Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-02-17
PECKHAM REJECTED.
GONE TO JOIN HoRNBLoWER BY 4
VOTE OF Al TO 81.



WASHINGTON, d. c.. February 16-
The Senate has rejected the nomination
Of Wheeler II. Peckham to be Associate
Justice Of the Supreme Court. The vote
stood Al to 32
There was a grim determination mani
Tested In the Senate this morning W
push forward the Peckham case. Inc
contending leaders were on the grouhu
early. and there appeared to DE h.'ie
change I'm the personnel of the opposing
factions. Mr. Colquitt Qemocrap' Oh
Georgia, who was classed with the anu
Peckham contingent. was SAID 10 hase
gone over to the Administration, but the
opponents OF Peckham say they had not
counted him as one OF their number.
THE BATTLE BEGUN.
At 2:25 o'clock the doors of the Sem
ate were closed. and the battle Of yes
terday was renewed. Considerable rou-
tine business was transacted first, and 1t
was not until / o'clock that Mr. Villas
got the floor. and began his speech IN
favor OF Peckham. Before the doors Were
closed he occupied himself In arranging
Il great mass of letters and papers, wnich.
1t is supposed, formed the ground-work
of his argument. Mr.. Hoar was similarly
occupied with purposes the opposite OF
Mr.. Vilas's.
At o'clock Mr.. Villas finished his
speech. and Mr. Mitchell tKepublican), OF
Oregon, began a speech In advocacy OF
confirmation. Mr. Mitchell spoke briefly
and was followed at $3.50 by Mr.. George,
OF the committee. who favored confirma-
ton. Mr.. George was one of the anti
| Hornblower men, both in committee and
on the floor.
THE HILL VICTORY.
vote was reached at 1855 o'clock. re-
| sultlng in the rejection of the nomination.
| The President was Informed of the de-
| feat of the Peckham nomination within
| few minutes after II had been rejected.
| A promient senator sent telegram to Mr..
| Cleveland over the wire running from the
| Senate TO the White House. During the
| Cabinet meeting, which lasted from IL
| o'clock until 2:30, the President and the
| Cabinet officers present waited for news
| from the Senate. and II Is said that the
| meeting was prolonged in the expectation
| that something definite would be received.
After adjournment. the Senate made
public the fact OF the rejection OF Mr..
| Peckham's nomination.
THE VOTE.
The vote was as follows:
For confirmation: Democrats-Messrs.
| Bate. Blackburn. Brice, Butler, Caffery,
| Faulkner, George. Gray, Harris, Hunton,
| Lindsay, Mcpherson, Martin, Mills,
Mitchell. of Wisconsin; Palmer, Pasco,
Ransom. Roach. Turple, Villas, VOORHEES,,
and White. of Louisiana.
| Republicans-Messr. Dixon, Hale.
Mitchell. Of Oregon; Pettigrew Platt,
| Proctor, Squire, and Stockbridge.
| Populist-Mr. Kyle-Total, 52
| Against confirmation: Republicans
| Messrs. Aldrich, Allison. Cameron, Carey,
Chandler. Cullom. Davis, Dolph, Frye. Gal
| linger. Hansbrough. Hawley. Higgins,
Hoar. Lodge, Manderson, Morrill,. Per-
kins, Power. Shoup. Stewart, Teller,
Washburn, and Wilson.
| Democrats-Messrs. Berry. Call. Cock
rel. Coke Daniel, Gibson. German, Irby.
Jones' OF Arkansas; McLaurin Murphy.
| Hill, Pugh, Vest and White. of Cali
| fOrna.
Populists-Messrs. Allen and PETER.
Total, IL.
| This shows q Democrats, s Republicans.
and l Populist voting for confirmation, and
| Is Democrats q Republicans, and Popu-
lists voting against il.
PAIRS.
! The pairs were as follows: Mcmillan for
with Vance against; Morgan for with
| Quay against; Smith for with Dubois
| against: Gordon for with Wolcott against;
| Camden for with jones' of Nevada,
| against.
Messrs. Colquitt and Sherman. both
| favorable 20 confirmation, were absent
| and not paired. The Senate now consists
Of eighty-five members and this vote ac-
| counts for all but twelve of that num-
| ber.
MIR. VILAS'S SPEECH.
The first half hour of the executive ses-
| sion was spent I'm routine business when
| MIR. Villas took the floor and began n
| speech. which lasted for more than an
| hour, and was in defence of the right OF
the President to appoint whom ne pleased
| for this or any other office, qualification
alone to be considered He then entered
| into long discussion of the merits OF the
case, and read numerous letters from dis
| tinguished attorneys going To show that
! Peckham was in every way fitted for the
exalted place to which he had been noml-
| mated. Mr.. Villas also sought TO show
| that the nominees disposition and alleged
| ill-temper were not as had been reported.
but that, on the contrary. he was tho
| roughly equipped for the duties of a ju-
action In which Mr.. Peckham was said
to have telegraphed Judge Caldwell In re-
gard 10 a recent decision OF his In cer-
tain railroad case.
Mr.. Mitchell. one OF the Republican
members of the committee, followed In a
brief speech. In which he said he had ex-
amined all the alleged charges. and had
reached the conclusion that there was
nothing in them that in any way inter
fered with the discharge OF duty as a
member Of the Supreme Court. For that
reason he believed II proper that Mr..
Peckham should be confirmed.
GEORGE IN EXPLANATION.
Mr.. George, a Democratic member Of
the committee. who. II will be remem-
bered, opposed the confirmation of Horn
blower. consumed the time allotted to him
In explaining why he now endorsed Peck
ham. His reason was that the charges in
the two cases were entirely different, and
that In Peckham's case they had been
disproved
IL was the intention of the opponents OF
Mr.. Peckham to have done no talking,
bnt when Mr.. George had finished Mr.
White. of California DemocraD. and Mr.
Hawley, of Connecticut Republicam,
spoke perhaps three minutes each, stating
why they could not assist In confirming
Mr.. Peckham, each of these gentlemen
affirming their belief that there was suiti-
cient In what had come before the COM
mittee to justify its adverse action.
The antl-Peckham men discovered early
In the afternoon what they claimed was
an effort on the part of the admInistra-
ton leaders TO consume the time In de-
bate and force a postponement of the
vote till Monday A hasty conference re-
suited and a number OF Peckham Demo-
Gratis declared they would not countenance
such proceeding When It was then
found that the vote was TO be reached
during this sitting the opponents of Peck
ham sought to force the vote after each
speech. The vote was finally taken as
before given, and after some time spent
in Strengthening out the pairs, the Senate
at fI5 adjourned till Monday.
Mr.. Hill refuses to discuss the matter.
FRANK HEWITT FALSELY ACCUSED.