Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1888 — THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. [ARTICLE]

THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

The Supreme Court of the United States now has a full bench for the first time since May 4, 1885. When the court assembled in the Capitol at Washington on Wednesday, thp 18th inst.— The Chief Justice announced that the first proceedings of the court would be the reading of the commission of Lamar and the administration of the oath. The commission was thereupon handed to tho clerk, who read it, after which Mr. Lamar read impressively from manuscript the judicial oath, as follows : “I, L. Q. C. Lamar, do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect topersons and dp equal right to the poor and to the rich ; and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all tho duties incumbent on me as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States according to tho best of my ability aud understanding, agreeable to the Constitution and tho laws of the United States, so help me God.” As he uttered the Inst sentence he solemnly kissed the Bible. He was then escorted behind the screen which extends the length of the bench benind the chairs of the Justices, and, after a minute’s delay, reappeared at the left, clad in a new flowing robe of glossy black silk. The court and the assemblage arose, the new Justice bowed to his associates, and then to the bar and the public, and took his seat in the chair of the junior Justice, at the extreme left of the bench. 3he National Board of Trade, at its annual session in Washington last week, adopted the following resolutions without debate: Resolved, That recent-events have shown, in a manner which cannot longer be disregarded, the danger to the business interests of the country from our Government continuing in time of peace the excessive taxation which was necessary in time of war; a large surplus in the Treasury ties up the circulating medium, which is the life-blood of commerce, exposes the people to still greater taxation in the shape of high rates of interest, acts as a menace to industry, dwarfs business enterprise, gives the Treasury a power over commerce which was never contemplated, and is a constant temptation to extravagance in the administration of our Government. Hesolved, That business men of all parties, whether protectionists or free traders, should unite in demanding early action by Congress to reduce our present enormous revenue in a way which will least embarrass existing industries.