The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-01-10
WASHINGTON NEWS
AND ITEMS OF GOSSIP.

UIullCe committee lOI several .tui >,
because Mr.. Morrill's age and iIsirmi-
ties would not permit him to assume
the responsibilities and perform the Ia
Dor of that position. He held to the
honors with great tenacity, and some
years ago made great fight Tor the
rights of seniority.
Funeral services over the remains
of the late Senator Justin S. Morrill,
of Vermont were held in the United
States Senate chamber at noon on the
31st. They were conducted with I'M
pressive dignity in the presence of a
distinguished assemblage, including
the President and Vice President
members of the Cabinet Justices of
the Supreme Court, Senators and
representatives of the army and navy
and of the diplomatic corps, as well
as concourse of private citizens who
took this means of testifying the af-
fectonate regard in which Mr.. Nor
rill was universally held.
An important suit, involving the va
lidity of county bonds in Arizona, was
decided in the Supreme Court of the
United States Tuesday. The case val
idates S2S9,964 worth Of bonds, issued
by Pima county. in aid of the Arizona
narrow gauge railroad. 1t was based
upon a petition for mandamus upon
the governor and other territorial otfi-
GERS to compel them to issue bonds in
lieu of those originally issued in 1888.
The Supreme Court of the territory
denied this petition, but the opinion of
the federal Supreme Court, which was
handed down by Judge Brown, re-
verses this decision and remands the
case for further proceedings in compli-
ance with the original petition. The
opinion of the court is based upon the
authority of the act of Congress OF
June 6. 1896.
The correspondent Of the Chicago
Record writes his paper as follows:
"The Presidents order eXempting D.
900 or G.G00 offices from the jurisdiction
of the Civil Service Commission was TO
have gone into effect on the 4th, but ii
has not yet been issued and nobody
knows when y will be- Ii lies upon
'he Presidenta table, and has been
Overhauled and amended and revised
so many times that people who are III
his confidence supposed II had reached
a state of perfection, but for some rea-
On hn 10 k.ntfgttnI with N and hfg
New Years greeting to the spollsmen
is withheld. 1t is a fact that the Pres
ident consented to issue this order with
great reluctance. While he recognizes
that many Of the offices included should
be exempt from the classified service,
he feels it is going to add much TO the
burden of himself and his successors.
If he could have his way he would put
all the offices of the government under
the civil service rules, where people
could not quarrel over them"
Secretary Wilson says he Is watch
ing anxlously to SEQ that the soldiers by
their foolish jealousies do not destroy
the results of his efforts in behalf of
the farmers In foreign markets. He is
confident that the packers of Chicago
can make clear case, and when they
appear before the war inquiry COM
mission he expects them to do so. He
says: "'rhe Chicago packing houses,
the refrigerator ears and the refrigera-
tor ships have made the cattle indus
try profitable in this country, and we
have been shipping S25,000,000 or $780,
100000 worth of dressed beef TO Eng
land annually for years without ever
having heard of this embalmlng bust
ness before. The armies of Europe, In
the tropics. in India, rOnquln and Afri-
ca, have been fed on American canned
beef, and we have never heard a com
plant from that source. They are glad
to get 1t. 1t has proven the best ration
they could furnish to their men, and
1t seems very strange TO me that it is
not good enough for our own troops