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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1892
Page
10
Washington dispatch reports a sharp House contest over free coinage as the Bland bill gains a formal hearing. Speakers Reed and Crisp clash while Democrats feud over journal readings and parliamentary procedure amid strong party divisions.
In a crowded session, Reed of Maine and Speaker Crisp clash over rules as Tracey seeks to recommit an anti silver bill. The House defeated a motion to delay, adopting a resolution amid sharp language on party pledges and the North South split.
The Speaker announced the result and the clerk will read yesterday’s journal. The House then took up the pension appropriation bill. Mr Grout moved to recommit with instructions to increase the sums. The motion was defeated and the House adjourned.
Fremont Knight the wealthy Indianapolis iron manufacturer says a faithless friend stole funds and forced him to San Antonio for a hearing on insanity. He asserts Ovid Wallace and associates arranged the charges after a New York trip while he was ill. Corroboration comes from Selig Deutschman and John Loustanan.
March 7 report from SrrRInorre describes a chilling spree by a well known citizen. James Curry pursued a fleeing man who attacked pedestrians with an iron rod. The suspect, later revealed as William Bender, confessed to murders driven by an irresistible impulse.
Alexander Daverac a leading Kentucky Democrat travels to Washington to press for John G Carlisle as a presidential candidate. Local Democrats favor Cleveland if New York can be carried. otherwise Carlisle is viewed as the party’s strongest remaining choice for the ticket.
More than a hundred interviews published across Eastern Ohio show Cleveland favored by over three quarters of Democrats. Ex Governor Campbell ranks second, Gorman and Palmer receive few votes, and many Democrats vow not to support Hill over his refusal to aid Campbell last year.
Matthias H. Arnot of Elmira files a bill in Wyoming county Pa challenging leases between the Reading Company Lehigh Valley and Central Railroad of New Jersey Port Reading. He seeks to declare the contracts invalid and to enjoin further actions citing potential injury to his interests as a major stockholder and bondholder. The suit lists Hen McCormick and Seth T. McCormick as counsel and notes a prior suit over a railroad right of way still pending.
A New Jersey special legislative committee investigating the Reading deal did not meet as planned in Trenton on March 7. Lane accuses Beelman of refusing to sign subpoenas, while Beekman cites courtesy and timing, saying no action can proceed until after adjournment.
March 7 in Harrisburg the Attorney General Hensel will test the constitutionality of leases by which the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company has taken control of the Lehigh Valley and New Jersey Central Railroads. A bill in equity seeks a permanent injunction to halt operations under the lease. In Wilkes-Barre the Reading further figures in reports dated March 7.
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