Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-04-05
WASHINGTON.
Miscellaneous News from the Ma
tiona1 Capital.

tiOna1 Capital.
WASHINGTON, April 4.-The Re
publican Senators, in caucus this
morning, decided to continue their
efforts to procure the passage of the
pending resolution for the immediate
election of Senate officers, by adher-
ing persistently to the policy and
programme heretofore pursued.
The chief signal officer furnishes
the following special bulletin to the
associated press: The storm which
was central in the lower Ohio Valley
yesterday morning moved to east
ward, causing a light snow in Ten
nessee and the Ohio Valley, and from
Iowa eastward to the middle Attain
tic coast. The centre of this storm
is now in the eastern portion of
North Carolina and the rain
extends southwark to Florida.
The temperature has fallen in the
Mississippi Valley and the Northwest
and is below freezing as far south
ward as Texas, and below zero in
Minnesota. The temperature is 20
degrees below mean from the Mis-
souri, River eastward to the st.
Lawrence and Ohio Valleys and
Arkansas. The indications are that
the weather will be warmer in the
Northwest during Tuesday and
Wednesday,, and that fair weather
will prev. Ill east of Mississippi dlrs
ing Tuesday.
after an exhaustive interchange of
views and by a vote, which is said to
have been substantially unanimous.
The caucus discussed the suggested
expediency of allowing the dead lock
to be broke from time to time by the
executive sessions for the confrma-
ton of uncontested nominations, but
it was decided that at least for the
present this course would be unad-
visable. The only other matter
acted upon at to days meeting was
the long contir 1ed delay in trans>
porting the remains Of the late Sena.
tor Carpenter to Wisconsin, and it
was agreed on all hands that the
members of the Senate committee,
appointed for this purpose, should
make immediate arrangements for
pairing and proceed to perform their
mission.
The arguments advanced in the
caucus to day as reasons for the in
definite maintenance by the Repub-
Leans Of their present position were,
in substance, as follows: First
The question involved in the Demo-
cratic opposition to the pending
resolution is whether a majority or
minority of the Senate shall control
it's action; that for the majority to
succumb to the minority now in the
matter of choice Of officers would
pave the way for submission to the
minority in matters of great
er Importance hereafter; that
as there is no legislative
business to be transacted at this
session, and no injury to result to the
public interests from delay in con-
tirming the nominations to the
Offices already filed, the present is
the best time to meet the issue
above indicated and to maintain the
principle that the will of the major
ity must prevail. Second-that the
election of the candidates nominated |
by the majority, including Mr.. Rid
dleberger, must be insisted upon as
a means of sustaining and promoting
the alliance between the Repub-
licans and Independent Democrats
in Virginia and other Southern
States. It was argued in the caucus
that the issue whether or not the
Republicans of the Senate will sup
port the alleged movement in Vir-
ginia "for a free ballot and fair
count" has been Joined by the nomi-
nation of Mr.. Riddleberger, and that
to abandon hs proposed election
would be prejudicial to the success
of the movement in the fall cam
paign, and greatly diminish the
prospects of its spread through other
portions of the South.
The New York nominations were
not referred to at the meeting to-
day, and it was noticeable that the
policy of delaying the transaction of
the executive business until after the
election of the Senate officers was
advocated by the Senators who hold
diametrically opposite views con-
corning the prosperity of confirming
these and other contested cases.