The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-05-12
BORTY-sEHENEH CONGRESS-.
Extra Session.

Extra Session.
SENATE, May 2.-The unfinished
business was laid before the Senate Senator
Farley called attention to the large number of
nominations awaiting action and moved to go
/ INTO executive session. The people of his
state of all parties were appealing to the
Senate to consider important matters In which
they were directly interested. Petitions were
/ daily coming from California asking for con
sldcration of the Chinese treaty. Senator
salisbury denied the charge made by Dawes
Inc Democratic Senator's were responsible for
asserted the contrary TO be the truth. After
reference to Riddleberger and s'that bargain y
ne SAID he was not sure the administration
! could have one-half its nominations confirmed
except for the aid which it expected from the
ne put if this thing was kept up, if
the administration was to aid in Strengthening
the hands of reputation in the Southern
States, he (Saulsbury) would for one say un-
hesitatlngly that the administration was not
worthy his support. A motion to go into
executive session was lost, yeas II, nays %.
An hour wasted upon dilatory motions, and
the Senate adjourned
SENATE, May 3.--Unfnished bust
ness came up and Mr.. Davis, { w. Va.) took
the floor with spec oh upon the debt question
between Virginians, promising his remarks
made by Senators from Virginia and Ohio, 7
Malone and Shelman, should have compelled
alm 10 discuss in this chamber what he consid-
cred to be purely a local matter. The debt
question IN West Virginia had never, been
made political one, and be regretted that
Republican Senator's should make statements
rejecting upon the action of Democrats in
that state upon that question. He gave a
history OF the debt complication and said the
Vlrglnians and his people viii pay their debts,
a 1>n 1>a{+y, H.
states would soon come together and settle
| the question
After short debate on the debt of Virgin
ia the Senate adjourned.
SENATE May 4.-Unfinlshed bust
ness, the election Of officers, was laid before
the Senate. M:. Dawes moved to go into ex-
ecutive session, and in doing so repudiated the
idea that by so doing he and his associates
We're giving up the fight over the Senate Off
GERS, which he considered in its scope and
character us presenting a question of great
Importance to the future welfare of the gov
ernment, Involving, rs it did, the right Of the
majority to rule. Mr.. Pencleton asked Mr..
| Dawes to withdraw that motion for a moment,
| which Mr.. Dawes courteously refused to do
MIR. Beck suggested to Mr. Pendleton that it
would be indecorous for him to disturb the
funeral grafton. RlIdleberger and Gorham
were a dead set. Let them die. Mr.. Dawes
trusted this was the funeral of the assertion
made by the Senator Beck }, that the Senate
itself Wonld never pass on its own works.
! Mr. Dawes motion was then agreed to-ayes
So, nays 0. When the doors ere reopened
the Senate adjourned.
The Executive Session. .t.@-.
The Senate, in executive session, confirmed
the following nominations: Robert HIT, Of
Illinois, assistant secretary of state Hiram
Price, of Iowa, commissioner of Indian affairs
A. NJ. Jones, United States marshal for the
northern district of Illinois Sanford A. Hud-
son, OF Wisconsin, associate justice of the
supreme court Of Dakota. The foreg ing
were all confirmed by unanimous consent.
| Other nominations the table were referred
to appropriate committees. The Senate then
took up the Chinese immigration treaty. Dis
cussion ensued, in which Senator'S Miller and
Hoar were the principal participants, the
| formeradvocating the ratification of the treaty
| upon the ground of its placing the subject of
Chinese immigration within our entire control
| hereafter, and the latter opposing it with the
argument that the underlying purpose of the
treaty is contrary to the genius of our institu-
tons and to the general doctrine of the
brotherhood of man."
| The treaty was finally laid aside as unfin-
! lshed business for to morrow
SENATE. May The Senate trans
sacted remarkable amount of business to.
day, cleaning the calendar of treaties, and dis
poSiLS vi ClS HOiulltUtOuS. Two OF
the treaties were with China, one to restrict
Chinese immigration, and the other CONNER
cial treaty; one with the United States of Co.
lombia, one with Morocco, and treaty with
Italy relative to eXtradition. The Senate con-
firmed the following nominations: William
| Walter Phelps, of New Jersey, envoy extraor-
binary and minister plenipotentiary to Austria;
Cortes Fessenden, of Romeo, Mich, United
States surveyor general for Dakota Richard
w. Montgomery, receiver Of public moneys
Bloomington, Neb.; Lionel A. Sheldon, of Ohio,
governor of New Mexico Territory; Henry
Fink, United States marshal or the eastern
district of Wisconsin; Thos. Wilson, District
of Columbia, consul at Client; John F. JENNIE,
New Jersey, consul at Nuevo Laredo.
Registers of Land off1ces--Wm. Letcher, at
Mitchell, d. T.. j. P. Owens, Taylor's Falls
Mimi. G. B. Tyler, Tracy, MINI. E. H.
Cavanagh, Oberlin, Kas.; G. II. Smith, Worth
ington, MINI.
Receivers of Public Moneys-Joh Iced,
Tracy, Mimi; G. E. Chandler, Oberlin, Kas
SENATE. MAY GA motion of Sena-
tor Harris for an executive session of the Sen
ate to-day was voted down by the Republic
ans, which led to the impression that the
Republicans were to resume the deadlock.
The Democrats made q motion to adjourn, but
! that was also voted down. Then Senator
Dawes moved to 20 into executive session,
which was carried unanimously. All nomi-
nations reported from the committees have
been confirmed, butabout one hundred remain
for the committees action.
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