Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-06
SIDED WITH OPPONENTS
MT. Hill Voted Against Confirm
 ing Democratic Nominees.
DEBATING IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Bitter Fight Made Against the Nomina- ton of Isaac J. wootten of Delaware. The President CharnPioned by Senator Voorhees-Proccedings In the House.


 WASHINGTON. Oct. 6.-With six hours continuous executive session the senate broke the record of the Est congress. but in so doing managed to dispose of consider able business and get out of the way a number of nominations against which tht. Republicans had been mak ing adctcrmined resistance The session was the result of an agreement ard produced surprises
 The struggle was over certain nomina- tions of citizens from one state selected to act as Indian agents Ut agencies located in other states, and the Republicans opposed their confirmation on the general ground that such nominations were a violation Ot the home rule plank of the Democratic party platform, but added to this was the further charge in some cases that the nom inees were not qualified for the position Senators Davis and Wnsl. burn [uf Mime sota, Stewart of Nevada and Dubois of Ida ho made vigorous speeches denunciatury of the violation of the home rule principle while Senator Voorhees, eloqucntly defend ed the president from the shafts of his as- saiIants. The surprise of the day. how ever, came in the reported action of Senator Hill, who is understood to have aided the Republicans not only by his vote, but by his voice.
 DeIRwaro's Senators at Odds.
 nt luUll1l agents tlltltT AilSCuS~lOn Ntlt all confirmed but one, two or three Demo crats voting with the Republicans The men confirmed were William l.. Har-,rivu of Indiana, to be Indian agent at Western ShOshone agency. Nevada; Joseph Robin son of Missouri, at Neg Perces agency, Ida ho; Robert NJ Allen of Illinois, at White Earth agency, Minnesota, and James r.. Smith of Mississippi, at Yankton. Perhaps the most bitter fight was made against .,FT n. l to be agent at the Nevada agency. Senator Higgins led the opposition against Woot- ten, while Senator Gray was equally as earnest in his behalf. There appeared tC be a considerable element of antaLouism tu this nominee within the ranks of his own party, and his case was laid over without final action.
 The same opposition manifested itself against the confirmation of ThuniuS Snith | of Virginia, nominated to be chief justice of New MeXico but after q discussion ui half an hour or su the vote was taken. rr- sulting in his confirmation. It k under stood that an effort WAS made to have lh, favorable report on the nomination uf E. F.. Preston, to he director of the mint taken up for action, but Mir. Stewart and other silver senators took such deter mined stand against it that it went ovt | and will be called up probably at the next executive session.
 MT. HiITS Amendment.
 The senate spent but h minutes in uprr session. Mir. Hill gave notice that h, would offer an amendment to the rule, providing that paired senator on H yrg and nay vote shall hc entered on tht journal and counted as present for the pur pose of constituting q quorum.
 The fact having become known that th, Democrats would hold caucus Ia discus, the propriety of passing the election law repeal bill before the senate had agreed tt the Wilson-N Noorhees bill may have hat something to do with the liStlesSncss man ifested in the house Not more than ? members were ill attchGaucc when it ad jouruGl.
 Representative Tucker. author of th, bill, says that the caucus was called fuI the purpose of determining whether or not the Democratic party was earnestly an, entirely in favor of the repeal of the cleo tion laws as demanded by the platform We are either in favor of their repeal o we are not" said Mir. Tucker. and W, might as well find out just how We stand If MT. Fitch's bill is tu hr adopted as tn, party measure. il seems tu me We might a. well abandon the fight. If his hill iucrr poratCS all there k objectionable. thcI we've got no ease. am perfectly well -ar isfied, however, that the caucus will nlnk, q satisfactory declaration on the subject. ."