Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-07
THE BOSSES" SET BACK.
THE PRESIDENTS FIRM STAND.
COnkling VanquIshed Pleading
with the DemOcrats-LIght shed
on the Features of the War
Robertson Sure to be Confirmed
Another Executive SessiOn-More
Vaptd Talk from Dawes-ChaBges
In the Military Districts.

Democrats to help him. Only five Demo
cratic Senators openly support Conkling,
and 1t is estimated that he will get seven
Republicans. Robertson will get no less
then 45 votes.
The declaration of the President, that
every Republican Senator who votes with
Conkling viii require letter of introduc-
ton TO Garfield for the remainder of his
term, has caused number of Republicans
who pretended to support Conkling to leave
him. Conkllng complains bitterly of this,
and especially of Mr.. Dawes sudden deser-
ton of him. Conkling intimated to-day that
he means to hold all the Republicans to the
caucus agreement, that the objection of one
Senator shall send nomination over until
the next session, unless this agreement be
abrogated by another caucus. This will pro
baby force another caucus, though
cool-headed Republicans would like to
avoid it, as they know it will be one of
bitter quarreling and recriminations. The
indications are that Conkling will resort to
every means he can to annoy the admins
tration.
Robertson will no doubt be confirmed
next week, as It now appears that Conkling
cannot control the Commerce Committee
against him.
Commodore ShufeIdt, who has been ap-
pointed attache of the United States Navy
at Peking leaves for China next week, and
will carry the official notification of the
ratificstion of the Chinese treaties.
The predictions are general that
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days, as the Republicans are too much torn
up and divided to renew the fight to elect
Gorham, who has been condemned by the
President.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
The Vice President laid before the Senate
a communication from the Attorney Gen
eral, transmitting copy Of the answer of
J. T. Lewis. United States Marshal for the
Western district of Virginia, to the report
of g. G.. Lancaster, Special Agent of the
Treasury Department. Ordered printed.
Mr.. Dawes then took the floor, coDgratu-
latiug the Senate on that dispatch OF public
business which enabled it tnis mornir g to take
up again and consider, and, he trusted, adopt
the resolution which he had submitted in
March. He did not ask any Senator to vote
for the resolution, but he deemed it right
which he had under the rules and the Con-
he continued, addressing the Vice Presi-
dent, Sat your hands the protection of the
Constitution Uf the United States in the as
sertion of my individual right here in this
Senate to vote on the resolution l have
offered here within its rules and within its
legitimate functions, and which Is now
the only business before the Senate"
Mr.. Harris said that he had hoped that
the Senator had risen for the purpose of
moving to gointo executive session. During
the past two or three days the Senate had
dispatched a large proportion of the public
bushes, but more remained uncOnsidered
and undisposed of. He therefore moved
to proceed to the consideration of execu-
tive business. Lost, yeas Is: nays 2l.
Mr. Pendleton moved to adjourn. Lost.
yeas 20, nays 81.
Mr.. dawes then said that the last two
motions having been of dilatory character
disclosed the fact that the Senators were
determined, in the face Of the Constitution,
to prevent a vote on the resolution. He
could not resist that fact further to-day,
and would therefore move to go into eXecu-
tive session. This motion was, at 1926
agreed to amidst some derisive laughter on
the Democratic side.
The executive session lasted until B
O'Clock, when the doors were reopened and
| the Senate adjourned until Monday.
THE WAR WITH EBOSSES.
The Star tonight says: ''The excitement
over the withdrawal of the New York
nominations has not subsidized a whit. In
the hotels, on street corners and in public
places it is the only theme of gossip. The
history of the Presidents decisive action is
said TO be as follows:
HE had been tolerant with Mr.. ConkliDg,
indulging the hope that the Republican
side of the Senate would eventually be able
to secure the decent treatment of the
executive nominations. After the long
DELAY, however, he expressed to the Com
mittee of Safety his hope that in the caucus
would be reached whereby the
executive business would be proceeded
with. The caucus was held, aud its proceed
ings are now history. Senator Conkling
succeeded in making an arrangement
whereby all the contested nominations were
to be sent to the rear, and not to be acted
upon until all the others were disposed of.
This was a triumph for Mr.. Conkling,
and a humiliation to the President.
friends nominated for office were to be con-
frmed. and then the New York Senator in
tended to muster his forces and crowd the
President to the wall by having Robertson IS
nomination rejected. This the President
determined to prevent, and the result was
the bomb fired yesterday into the camp OF
the bosses
SIT did not come any too soon. It had
been the intention of the ConkliDg
men to confirm all the New York
appointments except Robertson's, and then
either to adjourn without the disposition
of his case or have a long delay. There
has been q strong influence exerted with the
President to- day to induce him to also with
draw Robertson, and start the New YoIk
nominations anew. This. however, the Pres
fdent will not listen to. he takes the ground
tbat Robertson is an honest, competent and
a good Republican, and that it would be an
Injustice to him to recall his name. There
is some talk that the emergencies OF the
situation now require another caucus, and
1t is not improbable that one will be held on
Saturday.
ga very interesting question is what viii
the President do with the candidates with
drawn in case Judge Robertson IS connrm-
ed The Presidents friends say in such an
event he will renomlnate them, because not
to do so would be tacit Acknowledgements
that they were unworthy to be nominated at
all. The Presidents motive, as construed by
his friends in making the Withdrawals, was
to prevent the New York Senator from max
ing any determinations touching the
New York appointments. Senator
Conkling's friends say the Presidents
action Is unWlse, Auu LnaG IL mcdbo
trouble, and that worse than all
he is endeavoring to override the action Of
the Senate caucus with the power of pat
ronage. 1t is certain, however, that public
feeling is largely with the President. AL
ready he is in receipt Of kilograms from all
quarters, and from Democrats as
well as Republicans, indorsiug his action.
II is considered certain now that Robertson
win be confirmed. A large proper
tion of the Democratic Senators
viii vote for him. friend of Senator
Conkling to-day said to him that he be-
lIeyed the confirmation Of Robertson could
NOT now be prevented. The reply of the
Nov York Senator was to the effect that he
aid not share this opinion. That matter
was not yet settled by any means"
CHANGE IN MILITARY DIVISIONS.
An order has been prepared, and VIII
probably be promulgated soon from the
War Department, restoring the military di-
visions of the United States to the same
status as before the order of December,
1850, which created the Division OF the
Gulf. -,