The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-31
SENATOR'S SLIPPING AWAY.

Barely a Quorum er the Capital Now-The
Main Question Under Debate.
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, March 30.-Senators Voor.
hees and Turpie hope to get away from
Washington office seekers within a fort
night or three weeks. 1t is believed that
the extra session of the Senate Will adjourn
sine die about o week from next Monday.
April 10. There Will be five or six more
days of the debate upon the question of
seating the appointed Senators from Mon
tana. Wyoming and Washington. and then
a vote is ex pected to give all of them their
seats. The debate, however. is being
conducted upon nOnpartisan lines. and
the intention is to determine an important
question of doubt.-that Is whether sena-
torlal tenn shall end on March 8. ir:espeo-
tive of action OF nonaction upon the part
of the Legislature in electIng q successor TO
the Senator serving and the Governor can,
on that day. appoint q successor In the alb
sence of ON election. irrespective of the fact
that the Legislature has not adjourned and
may elect Senator the day following the
appointment of one. In other words. 1t 10
the purpose to determine whether there Is
any connection between the appoint
i've power of the Governor and the elective
power of the Legislature and whether the
one must have any respect for the other.
Ii Is believed also that the resolution to
elect q Secretary, Sergeant-at-ar ARMS and
Chaplain of the Senate will, after little
brush upon the part of the Democrats, 90
over till the Senate comes together next
fall or winter. The programme is to refer
into the characters of Senators Roach
Dem of North Dakota. and Power Rep,
of Montana. to the committee on privi-
Ieges and elections for consideration,
with the understanding that they
will not be reported. When these
steps have been taken, the Senate Will
be ready TO finally adjourn. A quorum can
not be kept here over o week or ten days
longer. A call of the Senate to-day re-
vealed but forty seven Senators in the city.
Many of them are paired and II party
question bad been o D for vote there would
not have been quorum. 1t thus appears
that the Senate can transact no partisan
business 1T the extra session. and thatit can
be blocked at any moment. Tho Indiana
Senators will get away as soon as possible
after adjournment.
To-dsy's session was DEVOTED almost
wholly TO the debate on the question OF the
admission of tho Senators appointed by
the Governors. Mr.. Mitchell, q member of
the committees on privileges and elections,
spoke for nearly three hours In opposition
To the majority report of the committed.
which favOrs admission, and IN defense of
the minority report. which denies the
right of State Governors to appoint Sena-
tors under such circumstances. MIR. Mitch
ell confessed that the die was cast and that
the majority report would be adopted.
General Notes
Special TO tho Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, March 80. = Miss Nebeker,
daughter OF Treasurer Nebeker. left for Chicago
to-day 20 make an extended visit TO her aunt.
She will not return TO Washington. Mr.. and
Mrs Nebeker hope TO get back into Indiana
within q few weeks, but as q count of all the
cash in the treasury will be necessary after q
Treasurer has been appointed and before Mr.
Nebeker's bondsmen Will be- released, and no one
for the office is yet in sight, the chances for his
getting away are not bright.
Charles S. King OF Indiana. is at the National.
j. l.. Gilbert, OF indianapolis, Is at the FIRE.
donna.
s. w. Beck OF Connersville is at the Hamilton
j. NJ. H0skns, of Brazil, Is at the National.
The enforcement OF the Chinese exclusion act
causes the treasury officials much trouble, as the
Celestial proves himself % be very slippery
person. He is now engaged in turning himself
tent Ia this the case that Assistant Secretary
Spauiding has written a letter to collectors on
the Pacific coast 10 stop the fraud.
Minister Egan to-day cabled the Department
of State that the President of Chill had appointed
Omingo Gano envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentary TO the United States.
The cabegrams announcing cholera In Austria
and Prussia do not create any alarm in official
circles here