The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-04-23
THOUGHT TO he VISIBLE ~ THE
SENATORIAL CLOUD.
A Re publican Caucus TO be Held at an
Early Day with . View TO Holding
an Executive session for the Con.
nrmAII0n OF HOmInAIiOns-
Senate Proceedings.

| to'uAyI especially III the Executive depart
ments,
The case Of General Brady and his
frauds has been presented in It's incom'
plets shape to the President, and instruc'
tons were at once given to complete the
evidence and lay the whole subject, ia,
cluding the accumulated mass OF doCu.
msnts, afEidavits and the various dsscrip.
tons Of the inCrlminRting memoranda,
before the Attorney General. Itisreported,
and is probably true, that while Judge
Tyner was Cognizlnt Of the Star route op.
sratiOns, and long ago manifested dis
position TO expose them, both he and
General Key were overruled by Gen srRl
Brady, whose power In the possotfiCe
seems, in view Of the recent developments,
10 have been absolutely supreme.
THR REPUBLICAN SENATOR'S
Will!doub.less meet in caucus next Tues.
day for the purpose ot trying to bring
about the holding Of one or more exscu.
tive sessions a! an early date, Ia order to
dispose OF some portion Of the accumula.
ted business, but with the understanding
that the contest over the proposed election
Of officers will then be renewed.
THE PRECEDENT AND TaE NOMINATIONS.
President Garfield has declared to the
leading Republican Senators his earnest
desire that the pending nominations be
confirmed, especially the most important
ones, He spoke OF the embarrassment OF
the administration In some Of It's depart.
meuts and divisions because ofthe untitled
vacancies In important places. The
sentiment among the Republicans
IN FAVOR OF CONFIRMING IMPORTANT NoMt.
NATIONS
has been growing Of late, and the request
ol the President has determined the Re.
pubicanS 10 hold caucus for the con.
Slderation Of the matter, and to arrange
for executive sessions. The caucus will
be held, Il is said, before the middle Of
next week, and some Republican Senators
favor holding 1t tomorrow. The caucus
may select the unobjected nominations for
confirmation. There are pending l54
nominations, the most oi which have not
been referred to committees. A meeting
Of the Judiciary Committee has been called
for tomorrow morning to consider the
nom nations before that committee, the
most prominent oil which Ia that OF Stan.
ley Matthews. The Republicans are pre-.
pairing for
EXECUTIVE SESSIONS,
but declare they will hold coatrol OF the
business, and will not surrender the pres.
ent aght.
President Garfield has taken q firm
stand In favor OF an extra session oil the
Senate and combinations oil the nomina.
tions. He has since yesterday sent for
aud spoken with eleven Republican Sen.
ators, urging all to relieve the Adminissra.
ton ol the embarrassment by confirming
the nominations. Among those who
have been pressing the extra session are
Meesrs. Sherman, Hawley, Hale and
other pronounced friends Of the admins.
tratlon. Now that an extia session is to be
held.
RoBERrsoS's CASH
comes TO the front again. Senator Hale
has talkedwith q number oil Democratic
Senators and assured them that Mr.. Frye
in his speech did no. represent the Ad.
ministration. Mr.. Hale stated that Mr..
Frye antagonizss Blaine, and the Admin.
lsttation had nothing to do with the inspl.
ration ot Frye's speech. The President
said as much 10 Democratic Senator to-
day, and said ne deplored the re.openinH
oil sectional questions, and he stands upon
bis inaugural on that question. A sena-
tor who is q member OF the Commerce
Committee says that Conkltng will not
TRY TO POSTPONE THR FidHT
on Robertson; that Conkling feels that
he is stronger now than evsr,and when the
executive sessions are held will, instead Of
smothering Robertson's nomination in
the Committee, report 1t adversely, and
attempt to have II rejected.
Senator Dawes said tonight that the
effect Of Mr.. Frye's speech was 10 weaken
Mr.. Robertson, and this effect cannot be
erAdiCAted, though II may DO par.
TALLY overcome. He said that some
Democrats who originally intended to vote
to confirm Robertson now determined to
vote against him, and this determination
could not now be shaken.
The friends OF Stanley Matthews say his
case will be one Of the first acted upon,
and he Will be confirmed as twenty
Democrats aud eighteen Republicans
promised TO vote for him. Mr. Conkllng
will not make any hght on Matthews, "a
he does not care TO involve himself In any
antagonism. All Indications point TO.
ward Matthews confirmation.
A number oi petitions have been re.
Ceivsd from citizens Of BIltimore againtt
the confirmation oil Adteon ss postrn AStsr
ol that city.
General Audarson, President Of the
Tfedegar Gton Works, tt Richmond, Va
has written 10 Senator johnson urging the
Democratic Senators 10 stand firm In the
present fight 10 prevent the Reputation.
ists from carrying Virginia. SdCh result,
he writes, would fuln every interest ot
Virginia.
Secretary Blaine, talking TO some bust.
ness men, said that he Intends TO use ev.
cry exetlioh
TO INCREASE THR TRADE AErwEES THE USt.
TED STATES AND MEXICO,
That he wants to see legtlAtion enacted
rext winter by Congress 10 increase the
facilities lof Communication between this
country and Mexico, and 10 build up the
Mexican trade.
sENATE PRoCERDtSas.
The unfinished business came up. The
motion to 70 into executive session was
lost, and Nj. Morrill, addressed the Senate.
A Colloquy took place between Messts.
Sherman and Beck concerning the dilatoEy
proceedings, during which MI Beck re-.
matked that he would be very careful
what he said, Ia view oi the declAtion Of
the Senator from Rhode Island Mr..
Butnsidel that this thing vas "ialse, false,
false and must stop" because II be should
have 70 heht be might shoot HE man,
and thus break up the constitutional ma.
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