The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-07
HIIIS FIGHT ON PECKHAM.
Action On the Nomination Again Put
OF Till Monday.

Nova That Senator George is
weakening in His Opposition to Con-
-,,a+ion-HilPs Followers Claim
mt Another Committeeman is
Doadv to Take Georges Place if He
nasarts Them-Hoar Now Doubtful
Quantity.
washington. Feb. ct was the un-
.vnacted that happened in the room of
no CsnaGe committee on the judiciary
tris morning. for when that committee
,renr into session at 1890 o'clock to dis
o,ss the Peckham nomination it was
Generally believed that a report would be
orlared to be made to the Senate. The
tl membership of the committee was
nrosent and it was supposed that the
+r,r,nt ad ournment at noon meant that
the case had been disposed of. On the
contrary. it wen over until next Monday,
ond that. too. on the motion of Mr. Hoar,
the republican senator from Massachu-
safts who was the chairman of the COM
mittee during the republican administra-
tratiOn. As soon as the committee con-
TeDed the question was asked whether
tbe vote should be taken, and the motion
made by Mr. Hoar followed.
HoARs VOTE IN DOUBT.
It Is also said that Mr.. Hoar accompa-
MED this motion with the statement that,
as the case now stood, he was unprepared
10 vote for a favorable report. Under
these conditions the friends of Mr.. Peck
ham could do nothing else but submit to a
postponement, and the opponents of the
n
George, Of Mississippi, who was said to
is said to have talked this
morning as if he were prepared to vote
as he did in the Hornblower case. The
opponents of Mr. Peckham say that if
Mr.. George or any other senator drops
out of the list of anti-Peckham men,
there is another ready to step in and fill up
the raukS Mr.. Hill is confident that the
report will be adverse, and that he can
defeat the nomination in the Senate.
LINDSAY FAvoRs CONFIRMATION.
It is interesting to note that Senator
Lindsay, of kentucky, member of the
judiciary committee, is in favor of con-
trmaton and will vote for a recommend
alton of it in the committee room. In
view Of the fact that the Kentucky legis-
lature practically passed resolutions
demanding Senators Blackburn and
Lindsay to vote against Mr.. Peck
hams confirmation, the junior senator.
who is the first of the two to deal with
the question, is making a critical exami-
nation Of MIR. Peckham S record. He has
received over hundred letters from both
factions in New York and from men
whom he knows personally to be of the
highest character, urging opOn him the
DptaSgifv n a fa n ~
judiciary committee on MIR. Peckham's
nomination,
PEoKHAM AN OLD LINE DEMOCRAT
These appeals will have no effect upon
Senator Lindsey if they did not substan-
uate the true democracy of the nominee.
Supportsrs of Mr.. Hill, to whom
senator pen Lindsay has written, say
matt Mr. Peckham is an old
line democrat; he never bolted the
national democratic ticket in his life, and
IS frm believer in the states-rights doc
IIlne eandlthe soyereigntyIof the individual
states. Senator Lindsay feels perfectly
Sausneo IN regard to Mr. Peck
nam democracy. Among the letters
Nhlch nerecelyed is one from Burton Har-
5lSou' private secretary of Jefferson Davis
m uuII4g -l the war, anda a supporter of Sena-
tOr dlll, and another from E. Randolph
4I1Dlnson, a descendent of the old Ran
GGo.Ph FAMILY of Virginia, and who in
nerlts .. y9e all democratic principles, as he
SlSs winch belong to his family. Both these
ss5nJieuen urge the necessity of the con
aILation atLl Of Mr.. Peckham, assuring Sen
a.ol Lindsay that no man has a greater
CIsglluiional eta legal lore, and no man
%o SSaLuS hlgher among the democrats of
NV Eo 5orK than Wheeler H. Peckham.
he n. laid all these letters before the iu-
igation. 1--N-- = VI 1ilol IH No90-