The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-02-11
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN RE-
LATIONS.
The Proposed Settlement by Interna.
tionaI C0mmissiOn-..-Thursday's
Debate in Senate.


Debate in Senate.
gg40ists NEW York, February TO-
Special dispatches from Washington,
as telegraphed last night, shows that tho
debate In the executive session OF the
Senate yesterday, on tho Presidents mes
sage and accompanying documents, took
wide range, among other issues OF the
constitutional right Of the President to ap.
point such commission, without the special
power being delegated TO him by an act
orTesolutlOn OF Congress, was questioned.
Attention was called TO the fact that this
Is departing from tho usual mode Of max
ing treaties, the power being by the
Constitution given TO the President and
Senate alone, but the most serious oblec-
tion made to the proposition Of the
message was, that tits to DO general in It's
terms. The Senators who spoke on this
subject, were, desirous that any treaty
negotiated, shall cover the Alabama and
Fishery question, but arc unwilling that
the settlement OF these shall be included
with the claims Of tho British subjects foi
damages during the Fenian raids Of 1866
or 1870, or losses incurred on account Of
the investment in Confederate bonds. II
Is said thatb the terms Of the PROPOSE
tion submitted, these or any other sub
jects Of difference between the two ma.
tions, might be made as motives of the
consideration Of the questions. AS TO the
pay of the Commissioners, all except
H0ar, arc now Office holders, andas TO the
legality ofMr. Williams appointment to
Office, was created during his term as
Senator, were also points which were al
ludCd to in the debate.
Mr.. Trumbull moved 10 postpone the
whole matter fora week, but this was lost.
Then II WINS moved 10 refer the nOmina'
tions TO tho Foreign Relations Committee
and this wps also voted down. AS this
single objection prevented tho final vote
on the nominations yesterday, the matter
went over till to-day, when the Senate will
probably go early into executive session
iOr It's continued consideration. The
general Impression Is that hatl )thc vote
been taken yesterday The commissioners
would have been confirmed. ReprCsen-
tatiycs 0f the northerHand western States
tlliuk TINT u settlement OF our claims will
involve the cession to the United States Ol
the British country northwest of Lake
Superior. ..,-., -a.,.. ...s..,l,,t,s.
The TfiLNAGS 3, correspondent tele'
graphed last evening that the approval Of
the steps thus far taken by tic Executive
Is widely expressed here by men ofall par.
ties, and there seems 10 10 u general feeling
dissatisfaction that our troubles with Great
Britain arc apparently so near settle.
ment. Tho Presidents selection Of Com.
missioner. meets with general approval
Also II Is known that that portion of the
Commission coming from England will
sail at once and II Is altogether probable
that the Joint High Commission will be
organized and proceed to business by the
1st OF March,. FIU51Gliy sLm
Senator Williams Confirmed Cone
missioner.
y ItwAahNor6N February iO/
Tic debate IN the extra session to-day
involved the eligibility Of Senator Will
liAms as Commissioner, the Constitution
containing a provision that no Senator or
Representative shall during the time for
which lie has been elected be appointed
to any.civil ofilecEunderz tile authority Of
the United States, which shall have been
created or the cmOlumentS increased
during such time. ltis thought, however,
that there will be some arrangement by
which this objection may bC avoided
LATER-ScnGtor Williams has been
confirmed Commissioner. The point de-
cided after debate of his case was that
the ofllce for which he was nominatedis
not civil office created by law, 1t being
held that he was appointed merely to
represent the President in his executive
capacity. ,,,