Morning journal and courier., 1894-02-17
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
 From All Quarters. PECKHAM IS REJECTED. Senators Vote a Majority of
 Nine Against Him. ANARCHISTS WALK INTO A TRAP. Several are Arrested by the . Police of London.
ANARCHISTS WALK IaIo A TRAP.
WHEAT BAs ANOTHER ERBATIc DAY.
It Scored the Lowest Point
 in Many Years.
PKCKHAM IS REJECTED.

l PECK HAM IS REJECTED.
 The Senate Decides by a Vote Of Forty- one to Thtrty-tyvO That 1t Does Not Want Him as J ustfce of the Supreme Court-Senator PIatt Voted In Favor Of Confirmation and Senator Haw- ley Against.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 6-There was 8 grim determination manifested in the gen. ate this morning to push forward in the Peckham case at the earliest possible mo- ment. The contending leaders were on the ground early, and there appeared to be little change in ths peIs onnel of the op. posing forces.
 As soon as the journal was read this morning MT. Pugh arose to bis feet to move an executive session. He yielded, however, to Mir. Brice to lay before the senate some petitions, and this precedent paved the way for general morning busi- ness. After retaining the floor thus for twenty minutes and yielding right and left to senators, MT. Pugh finally insisted on his motion and at 1920 o'clock the doors were closed and the battle of yesterday was resumed.
 Considerable routine business was trans- acted first, and 1t was not until 1 o'clock that Mr. Villas got the floor and began his speech.
 During the discussion on the Peckham case MT. Villas occupied much time in the leading of letters and other documents rs. lating to the charges that were said to have been made against MT. Peckham, and accompanied ths reading with com ments. MT. Villas entered into an elaborate discussion of the constitu- tional question of the rights of the executive and legislative branches, and stated that there was no precedent of the O mt f, khn manner set in the two attempts to the su- preme bench of the United States.
 At o'clock MT. Villas finished his speech and Mir. Mitchell of Oregon spoke briefly in advocacy of confirmation.
 MT. George of the committee favored confirmation. Mir. George was one of the sntt-Hornblower men, both in committee and on the floor.
 MT. White of California and Mir. Hawley of Come cticut, rep, spoke briefly against confirmation. The nomination was then rejected by 8 vote of Al to 32, as follows:
 For nfrmstion-Democrats, Bate, Black burn, Brice, Butler, Csffery, Faulk- ner, George, Gray, Harris, Hunton, Lind say, McPherson, Martin, Mills, Mitchell of Wisconsin, Palmer, Pasco, Ransom, Roach, Turpie, Villas, Voorhees,, White of I.ouisi- ana Republicans, Dixon, Hale, Mitchell of Oregon, Pettigrew, PIatt, Proctor, Squire. Stockbridge. Populist, Kyle Total B.
 Against confrmation-Republicans, Ald- rich, Allison, Campion, Carey, Chandler, Hsnsbroush, Hswley, Higgins, Hoar, CT, Shoupe, Steward, Teller, Washburn, Wilson: Democrats, Berry, Call, Cock re;l, Coke, Daniel, Gibson, Gorman, Troy, Jones of Alabama, McLauren, Murphy, Hill, Pugh, Vest, White of California. Populists, Allen. Pfeffer-Total fl.
 This showed 23 democrats, republicans and populist voting for the confirmation any 15 democrats, 24 republicans and 9 populists voting against
 The pairs were: Mr. McMillan for with MT. Vance against, Mir. Morgan for with MT. Qasy against, Mr. Gordon for with MT, Wolcott against, MT. Camden for with Mr, Jones of Nevada against. MT. Colquitt and Mr. Sherman, both favorable to confrma. tion, were absent and not paired.
 In an interview Senator Lodge said: ''Y.s. I voted for Horn blower and against Peckham. The question of senatorial courtesy, about which so much has been said in the papers, had no weight with me and has very little weight, think, with any senator. The sane may be said of the factional fight between Mir. Cleveland and Mr. Hill. In both cases I reached my de- cision without reference to either of these points Ivoted for MT. Hornblowsr be- cause l considered him in all which he was nominated and there were few protests and very little evidence against his fitness. In the case of Mr. Psckham, while there was nothing to be said against bis character or professional ability, there were grave objections to him on the score of sge and temper. I do not think 1t wite to put on the supreme bench men over sixty years of age, and the eound- ness of this policy has been recognized by tine judicial pension law and by the practice of the senate. There was large number of protests against MT. Peckham's con firmation and great deal of serious testimony as to his not possessing the proper judicisl temper, of which his de- epstch to Judge Caldwell repudiatiug in violent language an order of the court was an unfortunate example.
 "But that which weighed most against him was the manner in which patronage appeared to bs used by the administration | in the attempt to secure votes for his con- l 6rmation joined with the exertion appar- | ently of every sort of influence of which | tt 6 head of government was capable. 1 cannot conceive of anything worse or more | damoralizing than to have combinations
 to office secured sy appointments to other offices or by threats of removal from office.
 Against such methods I propose always
 to protest and to vote ip accordance with
 my conception of a plain public duty.
 Ia addition to this I was disgust
 ed by the efforts of railroad corporations,
 through letters and telegrams, to secure
 votes for MT. Peckhsm. Some of these
 corporations have suits pending. All are
 lik ely to have them, and do not think 6
 judge of the supreme court should be
 under any obligation for support of this
 character.
 "I shall always bs ready to vote against
 the confirmation of any man for judic a
 offics in whose behalf such methods art