Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-19
AT THE NATIONS CAPITAL
THE SENATE REFUSES To RATI
Fly THE MEXICAN TREATY.

I III a II
Fly THE MEXICAN TREATY.
But One Vote Needed for Rattaca+,o,
Senator Morgan Moves for Recon.
sideration-Judge GOODYEAR, of Bruns.
wick, Confident That He win succeed
Erskine-Springer's Modus Operandt
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 1s.-The
Senate in executive session today re.
Jected the Mexican treaty. A motion
was made to reconsider the vote, pending
which the Senate adjourned until Monday,
Beyond these facts reports with regard TO
the matter are contradictory, and some
CONFUSION seems to exist in the minds OF
the Senators themselves with respect to
certain features of the proceedings.
Careful inquiry gives warrant for the he.
hel that the following is a substantially
correct statement of the course of events
several amendments were proposed to
the treaty, the most important one being
one 10 add cotton fabrics to the list of ex-
portable articles, and another ex-
tending the time for the ratification of the
treaty four months. All were defeated
except the last mentioned, which was
adopted by majority vote. Senators AL
drlch, Jones, of Florida, Conger and Haw-
ley made speeches against the treaty. and
Sehators salisbury and Lapham in its
favor. At O'clock the de-
oate came 10 an end in accordance
win the understanding Of yesterday and
Iae vote was taken. 1t is understood that
% senators voted for ratification and 20
against IL, the affirmative vote being one
less than the two-thIrds necessary for
ratlncatlon. Before the result was an
nounced Senator Morgan, who voted
lor ratlncatlon, changed his vote in order
70 enter a motion to reconsider. leaving
the vote % to p. A motion was then
maze 10 adjourn over until Monday and
was lost. Senator Morgan made his mo-
tloh 10 reconsider and shortly afterwards
SECOND motion was made to adjourn un-
til Monday and was carried.
1t is said that in view of the possibilitv
OF the failure on the part of the Senate 70
reach point of final action before next
sunday, some negotiations had taken
place between the Mexican minister
and representatives of the United
states looking to an extension of
the time, and that an affirmative
understanding had been reached. The
opinion prevails, however, that the action
OF to-day is final, that the vote to extend
the tlme Tor consideration has no validity.
lnasmuch as it requires the concurrence
Wv anu LudL LlG
motion to reconsider must be inonerative
for the reason that the Senate will not
again be in session until the time
Ior ratlhcatiOn according to the terms
Oh the original treaty has expired. The
following is believed to be a correct state
ment of the vote in detail:
Ayes-Messrs. Bayard, Beck Blair. Bowen.
,dit4 cameron on Wisconsin, Cockrell, Coke, Col
quit, CullOm, Dawes. DOlph. Edmunds. FRYE.
garland, George, Harris, Harrison. Hill
Hoar, ingalls,, jackson. Jones of Nevada
Lapham, Logan, Mcmillan, Mcpherson, Man
uSrsoh, MaNey, Miller of California, Miller
Of Of New York, Morgan, Pendleton, Plumb.
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Nays-Messrs. Aldrich. Brown. Butler.
Ian, Toos OofFReL, OF GiDs0n, Hale Hawley, Jonas,
zones OF Florida, kenna, Malone, Mitchell,
MOrrlll, Palmer, Pike, Platt, Riddleberger
Vance and VanWyck-20.
800 BILLS GIVEN TO sUB-CoAfMITTEFs.
Benton Mcmillan, Chairman of the
house committee on Claims, to-day dis
trlbuted 300 bills to sub-cOmmittees.
Ihese nllls are from one to one hundred
years old, and involve claims for from
one hundred to one million dollars. The
claim OF the Captain Of the vessel Meteor
ior $20,OOO was adversely acted upon
by committee in 1858. The
Independence, vessel owned nv
Cornelius Vanderbilt. was wreck in the
Bay of Magdaline and several hundred
passengers were cast adrift on the island
OF Margarita, off the coast of California.
me Meteor took the passengers to TIE
port OF San Francisco, and the claim
is made against the government
lor the care of the passengers.
