| Show 41 AN OPINION ASKED a the board of or management embarrassed BT OF IBE IRE WORLDS rb central canute nested j to interpret the ike lw law aid them if it possible Poi 9 F Service 1 dec 23 21 the secretary of 0 the treasury wrote the adfor nei ney general a few days ago that the board of m amazement inaz ement of oi the worlds columbian exposition ex gailion is seriously embarrassed by the construction that baa has been placed on certain provisions of the worlds fair act th I 1 tit it is de siri Bi rable able if 11 pos po able goible to overcome the difficulty by executive action under unde r the pres present rit law rather than ancona ter probable delay should application tie made for congressional in interprets ter preta lion section 15 provides among action at other bines hinge that the president may designate igo ate additional articles for exhibition 11 the opinion of tha the attorney general waa was requested ai as to whether the president I 1 is authorized to designate ad articles oot not already in the executive departments and authorize the employment of persons outside of the departmental force to pr prepare ebare and take care ol 01 such buch articles as be he may caa 7 designate and nd perform 0 other ther ne cesary emary datis there is ale alaj a dif ferrence of opinion aa as to the disposition of the land of provided for the government et etc two wholly inde independent pend bodes bo iks ara are cow row disbursing n g fr from in this common fund and be the b baard r d of management 13 unable to even estimate nhat bat part aside from the set apart for the government gavern ment building will finally be at its dis die dosal interpretation of abi this s question was also asked th secretary wished to know whether bether w or not the president has the power with or without the consent of the na lonal commits oa on and board of management n a gement to divide or apportion eaid ti d sum between hem them the attorney general replied loday today lo to day in substance that as to the first brat quck s lioa tion be he is of lb opinion that the biwer w er vested in the president in tendes n des that asked for by the seer tary lary in reger regail I 1 to the apportionment apportionment of moneys be ito does not ot deem eem it advisable at this time to determine what right tie tle Pre president Adent may in virtue of his general execl ive au act tho bonty rity and ears save it is probable the ion of Con congress grea should be called to the question E 8 the lattion bill not objectionable eat co wise at ibia this time 4 dec 25 the post to worrow will eay bey senator t addock of nebraska was in earnest when be he w wrid rued the senate a jew jedd ago abit hat he would soon move to lay aside the election bill and take up the pure food bill and he will before long again take occasion occa ion to renew the warning lie ile will give bis his party however ample opportunity to either pass abe election bill or conclude to lay ay it asia in this connection it rray be interesting to state that paddock has been noted from the be ginning in regard to bis his position on th this isbill bill A dispatch originally sent irom from here describes an interview alleged to have taken place beaw between en the president and the senator in which the former is said to bavo have up braided the latter tor for not supporting the bill the interview thug thus related not only never occurred sal said yd paddock but the president never mentioned either tho the election bill nor the tariff bill bil I 1 to tome me I 1 have never said that I 1 boull not vote for the election bill continued the senator senators although I 1 have been quoted as baying saying so 81 the truth la Is that there is nothing in the provisions of the bill oba actionable tome to me my position is in regard a rd to con ide ration of the bill at the prevent time aa as unwise wise I 1 think it would be better to dis co cusa and paes pass a financial measure th the elections bi I 1 is purely political in which only a slight portion of republicans public ans aris in in the country are interested while filp financial acial legislation vitally concerns all builes bui aEs men and is sadly collected certainly this bis is the situation in nebraska Nebra ika lka I 1 have not yet received a singlea letter etter from any stale state cither either for or against the elec elections t ions bill bit 1 which Is a sure indication ofa lack of interest in it another thing thin against the elections bill is is that it is regarded with a suspicion that it may not be well founded but which ia is certainly operating to dia the lin business giness relations between the north and the south the post says there is to at present an interesting int erestine point of differ difference e nce between senators edmunds Ldoa anda a and ad hoar regarding the future pro gramme in the banate edmunds re do believes it would be perfectly right and proper for the p pro ro siding officer of the senate to re refuse f a so to recognize the minority Sana senators tors and thus bring the electa elections one bill to a vote senator hoar and others di do not go this far but claim that the presiding officer has ha power to bring to a doge close any filibustering filibuster inz proceedings proceed inna which bavo have for their object the defeat of a rule rate they assert that fercl forcible ble measures in ibis this case would be co cons natita tito fioril be caulis the gives each llou iloie e the right to der dermine tn ine its rules this distinction beaw between een the cloture tor for a bill and cloture tor for a rule ia ft floe one and has not been commented upon |
