The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-12-21
WASHINGTON NOTES.

Judge Loring, Of the United States Court Of
Claims, has retired on full pay, ON account Of
age, and the President has appointed J. @.
Bancroft Davis to succeed him.
After an exciting canvass the nominations OF
Mr.. Hayes for officers at the port OF New York
were rejected by the Senate by vote of 80
against confirmation to rs in favor
Gen. Sheridan has been before the House
Military Committee to testify regarding the
condition of affairs along the Rio Grande. He
gave II as his opinion that there is no danger
OF war with Mexico, and that the troops al
ready stationed on the border, together with
those to be sent there, will be sufficient to pre-
serve order.
| A dispatch to the Chicago Tribune says the
Senate's executive session of the 14th was the
scene Of an exciting dialogue between Senators
Gordon was bitterly opposing the confirmation
of Wade, a Republican, as Collector Of the
Third district Of Georgia. Mr.. Thurman in
terupted to say that, if the relations of
the North to the South were to pass in re-
view at length on every confirmation bust
ness could not be expedited. At this Mr..
Conkling and several others spoke out, as is
usual in session where business is pressing,
$50 on with the calendar" At this Gordon
exclaimed in very offensive manner 1.-THE
Senator from New York ia issuing orders TO
the Chair" Mr.. Conkling, after asking Cor
don to repeat, replied "If the Senator from
Georgia means to say that 1 issue orders to
the Chair, he says what is not true, and, lest
the Senator should not understand me,
/ repeat that if he means to intimate
that l issue orders to the Chair, he
says what is not true" This was spoken with
great emphasis by Conkling. Gordon retort-
ed, "This is a matter that can be settled out
side of this Chamber" Conkling replied,
eyes, or we can settle it now," and he then
again repeated his first remark to Gordon, and
the latter only said it was a matter to settle
outside the Chamber. Messrs. Thurman
Hamlin, and other Senators undertook to
smooth the matter over and effect an imme-
date reconciliation, saying that Conkling's ex-
clamation, go on with the calendar, was the
usual one, and there was no cause for Gordon't
feeling, but both Conkling and Gordon sal
still under these attempts to smooth the matter
over, and said nothing.
Gov. Mccormick, late Assistant Secretary OF
the Treasury, has been unanimously confirmed
Commissioner General to the Paris Exposition
A Washington dispatch says 1.-THE Presi
dents message on the civil service, which vii
be ready to send to Congress soon after the
holidays, will show that the President does no
intend TO surrender any position which he ha
assumed in his controversy with the Senate
1t will set forth the Presidents views with re
spect to patronage, and will call attention t.
the fact that, by the action of Tn,
Republican National Convention and b,
State Conventions, Congress as well al
the President has been instructed to enforo,
the civil-service policy, and that he, the Presi
dent, is simply endeavoring to carry out to tn,
letter the instructions given him in advance
by those who elected him. In this messag,
the President will take very strong ground a.
to the constitutional right of the Executive t.
originate all nominations. The message viii
set forth in clearer light than before what tn,
Presidents intentions are upon civil-servic,
reform"