, 1881-10-07

will mt tpnve Tho Scnato mr. nccrnt a,,y Office
from Tho President. should (icu, Arthur
fender one. Dcmocratic Scnntors hero do
tho prrsltcnt tho homer to EXPRESS tic belief
tint ho would uot for moment enter
tain s,,urcstlot, ia capturr tic Sen.
nto by getting .ru,lgo Davis out of
H. II tl1e Senator desired fl,
uult the So,ate IN ans sucl, matrcr, ho Int,
an opportunity suure months ogo, for C;ru..
GARFIELD. whose rcspcct for J,,tae Davis was
ercnt
Tt;SpEu1:n HIN Two PROMINENT urrfcEs
nt least. u,l, tieso |,p.ng refused. reu,tcstv.t
.Ju,gc Davis to say whether there wits any
Office In tho gift Of tho Executive wllic1, l.o
tlestrcjt, This osfcr wns mol l,,atte tu maku
m opening for Republican Senator from
Illinois, but to express 10 Judge Davis
tho rresldunt's appreciation Of his
abilities. but tic Senator saEtl TINT
l,o must respect tho trust l,a haul ac-
ceptetl from his State. IT. is not
generally known tllat Ruscoe ConklEue, to
whom Judge Davies spoke OF tho tender
Tint had beer, u,allo l,y Tho President, nj u1,co
sni,l that Sunator Davis coaltl nut ntrnrl to
quit tho Senate. Sucll was tic story during
tho recent spccInt sussinn of tho Senate.
Senator Davis will In nil probability yo.o
will. tic Democrats to continue the prese,It
officers uf tho Sel,nte, auh also will vote for
DemocrntEc Secretary. Tho Republicans
cannot elect Secretary, tlor cur the Dclno-
crats II tho Senatora.eiect be ad,nttteu be-
fore the ballot Is taken, but
THE 1Sp1v1pt,A1 SENATOR
cares far more ntp,,t Ills plur,. M The COM
mittees than about lin Senutn o1,tccs. 4
pood ,1cat of horroiutur anil 1ntrtrun nracntln
commlt,ee nnnointmr,,ts. In lin nrrnnyn-
ment Of committees lasr sprtnr tbcrtt wns
cons,tlnrnbtc dissatisfaction. Nrv rnnmH.
tccs must be annointml. rim rrcsitleut will
send IN several appointments which m,tst bo
referred to commtttcc. 'rha Srnato heinz n
tie, q caucus conference committee Of thp
two parties Is likely to arrange the commit
tees There will be no ltIttp difficulty III ur-
ranging the choice III committees, alul
somebody Is going to bc badly disappointed.
THERE 10 4 yrrv ACTIVE c.urA,ov
AMONG Democratic cnnlIintes for tha mst,
tim nf Secretary of Tho Scnntc. 'rhcv NJ,
presume Tint tho l)cmocrnts ura tn trvn,,lzo
that body. or. 1T rnst. lint If tl,cv fai fo So.
cure tho pres,dInp o;tfrrr tho i,an,,.,l,rona
will permit them 10 elect tho SECRETARY at
tic Senate Tho Denocrats atl nppcar to
coucutle tint In tho event that tl,ey mi, e1cet
Secretary tint office IL to IN to thu Snuth.
At all events. nil tic candidates nre
from the South. Among ti,o u,,st ,,roln.
incnt arc Col. T.. O, Washington. Of
VirgInfn, n weli-knowu Southern journalist,
who failed only by trtckerv nf recetylnp thn
Democratic ,omlnotton for Ycraeant-at-
Arms Of tue Scua,e wllun tl,e Dc,nocrats hatl
undoubtedly control of Tint body. ani Win
would bp u very conpetcnt person for tho
office If n Democrat must have It, as he il
familiar will, political history and lin usnnes
OF the Senate;
co,. II. r. ,r,srrpav,r,, NJ. ,,r>.r,,c,,,-
n rentlcmn1, of ao,mo ,,,iitinoi ,rI"onsa T., IT,.
enrto;, anl ~ iarTo soc;oi nn,na;n,an"o 10 ",
o,arvwhnro. ri, Wlf;on, MA rf1a,, ~
Attsstssinn{. n nrovroaeiv,, So,,t,;ar, a.t,,,r.
Rccs r, i;t],nnnstnn nf ,ronnossao ~ .s;on,
comnarnt1vn,v Itt ,s r,o,r,' "ra ~ ,,s "n' nn"
7,irrrc Al. II yonnp nf coor,Io for"as,,, Ir", -
1ucmhrr NJ t;nnwresu fron, ti,"t sia,a c,,I i
,uore reccn,ly one of tho ro,n,niss,n,,srs n. so ~
thu pnris Exno.It,o, Thara "ro a,so .,,.o ~
ay.scnutore cautf1,totos Tor iii, e'harJ,,,a., ~
noattinn IN t,,t, intI,, ~ ,r,,ioI t,.",, 1890
formcrlv mamhora Thov nra n~.So,ata,. s "tan
1yithnruA,f V;r-nto ,,,,I ~. Ha,,,...s 1,a.'''ts