Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-06-30
SENATORIAL SQUABBLEs.
AreIhese Facts or are They Lies Coined
to rain Us9

VI lut view 1OTk lTfOuHf MTlLcH lIldl lIlE |
Democratic Senators are at skies and
sevens, and he instances the case of the
Florida Senators. They were friends
before March 4th. They watch each
Others movements with suspicion now.
Heretofore there existed between them a
friendly rivalry only as TO which should
be considered the greater constitutional
lawyer. 1t has been changed into a
struggle almost for political existence.
Jones term will expire in 1887. The
Legislature elected this fall will choose
his successor. His most dangerous rival |
will be Elk Gov. Bloxham To get the |
latter out of the way he had him APP |
pointed Minister TO Bolivia. Bloxham, |
however, saw through Joness game and |
refused the mission. Bloxham is en- |
couraged in his course by Senator Call,
who hopes to appear in the Senate to |
greater advantage with Bloxham as his |
colleague than with Jones, with whom |
he has divided the honor of being the
greatest bore of the body. The two Con-
gressmen from Florida have taken up the
quarrel of the Senators, Davidson siding
with Jones and Dougherty with Call
They have abused each other by
Turns at the White House until
the President has given up all hopes
of settling the difficulty. Jones
has left town temporarily to look after
his fences. Call is still here, but has
not secured anything by waiting Mean
while the State OF Florida has to do
without any of the pap" that is now be-
ing SO literally distributed among the
| faithful
Between the Tennessee Senators mat
| tiers stand not much better Senator
| Harris has never torRiven the President
| and Jackson. his COLLEAGUE, for the ap-
| pointment of Assistant Secretary of State
| Porter Harris and jackson have not
met since that appointment was made.
| Harris went home 10 sulks and with a
won play any more" air. The Presi-
/ lent did not think it necessary TO admin
| lister balm to his wounded feelings 10 the
| shape of some minor offices. He abso-
| lutely ignored Harris, and Harris blames
jackson for his ill-success with the adj
ministratioo. When the two meet in
| December there will be some GOODNESS
noticeable in their intercourse with each
other
In Georgia Senator Brown reigns
i supreme He is boss" His colleague,
Colquitt, has been in the Senate now for
nearly two years, and thinks it time that
he should have voice in the matter of
appointments. Brown, in his patriarchal
way, frowns upon all such attempts on
the part Of Colquitt TO become figure in
politics. Colquitt hates Brown but fears
him He is Browns creature. There
may be some lively times next winter
when he attempts to set up for himself.
Between Vest and Cockrell, of Mis-
| souri,, DO love is lost Vest has just been
| reelected, and, In the matter of patron
age, has not to bestir himself as much as
Cockrell, perhaps And yet he seems
to haye secured more appointments than
his colleague. la addition, there is to be
played a trump card with Missourians by
trottiug out the great Presidential stalk
ing-horse, Bayard. The trip increased
his prestige among his constituents, and
will presently be remembered by the
Secretary of State himself in some sub
stautial appointment, no doubt. Cock
: rell never admired Bayard greatly, and
+ he was one of the few Democratic Sen
ators who refused to indorse Bayard as a
f candidate for the Presidency when the
? | signatures of Senators to paper to be
presented to the convention were solic-
= tied by the friends of the Delaware
statesman. Cockrell too, is heartily dis
liked by Vest for his parsimony. Vest
! is more liberal with the peoples money
e and frequently falls foul of his colleague,
) who is the Holman of the Senate. In
! the matter of appointments and Influence
$ | with the present. administration Vest APP
. pears to be slightly ahead
= Turning to Alabama. there are signs Of
e | a GOODNESS between Morgan aud Pugh.
: The latter arrived In town the other day
and secured the appointment of William
4 | benson as United States d strict attor-
] MY 20 succeed Craig. benson is a
2 brotheri law of Pugh, and Craig 5
t vile is a near relative of Morgan. Why
: Pugh should have selected as his first
5 victim man rela'ed 10y marriage to his
I, | colleague seems strange, and can scarcely
= be accounted for except on the ground
e | that the two are not oa friendly terms.
e And this in reality is the case Morgan
D | is a great diplomat He is fond 0f max
ing long speeches Why, said one al
his ad nirers, just from Alabama ~ -,
5 other day, the Governor = 4Lo ea w.
e talker in the vol, He can 1" tall e.,
a I9ur uas- aud on the same subject, too
ugh Is the reverse He is indolent and
4 easy going He never rises to addres.
0 the Senate. He is jealous of Moran
e because the latt, T fills the Record with
r oratory and sends his speeches to admir-
= ing constituents, which he (Pugh) can
$ not do without exerting himself The
two men are radically different in dispo-
| SlLlOu anu tastes. 1H6N never agree Oh
y the same question. 1t would be strange
if they were TO act tremendously in the
matter OF appointments.
The teud existing between the two
9 Louisiana Senator's is notorious. There
is no likelihood of Eustis ever yielding
to Gibson. The latter, so far, has Sc
= cured every appointment in his State
:. Eustis has gone to Europe. The leaders
4 of his faction have been in Washington
: for the last ten days to push their claims
] for recognition at the hands of the>~ad
t ministratiou. They have had no success
5 so far. The President seems 70 have
5 taken Gibson into his confidence, and to
d look 10 him entirely for advice in the
e matter Of distributing the Federal pa
t tropage. The attitude of the two Louis
It lana Senators toward each other will be
r watched with a good deal of interest
o next winter. That they will ever forget
5 entirely their differences seem now i'm
e probable.
d Thee are few Of. tho prominent in
e stances Of dissensioRs which have sprung
e up among the Senator's on the Demo
e cratic side Of the chamber since the ad-
: ministration came into power As the
t question of the distribution of patronage
n advances more and more into the fore
ground they will deepen and multiply.