Morning journal and courier., 1881-05-07
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. THE PRESIDENTS DEAL. His Stand in Opposition to
 Conkling. THE LINES BEING CLOSELY DRAWN. Senators Ranging Themselves on
 Either Side. C0NKLING READY FOR THE FIGHT. The President Equally Prepared for
 the Issue.
CONKLING READY FOR THE FIGHT.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

| THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. The Administrators Stand-The Issue | Clearly Defined Both sides-Conk- ling Willing to Test His Strength-Dem- ocratfc Senators Coming to the Presi. dents Aid - RObertson's Confirmation Deemed Certain-Other Matters.
 WASHINGTON, May Ct took half an hour
 for the Senate to get down to business to-day Mir. Dawes asked for vote on Senate off 1 cers, and the Democrats antagon1zed it by
 motions to adjourn until Mr. Dawes submit ted "to the reasonable Instructions of rev olutionists, and moved to go into executive session, which was agreed to unanimously amid laughter. After the confirmation of eleven nominations, none of them of general importance, the Senate devoted the remain der of the two and a half hours of executive
 session to the discussion of the advisability of making public the Chinese treaties and the debate that preceded their adoption This
 suggestion was made by some of the Senators
 who took part in the debate and was follow ed by tedious presentation of an argument
 in support of the old custom of the Senate
 of keeping the proceedings of executive ses-
 sions secret and in favor of a relaxation of
 the rule in this case. Mir. Farley was the
 principal speaker and based his affirmative
 argument on the great public interest taken
 in the treaties, The debate had resulted in
 no conclusion being reached when the Senate
 adjourned until 12 o'clock on Monday There
 having been no meeting of either the Judi
 ciary committee or that on Commerce, none
 of the contested nominations were even so
 much as referred to. It is expected that the
 committee meetings to be held tomorrow or
 Monday will report at least nearly all the
 nominations for immediate action.
 The Senate in executive session to-day con- frmed the following nominations for post
 masters: George Hammond at Middlebury,
 vt., Jas. H. Murdock at Woodstock.
 The unfinished races of the National Fair association ,and the races which were to have taken place to-day, were postponed on &C., count of the heavy track until tomorrow.
 Owing to the peculiar political situation in the Senate at present, President Garfield has deemed it best to reconsider his acceptance of an invitation to attend the centennial an- niversary of the battle of Cowpens, May 11th.
 There were $12, ,294, 400 six per cents re- ceived at the Treasury to-day to be exchanged into B per cents. The total amount received to date is $S6, ,646, 800.
 Commodore Shufeldt, United States navy, who has been designated as naval attache of the United States Legation at Pekin will leave next week for his post of duty. He will take out with him an official notification to the Chinese government of the ratification of the commercial and immigration treaties recently negotiated at Pekin.
 At the Cabinet meeting to-day only routine business was presented for consideration The President was heartily congratulated for his action in withdrawing the New York nom- nations.
 A circular was issued by the National Re- publican committee on October last invit- ing plans for calling the next Republican Ma tional convention. Under this call num- Der of plans were presented and read at the meeting held in this city March 5th last None of these plans were adopted, and the time for carrying out the instructions of the last National convention extended to February 1st next Marshall Jewell, chair man of the committee, has just issued cir cular inviting further opinions of Republi- cans and a full additional discussion on the subject Suggestions may be sent to Will liam E. Chandler, Washington, D. C., or Marshall Jewell, Hartford, Conn. The ques- tions involved are considered to be. of the highest importance to the party.
 The slap in the face of Senatorial courtesy continues to be the topic of the hour. The President has been called upon by half hundred Senators and prominent men to-day. Some urged the withdrawal of Robertson's nomination in the interest of harmony and others, a large majority, commend his action to the utmost. The Senators, generally speaking, expect Robertson's nomination to be confirmed. Conkling is reported to have said o-day that he did not share that expec- tation. His friends say he does not now ex- pect the Executive to withdraw the nomination, neither will the Sem ator try to smother it in committed He recognizes the probability of motion to discharge the Committee on Commerce from it's consideration and on that question is will ing the fight should come. He expects that those who favor him will vote against the discharge of the committee and thus will their strength be disclosed. He claims also that the administration cannot secure his confirmation without the aid of Democrats. Such executive weakness will not bear the ap- proval of the country. Democrats sufficient in number to balance Conkling's Republican friends have signifed their willingness to vote for Robertson's confirmation, and on the idea of their overbalancing is based the assertion that his confirmation is sure. Conk1ing men argue that his confirmation would result in the turning over of New York State to the Democrats, involving the loss of the next House of Representatives and irreparable evil ! to national Republicanism. Others who have | watched the New York Senator for many years declare that his selfishness and party pride will not permit him to continue in a split-off, for whatever cause, that could never become majority in the country and could only result in Democratic success. 4 meeting | of the Committee on Commerce will be held 1 either tomorrow OF Monday, and on it's re- suit depends the issue whether the nomina- tion will come before the Senate in regular order, or whether the necessity will appear of moving the discharge of the committee
 The Secretary of War will issue in few 1 days general orders giving effect to changes | in the military divisions and departments de- l termined on at the recent conference of the l President, the Secretary of War, General l It will make void general orders No. 84, is- l sued from army headquarters December IS, | 1880, creating the military division of the l Gulf with Major General Schofield in com mand, and will announce that General Schofeld is placed on waiting orders until 1 further orders of the President By orders to be issued the department, of Arkansas will be wiped out of existence. The State of l Louisiana will revert to the old division, the southern portion of the division of the Att ] lantic under General Hancock, while Arkan- 1 sas and Indian Territory will go back to the 1 division of Missouri. Lieutenant General 1 Sheridan in command of Texas, which &C., cording to orders No. S4 constituted g de- 1 pertinent by itself, will also go back to the l military division of Missouri, and the militia l ry division of the Gulf will have finished it's | brief career.
 Special Bulletin Of the Weather.
 WASHINGTON, May 6.-The chief signal of- | fcer furnishes the following bulletin to the | press The barometer is highest in the gulf 1 of St. Lawrence. An area of low barometer l is central near Moorehead, Minn. Rain has fallen since the last report in New England, the west gulf States and the lower Missouri | valley. Northerly winds prevail in New | England and the Middle States, elsewhere the l prevailing winds are southerly. The tenn perature has remained nearly stationary for | the past twenty-fonr hours except in the | extreme northwest, where it has risen from | five to fourteen degrees. The indications l are that fair weather will prevail east of the l to-day, preceded by local rains in 1 New England and the Middle States.
 NEW YORK.