Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-12-29
CAPITAIAT.
Increased Inter the Work
Of Supre'urt.
Plans Already in ess for the
Coming intion.
How Some Of the Mai Are Spending
the 10

iittIii. tiAt Ib'iit isti u fitti I tSe,i
Justice Fuller. an 4. man. Pfc
SIDES is TIE object q attention
now by the hurdreholiday Wis
itors to Washington recent n
gumcnts on the P.ican cases
and tic certainty tfore long
ve~y important decfecting the
status of our vast iiposScssions
viii emanate from tourt make
the little room off tg corridor
between Senate and the most
interesting Of all this at the
Capitol building.
Chief Justice Full IS wei
known. was a politics be-
fore his appointmenhe highest
judicial position possthis coun-
try. He has only tvpcrati. as
sociates on this hlbunai, Mr..
Justice White of Lol who. used
to be United States . and Mr..
Justice Peckham of York. All
three were arpointf President
Cleveland. There aIRepublican
judges Of the court, r. it is not
expected that the ceill divide
over the great legal n on party
lines. The fact is TIN men get
on the bench, cypeci;the bench
of the Supreme Coulhn United
states. they forget affiliations.
chief Justice FuIlcnouGh the
foremost man of the i'll have 10
more voice in decide cVcntful
cases tnan any of hiriates. He
viii have one vote on
Ordinarily 4 visitone Cap.tol
would never discovcrtting place
of the Supreme C0uc it not
pointed out to hipretcntious
folding doors of Garl open i'm
mediately of the 1onitol corri-
dor ana one is ushnmcdiatcly
into the medium chamber.
where. when the coun session.
the greatest dignity ivcd. It is
in the Old portion Of ,itol. next
10 the Senate wing. are old days
used to lie occupied United
States Senate. The cst;ce pre-
sides where Clay andter made
the speeches that asspm enJur-
ing fame.
From what can he a large
number Of Maine peoI come TO
Washington this ycarhd the in
auGural ceremonies. aine dele
cation will remain, anatter of
course, until after I'I McEin-
10y is formally e@tab in the
White House for a se&rm. The
beginning of an admipn is al
ways attended by Rordinary
session of the Senate purpose
Of confirming nominat impor-
tance the President wish To
make, especially thosG cabinet.
That session will Keepers Hale
ana Frye in Washing at least
a couple Of weeks aftch 4.
The preparations fofnaugural
proceed on 4 grand Sc already
almost all of the neCcsuaranten
fund of $i0,eG0 has been This roc
ord for raising money hNashlng-
ton is remarkably gooocially as
the business men Of tty have
been asked to contributumnrous
public celebrations dune past
two years. Among tlrributors
this year for the inauqlnd are
several men formerly one. their
contributions footing nearly
$1,000. The expenses oguration
are always very large. ntin. to
nearly 100000. A parnis ex-
pcnse is betrayed by Inaugural
ball, tickets to which SIS each.
There are no dead heads highly
interesting function.
Representative ErnesthertS of
Massachusetts, a nativet Madi-
son. IS spending most oholidays
in Washington. He is 4 in ar
ranging and having putar thou
sands of neglected voluelonging
70 the House Of Eerreses ana
stored for many years land ill
kept vaults under the Z
Representative Loren her Of
Minneapolis, whose nati1 is Nit.
Vernon, Me. has rcturnes home.
He is something Of q fin the
senatorial fight before tnncsnta
legislature which meets Janu-
airy. ana which will havelectinn
Of two United States Sc Sena-
tor knute Nelson will elected
ana if Mr. Fletcher gets it will
be as successor TO the Senator
Davis.
There has of late been a exodus
Of M cmbers nf the House y. aspir-
atiuns to tho Senate and . going
to conduct a fight for suck before
the stat" legislatures. Thelature;
meet in all the states. Wi, exceB-
uons early in January androceed-
ingS always have q lively i for the
men in Congress. Senatdllpr Of
New Hampshire. who has trIgele
on his hands for re-electicivad
big send off from his Rtn col
leagues before his departu;ev uni
ted in q number of brief iys. at
testing his valuable service SEN
ate and pointing out how q be 10
the advantage Of the Sonatve him
returned. Senators Hale ue were
among the senators Who IN yery
cordial words Of praise.
Senator Hale has been dqa com
mittee work during the h recess,
assisting in the preparation legis-
lative. executive ana julf5ropTia-
tion bill. which passed the about
the middle Of December aEh will
come before the Senate e Janu-
airy. 1t is the big supply leh car-
ries appropriations for the,ds. al-
most thousands of clerks. denart-
ments here in Washington. is ey-
cry year a great clam0r fqe sal
aries on this bill. for there va. a
government clerk who did.k thar
he was underpaid for his Eenator
Hale will probably handle Hi IN
he nnnr Of The SAnatA y - :.