The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-05-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Am Armisticc i'm the Scnnte-
Fsrospecfsof'an EARLY Adjourn
snent-Nonsinati Confirmed
and Treaties ERasffieti.
from our Regular Correspondent
WAsHINGToS, d. C., May &, 1881.

WASHINGTON, ID. C., May q, 1881.
The deadlock has been broken, o
at least, RELAXED for a little whilr, bu
there Is as vet no prospect that III
lion and lamb will lie down togctheI
and nothing, not even a summer se'
son, it is believed, will end the str1Ig
gle between the so nearly event
matched parties in the senate. As 70
the Presiden; and the senior senate
from New York, each feels that h
has too much principal and interes
involved to yield in the issue between
thea, anl one or the other must fall
for neither will retreat.
The talk among senators to-day i
that the senate will adjourn about tn,
2lst of May, but the action of thu
senate in going into executive session
does not signify that the contest ovei
the election of officers is terminated
Some Republican senators are known
to be in favor of resuming the fight
as soon as the more important execu-
tive appointments are confirmed. The
plan of action ratified by the Repub-
lIcan caucus looks to this end, and we
may have the senate with us all sum
mcr vet. Should the senators remain
through the warm season, they will,
no doubt, become impressed with Il
realizing sense of the nuisance of the
Potomac flats, and will perhaps be in
cliHed TO give some attention to the
matter of its abatement.
We are not precisely on the verge
of revolution, but we are near the
elimination of small events and petty
crises. The President has withdrawn
all the important nominations from
New York except that of Judge Rob
ertson, which indicates that he has no
disposition to compromise with Scna-
tor Conkling, but will attack him
where he is weakest, awaiting himself
of the immense vantage of his supe-
rior power, Office, and influence. In
this contest, Senator Conkling must
fall. a majority of the senate will
sooner or later vote for RObertson's
confirmation, and this important case
settled, the situation will he much /.
a large number of sena-
tors visited the President yesterday in
the interest of harmony, but their
have been without avail.
President Garfield has had sufficient
lime 10 calculate all the chances and
of the course he has
taken, be is no amateur politician, but
rs old and as able as Conkling himself.
He doubtless realized that any com
promise in the beginning of his presi-
iential term would be equivalent to
IN abdication Of the prerogatiyes of
lis office, and a source of en,barras-
nent to his administration for four
ears.
The senate transacted a remarkably
arge amount of business in its execu-
i've session yesterday, clearing the
,alendar of treaties, and also taking
inal action on eighty-four nominations,
n about four and half hours. The
irst matter disposed of Was the
chinese immigration treaty, which,
lfter continuation of Wednesdays |
lebate Casting three hours, but deyel-
ping no fresh points of interest, WAS
atified without amendment by a prac-
ically unanimous vote, there being
,nly two senator's recorded in the
negative.