CONTESTED ELECTIONS.
In the House Committee on Elections
to-day consideration of the prima facie
right of the case of Garrison p. MAYO, of
Virginia, was set for Monday next, and
the North Carolina case of Poole VS.. Skim
ner was set for next Wednesday. The
Chairman was instructed to report to the
house on Monday the result of the con-
slderatlon OF the prima facie evidence of
Ihe Chalmers VS.. Manning case. The re-
port Is that neither is entitled to the seat
on the prima facie right. The case will
De considered on its merits next week.
MI turner, the Chairman, is preparing
the report of the Elections Committee
that neither Mr.. Chalmers nor Mr.. Man.
nlng be seated on the prima facie right.
but that the contest be settled on its
merits. He will bring the report in time
TO get the case before the House next
week, when he expects it will be adopted.
PORTER TO GET RELIEF.
The vote by which the House to-day
TOOK up for consideration the bill for the
relief Of FitZ John Porter showed con-
clusively that the bill will pass that
body. The vote was 15S to 7S. Discus
sion of the bill will 90 on from time to
time during at least half of the session
before being finally acted on by the
House. About twenty-five members have
already put their names down for speeches
on 1t. The Senate, it will be remembered,
passed the bill at the last session. There
nave been no changes of opinion in that
body, so it is almost assured that Gen.
Porter will secure the Congressional re-
lief he has worked for at the hands of the
present Congress. As Mr.. Keifer is to
speak against the bill and William Wal
ter Phelps for it, there is expected to be a
very warm bout between these two great
friends.
MORE sUB-COMAITTEEs.
The following subcommittee were ap-
, On Marine Schools and tie Academy.-
Messrs. Morse, Talbot and Thomas.
M the Buttdtng Of PesseIs.-Messrs. Cox,
Buchanan and GOff.
On the Restoration OF Rank and Pqv.-NIessrs.
Eaton, Thomas and Talbot.
on the Marine Corps.-Messrs. Buchanan,
Nc AdOO and BOutelle.
On Nary Ydrds.-Messrs. Cox, Morse and
Harmer.
On Retirement.-Messrs. Ballentine, Bou-
telle and GOf.
On Prize Moaey.-Messrs. McAdoo and Har-
mer.
RELIEF FOR MYRA CLARK GAINES
The House Committee on Private Land
claims to-day unanimously agreed to re-
port Iavorably on the bill of Representa-
tive Robinson, of New York, for the relief
OF Myra Clark Gaines. The bill provides
Tor the issue OF patents to Mrs. Gaines for
%, 45I acres of land on account of grants
made by Spain to John Lynd and Thomas
Urquhart, from whom the claimant re-
ceiyed the title to such lands. 1t is pro-
vided that no mineral lands shall be in
cluded in the grant.
LIEUTENANT GREELY's RELIEF.
Secretaries Lincoln and Chandler an
peared before the House Committee on
appropriations again today. in behalf
Of the Greedy Relief Expedition. The re-
of the President, sent to
the House yesterday, having failed to
reach the committee, consideration of
the SUBJECT was postponed till Monday.
THE NAVAL COMMITTEES.
At meeting OF the House Committee
On Naval Affairs to-day, Messrs. Thomas
and Morse were appointed a committee to
traft bill providing for the sale of the
naval hospitals at Chelsea, Macs, Brook
yn, Philadelphia and Mare Island, and
Ior the erection OF one general hospital at
Orfolk,
sPRINGERsS INVESTIGATIONS.
Mr.. Springer said to the NEWS cerres-
DOndent tonight that his committee
would not summon any of the officials
against whom evidence has been brought
1ut, but that such of them as wished to
3Dnaar UOuld bo Oivan n full orror+,,,,;t,,