Morning journal and courier., 1881-03-12

fail to be worthy of his lineage and the grand | page in history which had been written by 1 his fathers hand.
 fine Senate convened at 12 n. Senator 1 Edmunds, of Vermont, being present, tool
 the oath of office. A communication wal
 received from Secretary Windom that he had | forwafded his resignation as Seilator to the 1 Governor of Minnesota. MT. Pendleton asked that the resolution for the appoint ment of standing committees offered by him yesterday be placed before the Senate for | consideration. The resolution was read. | MT. Davis, of Illinois, wished before the res l olution was acted on to explain his position. | No one entered Congress freer from political obligations than had he four years ago. He had never acted distinctively with the Dem- ocratic party, and great change was neces | sary to induce him to revise the carefully formed decisions he had made He had voted on all questions without regard to po- litical origin. have not asked and would accept no honor from either side, and have no political ambition. MT. Davis concluded by saying: ssH follows from what have said that will vote for the formation of all committees as proposed, except the Judi ciary" At the suggestion of MT. Harris, Mir. Davis moved to amend the resolution by in- serting the name of Senator Garland for that of himself (Mr. Davis) for chairman of the Judiciary committee. MT. Conkling held that the resolution was not in order, inasmuch as suspension of the rules was necessary, and at least one days notice was necessary for such suspension.
 Mr. Pendleton replied that sufficient notice was given in offering the. resolution yester- day. The majority desire the commit tees and the majority should rule. MT. Conk- ling's point was sustained by the Vice Presi- dent, and Mir. Pendleton appealed from his decision. In discussing the point of order Mir. Conkling said that it was proposed on the Friday preceding the Tuesday when the Senate would be full to elect the committees of the Senate for the present session. It was proposed by that party which now prevailed on account of vacancies in seats-that party which had sought in vain an alliance with the independent party of the Senate-to do to- day by force by it's own votes what it could not do on Wednesday next. He did not think that the organization of the Senate should be a trap and twitch affair to be formed in one way to-day and in another way tomorrow. Mr. Hill, of Georgia, MT. Garland and Mr. Pendleton argued that the decision of the Vice President should be ovelruled. The discussion on the point of order was contin- ued until 2:25, when, on motion of MT. liar ris, the Senate proceeded to consider in ex- ecutive session communication in writing from the President.
 In executive session today the Senate ig- nored the executive nominations and pro ceeded with the discussion of the question of reorganization. It was finally decided that Mr. Pendleton would withdraw his appeal from the decision of the chair if Mir. Conk- ling would withdraw his point of order, which was agreed to and an adjournment taken un- til 12 m. Monday. The matter stands the same as at the converting of the Senate to- day By this compromise the Republicans gained the point of necessary delay, and by similar acting Monday will stave of the or ganization resolution until the Senate is full and there is majority of Republicans.
 The Treasury department has returned to the following named banks the amount of the legal tenders deposited for the purpose of re- tiring their circulation Gettysburg Nation al bank, Gettysburg, Pa., $85, ,Oo0; Boone County National bank, Columbia, Mo-, $45,- 900; The National Albany Exchange bank, Albany, N. Y., $270, ,OG0; First National bank of Troy, N. T., 9o,ooo; The National bank al bank, Westfeld, N. Y., $45,OOO; Thames National bank, Norwich, Conn, $500, 900. This action was taken under the ruling of the department which has been in force since the passage of the act of 1874, and which allows any bank to withdraw the legal tenders de. posted to retire circulation when the sbonds have not been withdrawn and the deposit of legal tenders has not been impaired by the redemption of any part of the banks circu- lation. The amount was paid by checks on the Sub-Treasury at New York.
 In the Republican Senate caucus held after adjournment of the Senate to-day MT. Conk- ling announced that there was tacit under standing with the Democrats that on Monday all absentees would be paired, and that it was on this understanding that the compromise was made with the promise that the Repubi- cans would then proceed with the organiza- tion of committees. To be prepared for an emergency the Republicans have appointed 8 committee to prepare list of committees to submit, if necessary, an amendment to the Democratic resolution now before the Senate. This caucus committee consists of seven Re- publicans, including Messrs. Allison, Logan and Ferry, with Allison chairman. They will get to work tomorrow. This arrangement is acceptable to the Republicans on the assur- ance that Malone will act with them, and to the opposition on the existence of a doubt.
 President and Mrs. Garfield gave recep- tion tonight to the Cabinet and army and navy officers and wives. The scene at the Execu- tive Mansion was brilliant and the attendance very large. The company included all the officers of the Cabinet in the city and Gener- al Sherman and staff, Admiral Porter and all the army and navy officers in Washington with their wives and families.
 Treasury gossip couples the names of Judge Noah Davis with bureau position, James s. Delano with the first comptroller ship and Judge Lowe of Iowa with the second comptrollership. Rumor has it that Presi- dent Garfield has promised to re-nominate all the selections of the ex-President.