Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-14
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
GARFIELD'S TERMS TO THE
STALWARTS.
Robertson TO be COnfrmed-The
Movement for HarmOny-Mrp. Gar.
neid's Illness Assumes n Typhoid
Form-COnf1rmatIo and NomIna-
tiOns-The Fives and skies.

WASHINGTON, May 13.-The President is
entirely absorbed in the sickness of Mrs.
Garfield, who is worse to night, and cannot
be seen on public matters, except such as
are absolutely essential.
Mrs. Garfield has been suffering for seve-
raj days from low nervous fever, aggrava-
ted, it has been supposed, by malaria. To-
day the fever has assumed typhoid form.
which causes her relatives and
friends more uneasiness, and which
makes 1t improbable that any improvement
IN her condition can take place at present.
1t is not thought, however, that there is any
danger. DR.. BoYnton, Of Cleveland, is in
constant attendance at the Executive Man
sion in consultation with DR.. Pope, of this
city, and Mrs. DR.. Edson.
1t is stated on good authority that after
Robertson's confirmation, and the Republi-
can caucus today decided to confirm him,
If the New York stalwarts keep up the
fight against the administration the Presi-
dent viii I'LL the offices of that
State with anti-stalwarts, but IL the
stalwarts accept the result as settling the
controversy the President will give that
wing the offices he recently withdrew, and
will renominate the same men if
the stalwarts want them.
THE EFFORT FOR HARMONY.
The Republican Senators held a caucus
this morning for the purpose of individually
reporting to each other what progress, Ii
any, has been made In the effort OF the
- e. H. 4H,o
party differences in regard to the contested
nominations. No definite plan appears to
have been agreed upon, but several Senators
say that they were encouraged by the confer
euce this morning to hope that a satisfac-
tory adjustment may yet be effected.
During the conference attention was call
ed to the fact (which has quite generally
been lost sight of that the action taken by
the caucus last week in regard to the
contested cases extended no fur
ther than to provide thst they should
not be brought before the Senate until
after clearing the docket of the
uncontested business. Various Senators
to-day announced that from aud after the
time when this clearance shall be effected,
which is apparently very near at hand, they
will not enter into any agreement or under
standing in regard to any contested nOmina
ton, but will hold themselves free to move
for prompt action upon all such cases in
accordance with their individual judgments,
restricted only by the rules OF the Senate.
In view of these announcements II is con-
sidered improbable that any attempt viii
be made TO obtain caucus action on the sub
ject, and unless the controversy in regard
to the Robertson nomination be
averted by some other means, it
will doubtless be brought before the Senate
soon after intervening business shall have
been disposed of. The caucus to-day ad
journed subject tothe call OF the Chairman.
CONTRIBUTIONS.
The Senate, in executive session this af
ternoon, confirmed the nomination of Don
A. Pardee to be Circuit Judgesfor the Fifth
Judicial Circuit, George K. Gilmer to
be Postmaster at Richmond. Va, w. w.
Lambert to be Postmaster at Brackettsville,
Texas.
The President sent message to the Sen
ate to day Withdrawing the nomination OF
Lewis Wallace as Charge d'Afaires at Para
quay aud Uruguay, at his own request.
Nd motion was entered at to days execu-
tive session (as it was Tumored there would
bel for the reconsideration of the vote by
which ex Senator Matthews was yesterday
confirmed as an Associate Justice Of the
Supreme Court.
NOMINATIONS.
The President sent the following nomina-
tions 10 the Senate to day: Postmasters, T.
B. Pratt. at Canton, Miss; EIizur B. Harri-
son, at Fayetteville, Ark; Chas. Henry,
of Ohio, to be United States Marshal for the
District of Columbia, vice Frederick Doug
lass, nominated as Recorder Of Deeds;
Frederick Douglass, of the District of Co
lumbia, to be Recorder of Deeds In the Dis
trict Of Columbia, vice George A. Sheridan,
| resigned: Frank Thompson, of Louisiana,
to be Chaplain In the Navy.
TIE FIvEs AND SKIES.
The Treasury Department to-day received
more than twenty-One million dollars OF
registered per cent. bonds to be continued
| at 81 per cent, under the terms of yester-
davis circular.
There are now less than twenty millions
OF six per cents outstanding, and when the
transactions in Europe are completed it is
thought few, If any, will be left for re-
demptiOn.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
On motion of Mr. Dawes it was ordered
that when the Senate adjourned to-day it
be to meet on Monday next, and then, at
1905 O'Clock, the Senate went into execu-
tive session.
When the doors were re-opened at one
O'Clock, the Senate adjourned until Mon
| day.
HOT WEATHER AT THE CAPITAL.
The weather has been very hot hare for
the past three days. The thermometer
stood at 90 degrees at IL a. m. to-day and
| % degrees at .. m.