New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-04

on Authorizations that the sons OF eleht
or ten Senator'S the wife of another ana .ns
daughter OF another are among the plopoo.u
benefciaries of the appropriation Tor tne pay
mont OF Senate employees and senators cieIhS
in the List Congress. one OF thenl, ~ - "''
derstood is a son Of the present CHAIRMAN va
the Senate Committee on Appropriations HOW
manv sons and other relatives or Dehlocia,io
Representatives are now feeding AZ tne puo nd
crib as clerks to their fathers. uncies anu anu
brothers has not yet been ascertaineu ou'
snenotism' nourshes in the House or repre-
sentatives as well as in the senate anu En-
ecutive Departments at washington.
CHANGING THEIR VOTES OVERNIGHT
When the vote was taken the motion 10
concur in the Senate amendment, the same
patriots who had voted against the proposi'io"
last night rose to support 1t. But HUTCHINSON
was still there, and he moved that the House
take a recess until within few minutes Oh ,rd
hour fixed for adjournment. Almost alone anu
.,ngle.handed he continued to filibuster. ana the
clerks and other employees whose November
salaries depended on the passage OF inc Iesoiu,
lion scampered In every direction 10 ma anu
bring In absentees to make quorum. Az t"eh-
~ minutes before o'clock a message was re-
ceved from the Senate requesting the HOUSE
10 extend the session until half-past 4. ana Gen
eral Catchings tried to get 1t up for actoh, pu.
Hutcheson made the point that nothing Souiu
be done except adjourn until quorum nau APP
peared The minutes flew. and absent members
did not come to make the quorum hiisoie'
who had been standing up for righteous eCon" ,
my. yielded to the blandishnents OF ionl
Johnson of Ohio, and sank into MS seat, "Heie
he was kept by a dozen anxious members who
wanted pay for their clerks during tne vaca-
ton; but Hutchinson stood IKE dioraltai'
paying no heed to the appeals OF frlends or 10
the threats of foes Richardson had moved 10
suspend the rules, and asked unanimous consent
that second be considered as ordered 1t now
lacked only ten minutes OF the hour LOT au-
journment and Hutcheson objected
Tellers were appointed, and anxious members
FASTENED to pass between them. Fifty OF them
tkn nil, ha nf
the clock showed that only five minutes OF the
extraordinary session renamed ana tEe tell
ers were still counting when sharp rap OF the
Sneakers gavel stopped the procession. ana MS
voice was heard declaring 1.-The special session
Of the Lid Congress adjourned without day.
The resolution was lost, although more IMAM
three-fourths Of the members present We're
in favor Of It, and its only active and per-
sstent opponent was Hutchinson. of Texas The
one-man power has tiumphed again, ex-
claimed a disguised Democrat. who was anxious
that the resolution should pass
TIE sENATE's CLOSING HOURS.
The last day of the session in the Senate was
spent chiefly behind closed doors. The only
incident of note in open session was the protest
of several Southern Democratic Senators against
the policy of retarding the passage Of the Fed
eral Election bill and the Tariff bill by giving
Congress a months vacation. The executive
session, which lasted until after O'Clock, so
that the hands OF the clock over the
Senate door had to be set back to allow the
Vice. President TO declare the adjournment on
the minute, was made necessary by the length
of the calendar of nominations still Enacted
upon One obnoxious consular selection, that
of a coored politician named Astwood, 10 DE
Consul at Calais. rejected by the Senate
The nomination Of Mr. Preston as Director OF
the Mint was fought to the end by the silver
mon and failed 10 reach a vote. Several re-
cent Treasury nominations in New-York state
likewise fell with the session. Mr.. Hornbiowers
nomination as Associate Justice was not even
reported from the Judiciary Committee and will
therefore have to be renewed at the regular
session to be made effective.