The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-02-04
TO UNsEAT wBAELERs
Jndiciar- Committee Say lie
Cannot Retain His Sea-
While soldier.

Washington. Feb 3.--The INQUIRY order
ed by the house Of represo- atives as to
what members had forfeited their seats
by reason Of accepting other ofhcs end
ed today with n finding by judiciary
committee that Major General Wheeler
a member from Alabama. Colonel James
g. Campbell. OF Illinois, Colonel David @.
Colson, OF Kentucky. and Major Edward
T.. I,tt ms. Of Penn. had va .ated thei-
seats in the house by accepting commits
sions In the army. At the same time the
comm ittee determined that none OF the
members Of congress serving on civl COM
missions had thereby vacated their seats
IN the house.
The judiciary committee has been con-
ducting the inquiry for several days. and
after an arduous session ending at $3.50
p. m, the injunction OF secrecy was NOV
ed and General Henderson. chairman Of
the committee, made the following state
ment
"The committee considered. In order.
the cases Of members Of the house holding
civil offices. First the members of the
postal commission; second, the members
Of the Industrial commisslon third, the
member Of the Canadian commission:
fourth the member OF the Hawaiian COM
mission. and ffth, officers appointed by
the speaker. such as visitors 90 West
Point. regents OF the Smithsonian and
trusteeso other public institutions in
which the government has an interest.
In all OF these cases the committee finds
that they are not officers within the
meaning of article l. section Of the con-
stitutlon The result OF this finding IS
that such officers do not forfeit their
seats In congress by virtue OF accepting
such offices.
Then the committee finds that Joseph
Wheeler, Edward f. Robbins David G.
Colstn an James r. Campbell after be-
ing qualified as members of congress and
acting as such. having accepted commits
sions in the United States army, then
and thereby vacated their seats in the
55th congress"
General Wheeler was seen after the
finding was announced. but asked TO be
excused from commenting on the decis-
ion, as II was In the nature OF a judicial
proceeding 1t is said General Wheeler
and his associates will take no action
for the present, az the hndingof the com
mittee Is yet TO be passed upon by the
house The fact that Mr.. Jenkins voted
against unseatlng General Wheeler and
the others may lead to a minority report.
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Berlin Feb. "a ditpatch from Constan-
tinople says the French embassy has for
mally and strongly protested to the porto
against the concern TO Germany.
New York, Feb. 9--The American Sugar
Refining company and the Natural and
Mollenhular rennerles have advanced the
pricc OF numbers o and 10 refined sugars
onf suNteenth OF a cent a pound. This Ia
to N~5t advance I'm several weeks.
London, Feb. 3-Davld j. Brewer. asso-
cilt" Justice OF the supreme court, who
Naa leen In Paris for the purpose Of at
teGeing the meeting Of the Venezuelan ar
bitration tribunal. was given a seat on the
bench Of the first appeal court here to-
day.
Beriih, Feb. 3-Prof. Frank, OF re Sg-
rcutural university OF Berlin. has repo rt-
ed to the Prussan government after six
months Investigation that the san Jose
scale is non-eNistant IN Germany, but
that a similar insect, the aspldlotus oa-
trae formls is indegenious
Washington. Feb. S-There Is Utmost a
positive belief among army ofhtials that
there will be mitigation OF the sentence
imposed by court martial which tried
commissary General Eagan. W'iilo the in-