The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-04-27

inquiry is over, and the court is nov
working upon its report, which il
looked for this week. Some very
radical predictions are being made
as to the nature Of the report, such
as that it will whitewash the Wa
Department officials and censure
Gen. Miles and other officers who
for d fault with the beef; but con-
s~ervative men believe that the re-
port will be a different sort Of a doc
ument; that it will deal very lightly
with censure tor anybody and that it
will aim to be of such a nature that
all parties concerned can, without
loss Of dignity consent to drop the
whole controversy. which may think
to have already been productive Of
much more harm than good. 1t will
soon be known which of these pre-
dictions is the correct one, as the
understanding is that the report will
be made public as soon as it is sub-
mitted.
Senator Stewart, Of Nevada, whose
long service in the Senate has made
him an authority upon the Rules and
Regulations of that body, was asked
what action he thought the Senate
would take if Mr.. Quay presented his
appointment to the Senate, made by
the Governor Of Pennsylvania. follow
ing his acluittal on the charge of
criminal conspiracy by a Philadel-
phia jury, and he said: "For the
last century the Senate has been re-
versing itself on this question, b..
the last four cases have been decid,
against the appointee, and if this
precedent is maintained, Mr.. Quay
will not be seated. But | do not he
lieve the Senate will be called on to
this matter, as it is my opin-
ion that the Pennsylvania Legisla-
ture will be called in extra session
before the next meeting Of Congress,
and that Mr.. Quay will be regularly
Mr.: Stewart, who is Mr..
political opponent, said of
he result of the trial: II regard
he verdict of the jury in Senator
trial as a just one, and the
'nly one that could have been hon.
silly rendered on the evidence SUBJ :
Senator Quay is infinitely !
than any of Ills opponents"
The fact that the contest for the '
'peakership of the House, a position I
econd only to the Presidency in i'm :
.ortance, and made Mr.. Reed second =
I power eve legislation to none, !.
'hich has been precipitated by the I
nnouncement that Mr.. Reed had be- v
ONE a member of a New York law "
RIM and would retire from public v
ie, promises to be between the East i
nd the West is not surprising. OF !.
lie thIrty-two Speakers of the House !
NY four-Keifer, of Ohio, and Da- u
S, Colfax and Kerr, of Indiana 4
ave come from the West, while II
teen Of them have been taken from u
Re South, and the other thirteen u
the East. In ante-war times 'e
e West was not sufficiently inhu- e'
tial in political councils to make M
effective protest against not get "
lg its share of the honors. but it is To
now, especially in the House,
lere the West furnishes more than ne
majority Of the votes of the party 10
control. This would seem 10 NJ
it easy to elect a Western l.
and so it would if there OF
re only one candidate from that 'C
,tion. but there are several; conse- Oh
emily there is no certainty about ID
section that the next Speaker co
come from. 1t is believed in 10
ashington that the candidate who II
S the support of the admmistra- err
n will get the Speakership, re- Oh
'dless of what state he comes from. me
it is a natural failing for those as
Washington to always exaggerate ant
cal power and to assume that the TO
ninistration will be the winning WA
in all contests within the party to"