The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-05-14

deadlock Broken-Buslness Begun
Garfelds Bulls Eye-The Senator who
is Never Satisfed-The Star Route Frauds
The Chinese Treaty Ratified.
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 7, 1881.
The deadlock is broken. The Republi-
cans deny with moderate earnestness that
they have surrendered. Mr.. Dawes, the or
gan of the caucus, in speech preceding
this motion to go into executive session, de
clared that the Republicans yielded moth
ing; that they went into executive session
simply to confirm some essential nomina-
tions, after which they would take up the
old fight with renewed vigor. That is un-
undoubtedly the formal purpose OF the Re
publicans, but probably very few Republi-
cans would, in private, deny that the mo-
ton to 60 into executive session is the be.
ginning of the end. About one hundred
nominations had been confirmed up till
yesterday, when ct about one o'clock mes
sage from the President was received and
read in the Senate. Mr. Conkling was in
his seat at the time, and to all appearances
busily engaged in looking over papers. The
message contained the withdrawal of all
the New York nominations but Judge Rob-
ertson's; and still the New York Senator
seemed totally indifferent, while the eyes of
nearly every other Senator turned instinc-
lively towards him. He evidently knew
what was coming. Other business being
taken up, the Senators glthered about in
knots and discussed the situation. II is
known that Mess-s. Conklirg and Allison
talked earnestly together for long while
in the course of the afternoon, but the latter
stated last evening that he had heard moth
ing on which TO form an opinion as TO
whether Robertsons nomination would be
successfully considered or not at all. An in
tlmate personal friend of the President,
when asked the special meaning of Gen.
Garfeld's move in withdrawing the New
York nominations, said: at means that
Mr.. Conkling is to be broken down thor
oughly and effectively. There is no at
tempting TO do any kind of business with
him. He is never satisfied unless he has
his belly FULL and there is ne guaging his
belly. The President has done everything
in his power 10 please him. In fact, he has
almost humiliated himself by going out of
the way to ask this insuhIerable bump of
egotism, conceit and vanity, just what
would be most unobjeetionable to him.
The result has been that nothing satisfies
him. He will have a fght. He stands
constantly, however, in the position of
peace and concliation. He says he desires
no controversy, and yet be has made an is
sue with the President, strong and direct,
and the President has squarely accepted
that issue. 1t is the Administration against
Mr. Conkling Garfield by his action re-
gains his popularity. He has been told
that the public has more respect for a man
who does not wrong valsntly than it has
for a man who does right sneakingly, The
President has resolved to temporize no
more.
1t will be some days yet before the Post
Office department will have sufficiently
proceeded with its star route contracts in
vestigation to make public any additional
developments. The reports, however, are
not IDLE. The inquiry is not confined alone
to the department proper here, but is like
wise being prosecuted in the districts where
some OF the most notorious routes, as already
disclosed, are located. The star route ring
are rather taken sback by the manner in
which the Garfield Hubbell letter is received
by the public. They had expected 1t would
produce sensation, whereas it has fallen
fiat, aud not produced a ripple.
The treaties signed at Pekin, in Novem-
Der last, by the American and Chinese com
missioneIs, were ratified by the Senate yes
terday, One Of these relates entirely to the