New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-21
No WAR DECLARED YET.
rHu NETWORK SENATOR'S DO NOT AN.
TAGONIZE THE PRESIDENT.

At THE SENATE COMMITTEE MAKEUP UN.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AND SENIORITY
RULE IN THE REORGANIZATION.
IsY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIByxEl
Warrington. March co.-The prompt confirmation
,oday BY the Senate Of One nomination of Robert A.
w.xvsl to b Fourth Assistant Postmaster. General
an yrobably have the effect Of Quiong for time the
h,sbly alarming rumors which have gotten abroad
.houS the purpose Of Senators I'M and Murphy to
A.slsrs war On the President and his AntiSnapper
A,tsnAs Tho belnehent intention attributed 10
s.nstar Hill has Of course. been pure moonshne for
the Senator has lived more -''Ian year In Washing.
tan. and has Q fair appreciation Of what open
ut With tho President on questions Of appointment
A this stage Of the Administration means.
Those persons who have thought they saw IN the
sSoice Of places on tho Senate committees made by
Nsssrs. Hill and Murphy q deliberate plan to delay
and defeat any Presidential nominations likely to
,rove Objectionable to them mistake the Intelligence
and political good sense Of both Mr.. Hill and Mr..
Murphy. For Mr.. Hill to obstruct at this session
ne confirmation Of Mr.. Maxwell Mr.. whitney. any
sther Democrat who may be nominated for Office from
New.York or any other State, would be the extreme
Of shorsighted folly for intense Is tho pressure
for place. and vigorous the demand for the removal
and suppression Of Republicans now In office that
No Democratic Senator. group Of Senator'S could
reasonably hope to block for more than day or two
the natural course OF appointments and conirma-
pons II Mr.. Hill and Mr.. Murphy have any design
~ defeating appointments not agreeable 10 them
seyes they will have to contain their hostility for tho
,resent They cannot afford to antagonize the Ad-
,,nstration now when every other Democrat In the
state Is seeking favors from IT, Nor is II likely mat
Nth his well-known caution and calculation Mr. Hill
iii ind Il worth while swords with Mr. Ceve-
land until the demands Of tho Democratic senator's
~ patronage have been pretty we'll appeased or
ABANDONED and differences Of real political Importance
develop between the Executive and Congress.
Il NAV be worth while 10 add here. that the re-
ports about Mr. Cleveland's dspeasure at the make
m Of the Senate committees so freely circn'atod'
thoueh they may contain slight basis Of truth
have been founded in the main on wholly erroneous
,aea of the methods by which the Senate committees
are constituted II the committees OF the Senate were
m,Ae over anew each Congress, like those OF the
House the President might have had some ground to
osmplan that representatives Of his wishes and policy
were not placed in the control OF the business OF 'he
Senate. The Senate committees are. however, per
msnent and continuous bodies. 1t is the rarest ex-
cepton that any member is displaced. except win
bis own free consent. reorganization OF the com
mttees proceed only in the way OF hhng vacancies
or Of arranging voluntary transfers.
To represent Mr.. Cleveland maldng ont a list OF
the Senators he desired have serve on the vnance
Committee convict him Of egresious ignorance
Of the customs OF the Senate nor is 1t to Dc sup
posed that he would be led TO make so absurd
demand as that new arrival In the senate. like his
devoted admirer from Wisconsin, Mr. Villas, should be
advanced the heads Of men ten or fifteen years
his senior in service craftsmanship Of the Finance
or any other important committee. III such IAN
tastc arrangement was ever suggested 10 the Demo
cratic Senate caucus 1t must have come from the
otto If
Mcdonald Dickinson. of Michigan. the selfconstituted
outside guard" OF the Administration, and not from
President Cleveland himself II the President was
interested personally In the composition OF the Senate
committees In violation Of the official etiquette which
Is supposed to give TO each branch OF Congress the
'untrammeled control OF Its organization and
management, he must have been fairly we'll satisfied
to hnd placed In one Of the two vacancies to be
filed on the Finance Committee his enthusiastic. not
to say subservient friend, Mr.. Vest OF Missouri whose
theories about free coinage OF the most radical
but whose practice OF them is tempered by generous
sense Of personal and political convenience.
Some wonder seems 10 be expressed BY puzzled
observers that the so-called Cleveland Democrats In
the Senate not OF Difference the President
put the head Of and in control Of all the conspicuous
Senate committees but as there arc only eight or nine
r and Zoo ae"s to
filled. there would have been grave danger OF naten-
Ing out the Cleveland material to an almost vanishing
With three. fourths 81 the Democratic party In the
Senate openly arraycd In opposition 10 Mr. Clev,'-
lands financial policy 1t seems waste OF time 70
wonder why eight or nine men were not asked TO DO
the work and I'll the places Of honor and distinction
accorded to thirtyseven, or why the
were not asked to crowd themselves into the more
humble spaces now occupied by the eight or nine.
The Senate has shown far disposition to manage
its affairs according TO cnstom and precedent.
without reference to opinion outside 1t has paid as
Hss siSsnii2 ike g
since inauguration as had done before It, II seeks
no Quarrel with the President over nominations nor
will it. at present. engage in or countenance one:
There are issues in the futnre more Important and
more serious than the distribution OF offices. over
which the first trial Of strength between the Executive
ana the Senate Will be made.
SEATING OF THE SENATORS RECOMMENDED.
Washington, March 2O.-The Senate Committee on
Privileges and Elections held meeting this afternoon
In regard to the credentials OF the appointed Senators
from the new States. Senator Allen. OF Washington
Mr. Mantle. OF Montana and Mr.. Beckwith. OF Wy
oming, appeared. The committee took
vote which resulted as follows; For
giving the Senators thc1r seats, Messrs'
Turnis md ruch Of Democrats, ana McSsrS.