The sun., 1894-02-16
PECKHAM GETS MORE TIME.
Hrs FRIENDS SECURE A PosTP ONE
NEWT OF THE TOTR.


Hes ths Nets nsea fshss heress
wouid Have stood. ne Near q. Couid he
A-csrt.ised, a. Against sud az for Cos
n,-.t,op, with -Four Senators IN Doubt-
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WASHINGTON. Feb. 15.-The Peckham case is
still undecided. The Senate considered the
nomination In executive session this afternoon
for more than throe hours. and at O'Clock an
adjourn m ent was taken without his friends or
bIs opponents having had an opportunity to
-. ,bot. honla Rafora tho Senate nro-
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ness 'heIo "es p's ~, ,,
In the senate tnaV the oppoheh's VI nh ioch-
ham were In the majority. IL was the ueslte
OF SEM ator Hill and those who are opposinRt the
confirmation that n vote should be reached
todav Thu friends OF the Administra-
- ..,.r..od ,ha aa,d and thav dator.
- a. .,,.u no.,nonomant 30 IN.
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No'e IL pVssiOe' 80 1t, ,s,
In the day that senator hoar OF hassachu-
setts had decided to cast MS vote against
Peckham. and that Senator sherman OF Ohio
declin ed to vote or pair In favor Of the nominee
for Aaaociate Justice was a serious blow to
-. L1r.inistration forcea Eenatora Sherman
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anu hoat nau , Uoe' ,'' ~ .. " A.
so'eni , ~ " -. a. ,.i..,. =, a., ,,aD,Io
~ w a,ad ,hai, noli ., the sonota tbav
'iiaao.arad ,hot thav lacked the votes necss-
80, % s.cura conrrmation. Had the vote
49,, ,.Lon today IL wouId have probably
-. ,no oon.non+s ~ pocLbon In tho ma.
It, hv Sror, avs 70 eight votes. Asnear as
~. - osoar,.insd vitbn,t ,ha ofY1ciaI roll call
,h. sanota ,aa today divided about as follovs:
c--,..,,o. s.n.,o,. nat. nan, race
mn, ~ . p,,nshorn Ip.ml Brc. CpemN. Butler tp.mi
CaG,ry tp,m.L Camden dem }, Dixon (RepA Dolph
tR.n \ Faulkner tp.m J. George tpeml Gordon DENY
Gray tDemA y Iials tRepl. Harris Dem Hunton dDsmL
Lindsay (DemL Mcmillan tReph MoPherson Dem.L
Martin tDeml Mills Dem), Mitchell OF oregon tDem.A
Mitchell Of Wisconsin tDemn Morgan Ip'm. faInsr
Dem.I Psseos lpeuss reuer ,.op1, iS" u1n' sIoe'
lor @ Vnsp NAn,o T,..,. tn.u, via, in. ynor.
s'octpHdse men" ,.,'n .Ds ~ - q,
Against NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Aldrich tRep). Allen
tPop.). Allison (RepL Call tDsm.L Cameron Reph
C,r.y tR.pl Chandler tRsn,. cociren DENY coke
Demh oolaui" tDemo Ga.lCm sk'p) Dan''l .n,n yp.mn
Davi, tRspe Dubois hepn ye ~ n'spn .nu.n,s oSsam
tR.pJ, Hswisy usspL Higgins daspL Hili CD.mh BOar
ta,nr Irby tpemA Jones OF ArKansas Dem Jones Of
Nevad. tHepA Lodge tR.ph M.nd.,,on Espl. Murphy
DENY Perkins keph re'.isre" unep' .oNer ueph
teller (Repl vance tDem.). vest tDem.l, wsshburn
tp.ni Wits OF California Ipsm.) wilson (RepJ. wei
eoss CR.D) Total a.
This estimate shows that John Sherman de-
.,in.. 70 vots and it also places Senators Nc
Lauren, Morrill,. Kyle and Roach on the doubt
full list. II the friends Of Mr.. Peckham should
get ali OF the doubtful votes according to the
figuring OF the opposition. the nomination
would be rejected by three votes. All OF the
Senators thus recorded will not be present
when tho roll 10 called. The above list includes
.no'e mno .I. a'o % " WV ''''0N
who are paired. ,-
devoid Of special interest when 1t became ap-
ns,.nt th.t the frisnds Of Mr.. Psckbam were
tisnossd psren. % .sI * proerast,pate. senator Push
opened she aeos,s oy long 2, ar9
Committee. He reviewed the alterations made
against Mr. peekhams TEN perapS;ent per amen; "a and nS his
he has been nominated. He also referred TO
the inhuence exerted OUTSIDE o. inc 2enate IN
Ssha5 TOO O. old Ihs for tne psce sna 'A 'AA'
Senator Lindsay one OF the bemocrato
nom 6ers OF the eommittoe, aepiea 20 ohnl, .ti,n
tional question involved. He said that be-
cause the Constitution provided that nomina-
the advice and consent Of the Senate, 1t does
not mean that the consent OF cettaih senators
fro% aSsa t6as the msant that the
Senate as body should give It's advice and
consent to fresidential nominauons ..u.
Senator McPherson paid personai tribute
to the ability and personality OF Mr.. Peck ham.
with whom, he said. he was intlmssely ac-
quainted- In the mean time me AFTERNOON
tn. chamber began to grow impatient to get
away. There we're several 6ig dinners on
hand for tonight, ana several senator's nau
purchased tickets, at advanced rates. tor the
Irving Terry performance at one OF the local
theatres. 1t was proposed to take vote. but
the friends Of Mt. Peckham said they desired
to discuss the subject further. Ihen IL was
proposed to postpone the consideration OF the
to the latter suggestion. and finally after some
time had been consul ed In trying TO Tx q date
for postponement. Senator Frye proposed that
the Senate adjourn until to-morrow at IL
o'clock. when the Peckham case VIII be re-
sumed. This suggestion was accepted WIN
lt was signlpcant that none OF the nepuo.