The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-02-14

The Senate, IN Executive Session, Confirms
the Nominations.

Tho Senate, in Executive Session, Confirms
the Nominations.
The Senate, on the 81, upon motion Of Mr..
Conkling. went into executive session az p.
m The New York Custom house nomina-
tfons we're immediately taken up for consif
GRAFTON.
senator Bayard made u speech of consider.
able length and much carnestness In favor of
confirming the nominations. lie referred Ia
detail to tne testimony tai en- by the lnye~t-
eating Commitcc. OF which he WAS a mem
Der, some years sgD, showing. ~ he alleged,
gross mal- administration Of the New York
Custom house under Collector Murphy. and
he claimed that y was then and has been
since mere political machine and a source
OF corruption. He therefore heartily favored
the Prcsidents ds cinration 81 an Intention
20 reform It's. administration BY plac.
10 this end would vote for the
removal OF Arthur and Cornell and the con.
irnation Of the pending nominations. A. =
step Ia the right direction OF the much needed
reform.
After number Of other senatoss had ex
pressed their views. senator Conkling toox
Arthurs letter 70 him Of the lst instant In re-
ply to secretary shciman's last communion
ton, and after u had been read TO the senate
Mr.. Conkling proceeded TO maSe an hours
speech, very earnestly opposing COZ firmafio Inn.
and going over the whole ground Of the
charges Against Arthur and Cornell. 70 show
that they bad been thoroughly refufei. Re
ferrn9 10 the complaint OF the President
and secretary sherman that the New York
Custom house bad been used IA political
tcsl friends 81 persons who controilcd APP
POM he read several letters from Sec
Rotary sherman and Assistant Secretary Nc
Cormick. addressed 10 Collector Arthur. in
which they requrS fed appointments for their
versonal and political friends. Among them
~'as one from secretary sherman TO Collector
Arthur, earnestly recommending son OF
Justice Bradley for an appointment, saying
&C the close that be l-herman) hoped for
ed fayorably. Mr.. Conkkng also read 10 the
Senate a letter written 70 Collector Arthur
by the President, or by the Presidents direc-
ton. recommending for appointment a.
John o. Howard. who had written
President Hayes biography. Gcq. Arthur
quest, on the ground that he did not think It
advisable or proper to confer 40 important
AN appointment upon any man Who had not
come up Through the lover grades 81 service
and shown fitness for the position The day
ne thus declined 10 violate the Presidents
civil service principles was. said Mr.. Conk
ling, sorry day for Nr. Arthur, for the Pres
idenLs opposition seemed tn date from this
refusal. In the course Of his further re-.
marks, ConklinE referred TO the Presidents
alleged purpose 70 make new nominations 70
displsce Arthur ana Cornell IN the event OF
the seuate's rejecting those now before IL.
He argued that II Il the constitutional prerog
alive Of the senate 70 say wnether or
not officers shall he removed. and that II the
President undertook TO execute the threat
attributed to him he might find him, elf
standing on very slippery ground. Mr.
Conklfng, in conclusion, fIltinated that he
would 70 into the matter AZ more length
were the session an open one, and II the hour
were not ~ late. but under the circumstances
he would content himself with asking for the
Senate's decision.
The roll being called on the question OF
confirming the nomination OF Mr.. Merritt, the
vote rcsulted-ycas 80, nays st--ns follows;
Ieas-Messrs Bailey. Bayard. Beck. Burn
side, Cameron wis, Coke. Conover, Davis,
(W. Val, Dawes, Dennis, Ferry, Gordon.
Grover Harris Hereford. Hill, Hoar, John
ston, kirkwood. McCrcary. Mcmillan. Mat
Ransom. salisbury. saunders. Shields. Whyte
Window, Withers-3s.
Navs--Nessrs. Allison. Anthony, Blaine,
Booth. Bruce, Chaifee. Cockrell. Conkling.
Davis ull.). katon. Garland. Hamlin. Howe,
Jones (N.v.). Kellogg, Mcdonald. Mitchell,
Paddock. Patterson. Rollins. Sargent. spen
Ger, Teller. Noorhecs-4.
Messrs. Butler Christiancy. Lamar. Merrt-
mon, Plumb. Thurman and wallace, who
would have voted yea, were paired with
gals. sharon. dorsey and Cameron Of Penn
sylvania, who would have voted nay.
0eesrs- Herman. Jones OF Florida, Maxey
and Wudleigh. though present and not pair
ed. did not vote. and Mr.. Eustis, making the
seventy sixth member Of the Senate, was alb
sent without pair.
The nomination Of silas w. Burt, TO be Ma
val Oficcr. was then disposed Of by confirm
alton without debate. the vote standing
yeas, 81; nays. is.
that the injunction OF secrecy be removed
from the vote. senator Beck moved 20 amend
by removing the injunction also from all that
bad been said. This amendment was agreed
70 by a small majority.