The Springfield herald., 1902-01-17
ATE WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

I The Senate committee on the Philip
pines will take up the Philippine tariff
| question very soon, but there is yet no
| Indication as to how much time the
matter may. consume in committee.
Hence there is no probability that the
Senate itself will be able to reach tina,
| question for some time
+, The creation of another assistant
| postmaster generalship. to have charge
of the free city and rural delivery
service. is contemplated in bill
shortly to be introduced in the House
| by Representative Watson of Indiana.
| The new officer. If the bill shall pass,
will be the fifth assistant postmaster
general.
1t is generally thought that Admiral
Dewey will be sent rs the naval rep
resentative to attend the coronation OF
King Edward, and General Miles as
| the. representative of the army. Ad-
miral Dewey, it is almost certain, will
| go over in the Brooklyn, Schley's flag.
| ship. The representative from civil
life has not yet been chosen. Reports
have connected ex-senator Wolcott and
| ex-President Cleveland with the honor.
| The latest report is that the President
| may select Andrew Carnegie. The i'm
preston Is that the man chosen musl
be rich. There will probably be an
appropriation of $4,000 for the civil
ian's expenses, but it is said that this
IL only n bagatelle compared with the
amount that could be and possibly will
be spent by the civilian who represents
this country.
The United States Supreme Court
has rendered an opinion holding as
valid the state constitution of Ken
lucky concerning long and short hauls
by railroad companies and statutes
! enacted under that provision of the
constitution. The case on which the
decision was rendered was Il proceed
ing against the Louisville " Nashville
Railroad Company, which company
was indicted under the law upon the
charge Of making Il greater charge for
short than for long haul, and
fine assessed. Justice Shiras in his de-
cision said: when citizens of Ken
tucky voluntarily seek and OBJ
tain grant from the state
of charter to build and main
| tain public highway in the form
of railroad, it would seem to be evil
dent that they take hold and operate
their road subject to the constitutional
inhibition we are considering, and are
without power to challenge its valid
ity."
The United States Supreme Court
has refused to interfere in the case of
Captain Oberlin NJ. Carter. The de-
cision was rendered in the proceed
ings instituted by Captain Carter for
the purpose of securing writ of ha-
beas corpus that would release him
from prison at Leavenworth, Kansas.
| The Court also affirmed the decision
of the United States Court for the
Southern District of New York in the
case of Benjamin Greene and John Il.
Gaynor, William Il. Gaynor and Il. III.
| Gaynor. Greene and Gaynor are
charged with being in completely with
Captain Oberlin NJ Carter, now serv-
ing term in the United States prison
at Leavenworth, Kansas, on the
charge of defrauding the government
of large sum of money while super
intending public works at Savannah,
Georgia. Greene and Gaynor have
sought habeas corpus proceedings in
New York to avoid being sent to
Georgia for trial. The New York
court refused TO grant the writ, and
the opinion confirms that verdict
There is much discussion in regard
to who will represent the army and
HWY OIL tue OHItetl suites Ut NluS Eu-
wards coronation. 1t is stated that the
navy department is devising plan by
which Rear Admiral CrowninShield
will be in command of the squadron
which will represent the United State.
in the naval demonstration in honor OF
the coronation of King Edward. He
| will not be the naval representative OF
| the United States at the ceremony
| This plan is intended to remove the
| objection which could exist if Crown
inshield We're put in snch position by
the navy department as that he must
| necessarily be the representative at the
coronation. If that scheme were
pushed the navy department knows
| that the nomination would not be con.
1 firmed by the senate. So far as can be
learned now, Admiral Crowninshield's
| friends wish to get him in command OF
| the European squadron, have him on
the scene without any friction, and
let him have the honor of being In
command of the squadron, even if he
does not appear at court.