The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-05-12
#1O1eTY-SEHENTa CONGRESS.
Extra Session.

SENATE, May 2.-The unfinished
business was laid before the Senate. Senator
Farley ycalled attention to the large number of
nominations awitinS action and moved to 20
INTO sxecutive session. The people of his
state OF all parties were appealing to the
Senate to consider important matters in which
the were directly interested. Petitions were
daily coming from California asking for con
sidefation OF the Chinese treaty. Senator
Saun6ury denied the charge made by Dawes
that democratic Senators were responsible for
delay. IN transacting, public business, and
reference to Riddlebcrger and " that bargain"
he said Inc was not sure the administration
could dhave one-half its nominations confirmed
except Tor the aid which it expected from the
Democrats, but if this thing was kept up, if
the administration was to aid in strengthen.
States, he salisbury would for one say uu-
hesltatingly that the administration was not
worthy his support. A motion to 20 into
executive session was lost, yeas IL, nays %.
An hour wasted upon dilatory motions, and
the Senate adjourned.
SENATE, May @3.-Unfnished busi-
the floor with speech upon the debt question
between Virginians, promising his remarks
with an expression of regret that the speeches
made by Senators from Virginia and Ohio,
Malone and Sherman, should have compelled
him to discuss in this chamber what he con-
sidered to be purely local matter. The debt
question in West Virginia had never been
made a political one, and he regretted that
Republican Senator's should make statements
rejecting upon the action of Democrats in
that state upon that question. He gave his
tory of the debt complication and said the
Virginians and his people will pay their debts,
and the sooner the better. He hoped the two
pnNIId dCNn k<,.
the question.
After short debate on the debt OF Virginia
the Senate adjourned.
SENATE, May diminished bust
ness, the election of officers, was laid before
the Senate. Mr.. Dawes moved to 70 into ex-
ecutive session, and in doing so repudiated the
idea that by so doing he and his associates
were giving up the fight over the Senate Off
character as presenting u question of great
Importance to the future welfare of the gov
crnment, involving, us it did, the right of the
majority to rule. Mr.. Pendleton asked Mr..
Dawes to withdraw that motion for moment,
which Mr.. Dawes courteously refused to do.
Mr.. Beck suggested to MIR. Pendleton that it
would be indecorous for him to disturb the
funeral oration. Rddlcbergcr and Gorham
were dead set. Let them die. Mr. Dawes
trusted this was the funeral of the assertion
made by the Senator Beck J, that the Senate
itself should never pass on its own works.
Mr.. Dawes motion was then agreed to--ayes
63, nays 0. When the doors were reopened
the Senate adjourned
The Executive Session.
The Senate in executive session, confirmed
the following nominations: Robert Hit of
Illinois, assistant secretary of senate Hiram
Price of Iowa, commissioner of Indian affairs
A. NJ. Jones United States marshal for the
northern district of Illinois; Sandford A.
Hudson of Wisconsin, associate justice of the
supreme court of Dakota. The foregoing were
all confirmed by unanimous consent. Other
nominations OIL the table were referred to ap-
propriate committees The Senate then took
up the Chinese immigration treaty, Discus
sion ensued, in which Senators Miller and
Hoar were the principal participants, the
former advocating the ratification Of the treaty
upon the ground Of its placing the subject Of
Chinese immigration within our entire con-
troll hereafter, and the latter opposing it with
the argument that the underlying purpose of
the treaty is contrary to the genius of our in
stitutions and to the general doctrine of the
brotherhood of man"
The treaty was finally laid aside as unfin-
ished business for tomorrow.
SENATE, May 5.-The Senate tran
sacted remarkable mount Of business to-day,
cleaning the calendar of treaties, and dispos-
ing of eighty-four nominations. Two of the
treaties were with China, one to restrict Chi
nese immigration and the other commercial
treaty one with the United States of Colon
bia, one with Morocco, and treaty with
Italy relative to extradition. The Senate con-
tirmed the following nominations: William
Walter Phelps, of New Jersey, envoy cxtraor-
binary and minister plenipotentiary to Austria;
Cortes Fessendcn, of Romeo, Mich, United
States surveyor general for Dakota Richard
W. Montgomery, receiver of public moneys,
!; Bloomington, Ncb.; Lionel A. Sheldon, of Ohio,
governor of New Mexico Territory; Henry
Fink, United States marshal for the eastern
district of Wisconsin Thos. Wilson, District
OF Columbia, consul at Ghent John F. Jenne:
New Jersey, consul ut Nuevo Laredo.
Registers Of Land Officcs---Wm. Letcher, at
Mitchell, D. T.: j. p. Owens, Taylor's Falls,
Mimi: G. 3: Tyler, Tracy, Mimi; E. H.
Cavanagh, Oberlin, Kas. &C. II. Smith, Worth
ington, MINI.
Receivers of Public Moneys---Jo ohm Iced,
Tracy, MINI. e. T. Chandler, Obsr!in, Kas.
SENATE, May GA motion of Sena-
tor Harris for an executive session of the Sen.
ate TO-DAY was voted down bv the Ren1,h1icans