The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-05-05
BROKEN AT LAST.
Tue SENATE DEADLOCK DISSOLVED.
An Executive Session Held Yesterday,
and several UneOntsSted Nominations
Conarmed, the OtheFA Referred,
and Chinese Treaties Taken UP.

WASHINGTON, May 4.-The Senate to
day went into executive session. The mo
ton was made by Mr.. Dawes, who II
making it, repudiAted the idea that by q
doing he and his associates were givtnl
up the fight over Senate officers, which hi
considered in its scope and character A
presenting question Of great importance
20 the future welfare Of the Government
involving as it did the right Of the major
ity to rule.
Mr.. Pendleton asked Mr.. Dawes 10 with
draw his motion for few moments, which
Mr Dawes courteously refused to do,
Mr.. Beck suggested to Mr. Pendleton
that 1t would he indecorous for him TO dis
turb the funeral orstion. RiddlebergeI
aud Gorham were dead. Let them die,
Mr.. Dawes trusted that this was the fu'
neral Of the assertion made by Senator
Beck, that the Senate itself should never
pass en- It's own work.
Mr.. Dawes motion was then agreed to-,
yeas 53i nays none.
When the doors were re.opened the
Senate adjourned.
THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
The Senate in executive session con-
tirmed the following nominations: Robt,
R, Hit, Of Illinois, Assistant Secretary ol
State; Hiram Price, Of Iowa, Commissioner
OF Indian Affairs; Alfred n. Jones, U. s.
Marshall OF the Northern district OF Iii.
nois; Sanford A. Hudson, OF Wisconsin,
Associate Justice Of the Supreme Court Of
Dakotah; Jas, A. Jones, Postmaster Of
Terrs HSute, Ind, The foregoing were all
confirmed by unanimous consent. The
other nominations on the table were re-
ferred to the appropriate committees,
The Senate then took up the Chinese
immigration treaty. A discussion ensued
in which Senators Miller and HoAr were
the principal participants, the former
advocating the ratification OF the treaty on
the ground that It is placing the subject
OF Chinese immigration within our entire
control hereafter, and the latter opposing
1t with the argument that the underlying
purpose Of the treaty is contrary 10 the
genius OF our institutions and 10 the gen.
eTal doctrine oithe "bEotherhood OF man"
The treaty was finally laid aside as un-
uulbubu UuhlltHh lOE tp'lUtIOWt Auh ul
unanimous consent the following nomina.
tions reported back from the Committees
were confirmed:
Vim. II. Craig, Postmaster, Albany. N
Y; VIM. Mullenix, Postmaster at Bristol,
Tenn. Thos. F. Black, Collector Of Gus
toms, St. Marys, Ga.
The executive session oil the Senate,
from information TO be gathered, was quiet
and only the routine business OF referring
nominations was attended to.
The Democrats, 1t is said, INDUCED In nc
sxultatton.
Several Senators left the executive sesS
ion, as there was nothing oi any unusua
character going on.
The Democratic Senators all regard thiI
as break In the deadlock and count
upon an adjournment within threC
weeks, but the Republicans stoutlJ
maintain that they are firm and united In
their determination to resume the 6ght
for majority rule, and will continue II al
summer II necessary, to win.
The letter OF the President 10 Senator
Dawes, expressing his disapproyal Of Cor
ham, has Crystalized the oppoeition 10 hin
among the Republican Senators, and Il i
not believed that they will again unSni
saously contend for Gorham's election a
Secretary.