The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-03-24
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was called up, Whereup0n Cameron
of Pennsylvania moved to adjourn
but yielded to Vest to offer resolu-
ton requesting the President to
communicate to the Senate the cor
responding and accompanying doc
umeDt between the governments of
the United States and Mexico dur
ing the years 1859 to 1861 inclusive
in reference to the proposed treaty
between said governments, and also
the correspondence during said
years between the state department
and the United States minister at
Mexico in reference to any proposed
convention on treaty between the
two governments. Adopted.
Davis of West Virginia offered q
resolution directing the Committee
on Public Buildings and Grounds to
take into consideration the condi-
ton of the public buildings in
Washington City, looking to the fu-
ture needs of the government, and
report at the next session Of Con-
gress. Laid upon the table for ac-
ton when the commissioners shall
have been appointed.
A motion to adjourn was lost by
vote of 38 yeas to 35 nays, Malone
uot voting, and was followed up
with motion to proceed to the
consideration of the executive bust
ness, which was also lost by a vote
of 80 yeas to 81 nays, Malone voting
in the affirmative.
Another dilatory motion having
been voted down, Cameron of
Pennsylvania called attention to the
fact that there were appointments
on the table which should be acted
upon Immediately, and he therefore
moved to go into executive session.
Groom suggested that the nomi-
nations could not be acted upon for
want of commissioners.
Farley said there appeared to be
disposition on the other side TO do
no business whatever.
Dawes asked the Senator from
California to inform the country on
whose motion the Senate adjourned
yesterday. ...
Farley replied that the record
would show that fact. a dilatory
motion had been made. and it had
become evident that the Republican
side did not intend to do any bust
ness.
Mr.. Salisbury thought that the re-
mark made by Davis was unjust and
that the senator knows it to be I'M
just upon the Democrats in this
chamber. He knew that the Demo
Gratis had been attempting to or
ganiZe the Senate SO as to proceed
to public business. He (Saulsbury)
referred to the action of Republi-
cans in the last Congress, who, he
said, had interposed dilatory mo-
tions against the consideration of
the nominations which had been
sent in by a man who had been
elected without right to the presi-
dency.
Cameron of Pennsylvania assert
ed that the Republicans desired to
proceed to work as much as the
Democrats and that therefore he
motioned to proceed to executive
business. The motion was lost.
Beck said that as there was Re
publican president backed by Re-
publican House it might be better
for the Democratic party that he
also had the Senate at his back and
had the credit of all that was good
and the responsibility of all that
was bad, and, therefore, he (Beck,
was not attempting to hold on to a
few privileges, and he thought that
the Senate ought as well adjourn
and he would make q motion to
that effect, which was at 1 O'Clock
agreed to.
| NASHVILLE, March 16.-The Low
Tax Democrats in caucus this morn
ing resolved to oppose the passage
of a bill to settle the debt on basis
submitted by the bOndholders.
| WASHINGTON, d. c., March 16.-J
Stanley Brown has been appointed
private secretary to the President
Brown is young man about TWEEN
ty-four years of age. and was form.
erly stenographer to Major Powell
of the Smithsonian Institution, and
went with Gen. Garfield in the same
capacity while the latter was still in
the House of Representatives He
was atMentor during the campaign
and has been acting as the Presi.
|
ton, although Col. Rogers has nom,
inally held that position.
| INDIANAPoIIs, March 16.-On the
vote on constitution enough returns
have been received to insure the
adoption of all the amendments by
over a two-thirds vote.
| WASHINGTON, March 16.-Amone
the nominations sent to the Senate
to-day, were thefollowing: L.Dana
| Horton of Ohio, to be secretary tC
the commission Oh the part of the
United States to attend the Interna.
tional Monetary Conference at Paris
postmasters: Robt. A. Milner al
Newman, Georgia; collectors of Gus.
toms: Alex C.yDavis, district OF
Beaufort, North Carolina; Thos. II
Bluck, district of st. Marys. Geor.
gia; Thos M. Broadwater, district OF
Vicksburg, Mississippi; surveyor ot
| customs: Joseph L.,Gaston, port oi
Chattanooga, Tennessee.
New YORK, March 16.-A special
from Paris says that Rochefort and
| Oliver Paine left for Geneva yester.
day to obtain authoritative details
of the Emperor's assassination from
the Nihillst correspondent, q man
who signs the initial 3D." Fresh
communications from this mysteri-
GUS person was published to-day in
the II IrdRSigi11t, which warns ..the
public against attaching too much
credence to the kilograms from st.
Petersburg, and declares positively
that the young man Rousson-
koff could not have thrown the
first bomb. The real criminals were
according to 3D." the inside of one
of the mansions bordering the Rue
Millcore, but the Russian officials
found it convenient to think that the
supposed. shells were thrown by
persons in the crowd. None of the
assassins, adds 3D." have been ar
rested. The natural inference
drawn from this strange statement,
is that the emperor was murdered
by members of the Nihilist
fraternity holding some official po-
sition. 3D." further affirms that the
bomb was not enclosed in glass as
stated, and only five seconds elapsed
between the two explosion. II this
is correct it would seem to uphold
the story of the Cars get
ting out of his carriage to
attend to the wounded Cossacks.
AUGUSTA, Me-, March 16.-At
noon both branches of. the Legisla-
ture went into Joint convention, and
declared Wm.P. Frye elected Uni
ted States Senator.
ST. LOUIS, March 16.-A special
dispatLh from Kansas CITY. eavs the