-
day and adjourned until Monday. A
rumor prevailed in congressional cir.
cles that negotiations were practically
at an end and would fail, but this was
denied by Senators Fairbanks and
Faulkner, who are members 1t wa
learned, however, that there are ques
tions upon which no agreement can
now be reached, and the impression
prevails that the commissioners found
themselves unable TO see a way out OF
the differences presented yesterday,
though it was determined to make
further efforts.
A NEW ExTRADlTI0N TREATY.
Washington, Feb. l5.-The depart.
ment Of state has received a report
from Ambassador Clayton at the City
Of Mexico, showing that the govern
ments Of the United States and Mexico
have just agreed on the terms OF anew
extradition treaty to replace that
which lapsed about fortnight ago,
Fugtives from justice in either coun.
try will be disappointed in not secur.
ing the asylum they had expected, for
the treaty will be retroactive, so as to
cover crimes committed since the ex-