Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-15
COurtesies of the Senate.

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executive session of the U. s Senate, yester
day, says:
10 the executive session OF the Senate this
afternoon there we're two incidents of much 10.
terest, one of which was the cause of great ex.
element among Senator's When the nomina-
ton of McLiu, of Florida, for Associate Justice
of New Mexico, was pending, Senator CoDoVer
said that McLio, if lawyer at ALL was one of
no ability, and was utterly Incompetent to bill a
judicial position. When State solicitor 10 Florida
| he had given more attention to apple JACK
than TO ANYTHING else. He had been 90 both
sides in the war and betrayed both. lie was
ipsincere and time server, and was respecte d
neither by The democrats nor the republicans OF
Florida Neither party could trust him, for he
would sell out whenever his personal interest
would be advanced. The republicans OF Florida
had, after the presidential election OF last year,
distrusted him 30 much that they kept over
him the most vigilant and untlring surveillance.
| have made anything out Of it, decided the cleo
| toral vote OF Florida for the other side.
The result of thisspeech of Senator Conover' 8
was that no attempt was made to defend the
| nomination of McLin, AID even Stanley Mat
| thews the Presidents next friend, walked out
| of the chamber, so as not to be present when
the vote Was taken. McLin's nomination was
ovelw 6clminply rejected. The result shows
that Senator Conover' s iUfuenc, with his party
associates has not been impaired by his deter
miocd stand 10 opposition to them in the But.
Ter case and the New York nominations.
After McLin was 30 summariy disposed OF
| the nomination of Edward Z. Wade US internal
revenue collector for the third Georgia DISTRICT
vice FauDip. to be removed, was taken up.
The nomination was opposed by both Sena-
tors Gordon and Hill During the discussion q
passage occurred between Mr.. Blaine aud the
Georgia Senator'S. They said that Wade was
mischief maker and very obnoxious to tho
people Of Georgia, and alluson was made to his
wtiliug letters to the North alleging outragcs in
Georgia.
Mr.. Hill said it was time that the feeling Of
antagonism between the North and the South
should be brought TO an end.
nerves, but the feeling between the two sec
tons would not be alIayed while the life and
property OF republicans we're so insecure at tho
South.
Gen. Gordon said Georgia was sovereign
State, and the opinion of its Senators as to off
GERS 10 that State ought to have some weight.
MIR. Blaine retorted that the Senator who the
other day stood up for the right OF the Prcsi
dent to make his own appointments was now
opposing that right. The Senator now thought
also that a Senator should have some voice 10
the appointments for his State. but day before
yesterday he was of very different opinion.
After this there was temporary lull in the
proceedings caused by suggestion from some
Senator to adjourn.
Mr.. Conkllng, and it is said one or two other
Senator'S called go 90, 60 on with the regular
order"
General Gordon rose and said that the Sena.
tor from New York was arrogatiug too much to
himself in undertaking TO order the Senators
and the Vice President to 70 Oh with the bust.
ness of the Senate. Tho Senator was not the
Senate.
MIR. Conkliog responded that the Senator's
statement that he was ordering the Senate was
untrue.
Gen. Gordon repeated what he had said and
MIR. ConklIng followed with bis disclaimer in
the same terms as before.
Gen. Gordon thon said This can be settled
else WHERE
MIR. ConklinR. quickly replied, 80 far as I
am concerned 1t can be seLllUu horo cleo
where"
Senator Cooking was the moro excited of
the two, though both Senators we're quite
ruff ID.
Senators Thurman and HamIin both attempt.
ed to pour oil on the troubled waters, aud said
that they did not think there need be any cause
for misunderstanding.
Mr. lIamlin said it was very customary tor
Senators to call for the regular order of bust.
ncss when there was lull 10 the proceedings;
that he had frequently done it himself and with
no intention to offend any one. Nothing fur
Their was said by either Senators Gordon or
Conkling, and the Senate soon after adjourned.
Woln hp
lican vote, so that the President for once had
the unanimous support OF his party The dem
ocrats all voted to reject.
TO night mutual friends of Senators Gordon
aud Conkling are engaged 10 the effort to
smooth over the matter at issue between them.
1t is believed the effort will succeed so far as to
restore their former relations, which were those
Of courtesy only and not of friendship.
The Washington Post gives the following
account of the difficulty between Senators Cor.
don and Conkling:
The series of insults which Cooking aud
other republican Senators have been systemat.
ically giving to Southern Senators for the DELHI
crate purpose Of stirring up bad blood and re-
viviDg sectional feeling, eliminated in execu.
tive session yesterday in an exciting and de.
plorablc passage between Senators Gordon aud
Conkling, which has stirred up much bad blood
and may result in something more serious.
Gordon had the floor and was calling for 70
port which the Committee on Commerce had
directed Spencer to make on the nomination of
one Smith to be Collector ct Mobile. The de.
bate had been conducted with a good deal of
irritation. Gordon and Hill bad been working
together, and had urged that the Senate ought,
in its usual courtesy. to DO guided by the joint
request of Southern Senators. Blaine. who had
already asserted 10 40 aggravaiug way that
most of the Ku KIux s'ores, when iuvcstigat-
ed, were tound to DO true, or worse than true,
sarcasioally said, 10 reply to tho plea for cour.
tesy, that be did not see what right the South
ern Senators had to ask for courtesy, in consid
GRAFTON Of their recent courtesy to the senior
Senator from New York. This sally provoked
derisive laughter from the republican side.
Finally CoDkiog, in bis most imperious and
dictatorisl way, interrupted Gordon with the
remark: "Oh, go on with the calendar"
Gordon Immediately rebuked the insult by
saying "the Senate was conducting the public
bnsjnnss and the Sanafor from New York had