The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-04-09
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON.
The deadlock in the senate at Washington
continues unbroken. The senate meets dail,
and rs no business can be done the member
engage in a general debate on whatever sub
ject suggests Itself, after the fashion of schoo
district debating cluh. During the past week
to divert attention from their mal-odorous bar
gain with Malone and Riddleberger, the re
publican members have strven hard to inau
gurate an angry sectional debate but the cool
ness Of the southern senators takes from 1t al
it, edge.
About the only exciting incident of the
week was pass between Malone and Noor
hees The latter read from Virginia news
paper an article dcnouncing Malone rs rene
gade democrat Malone wanted to know il
Voorhees, endorsed that. He said he did
every word Then" said Malone, 'the refer
ence that article makes to me Is such as nc
denounce you rs such here" That" said
VOORHEES,, sis a question OF here and hereafter
Malone, who weighs about 80 lbs interpreted
the language of VOORHEES, to mean that Dan
who weighs some 200 lbs, meant fight, and
was thrown into such state Of nervous excite
ment over 1t that he had to take his bed for
several days. But goodnatured Dan only
laughs, and peppery little Malone Is recover
ing from his nervous tremor.
Then Malone has other troubles. 1t is be-
ginning 10 dawn on hun that he has been used
only as catspaw by Conklng and Plat. and
that they really care nothing about him
Conkling bought him up in order to be able
to organize the senate committees to suit his
purpose IN the struggle he saw was inevitable
between HIM AID Blame over the appointments
Now that he sees the confirmation Of Robert
son to be inevitable if the deadlock is broken
and the senate allowed to 60 into executive
session, his only concern is to keep up the
deadlock, while poor Malone, who Is daily
getting into deeper water by his failure to Sc
cure the forty offices that were to come to him
through the election OF Riddleberger, frets and
fumes and Conkllng laughs at him.
Thus there Is three sided purpose to keep
up the deadlock, The republicans kept up
10 force the democrats to vote on a resolution
to go into an election Of senate officers; the
democrats keep it up to prevent action on such
a resolution, as it would enable the republl
cans to consummate their corrupt bargain
with Malone, while Conkling keeps it up to
stave off action on Robertson's appointment
to the New York collectorship
Yet the President and Blaine are determined
the name of Robertson shall not be withdrawn
They see that fight with Conklng Is lncyit
able anyhow, and it may as well be made here
as anywhere as on Robertson the triumph OF
the executive Is certain But the delay worries
poor Garfield. 1t stops the whole appointing
business and gives him no rest from the army
of greedy office seekers. 1t Is SAID he looks
weary and haggard and has lost % lbs. since
his inauguration.
But why don't the republicans consent TO &C
into executive session and relieve poor Gar
field by acting on the appointments, and that
over, renew their fight over the senate offices
Firstly, because Conkling, who has control Of
the republican caucus, won't let them; and
secondly, because the republicans know tina,
once the executive business is disposed of, tht
democrats will go home and leave them with
out quorum. So the deadlock must continue
-ostensbly to enable the republicans to ous'
a few democratic senate officers and replace
them with republicans but really to promote
COnk linp's figbt with the President and Blaine
Bob Ingersoll sums 1t all up in nutshell
l"lf" he says, "in 1866 Blaine had not called
Conkling turkey gobbler, the deadlock would
have been broken long ago"