, 1881-05-12
w WASHlNNIUN.
President Garfield Watching
by the Sjck~Bed Of
His Wife.
Tile Gift.Bearing Greeks from
Conkling's Camp Unable
to SEQ Him.
4 Majority Of the Senators Still
Anxious to Preserve Their
0ligarohy.
Character of The Arguments Which The
President Still Smasles With
His Fist.
Speeches Made in Executive Ses-
sion For and Against STAN
ley Matthews.
The Action OF Robertson ut CHI
cago in Securing Art1iur's
Nomination.
Conkling's Plan Now Understood to
Be to Join with the Bourbons
In Adjourniug.
Republican Senators Unwilling to
Risk Action on ChandIer's
Nomination.
Additional Reforms Which Are in Store In
the Post-0filce Department.
Conkling's Plan Now Understood to
Be to Join with the Bourbons
In Adjourning.
Republican Senators Unwilling to
Risk Action on Chand|er's
Nomination.
Additional Reforms Which Are in Store In
the Post-06lce Department.
NO CHANGE.
coSk1.1Sa aAlSlSG TIME.


WAsiiSt4roS. u. C., May l1.-TItere Is no
change In the p,ittfcaE situation. Feada!isla
.lies hard. 'rlEu Senatorial llarnns insist
upon what they cNll their constitutional
prerogatlve. Senatorial courtesy Is To them
Magma Cllarta. Tile doctrine Ut Senatorial
courtesy finds such strenuous supporters In
the Senate that 1t Is very clear TINT II this
WIS tlle lust year of the t;ariinht Alminfstra-
tlon Instead OF the first, and II the patronage
WIS behind tie Senators Instead of lssfare
them, Ar. ConkIing would carry ilis point by
4 lnrgu majority. Bit tint IL not the
situation. u1lu as Il consequence tile Adanin-
isratiun will win. Mr.. ltohcrtsnn will
be confirmed within ten slnys, alld there 1stll
not be m0ra tllan ten Republican votes Gust
agrtt,st him. When the cancels adjourned
Inst night nearly every Senator seemer un~
der the control OF
SOME MYSTERIOUS INFLUENCE.
Some Of tito most earnest supporters OF the
administration tulkcd ut: CON promise: nIul
SPOKE 6f harmony rs necessary fur party
safety, Their suggestions Of harmony Ineant
either to.al surrender OIL thu pnrt 0f tho
Executive or MI lgnoblu trade a,nl ticker III
patronage. Tho nu1arfty Ut Republican
Senators seemed tu think t!Iut tho
final days ot the party l,aa nj"
rlvel tuless 1t could be 1natlo
certain tl,at Judge Robertson should not be
made Collector Ut tlle Port ut New York. 1t
theru was anybody who thought that tho Re-
pablica,, lMrty ought not to l[va II its rilIllty
depends upon the faut that Il certain .na1l
sall or shatl not have controf Ut certain
Custu,ll-llo,,sc. that nlati wasnot bold enough
to assert himself.
numerous attempts lluye been made to see
| the President by TIC Republican, scAators,
acting individually ~ members If n vo!lli,'
| tury COMMITTEES Of the Whole utl tho Paeitica-
ton If tile Party. Tllese attempts. for tho
most part, have been unsuccessful. President
Garfield sat by the sttle ot Ills ycry.lll WIFI
a!l Ut Inst night, watching her ptll6e and
| making medical examinations every hour toE
the use Ut thu plIyslcla!ls. her nervous COLI
ttttoM belng such tilut but ono or two pcrsuhs
bestt,ts tie President collIsl enter tho room
without cAus!ng li1r great and possibly fata
excitement. Accordingly, this morning The
President fHund 1t necessary to fevoto tc
sIeet tho hours which otherwise might llavt
been glycu to tic Senators, who wuu|h lave
urged upon hinl to surrender 0r to uyade ttt
ISSUE by shifting tl!D patronage.
Personal. FRIENDS
who llaye secl Oeu. Garfield lato Tits even
t',.'t., III IT, an" ~ ,,,,, ~afthar h., III,
"uj"s.e.e -. u.'o ",,,,, ~ isa,r.A,!,,, :,
uelent u t4o Eo'.'tl'a.' . y. ''uoo4 te. ;,
tllo pllec to3 W'''c!' ~ 1''s ucch no""tF'ee''
| Thu President, while aS dGalrOlts fur hnrtllO
ny III u,,yho,ly. t1oes nat SEQ that nny rul1rs,
~ ,,ft In him nycnnt IN surremdnr Il, thu ,lfu
tatlnh III Alr' CoERlths Ut to permit t1o hoHs'
nation Ut Slr, Robertson to tako its cnurs
mi -, ot,Ido hv thn Ynrmaf aecinrat[m. n
u'!u ~ "o'uo ~ sto 'o.."'
"tho advice anu c1h5ent OF Inc oeIates
'Fho President IN hut weak enough I,
,.,'.,..s,.. ,r,,., sa,,.t,rs ,vho INV hin
sAfte'I'ter' 1ho ee'a.o1s WIZ ~" ~"
spuliB words OF p0aGt, Thu urged uptDA !Ild
the u,.ressttv nf harutnny: said that tlla l'r&sI
1917 ,,, ,,, .'.,.. - +ro,,.uun,,u n,,va,
utntlal 0ttlco WIS ott u tielhcn"o'a po"o'
n1l4 tlIat Gall. Garfield!
| coffin Snw AFFUlsu TO DO THE uElsUl
| ~ m,I.rt,,
l. 1A!S"'
that he could sny that lio lad nlnue 1t'tStsK
In ,,nnf,,ntlue. Robert s,u without cot.a,tlka
"o ,.,' s.'i,,, '.',t .,,at sa..I",, t,,.t fn,.t
| tlun WIFI AHnk!!ltei pHt A1a@t secHiE h''"* '""
liz WIS bravo and strong enough to itckhpwl
! eilco 1t, 4 friend OF thu pEeaident sugKestG
| IN ann of f},nsB hlrrunlluF-SceklliK hl 6elAtuy