New-York tribune., 1882-03-02
Mr.. CoNKLING NOT YET CONFIRMED
IRY TELEGRAPH TO THE TKIHONS.!


.'r. N,orcb I Roscoe Conkling's NOM
,,a.;o, - tI Snorcnc Court has not yet been con-
-, H. .1 Senate When the usual hour lot
;r, into cxccutIvc session was Tcachcd to-dd!
Senator IIoar was making a speech upon t"e III
nose hill and declined TO give way, except 1or an
odionrnr,rpt. lie spoke until a quarter to O'Clock
nearly full senate remaining after he cohcIu"eO'
Some trlfiug matters were attended TO- "len 'ci'"
for Jooos Of Florida, moved an adjournment
Usually this is signal for Senators 70 "Iis' anu
move toward the cloak-room, Dut 'o-u"S
they remained seated and voted almost ui'a"-
i,nouslv and quite heartily in the aflirma-
five At an earlier hour tins won'u
have been considered test of Mr. Conklings
strength. or rather weakness, but at that hour 1t
only indicated that his friends were not sufficiently
optbusastic 10 antaconi2e his nomination with the
Senatorial dinner hour. Thus t. another day has
his yindication at the hands of those with whom ne
served so conspicuouSy been postponed
The indi,position TO woe without first knowing
whether the ex-senator will accept the place OF
not Is evidently growing. In the case OF many
Senators il nav not b, sufficient TO influence their
votes in the negative but it may serve to postpone
nm executive session if the opposition 10
Mr. Conkliug takes that folln' Ac'loh
upon the nomination of Mr. Morgan 10
be Secretary of the Treasury was postponed lor
some time, II VIII be relneinOeIcu, D'CduS0 VI '"'
douht in regard TO his acceptance, thus making
preccdent for inacton in the present case IhcIe
seems TO have been no canvassing or active work.
e,tber for or against Mr.. COnkng. Senator Logan
is sick. and Senator Cameron has gone to FLORIDA
Senator Jones' of Nevada Mr. COnkling's most lntl-
mate friend in the Senate, IS at his post, but con-
ducts himself with dignity beiitting the OCCASION
Senator Teller, who reported the nomination OF MI
Conklinq from the judiciary Committee, Will
nroboblv be an active combatant in
Mr. Conklings behalf, if he requires any
champion, and Senator Edmunds is understood
10 be warmly disposed iii his favor. Senator Nor
rilI is understood 10 be determined to vote
against confirmation. Other Rcpuhlicans-the
number is variousy stated at from four to a Dozen
are said to be opposed to continuation, and VIII
vote in the negative or pair with Democrats who
are in favor of confirmation or absent themselves
the equivalent, to use Mr.. Conkng'S expression
of holding Their noses when the vo,c is taken.
dozen Democrats upon whom Mr.. Conking was
wont to beam with gracious condcScenson, re-
member him gratefully and will vote heartily IN
the affirmative when the time comes.
These Senators to have fOrgOtt II their recent
clamor for nonpartisan judiciary, TO be secured by
the appointment OF Democrat to the present va
several Senators on both sides who would prefer
almost any other for the place or prefer TO sup
port Mr. COnkling for any other place, and VINO
Would vote against confirmation if by doing they
could defeat IT, will probably vote i'll the aiiIlna-
tive upon the theory that it is better not to RISK
incurrng the Ill will of the President and MI Conk-
ling when nothing can he gained III return, Inc
feeling toward Mr. Conkliug is not enthusiastic
ally favorable as would naturally he supposed IN a
lo1y where he served so long and so conSplci0usly