New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-05
rur BEGIyNING or THE END.

rHR SENATE IN EXECUTIVE sNSolo n''r',,s nvrrR,,Ep
,.,r,oSs CONFIRMED AND OTHENS "N'
TO COMMITTEES. ,.,,e,
l,,Y TELEGRAPH TO THE TklBoShI -,
v,surScToy May 4.-The deadlock Is V'V'sea ',',oa.
~ :. psnnhlieans deny with moderate eAi
.hat tbev have surrendered. Mr.. Dawes 'uo o.s~.
:, ths caueas in q speech preceding ms no'on -
nto executive session, declared tha' 'i'0
. l v;slded nothing; that they went INTO eNe'u-
tive session simply to confirm soIie 'S'0n'''' IA
'.,ons atter which they would take mp the OF"
sSt ,.;,h renewed yigor. That is undoubtedly tno
tpr-nal uprpose of the Republicans, but prooaoiy
go, few Republicans would, in private. deny 'n''
,.,o.;or to 90 into executive session Is the Oegk
ming of the end. . -, .-.-,..,1,-
u. cooLl;no who is now manifesting eXtTaornl-
,orv zeal for the expedition of public business
,o,orted TO have said that he thought the Ntl'',o
oo.,d finally adjourn in ten days. Oi course nooVuS
.vnacts that the 800 nominations VIII oo
sor6rncd aud that Mr. Gorham will be elected
s-o,otorv and Colonel Riddleberger sergoantat-
.rns in that time. The Democrats have aSser'e"
,.;.b nositjyeness that Riddleberger shall not oe
',ao,a5 NJ any time. The revolutionary course III
ulicb thev have persisted for exactly wv" months
shows Mainly enough that they would not heS'" "
resort 10 any expedient TO accomplish TINS aVo"'"
nurnose. Whatever may be the result II seems
almost certain that Che two months contest IA prno
t;cailv ended although few more days may ue
devoted 10 speechmakng. One Senator Slr. OAn
~ Florida is very anxious that there should be- Tor
ha has beeu industriousy at work for ten days IN
,renarnc another report and has had mon at work
sonvinp a considerable portion of the newspaper
literature of the last fifteen years so far as fonnd Ill
the Congressional Library. He is not man 70
spend so much labor in vain
The Senate ip executive session, referred all the
pendipe nominations, except few, to commtlees'
1ithout obieetion. and gave the following officers
tbe co,,,liruent of a confirmation without refer
enoe. and by a unanimous vote:
Robert r. Hit, of Illinois, 10 be Assistant Secre-
tary of State.
Hiram Price Of Iowa, to be Commissioner of In
dian Affairs.
A.W. Jones to be United States Marshal for the
Northern District Of Illinois.
Sanford r. Hudson to be Associate Justice of
Dakota.
Thos. F. Black to be Collector of Customs for the
District Of ST. Marys. Ga.
DR. William II. Craig 70 be Postmaster at Albany
n Y. and a few others of less importance.
The remainder of the executive session was
devoted to q discussion of the Chinese
treaties, upon which no action was taken;
IL Is now thought that another day VIII
be reGnirtd to finish the debate upon that sub
Iect and one member of the Foreign Affairs Com
nittce thinks that vote may not be taken before
Friday. The debate in executive session was quite
gr.sier portion of the time. The only considerable
oppoaitan Is said 20 have come from Senator Hoar,
who considers that the proposed treaty ~ IN viola.
iinn of thr spirit If institutions The friends of
tho treaty arr confident that II will Oe ratified by
large majority.