Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-03
HALSTEAD'S REJECTION.
THE UNIFIED STATES SENATE MAKES
ANExHIBITION OF WEAKNESS.

The Vote by which the Nomination of the
Able Cincinnati Editor was Rejectea-A
Fhin-skinhed Crowd-Other Nominal
ttons ConSrrned-A Woman Nominated
ID be- Postmaster ut Philipsburg, M. +.
WASHINGTON, March 30.-The Senate met
at noon and proceeded to executive busi.
ness, on motion OF Sherman.
The nomination OF Murat Halstead to be
minister to Germany has'be rejected by
the Senate-25 to 10.
The Senate confirmed the following nomi.
nations: John Picks, minister to Peru
George B. Loring, minister to Portugal;
Robert 7. Lincoln, minister to Great
Britain, Allen Thorndyke Ricei minister to
Russia; Thomas Ryan, minister to Mexico;
Patrick Egan, minister to Chill; Robert
Adams, Jr., minister to Brasil, Lansing b.
Misner, minister to the Central American
States; w. L. Scruggs, minister to Vsns-
suela; w. o. Bradley, consnl general to
Corea; Geo. Chandler OF KANSAS, hrst
assistant secretary Of the interior.
Postmasters nominated-John g. Eckels,
Modesto, California; George Sturteyant;
Alameda, California; John NJ. Bacon, Ore
BON City, Oregon; Thomas G.. Mcdowell.
Ellensburg. W. T.; Sarah J. Dawson, Phil!
psburg, Montana.
GENERAL BUSINESS.
While the doors were closed the following
general business was transacted:
The resolution heretofore offered by
Sherman for the appointment OF COM
mittee OF two Senators to wait on the
President and inquire whether he had any
further communication to make to the
Senate, was taken up and agreed to.
Allison offered resolution calling on the
secretary OF the treasury for information
hb to trade betwSen the United States and
Mexico.
The resolution heretofore offered by
Mitchell instructed the committee on
mines and mining to continue it's inquiry
into the cause OF delay in settling the un.
settled claims in the mining division OF the
General Land Office, was taken up and
agreed to.
The vacancy in the committee on civil
service retrenchment, caused by the resig-
nation OF Chace, was filed by ths appoint.
ment OF Higgins.
The senatei at $40. adjourned till Mon.
day, at p. cd.
THE CASE OF MURAT HALsTEAD.
In executive session the Senate lasted two
hours, this afternoon, being devoted almost
exclusively, for the third time, to the case
of Murat Halstead. Sherman, Hawley
and Blair spoke in favor OF his conirma-
ton, the two last named being listened to
with especially close attention.
At the close OF the remarks q vote was
taken on O motion to reconsider the vote
by which the nomination was rejected,
Thursday. The motion was lost by 26 to
10. Evarts, Ingalls, Plumb, and voting
with the Democrats in the negative, and
Blackburn and Call with the Republicans
ih the afirmative.
The Representatives named explained
their vote on roll call, saying that they
had no personal feeling in the matter, no
antagonism against Halstead, but thought
it right to defend the Senate against such
attack as had been made upon it's charac.
ter by him in his paper. A. number OF
Senators paired, among them Cullom
against and Farwell in favor OF reconsider
alton.
OPINION OF MR.. HALsTEAD's PAPER.
CINCINNATI, March 30.-The Commercial.
Gazette" tomorrow, in an editorial on
Halstead's rejection, signed by Richard
Smith, will say: "Mr. Halstead's appoint.
ment as Minister to Germany, was rejected,
not because OF his unfitness for the place,
that question never was and never could be
raised. He was rejected because. as an
editor, he honestly criticised the method
by which men were elected to the United
States Senate. The origin Of this matter
was the election Of Henry B. Payne"
The editorial then reviews the noted
Payne case and justifies the course taken
by the Commercial Gazette" at the time.
Il SAYS plainly that the defeat OF the Payne
investigation was due to the fact that the
Republican Senator, who had been elected
by the same methods as Payne, by fraud, 7"
were threatened that If the latter should
be investigated, ''the matter would notstop
there"
The editorial concludes: What the
Commercial Gazette said on the whole
controversy was truth. 1t was truth when
it was written
''IT rs TRUTH NOW.
Perhaps it was roughly expressed, but it
was truth, all the same. For this Mr.. Hal
stead was defeated, and for no other rea-
son. There was no pretense OF objection
to him ON ground of unfitness. He was
rejected by Senatorial frauds. because he
had the courage OF his convictions, and
was not afraid to tell the truth. The re.
suit, therefore, cannot hurt him, but 1t is
bound to hurt the guilty Senators.
Perhaps, too, it may lead to a line oi
thought or increase the force OF line oi
thought that will abolish the United States
Senate altogether with it's Star Chamber
proceedings, or compel a change in the
methods OF election that will bring that
body closer to the people and force its
members outside OF money influence.
"The people would be startled to know
how many seats in the United States
Senate were bought with money and how
many seats are therefore disgraced. This
ia business that cannot last. The people
will not tolerate it; this kind OF corruption
must be wiped out"