Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-08-27
THE EVENLY BALANCED SENATE.

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THE EVENLY BALANCED SENATE.
How Will il be Organized IL Called Together
In Event Of the Presidents Death.
If the President dies of course the Senate will
be convened at once in special session. II isnot
the impression. however that the lower house
will be so convened. When the Senate meets
under the grave exigencies which will confront
1t the opportunity for display of genuine pa
| triotlsm and craftsmanship will Ice presented
There viii be no one TO call the body together
There will be no Vice President and
there is no secretary. The Senate with
the New York Senators will be evenly
divided. The only way the Senate can pro-
coed as an organized body viii he AFTER
! general conference of all the members TO act
| under the operation of unanimous consent For
| instance the Senators will without objection
| agree that some one of their number shall call
| the party to order, and act until there is COM
| plete organization. Whoever is thus selected
will no doubt also be authorized and impow-
| cred to administer the senatorial oath TO tho
| new Senators from New York. This will per
| feet the organization except so far as the
election of President pro team, and Score
| tary are concerned.
In the matter of the election of these officers
and more especially President pro te7apwe,
again the wisdom and patriotism of the Sena-
tors will be sorely tried. The body being evenly
divided, of course, unless patriotism does pre-
vail. an inevitable dead lock will ensue In
view of these circumstances it is not at all
improbable that there will be general conces-
sion to elect Senator Davis. of Illinois, the Prcsi-
Il liant.
pepdence in the Senate which keeps him alooC
from both parties, and thus neither can claim
him. secretary of the Senate in such contin-
gency would probably be chosen by one party,
and the office of sergeant-a arms by the Other.
Wall Street To-day.
New YORK. August 27.-The Posts financial
article GAO pm. edition) says: The Stock Ex-
change markets have been very dull. but a firm
tone has prevailed. and prices. as a rule arc
higher than at the close yesterday. US bonds
opened rather weak, but afterwards advanced
1saS percent under an increased demand State
bonds were featureless. while railroad bonds,
under fair inquiry, We're higher. The stock
market was decidedly firm i'm the early transac-
lions, and prices advanced = to 2 per cent the
improvement being most market i'm Louisville
Nashville. Illinois Central. Northern Pacific
st. Paul, the coal stocks and the southwestern
shares After the publication of the bank state
ment, there was a reaction of Is to | per cent.
Foreign exchange is dull. the tendency of tho
market being toward still greater difference
between long and short sterling. i'm anticipation
OF further advance i'm the bank of England
rate.
The Markets.
BALTIMORE, August s..--virgina 6s. consols.
s9 do. past due coupons, G2A; do. second series
81: do. new tenforties. - bid to-day.
BALTIMORE, August 21.-Cotton qmiet-fnid-
ding, l2l6. Flour strong and city mills advanced
p cents per barrel: others unchanged. Wheat.
southern steady and firm; western a shade Oh,
closing s strSng,sSuthern red GOAL a; do amber.
winter red, spot and August. 142al 42l.; septem-
Der; LEGAL 3; October, Ii6Asal.46s. November.
l.49la al.49as. Corn, southern steady: western
easier and inactive-scuthern white, -: do. vel
low. a.: western mixed, spot and August. .0a,0R;
her afIe UcS ter %bi,c os
do. mixed 49a50, Pennsylvania. 5la;e. Rye
quiet. Ito. Hay unchanged and firm. Provisions
firm and without change. Butter firm-westcm
grass, Hall. Eggs easier, lsal9. Petroleum NOM
inal. Coffee quiet-Rio cargoes. ordinary To lair.
steady. ilsKaI.2O Freighrs TO Liverpool per
steamer duh and unchanged. Receipts-four.
ai bushes" st els corn G.l6 bushels l rye, T bushels
ments-wheat. 12i.UU bushels; corn, 6f3,4s5
bushels. Sales-wheat, 1os,65o bushels; corn.
LONDON. August q. 1890 p m.-Consols.
SO 5-l6 for both. u. 5. bonds, per cents. lls4;
~ per cents ll6 Atlantic and Great
western first mortgage trustees certificates 5ik:
Atlantic and Great Western seconds. POS. Erie.
49, 81 do: second consols, loi. Illinois central.
3D. Pennsylvania Central. 65sx. Reading 3Os
Milwaukee and st. Paul common. liGa4.
RIVER TRADE.-Harbor Master j. r. Sutton
reports arrivals at the river front to-day as fol-
lows-Schr. Mary Lauckry, Insey, coal for Geo.
L. Sheriff; schr wicomco. Carroll. wood for s.
Emery; lOngboat Howard Ogden. Capt. Reed,
wood for Carter; longboat III. C. Purdy. Nash,
wood for Johnson; pungy Mary Jane Norris,
wood for Biscoe; pungy Chief, Upton. wood for
Johnson; pungy John r. Falls, 500 tons coal for
S. Emery.
ROBBED BY TRUSTED FRIEND.-Mrs. Mary
F. Primer. a wealthy widow. of New York. who
is at present sOjourning at Hanover. Germany,
has just written to her attorney in this city,
acquainting him with the fact that a trusted
agent and travelling companion recently robbed
her of $4,000 worth of elevated railroad 'secu-
rites and bonds of New York city and Brook
lyn. The New York Times says The victim
lied ladys husband was p. William Pinner. OF
the firm of Pings Primer, importers OF Kid
gloves against whom the United States govern
ment began suit not long ago for the recovery
of $3.50. OO0 on the ground OF fraudulent impor-
tatons."
SHOT HIS FATHER.-In Davis county. Iowa,
Hiram Brooks a youth of Is years, shot his
father on "Wednesday night. The elder Brooks
was beating his wife, and the son interfered In
behalf of his mother. The old man pursued the
boy with a club who being pushed to the wall,
shot his father. He is now In custody.
CHRISTIANS AND HEBREws.-A cable dispatch
saws: AT the conference OF the orthodox evan
gelical clergy in Berlin Thursday Herr Piath. i'm
spector of missions, said the Jewish community.
which ishostile to Christianity is not content with
enjoying equal rights with Christians but aims
at absolute predominance. Christians he said.
must free themselves from the supremacy of the
Jews. The rights already accorded to the Jews
could be withdrawn, and he recommended the
Of relative rights for the absolute
civic equality they now enjoy These rights.
moreover, should be firmly kept within pre-.
order TO break the Jewish autocracy The con-
terence adopted resolutions to this effect Herr
otoecker spoke against the Jews at conserve
IKE electoral lHectin2. Xlmrslay. Tie anti-Jew.
Ism a-itstor. Herr ktit ~. Also addressed q con-
serVSti,c nectn- a.siRst tie Jess. The meet