Evening star., 1885-11-17

The probable course of action of the Senate
upon President Clevelands nominations to
Office becomes a subject of interested discussion
as the date for the meeting of Congress draws
nearer. 1t has been stated and reiterated that
the republican Senators, near the close of the
special session, determined To antagonize the
appointment of democrats to federal positions
where such appointments involved the removal
OF republican incumbents. In fact, no such
action was taken. The subject of the line of
policy to be adopted by the majority in the
Senate was discussed in a series of caucuses but
nothing Of definite nature was done. 1t was
discovered that a wide divergence of views
existed among the republicans with regard to
action in the Senate upon nominations submit
ted by the President There were some who
urged that the republican majority owed 1t to
Its party to use all the power ii possessed for the
protection Of republican officials from removal.
They were willing to concede to the President
the right to appoint democrats TO fill vacancies,
but they preferred to resist removals. Other
Senators took the position that as the democrats
had won the administration they were entitled
to the Offices under it, and thai it would not be
wise to resist nominations solely upon political
grounds. One western Senator roughly but
forcibly declared that in his opinion the "tail
ought to go with the hide" meaning that the
federal offices ought TO go with the administra-
ton. Several republican Senators made no
line of policy which contemplated treating
nominations by the President purely from po-
litical considerations. Some of the leading
republicans OF the Senate openly declared their
intention to accord the President fair and i'm
partial treatment, and TO vote upon his nOmi-
nations upon the merits or demerts of each
and every case. Republican Senators who have
expressed themselves upon the question since
the adjournment last spring have, as a rule,
deprecated the idea of a struggle, upon political
grounds, between the President and the Senate.
Everythi goes To show that the Senate will
act with its usual conservatism and equable
judgment in all its relations with President
Cleveland.
As we have taken occasion from time to time
in these columns to discourage the practice of
promiscuOus alms-giving, formerly so common
here, We are the more glad OF opportunity
of calling attention to works of true charity
whenever they present themselves 1t will be
observed from our advertisements that the
children of the Washington City Orphan Asy-
lum purpose holding an industrial baZar on
Wednesday and Thursday afternoons and even
ings of this week, the proceeds of which will be
used by the lady managers for the better educa-
tion OF such of the orphans as have aptitude
therefor. These children only ask for help to
help themselves. That education which comes
as a gift to happier children, these are thankful
10 earn They offer for sale the work of their
hands, done that those hands may be taught to
do better work They have toiled to earn for
themselves more toll. All they ask is that they
may be assisted and encouraged to learn how
best to toll. Who is there who will not think 1t
q privilege to help them?
Senator Allison has been numbered among
the friends of silver in Congress, so that his
opinion To the effect that the further coinage of
the standard dollar might be suspended will be
given special weight He did not apprehend
danger if coinage were continued, but seemed
willing to aequiesce in stopping the work tenn
porarily as an experiment. This is probably as
lar as the silver men will go to meet the views
o. the other side, and the '.gold-bugs'' may
count themselves lucky il they succeed in
securing even such a compromise that.
The Servian war brings into print again
familiar names of places, the campaign is
laid in the territory where were fought some of
the blOodiest battles in the Russian-Turkey
war. The armies of the two empires fereely
contended for the possession of Dragoman Pass
which King Milan has now captured. The city
OF Sofia, which Is the objective point of his
march, was taken by the Russians under Gen.
eral Gourko, in 1878, after a desperate resist
ance, and near by is Plevna where was fought
as will be remembered, one of the decisive bat
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