The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-30
LIYE WASHINGTON TOPICS.
The Fight In the Senate Over the Confirm y
tim OF H,1 linn Agents.


WASHINGTON. Sept. 2a.-The opposition
manifested In the Senate to the conhrma-
ton OF tho Indian agents appointed by
the President from States other than those
In which the agencies are located has sue
ceeded in prolonginR the fight and post
poning action from day to day. This o.
position won another victory in executive ses-
sion last evening" when Mr.. Jones Of Arkansas
called up the nomin atoms and sought to have
them acted upon. The Republicans at once
demanded the yeas and nays. and at that hour
it was impossible to secure a quorum. An
agreement was then made that these nominal
tons should be made a special order for next
Thursday. and under this agreem emit the Senate
on that day will transact no LEI slative business.
As soon as the morning business is finished
the Senate will go into executive session and
endeavor to dispose OF this subjsct There
completed the same day. but it is. to be dis
posed OF before other executive business Ia
taken up. Senators representing the States
containing these Indian reservations are not
criticised the so-ca ed violation Of the home
President are Repub lican Senators from. New
England and the East who have not voted with
Two or three active working Democratic Sem
ators are also eountepa1cing this opposition.
IN e q Ss their assist
A number OF plates OF photographs by
former Washington photographer. Alexander
Gardner. father OF Mr.. Lawrence Gardner.
Secretary, Of the National League OF Demo
cratic Clubs, have Just been upearthed here ny
accident. Included in the collection are plates
taken from life Of Abraham Lincoln, Charles
Vice President Henry Wilson. Horac. Greeley.
Gen U: & Grant Gen r. George CsS D; Mcclellan.
and many others. There is also negative
OF J. Wilkes Booth. but Mr. Lawrence Gard
%n bsoth S othsr re sSs' bought s
~ and destroyed all the known mega,
tyss IN Of M Rscoln hsrs are
in FIVE or six different positions. and Mr. VII
son. Mr.. Stanton. aud others are seen IN vari.
numbers between. 5000 and 5000 plates. more
than half q which are likenesses q persons
We're pictured, or who have since gained dis;
tlnction. Hundreds Of them are OF officers and
Potomac and others Of naval officers and Fed
eral employees OF prominence.
Frank Iawler. the man with the famous petit
ton Of $4,000 signatures. may be Postmaster
OF Chicago after all. The Chicago Congress-
men to-day patched up their differences and
agreed to support tho following slate for the
sWe u tns Of
Townsend; Marshal. j. e D9nnelIy:. Pension
nfe from the country. the others from Chicago.
J. Russell. one OF the editors OF the Times While
Hesing tried to beat Carter Harrison for Mayor.
in other respects the slate Is favorable to Har-
rson, who wants to be senator. and 10 not to
the liking of young Mr., Cable and Col. ,Morri-
son. who are running sort OF double-hehded
campaign for the Senatorship against Har-
rison.. Probably the slate will AL go through.
excepting Hesing. as the President has bee n
very favorablY Impressed by RUSSELL who,
though employed on the Times. Is supported
by the owner OF the Chicago Herald, and many
other prominent citizens.
OF the 1000 pension cases hold up for re-
examination. about half have been adjudi-
Gated on the new system. and at the present
rate OF progress. tho remainder will be dis
posed of by the mi ddls Of October but II Is the
present purpose of the bureau to resxamine
each Of the lSh, 600 claims under the iIJit OF
Feb. ~. 1890. which Were allowed upder the