Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-16
TO-DAYiS TELEGRAPH NEWS
Proceedings Of the Senate To-day.

| WASHINGTON. ID. c., March lG The or.
caDz alton resoIu'i2n VS. called up, w ic,eupor
| MIR. Cameroo. Of p, mood 10 or purn. bu'
yielded 10 Mr.. VS.. 20 Cifar q ttsl!u i)a re.
| guessing tic President to c;mmu2;cito TO tie
| Senate Inc cofresp0Id=o3o AID scc u .a,ylns
| Goc1meuts oeiw2en the government CT the u.
). and Mexico Huflt s the yCars 1859 10 1851,
Inclusive, 10 ;dreGco 10 the proposed treaty
between said aOv1rnmeniS AID also tie ccrfes
ro3detc, duii0G slid years b:gHccn the State
D!pGr;mert aud the D. s M!uis.cr ct Mexico
| 10 rtttreEc1 II ing PROPOSED Convention or
trta!y b'twccH ,hei~o government. Adopted.
MIR. Dlsi', Of W. Va, off.rei resolution
dlrcctlpg t!u Committee on Public Buildings
ADD Grounds 10 II ko into consideration the con
dllon Of Public Buildings ia WASHINGTON city,
looking TO the future Deeds OF the government
anG repC:t o. the rtXs session OF Congress
Laid upon The table fer action when tho c,m.
nitces siial have ben appointed.
The mo!loa to &C }u.n was lcs!--ycss 2S,
nays 35-Mr. Mahobe not voting aud was fol
lowed up with motion 10 proceed TO tho con
slderttlon of executive business which vas also
oat-yeas 81. nsys 24-Nlr Malone voting 10
the affirmative.
Another dlaor3 motion having been ve!ed
doWn, MIR. Cameron. OF Pa, called attention to
the idct shat there were appointments on the
tatle Wllch shoEli be sced upon immediately.
AID be thtr-!2ra n,oy:d to 90 iDo executive
session
MI. Gr4ome suggested that tho nominations
could Dot be ac!td upon for want Of committecs,
Mr.. Farley sid that Ihrc appeared to bc a
oisDcsl II on the Other side 10 d. 20 business
whatever.
Nj. DaHes a:.:i tks Sanscr FROM Caslor
ma 10 lutorm the o:ultrg 90 whose motion The
Senate adjourned yesterday.
MT. F.Fie, replied that TIC Il CO i world
hho" that fact. D,Ia!ory mc!ioos had boen
mace, and Ii had bccauc cyiieat tbst tho re-
tuoIIcan sltc did no. h;cci to do any business.
.. Mr Salisbury thought tho remark made bv
tdf' DAVIS was III Just, aad that The Senator
hne" II 10 be Unjust upon the democrats ia this
chamber. LILO knew the. The democrats hid
Oeeh attempting to crgeniz, the Senate so az to
pFoceec 10 the public business. He, Salisbury
Teierfed 10 tho scion OF tho republicans in the
I i.s Corgrts5, who, h9 said, had iuterposcd
dlIatcry motions against tho consideration Of
Inc nominations which had 6ccn sent in By a
man who had been elevated without ripht tn
tho Presidency. "'"' ''sN' "
MT cameron. Ct Pa, asserted that the 70.
puolicans desired to proceed to work as much
as inc democrats, and that therefore ho had
moved C to proceed to executive business.
The motion was lost.
MIR. Btck said that IS there was r,nuh)ic,n
ffeSldeut, backed ~ republican House. il
might be better for thu democratic marty that
no a!so had q Senate a: his back, ard had all
l I! crcGit u all tia. WIS good and tho respon.
En1oi!ty OF all thu! was bad. Therefore he, Mr..
n;i was not attempting 10 hold 90 to few
privileges, and thought that the Sonata mioht
aS wen acJ rurp, and msdo a motion to that ef-
Iecf. Whlah was. at o'o'eck, agreed TO-