Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-14
STILL LATER.
More Fruitless Caucussino.

WASHINGTON, May 13.-The Republican
caucus met this forenoon, but the Senators
were slow in reaching the capitol on account
of hot weather. Hardly more than half of
the Republican Senator's were present. Talk
was resumed on about the same line as the
last caucus, viz that the Republican Senator's
will.do all they can to prevent any bad feeling
over the Robertson case; that they will en-
deavor to settle it without leaving any sting
to follow. The proceedings were interrupted
by a session of the Senate, aud it was under.
stood that the caucus wonld meet this after
noon, unless executive business should keep
the Senate in session too late. No definite
plan appears to have been agreed upon, but
several Senators say they were encouraged by
a conference this morning to hope that sat
isfactory adjustment may yet be affected.
MATTHEWS SAFE.
No motion or suggestion of reconsidering
Stanley Matthew'S case was made in executive
session to-day, and the confirmation now
stands as final and secure.
POSTPONED.
The Republican caucus which adjourned
subject to call of the chair did not meet again
this afternoon, as the Representatives finally
concluded not to hold another caucus before
Monday. In the caucus it was proposed to re-
lease every Senator from former caucus
rule and let each vote as he may see fit on the
Robertson case, but as a number of Senators
were absent, it was decided not to press this
to a vote. There were Senators who
still talked of compromise, but the majority
did not agree with them. 1t was virtually
agreed that the Robertson case cannot come
up till next week, and that the caucus need not
force a decision, but would postpone
acontest, if one must come until it must take
place. The sense of the caucus was decidedly
in favor of the President.
Chandler's nomination is not yet reported
TO the Senate from the Judiciary commit
tee.
EoBERTsoN's CASE.
The Western Associated Press reporter has
ascertalned that while the Republican caucus
took no affirmative &C tion on the proposition
that Senator's will not hereafter be bound by
the former caucus rule, that it was virtually
adopted. The position taken by advocates of
the confirmation of Robertson was that the
former caucus agreed to consider uncontested
nominations, first that these have all been dis
posed of, and now contested nominations
must be taken up and something must be done
to relieve Senators who want to vote for Rob.
ertson from going against the caucus decree.
1t was generally agreed that hereafter Senator's
may vote as they Individually choose, but as a
number of Senators were absent another eau
Gus will be held for more definite action by a
vote if absentees desire it. d.
POSSIBLE PROCEEDING.
During the conference attention was called to
fact which has quite generally been lost sight
of, that the action taken by the caucus last
week In regard to contested cases extended no
further than to provide that they should not
be brought before the Senate until after clear
ing the docket of uncontested busine SIS, and
various Senator's to-day announced that from
and after the time when this clearance shall
be effected, which is apparently very near at
hand, they will not enter into any agreement
or understanding in regard to any contested
nominations, but will themselves be free to
Iaove for prompt action on all such cases in
accordance with their individual judgments,
restricted only by the rulers of the Senate. In
view of these announcements it is consider
ed improbable that any attempt will be made
to obtain any caucus action on the subject
and unless controversy in regard TO Robert
sons nomination be averted by some other
means, it will doubtless be brought before the
Senate soon after the intervening business
shall have been disposed of. The caucus to-
day adjourned subject to cali of the chairman.