, 1874-06-24
WASHINGTON.
Congress Considerably
Gives the People :.
t a Rest.
The Session Ends in a Pyro-
technic Display
President Grant Severely Re-
buked by the Senate.
Shepherds Nomination as District
Commissioner Rejected
by 3G to 6.
The Colorado and New Mexico
Bills Laid Aside. -
Civil Service Reform Continued With
out an Appropriation.
The Utah Judiciary Bill Radically:
Changed and Passed. .'
The Little Tariff Bill Defeated---News-
paper Postage Fixed at 2 Cents.
Tho District Safe Robbery Re-
ferrel to the Secretary Of
the Treasury.
A Whitewashing Report by the House
Indian Committee.
The Utah Judiciary Bill Radically
Changed and Passed. .
The Little Tariff Bill Defeated--~News.
paper Postage Fixed at 2 Cents.
Tho District Safe Robbery Re-
ferred to the Secretary Of
tho Treasury.
A Whitewashing Report by the House
Indian Committee.

WAsM1NaToN, June 23.-At Into hour last
night tho President announced to o Republican
Svuator tint he would not appoint Commission
ers to govern tho ID strict ad interim until after
tho adjournment Of Congress. He likewise
commun icased tho information to the editor Of
his organ hero, who made public tho p1esident's
determination In q donble-lcaded editorial this
morning. Tie whole NATTER" says tho ed
ito +, has been the subject Of deep considera-
tion by tho President, who no know Is anxious
to meet tho expectations Of tho country, and
at tho same timo deal fnirly and Justly by
tho District and Its lato Adminiat' ation."
Tho Proaident's anxiety to deal justly by tho
late Administration Was quite overcoming. Ho
Tl1AEW TILE ENTInR WEIGHT OF HIS MASSIVE
lNTELLEur
Into the consideration Of tho mnttor. He reasoned
that In order to do tho fur thing by the lato
tho Commissioners. Tho new blli provided int
the Commission ahouldb bo appointed BY the prosi-
dent with the consent Of thy ssnate; y Now" said
tho President to himself ," why divide the credit
tho 8euate has mean hnbit Of rejecting my
nominations sometimes. will ask Williams to
WRITE LIE An OPINION
to tho e1ec that it i8 not neceBsary for me to
send in theae names until after adjournment.
Williams, always clover and Kind, did as doaircd,
ind, armed with this authority, tho President
proceeded to the Capitol on Monday evening.
and announced hia determination to hold buck
tho names Of Commissioners for week or ten
days.
Tho Senate met at 10 this morning, aud at
o'clock the President put In an appearance at his
room In tho roar Of tho Senate Chauber. Shortly
thereafter Babcock prosontod tho
NOMINATIONS or 8uNDRy P0BTMABTEnB
anu other small fry, bn. nothing in tho line Of
| Commissioners. Tho omlnouB leader in tho
! Republican had been read by tho Senator'S but
littlo attention was giyen to It. Now, however, as
the, session was rapidly drawing to q clone, ap--
prehenBtons begau 10 bo felt that the writer Of
tho article had got his information from first
authority, and, on motion Of So1lator Sherman
the Senate went into executive sosslon with
| closed doors and no Que but themselves to ]la-
| ton. The Senators canyaaanl
| THE PRESIDENTS HIGHT TO WITHHOLD THE NAMES
! Of tho Commissioners and 1t was decided by tho
bost lawyers in tho Chamber that he could not con-
stitutionaly do 80 but, the trouble was, how to
communicate this information to His Exccllency.
that the members OF tie Judiciary Committee
should wait upon him III o body, and nsk Inn to
numo his men. They did as dlrootod and in
the course Of half-an.Aour Col. Dabcock announo-
ed q mesBage in writing from tho President. Tho
| contents were soon niado public, and withit tho
| Presidents motive for desiring to withhold tho
nominations until after tho Beuata had dispersed.
lie bad
! Apprehending, and rightly. tlat 10 would not be
| confirmed, he bud concluded, backed by Will
ians' opinion, to wait for al journmont, and thon
mako tho appointment. The doors being onco
moro closed, sopator Thurman !cd OF in a
savage speech against Shepherd, In which lie
| aaaaicd the late District Government aa gaug
| of plundere1s aud robbers, whose administra.
tion Of affairs had boon moro dBgraceful than
TINT Of tho Tammany Ring OF Now York. He
was followed by Senators Stewart and Allison,
who said Shepherd had
| VIOLATED THE LAW WHILE GOVERNOR,
an'l therefore SHOULD not hhyo boon nanleu on
tho Commission. THE only Senator who raiae1
hia voice in defense Of the lato Governor waa
were vory feeble, and failed to aro,Ho the onthu'
sasm OF anybody. 4 vote being Ind, the result
wns az follows: For continuation, d, against
cou1rmation, 90; present but not voting, 90.
Tho Senatora who believed in yindicating the
fallen Chief are Sargent, Jonos, Clayton, spon.
Ger, Lewis, and Patterson. Every Democrat
present voted no.
Tho President. upon tho rejection Of Shepherd
ess oa9!s 9G'ssa q s'ats@ Ss1 5orssy 1'7'"aS; SSt
was confirmed without division: Ex.- Gov
Denison, Of Ohio, and Hon. Henry .. Bolw, ol
st. Louis who were confirmed unanimously.
It is very generally throught tonight that
NEITHER DENN1soN NOR BLOW WILL ACCEPT,
III which event tho President may be expected tt
appoint couple of Tho ring, though, OF course
the rejection Of Shepherd today dlaqalef
him from accepting hereafter, shepherds re'
They confidently expoctod hiB confirmation
Some Of the moro enthusiastic procured sIna!
piece Of artillery, and posted themselves, viii
ammunition, on Capitol Hill, for the purpose o
~ tho confirmation should 10 aanouneod. i
s'sna1 was to be given by the waving OF la&
from tho dome,
hut THE SIGNAL GAME NOT,
and upon receipt OF tue sad Intelligence TIM
tho nomination waB rejected, tue little Eul wa
horrowfully loadod INTO a little wagon and alowl.
trun1ed or. the enthusiasm all gone, the powtlo