St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-06
GROVER Gets There,
His Appointments Confirmel
by the Senate
BY A STRICT PARTY WTE
Davis and Washburn Make {
Vigorous Fight.
HAS A MARGIN OF THREE VOTES
Close Call for Allen, the White
Earth Agent.
BY A STRICT PARTY WTE
HAS A MARGIN OF THREE N0TES
EXECUTIVE SESSION SECRETS.

WAsHIN GTON, Oct. 5.-The senate
spent the entire day, except few min
utes in the morning, behind closed doors
in the consideration of executive bus.
mess. The greater part of the day was
devoted to discussion of the alleged
violation of the home-rule principle in
the appointment of men as Indian
agents in one state who live in another.
There were five of these cases, and in
each case a Republican had been re-
moved to make place for Democrat.
The appointments were as follows:
W. l.. HargraVe, of Indiana, at Vest
ern Shoshone agency, Nevada: Isaac j. |
Woatters, of Delaware, at Nevada
agency, Nevada; Robert NJ. Allen. of
Illinois, at White Earth, Minnesota;
James A. Smith, of Mississippi, at Yank-
ton, s. D.; Joseph Robinson, of Mis-,
souri,, at Nez Perces, Idaho.
The senators of the various states to
which these men had been appointed
took exception to the appointments, and
freely expressed in the executive ses-
sion today the opinions they had given
out freely OH all occasions before when
the subject was
UNDER DISCUSSION.
0They complained as one man Of the
violation of the home rule doctrine, and
called attention to the fact that in maxi
ing the appointments the president had
violated the pledges of his own party
platform. They also showed that in no
instances were the states into which
men had been imported for the purpose
of filling the offices, Democratic in pol
itics, and asserted that In making the
appointments the president was hardly
treated his own party fairly in those
states. Senators Davis and Washburn,
ShOup and Dubois, and Stewart and
Jones, are all understood to have
expressed themselves upon the
sabject, and to have been indorsed by
virtually the entire Republican side of
the senate. lndeed, there came nearer
being division on party lines on the
| votes taken upon confirmation than
upon any question which has arisen
during the present session, and many of
the Republicans expressed their senti-
ments in short speeches before voting,
some of which were quite animated,
There was at times considerable feeling
displayed i'll the speeches. Senators
Voorhees,, Palmer and others of the
Democratic side
DEFENDED THE PRESIDENT
StOutly. Two OF The Democrats present
Hill, OF New York, and Martin, of
Kansas-voted with the Republicans, as
did Allen, Populist, of Nebraska. Muir
ply, OF New York, was paired against
confirmation. The first vote taken was
upon the confirmation of Allen. and he
was confirmed by a vote of "A to 81,
while the vote in the other cases stood
"a 10 % i'll favor of confirmation.
After the Indian agencies were dis
posed of the appointment of Henry w.
Smith, OF Virginia, to be chief justice of
New Mexico, was taken UP and the same
fight was made upon him as upon the
Indian agents, except that it was not SO
fierce or so long drawn out. He also was
confirmed by party vote. The appoint
mentS of j. j. Van Allen. as ambassador
to Italy, and Of Robert Preston di-
rector OF the mint went over, as there
was no time 10r their consideration.
There will be opposition i'll the senate
on both of these, Notwithstanding the
recommendations of the committees
which have reported them, but both
will be confirmed beyond question.
The nomination of MIR. Hornblower
for justice OF the supreme court was nog
reached.