New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-15
THE PRESIDENCY PRO TEMPORE.

THE PRESIDENCY PRO TEMPORE.
DISSATISFACTION AT THE ELEVATION OF DAVID
DAvIs-SoNE DEMOCRATIC SENATORS PROPOSING
TO SUPPORT MIR. ANTHONY, IN THE HOPE OF
TURNING MR. DAVIS OUT.
IBY TELEGRAPH To THE TRIBUSE.l
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.-Now that Senators have
had a brief opportunity TO review their work in
filing the Presidential chair of the Senate, some of
tleir comments about the result are exceedingly
queer. Neither party boasts of an absolute victory.
The Republicans come out with the advantage on
their side, but had the same results not been pre-
dicted by the elevation Of Senator Bayard by ques-
tonable means they would have been accounted a
pretty fair Democratic gain. Some of the Repnbli-
cans were strongly opposed to Senator Davis In
caucus holding that it would be better 70 let the
Dcmocra s have the Presidency of the Senate, won,
as it was by a denial OF State Rights than to COM
promise or elect any Que who was less Republican
in principle than Senator Anthony. One of the
dissatisfied Senator'S who still unrecOnciied tells
his Republican friends to-day that they can make
Republican of the bitterc,t Democrat in his State
by offering mm the Vice-Presldeucy. Senators on
both sides drawing comfort from the very al'-
parent fact that assassination has been eliminated
from politics, at least, during the incumbency of
Senator Davis, "for," they say, there are no
Guitcaus in his party and the widest Democrat or
Republican crank would never commit murder %
elevate Senator Davis to the Frosdcncy.'
He is an important part Of the Government"
said Republican Senator to-day :" lie may be
called the National lynch pin. He serves no very
useful direct purpose himself, but he is in posi- ion
to keep the wheel from coming OFF. and wreckng
the whole vehicle"
When the nomination of Senator Davis by the
Republicans was first proposed, some of them said
! q a. 10 tba
Gratis at least and then we may be able to use the
| Democrats 20 oust him. and thus get our own man
in" This plan seems to have been suggested to the
! Democrats by whom it has been treated sOberly
and in earnest. Several OF them, moved by their cha
grim have approached Republican Senators today
with proposition to unite in supporting Senator
| Anthony for the Presidency OF the Senate. II
seven or eight Of you people, sald the Democrats
will join with u.s. we viii put Anthony IN ana
Davis out" They have, OF course received no en-
! coura cement from the Republicans who could not
| in honor join hands in such movement The
! Democrats, however, have no reason 10 hold their
hands, and one Democratic senator said he believed
! he would nominate Anthony, and see how the he.
pubhcIus would vote. Il i, entirely probable, II
! such nomination s made, that Senator Anthony
whose name is second on the fOl-cal!, will himself
set The example of voting IN the negative.
On SionIay next the senate will undoubtedly adj
iouru over until after the Yorktown celebration:
great many Senators will 90 10 Yorktown others
who live urtr enough Will 20 home, and the I. 81
viii here ana d'ttT par luchldl
II is not probable. that the Republicans viii at
tempt to elect q Secretary Ncrge2n-at Arms untl
the regular session next winter Even then It VIII.
Ice s,iIy IOr them TO make new n0mlnatlonS Ger
! tainly IN the ease of the frs. nanei oiiiter,
5ud probably m that OF the latter IN
/ the first place, 1t wou.l he Impossible ior
I. party to elect anyone Wifhout the aSss agce o!
Judge Dllis. IL ia not probable that he woud vote
/ .lra Republican rlgdI late, but should man hr
nominated who was not o.lecti21loie to MN ne
would trelruiu irou voting, thu, allowing the
R.uublcau, 20 elect. Should lac vote against
thr Rcpu1 leans 'hcrr would be tie and no rcc-
ton. iIe is opp1. .ad to both Gorham and Riddle
berger and would vote N accordance with his con-
v.tJluns. There arr also several Republicans who
would Gorhgm, aud his lection - there
FORE ont of thr question. IL, however. does not
at1 tli, but insists that hr IS the caucus nominee
uttr s,lr.snc,s of further continuing tn, ight and
,,itaataw~ tne y pulIirJus will hold another eau
ems aud nominate some one cl-r his viii not be
done however until December. No one ol pIoml-
ucurc ms ID en- men toned for the offices, but doubt
less several VIII appear at the proper time.