Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-03-29
FROM WASHINGTON.
Murat Halstead's C0nfirma-
tiOn in Danger.
PERSONAL SPITE THE CAUSE.
A Blow Struck at the Circ umlocu-
tiOn Methods of Red-taped0m.
Lydecker Case.
Associated Press DISPATCHES to the HERALD


have a minute to himself, from the time
he entered his Office, about $3.50, up to
l 80, when be escaped from the eager
throng on the plea that Mrs. Harrison
and lunch were waiting for him. District
delegations were unusually numerous.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
Senator Sherman, in the Senate to-
day, offered a resolution, which went
over, for the appointment of committee
to wait upon the President and inquire ii
he had any other business to lay before
the Senate.
Senator Cockrell, from the Select Com
mittee to inquire into the methods OF
business in the Executive Department,
made a final report, and made a state
ment in regard to the condition of busl-
ness in some bran ches OF the public
service.
At the close of Cockrell's remarks,
the Vice-President said the report
would be laid on the table
and printed. Objection was made to
this going on record as a precedent for
the transaction of regular business at
called session. Cockrell explained that
the regular session had given permission
for the presentation of this report at the
called session. This obviated the diff
Guilty.
Call offered resolution (laid on the
table for the presentl declaring, first,
that committees of the Senate should be
organized with reference to equality OF
States and their Senators in rights, priv
ileges and powers of the Senate second,
that Senators shall not be assigned to
more than one of the following commit
tees: Appropriations, Military Affairs,
Naval Affairs, Judiciary Foreign Rela-
tiops, Finance, Postotfice, Public Lands,
Commerce, Interstate Commerce, until
after every Senator shall have been as
signed to one of them; third, then sen
iority of service shall give preference in
assignment of committees unless other
wise ordered by the Senate; fourth, that
each of the ten committees named shall
be composed of eleven Senators. The
Senate then proceeded to execu i've
business.
When the Senate was sitting with
closed doors, the resolution allowing a
clerk for Senator Vance, was reported
from the Committee on Contingent Ex-
penses and adopted. Evarts, from the
Library Committee, reported preamble
and resolution, which was adopted, that
the Senate accept the invitation of the
committee, having in charge the centen-
NAL of the Inauguration of George Wash
ington to participate in the celebration,
and thst committee he appointed to
represent the Senate. At 4 :45 the SEN
ate adjourned.
SENATE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
The executive session of the Senate
| lasted between two and three hours this
afternoon, and was confined largely to
the discussion OF the nomination of Murat
| Halstead to be Minister to Germany.
Before that came up the nomination of
John G.. New to be Consul General to
London, and of Louis Wolfey to be Gov
ernor of Arizona, which were pending,
were confirmed. The final attempt of
the opposition to defeat News confrma-
ton was based upon the assertion that
bis paper (the Indianapolis JournaD had
published articles rejecting upon the
private character of President Cleveland.
This charge was warmly denied by Sena-
tor Voorhees,, of Indiana, and the nom
ination was confirmed. The Committee
on Foreign Relations favorably reported
all the nominations of yesterday, but in
the case of Halstead, the report was not
unanimous. On motion to confirm his
nomination the nays were in the
majority. Senators Teller. Plumb,
Ingalls,, Fsrwell and Cullom vot-
ing with the Democrats. Sherman
moved to reconsider the vote, and on
that motion long debate ensued, in the
course of which the ground of the objec-
ton to Halstead was disclosed. When
the Senate refused to enter upon the
investigation of the election of Senator
Payne, of Ohio, Halstead, whose paper
the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette) had
strongly urged the investigation and
made uncomplimentary allusions to the
Republicans who had voted against the
investigation. The feeling against him
on the part of the Senators who fell
under his displeasure at that time is very
bitter, and one of them is reported to
have said to President Harrison this
morning that Hslstead could not be con-
firmed, and that the Senators whom he
had criticised would not vote for him.
The motion to reconsider WAS pending
when the Senate adjourned. Tho vote
upon confirmation was taken before
there were any speeches.
Teller said he considered Halstead's
nomination an insult to at least eight
members of the Senate. Mr.. Plumb
spoke in the same strain. An extract
was read from the files of the Commercial
Gazette, for July, 1886, which read
"The Ohio Legislation has recommended
an investigation of the charges of bribery
and corruption presented in connection
the election Of Senator Payne. The Sem
ate refused to investigate these charges,
and the following Republican Senators
voted against the investigation: Chace,
Cullom, Evarts, Ingalls,, Jones, Logan,
Miller, Plumb, Riddleberger, Sawyer,
Sewell, Teller and Van Wyck." OF these
men, printed as a black list, Halstead
said: "To classify the crowd in single
sentence, it is made up of milionaires,
servants OF corporations, Logan men and |
corruptionists. There was not a vote
cast that was actuated by the slightest
regard for the honor of the Senate or of |
the purity of politics." Mr.. Evarts and
Mr.. Teller were singled out for special
mention. Seven Republican Senators of
those whose names were on Halstead's |
"black list' remain members of that
body to-day.
BLOW STRUCK AT RED-TAPE.
Senator Cockrell, chairman of the Sc
lect committee on business methods of |
the executive departments, to-day sub
mitted to the Senate second report, /,
The committee, in its previous report,
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