Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-30

h0ne-A TIT BetWeeu Jonas ana
KellOgg-TrOubIe I'm the Cabinet
over Matthews. Chandler and
Robertson.
WASHINGTON, March 29.-While there does
not seem to be any very well defined reason
for such contingency, the impression
among the we'll informed becomes the deep
or daily that Congress will be called In extra
session In October next, or at least In the
early days Of November. As the next will
be the long session of Congress, there seems
to be, to the average mind, no reason for
convening Congress earlier than the first
Monday in December, its date Of meeting as
prescribed by the Constitution-still the i'm
preston is that it will be called earlier. In
the absence of anything definite or official
on the subject, the generalimpression of the
well informed that it will be called together
earlier is worth consideration. have found
that such impression IS, nine times out of
ten, correct, though If pushed for the facts,
the "well informed" could not tell why
they make this or that prediction.
President Garfield will spend most of his
time during the summer in Washington If
he intends to carry out the programme that
he has announced to members of Congress
who have called upon him in regard 10 ap.
pointments. He has told them that he IN
tends to move slowly and 60 consult mem.
bers about offices local to them. This of
course applies only to Republican members.
He has told them not to worry themselves,
but wait until after the pressure of the hun
cry and indiscriminate crowd is over and
the Senate has adjourned; then
to visit him quietly in Washington and ar
range with him the states for local Federal
offices most acceptable to them. He has
assured them that he will consult and defer
to their selections; whereat the Republican
member is much elated and the Garfield
administration correspondingly strengthen
ed. From now On expect to read In Wash
ington news preponderance of matter on
the subject of the finances. The failure Of
the refunding bill to secure Mr.. Hayes ap-
proval and the attempt at an extra session
makes the position of Secretary
Window and the policy to be pur-
sued by him in the management
of the finances, matters of the greatest
national interest under the new administra-
tion. Wall street is already in excite
ment, and numerous kilograms ask
ing information on this subject are daily
received here from prominent brokers who
do business on that historic thoroughfare.
The different Territories have delegations
here protesting against "carpet-baggers. ="
From the time that Territories were estab-
lished 1t has been the custom to fill the
Federal offices of which they boast with
broken-down politicians who have to be
provided for somewhere and somehow
The Territories now protest. They
say that they have within their bor-
ders men fully competent to fulfill all the
duties that are incumbent upon their
Federal offices and demand that
natives, not carpet -baggers, be ae-
lected to fill them. They are tired of
having men sent out there who are unknown
to the people, and possess no knowledge
whatever of their wants or method of living.
defunct Eastern politicians" as the men
who are working up the snti-carpet-bagger
boom put it. The Territories are repeating
the protest of the South, and it is generally
understood that Garfield so far sympathixes
with them that he will give the "home pro-
duct" a good showing in selecting Terri
torial Federal officers.
TROUBLE IN THE CABINET OVER MATTHEWS,
CHANDLER AND ROBERTSON.
There is a rumor sfloat that Attorney
General MacVeagh will shortly retire from
the Cabinet on account of a disagreement
with the President touching the nominations
of Stanley Matthews and VIM. Z. Chandler
to positions on the Supreme Bench
and in the Department of Justice,
respectively. The causes leading to the
dissaffeetion Of Attorney General Nc
Vesgh and Postmaster General James were
briefly considered, 1t is said in tO-day's Cab
net meeting. The President will, undoubt-
edly, make firm stand in defense OF the
nominations of Messrs. Chandler and
Robertson, and no one seems to believe
for a moment that the name
of either will be withdrawn. II, in conse-
| quence of the confirmation Of either or both
of these gentlemen, Postmaster General
James or Attorney General McVeagh find it
incompatible with their ideas to remain In
the Cabinet, it is believed that the resigna-
tions will be promptly accepted, and new
men appointed to their places without delay.
There is good authority for the statement
that Attorney General MacVesgh opposed
MIR. Chandler's selection, but yielded so far
as to postpone his resignation until it
should be seen whether the Senate would
confirm or reject his nomination. Postmas.
ter General James declines to talk about his
attitude In the reported disagreement.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
In the Senate, Immediately after the read
ing of the journal, the resolution was called
up for the election of officers to the Senate
Mr.. Johnston stated that he had intended
to reply to the speech of his colleague, de-
livered Yesterday, but as 1t does not appear
in the Record this morning, and as he did
not wish to misrepresent his colleague, he
would postpone his reply until he could
have an opportunity to read that speech.
Mr.. Hampton denied the statement made
yesterday by Mr.. Malone that the Demo
cratic party had repudiated the debt of
South Carolina, asserting that If there had
been reputation it had been when the State
was under the control of the party with
which the gentleman was now acting.
He then proceeded to recite the action of
the Democrats in this special session of the
reorganiEing the committees, and the course
pursued by their opponents, which was, In
his opinion, subversive of all the usages
and precedents of this body, and
fraught with danger to the leg slative
branch of the government. He argued
against the right of the Vice President to
vote upon the election of officers. Nowhere
in the Constitution was he clothed with that
power. It had been clearly shown by the
many roll calls that the majority of the SEN
ate did not choose to elect new officers.
This special session had been called to con-
slider the business sent to the Senate by the
President.
Whether there was any communication
stating the desire of the President that the
offices of the Senate should be again filed,
he did not know. If there was, his side
would give it all the attention it demanded.
He regretted that the Senator from
Pennsylvania (Mr. Cameron) had made
this question one of endurance, and
had then gone down at the first clash of
arms. The Democrats opposed the proposed
action because itwould break an established
precedent, and establish a bad one, because
the Senate had been called here for execu-
tive business, and above all because grave
suspicious had taken hold Of the public
mind that this action was the result of
an unnatural coalition and corrupt
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