The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-05
FIFTY THIRD CONGRESS-.
CONTINUED FIGHT OVER SEATING
THE APPOINTED SENATORS.
Cleveland Will Revoke Hsrrison's Reciprocity
Proclamation Affecting South American
Countries-W Wedding Out Incompe-
tent and Influence" Clerks.

appoint senators at the beginning of
the term when the STAGE legislature
had been in session and failed to
elect.
Senator Vest made an argument in
opposition to the existence of such
right, citing presidents on both sides
of the case and claiming that a pre-
ponde1ance of such largely favored
his view of the case. Senator Vest
having remarked that Senator Pugh
had thought differently in 1856 when
he voted for the construction for
which he (Vest was contending.
Senator Pugh excused the vote at
that time by saying that he had fol-
lowed his friend from Missouri in the
mazes of his constitutional arguments
and met a physical abstraction in
which they both got lost, but on re-
Election he had convinced himself that
two and two do make four.
There was another (said Vest)
miraculous conversion, but he feared
that the authority which had changed
the mind OF the senator from Alabama
was not the same that operated on st.
Paul. Laughter.
AT the close OF Senator Vests
speech Senator Chandler obtained the
floor, but yielded to an executive ses-
sion, and the senate proceeded to con-
sideration of executive business and
soon afterwards adjourned till tomor-
row.
ABOUT RECIPROCITY.
The president and secretary of state
have had several conferences in re.
gard to the state of commerce with
South American countries, resulting
from the reciprocity policy of the last
administration and have practically
concluded to discontinue discriminate
ing duties imposed on coffee and sugar
produced in Venezuela, Hayti and
the Uuited States of Columbia, the
only three countries of South America
which refused to enter into satisfac-
tory reciprocity arrangements under
the Mckinley law. 1t is said the
president is opposed to the continu-
ance of discrimination against the
three countrie named and will re-
woke the proclamation imposing them
issued by President Harrison. Action
on this matter may be deferred, how
ever, several weeks.
FINAL ADJOURNMENT.
There is good reason to believe the
senate will soon come to an agree
ment upon the question of organiza,
ton, and as soon as that is done the
matter of final adjournment of this ex-
traordinary session will be speedily
disposed of. During the sitting of
one of the committees this morning
the matter was taken up and discuss
ed for some time and spirit of mu-
is understood that the Republican
suggestion that the Democrats go
ahead and organize with the under
standing that the new officials do not
take hold until later is meeting with
favor amang those Democrats who
see in the opposition to this course in
dications of a prolonged struggle.
DRIVING OUT THE DRoNEs.
Secretary Hoke Smith has already
began carrying into effect the policy
OF dispensing with the services of all
incompetent clerks in his department
or those appointed purely for political
reasons. Under the direction of Chief
Clerk Wardel the individual records
of the clerical force of the census office
are being thoroughly examined, and
all clerks found deficient in any es-
sential particular will be dismissed.
Twenty-Five were dropped from the
rolls today, and others are likely to
follow.
CONTRIBUTIONS.
The senate has confirmed the follow.
ing:
Allan B. Morse, Michigan, consul at
Glasgow.
G. w. Chancellor, Maryland, consul
at Havre.
Geo. F. Parker, New York, consul
at Birmingham.
Sam'l E. Mores, Indiana, consul gen.
eral at Paris.
Geo. E. billiard, Mississippi, consul
general at Guayquil.
Seaton Norman, Indiana, assistant
surgeon marine hospital service.
Postmasters-W. B. Woody, Rock
dale, Tex; VIM. P. Powell, Hope,
Ark; Crawford B. Andrews, Prescott,
Ark.
GOVERNOR GRAY IMPROVING.
Governor Isaac p. Gray, the new
to Mexico, who has been here
sick, will leave for Indianapolis prob
ably tomorrow.
NOMINATIONS.
The president today sent the follow
ing nominations to the senate:
Jas. o. Broodhead of Missouri to be
envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary of the United States
to Switzerland.
Bartlett Trip of South Dakota to be
envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary of the United states
to Austria, Hungary.
Ben Alexander of North Carolina to
be envoy extraordinary and minister
of the United States
to Greece, Roumania and Tervia.
To be consuls of the United States:
Jas. 0'Neal of Ohio at Liverpool; Jas;
NJ. Dobbs, Georgia, at Valparaiso; @.
D. Eckford, Mississippi, at Kingston.
Jamaica; David n. Burke, New York,
1T Pernambuco; Edgar Whidden,
Maine, at st. Stephen, N. B.,
Henry F. Merritt, Illinois, at
Barmon; Asa D. Dickinson, New
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