, 1877-12-02
| WASHINGTON.
The Extra Session of Con.
gress Goes Out Amid ::
the Smoke of " -,
BaItle.
President Hayes Southern
Policy Gives Rise to
all Unprecedented
Struggle.
The Nomination Of F'itzsim-
mons as Marshal of
Georgia the Prov.
ooation.
Confirmation Is Reached in the
Case After a -Four Hours
Session.
All the Democrats, with Matthews,
Patterson, and Conover,
Vote to Confirm. ~,
10 Action Taken upon The Nomination Of .
tlr. Smith as Collector Of
Chicago.
A Host Of Speculations Con-!
cerning the Construction
OF the Tenure-of-
Office Act.
The Majority of the Senate CONF
mittee Report in Favor Of
Eustis' Admission.
Secretary Sherman Rises to Ex-;
plain the Difference Be- F..
tween Gold and
Silver.
Decrease in the Public Debt for the
The Majority Of the Senate Com" J
mittee Report in Favor of
Eustis' Admission.
Secretary Sherman Rises to Esx- :;
plain the Difference Be- F..
tween Gold and
Silver.
Decrease in the Public Debt for the
Month OF November
$l,323, ,634.

| REpun11c4x srx.ropa .~r rr,r unps n,,~,,t
SOUTHERN POLICY.
Special LfxDatch to The catcuyo Tribune.
WASHINGTON: D. c., Dec 1.-The Senate
| went into executive session at 3 o'clock tbi!
J afternoon, and one IT the most exciting soc.e
sessions ever held continued until I. The sub
| jcct vas the nomination OF Fitz5immoas TO bt
United states Marshal for Georgia. This no12i
| nation had been adversely reported by the Ju
! dietary Committee It Involved the considers
tion Of the Presidents Southern policy. The
] action in executive session is likely to attract
/ more general attention from the fact that all
the Republican Senators, with tie exception OF
three. absolutely refused to vote to confirm
Fitzsimmons. 1t appears TINT Senator GoElon
had previously recommended u. L. Huff, who,
though 4 Democrat, Ind liberal views towards
the Republicans 1t is charged against Gor1on
that, discovering this, he
WITHDREW HIS SUPPORT
from HUFF, and recommended instead Fjtz~
simmons. HUFF had letters from Senator Cor
dou which seemed to s;1o5tantiatc th;, rity.
Copies Of HufTs letter and Gorlon's rcDly cat,,
into the possession OF Republican 5cua,o-s, AID
were BY them within few days submitted to
the President. The Senators presenting them
especially urged upon tue President the pro-
pritty Of Withdrawing the nomination, as they
considered it Z direct defiance to the Republican
party. They also stated to the President that
Senator Gordon had said that nc had
THE PLEDGES OF CoSoyEK AND PATTERSON
that they y ould vote to confirm Fitzsimmons,
and he was certain that with the Democrats uo
could consequently secure his confirmation.
Notwithstanding these earnest representations.
the President declined to withdraw the nauc,
and the Republican Senators went into cxctu-
tive session determined il possible to defeat it:
but they were ontvotcd. There always stood nj
the end OF every 1ollcalf al sorts Of <ii!atury
motions the two names Conoycr and Patterson,
which, during the early part OF the week, seemed
to threaten the Republican auprcmancy In tho
Senate. The only other Republican voting te
confirm WAS Stanley Matthews. After tour
hours Of bitter, heated discussion, which corcr~
ed every feature OF the Presidents Southern
policy,
f11zslAMoSs WAS CONFIRMED
D} the u''ted DeTocratle vote, aided by the two
nominal Republicans, ConoVer and Patterson
anti Stanley Matthews. The letters which Ter&
to the President were read In ex~
ecutlVe session. They furnished text to th-
angry discussion which followed These t"&
letters would ill four columns 0. The TnrB-
USE' but the following IS SYNOPSIS OF their
more important features: Hu1fs letter to
Senator Gordon is dated Washington NoT. .,
1871 hull states that alter the nomination OF
Fitzsinmons it became generally known that
the President had determined to appoint Au1f,
but that being fully informed bY Gordon and
others that he was not Democrat,
HcFF's NAME WAS WITHHELD
until written protect could be hled' which