The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-04
Last Nights Dispatches.
XIV CONGRESS.
SENATE.

| WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-Senator Ed
munds called up the bill which was partly
considered last week, to provide for ascer
tanning and settling the private land claims
in the Territories OF New Mexico, W Wyoming,
Arizona and Utah. and the States of Ne
vada and Colorado. Passed.
Senator Harris, from the select commit
tee on epidemic diseases, reported a bill
to prevent the introduction of contagious
or infectious diseases into the United
States, and to establish bureau of public
health. Ordered printed and committed.
Senator Morrill, gave notice that as soon
as he could obtain the floor be would call
up the bill to proYide for taking a tenth
and subsequent census.
The senate went into executive session
at ! P NJ, for the consideration of the n.
!, | Y. Custom House Nominations.
, Speeches of but very little interest were
made for and against the nominations, and
Senator COnkling closed the debate in a
Ispeech Of an hours duration.
He sent to the clerks desk, and had
read the letters from Gen Arthur in reply
to Sherman.
He then spoke in substance as follows:
Beginning by very earnestly opposing the
, confirmation, and going over the whole
y
Cornell, to show that they had been
: thoroughly refuted. Referring to the COM
h plant of the President and Secretary
n Sherman, that the New York custom house
. had been used as political machine for
d the benefit of the personal and political
o friends OF the persons who controlled ap-
. pointments, he read several letters from
y Secretary Sherman and Assistant Secre-
o tary Mccormick, addressed to Collector
- Arthur, in which they requested appoint
:. ments tortheir personal or political friends.
# Among them w2S one irOm Sherman tC
\. Collector Arthur, earnestly recommending
q son of Justice Brady for an appointment
N at the close saying that he (Shermau) hop
,e ed for manifest reasons that il would bt
e. considered iavoraby- Senator CDnkinl
h. also read 10 the Senate letter written t,
Collector Arthur, by the President or BY
n the Presidents direction, recommending
o. for appointment as Deputy Collector tbt
n conference.-the. J. Q. Howard-who haC
rs written President Hayes biography. AR
or thur declined to comply with tie Presi
dents request The day he thus declined
he TO. violate the Presidents civil servic
to principles, said Mr.. Conkling, was a sorr
III day for Gen Arthur, for the President
opposition seemed to date from this refusa
Ill Ia the course of his further remarks Sena
tor Conkling referred to the President
alleged purpose to make new nomination
to displsce Arthur aud Cornell in th
"a event of the Senate rejecting those no
loS before it. He argued that it is the const
oo tutional privilege of the Senate to ss
whether or not officers shall be removed
iee and if the President undertook to execut
ia the threat attributed to him he might fin
es- himself standing on very slippery grount
u Senator ConkIing in conclusion intimate
that he would go into the matter at mol
III length were the session an open one. ar
ap- if the hour were not SO late, but under tt
ma circumstances he would content himse
my by eskingthe Senate's decision.
A vote was then taken on the motto
'ie' for recommital, and it was lost by 7 Or
wy @ majority.
'ote The roll being next called on the que
ton OF confirming the nomination of &c
eral Merritt, the vote resulted yeas
nays "a, as follows:
Yeas-Bailey, Bayard, Beck, BurDsid
Cameron of Wisconsin. Coke, Conovt
Davis of West Va, Dawes, Dennis, Fer
nth Gordon, Grover, Harris, Hereford, Hi
OF Hoar, Johnston, Kirkwood, McCreel
med Mcmillan, Matthews, Morgan, Morr
lred Oglesby, randolph, hansom, OauisDu
ten Saunders, Shields, Whyte, Window, VII
Ibhc ers-33.
erAl Nays Allison. Anthony. Blaine, Boo
Bruce, Chatfee, Cockrell Conklina, Da
red of Illinois, Eaton Garland, Hamllo, Ho'
and Jones of Nevada, Kellogg. McDona
rand Mitchell Paddock, Patterson, Rollins, S
rred gent, Spencer. Teller, Voorhees-24.
rand Senators Butler, Christianey, Lam
also Merriman, Plumb, Thurman and Walla
total who would have voted yea, were pail
,sses with Senators Barnum. Edmunds, 4
uted Pherson, IDgals, Sharon, Dorsey,
the Cameron of Pennsylvania, who would h
%; voted nay,
il of Senators Herman, Jones of Flor
the Maxey and Wadleigh, though present !
not paired, did not vote, and Senator i
It's, making the 10th member OF the )
ate, was absent without pair.
a for The domination of Silas NJ. Burt to
souri, naval officer was then disposed of by {
areas 6rmation without debate-yeas 33, nays
er in Senator ConkIing then submitted
fol- ton that the injunction of secrecy be
and moved from the votes.
Senator Beck moved to amend By