Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-05

winch Scared Nobody.
WASHINGTON, May 4.-The Senate's ex-
ecutive session was without any incident of
Interest. Mr.. Hosr made a long speech
against the Chinese treaty, arguing In favor
OF unlimited Chinese immigration.
Bill Chandler is doomed to be rejected, as
every Democrat and Malone, together with
seven Republicans, namely: Conkling, Lo-
gan, Mitchell, Platt of New York, Jones of
Nevada, and both the Camerons, are openly
against him. The Judiciary Committee
Will report him adversely, and viii also re.
port Stanley Matthews adversely, but his
friends claim he will be confirmed.
Sherman opposes Sheldon, but he will
certainly be confirmed so, that Roberteon's
is the only nomination over which there
will be bitter fight Conkling says he
wants to make the fight this session, but his
actions belle his words, as he is trying to lay
Robertson over until December.
The President tells his friends he wants
Robertson confirmed, and Senator Hawley
announces his purpose to move to discharge
the Commerce Committee, and bring Rob
ertsOn before the Senate, If Conkling at
tempts to pocket his nomination in com
miitee.
THE FIRST EXECUTIVE SESSION.
The Senate hss just gone into executive
session. The motion was made by Mr..
Dawes, who, in making it, repudiated the
idea that by so doing he and his associates
were giving up the fight over the Senate
character as presenting a question of great
importance to the future welfare of the
government, involving, as 1t did, the right of
t e majority to rule.
The Vice President laid before the Senate
the unfinished business, being the resolu-
tion for the election OF Senate officers. Mr..
Dawes took the floor and proceeded to give
brief history of the action of both sides
of the Senate upon the resolution. He
said the Senate mad not been Permitted
TO express its own judgment. 1t had been
paralyZed. If the Senate could be thus
parslYZed by desperate opposition here,
the government as whole could be blocked
in its functions in the same way. He
characterized the opposition of the Demo
Gratis as revolutionary and tending to
weaken and undermine the government.
1t deVoiyes upon the Republican party
to maintain a republican and repre-
sentative government in this coun-
try, and the Republican par
ty again accept that responsibility.
For himself, not speaking for others, he de-
clared that he would continue to the end
the contest for that resolution, not for what
It contained. but because of the principle
involved in 1t. Because it was to determine
whether or not the Senate shall perform its
legitimate functionns. Mr.. Dawes said the
Il, publicans, while maintaining the au-
thority of the Senate, could not omit to do
their duty elsewhere. Therefore, recoeniz-
ing the necessity Of this, and believing
the Republicans would be strengthened
by it. he would move that the Senate
for a short time address itself to other bust
ness, never losing sight of the principle
they had been fighting for, but coming
back TO it. In order to provide for the
needs of the government, he moved to pro
ceed to the consideration of executive busi-
ness.
Mr.. Beck called for the yeas and nays.
Mr.. Pendleton requested Mr.. Dawes to
withdraw his motion for a moment.
Mr.. Dawes declined.
Mr. Beck said he hardly thought It deco
rous for Mr.. Pendleton to add anything to
Mr.. Dawes funeral Grafton.
Mr.. Dawes TetOrted that he trusted it
would be the funeral Grafton over the Opposi-
tiOn of Mr.. Beck and his party to legitimate
business.
The yeas aud nays were called, and re-
suited IN fifty-three affirmative aud no neg
alive votes. The Senate accordingly went
into executive session. and when the doors
were re opened at 4:20, adjourned until to
morrow.
WHAT WAS DONE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
The Senate, IN executive session this
afternoon, confirmed the following nomi-
nations: Robert r. Hift, of Illinois, to be
Assistant Secretary of State; Hiram Price,
of Iowa, to be Commissioner of Indian AT
fairs; A. NJ. Jones to be United States Mar
snail for the Northern district of Illinois;
Sanford +. Hudson, of Wisconsin, to be
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
of Dakota, and j. o. Jones to be Post
master at Terre Haute, Ind. The other
nominations on the table, nearly two
hundred In number, were referred TO ar
took up the Chinese immigration treaty,
which was discussed at some
length by Senator Miller, If Cali.
fOrnia, who urged the ratification,
and Senator Hoar, who opposed 1t. Shortly
before adjournment the Senate laid aside
the treaty as unfinished business, and con-
firmed a number of nominations which were
Among them were the nominations of VIM.
MulliniX as Postmaster at Bristol, Tenn,
and Thos. T. Black as Collector of Customs
for the district of st. Mary's, Ga.
WHY GARFIELD WANTED BRADY's HELP.
The Presidents attention having been
called to letter published this morning)
alleged to have been written by him to Hon.
J. A. Hubbell, from Mentor, August 23i,
1880, in which he says: "Please say to
Brady that l hope he will give
us all the assistance possible" he
stated there was not a line ia the letter
that he would have the slightest objection
to giving to the public. That the star route
contractors were neither mentioned nor
thought of; that 1t was simply the express
sion of the hope that Brady, citizen of In
diana, who was reported to have made an
immense fortune in Bell Telephone stock,
would respond from his ample means and
aid his party IN the life and death struggle
then going on in his own State.
RECEIPTS OF SIX PER CENTS.
The amount of per cent. bonds
received at the Treasury Depart
ment to day for continuance at 80
per cent. was $4,7OO,OOO. About S25,-
100000 will probably be paid out by the