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Show TELEGRAPHIC UAMII.VbTO.V fMiAl'o t'li'jll EXECL'IIvt ii-MiON. 'afliiiugtou, S. la the executive ace.-iioti to-day Morion atid Hargeut who were the atrongeat opponents of the electoral cuiaiuliiion bill, and vho have been general Sy regarded au the strictest republicana in the senate made atronj; tjjeechea in favor of the coufirtnation ot" all the gentlemen 1 nominated by the president. In doing 80 they both urged that a president presi-dent liko a general had beyond all (jucslion tiie riglit to appoint bib own tlttll. Cjnkiing expressed himself in . oppoaitiou aud tpoko mildly and iu-directly iu-directly against tho continuation of Sherman. It ia generally believed to-niy'nt that all tho nominations will bo continued except Schurz. lie will be bitterly opposed by a number of prominent senators and possibly hit! name will be returned. It is rumored that Cameron's opposition to Sherman arose from the tact that Cameron believed Sherman dictated the whole cabinet of Hayes. When some one nuked Cameron laut night if it was not a very unusual courdo to refer cabinet nominations to a committee, com-mittee, he said yes, but Lhis is a very unusual administration. Tho democrats demo-crats were hostile to Sherman bocauao of his partisanship, particularly in the Louisiana matter, but will vote (or the remaining mombcra unanimously. TUE OPPOSITION TO SHERMAN. In tho executive session on Sherman's Sher-man's confirmation tho roll was culled. No democrat answered. Patterson, Cameron and several ro-publicana ro-publicana left their Heats or declined to vote. A majority of the republicans republi-cans voted for the nomination, but When tho Inat ii.nuu naa i cat. Liu J UO quorum had voted. The vice-president ordered the clerk to call again and he did with an unchanged result. Tho democratic sido of tho chamber smiled and the republicans looked solemn. The vice president insisted on anothor roll call. The democrats began to vote in the negativo, Thur-man Thur-man being ono of tho first to break un tho absence ol tho quorum, lu" this way McCrcery and two or three other democrats, Cockrell ani Lamar among them it is believed, voted for Sherman. Before the roll call was over nearly all tho democrats present had recorded themselves in the negative. OTLIEU OFFICERS. llayea will make no new nomination nomina-tion for tho supremo court, vice Davis, yet. ! Briatow has been thrown overboard over-board any how because the senato will not confirm lnm. Hayes will not get the French ministry, because ho is an Ohioau. Banns wanted it, but as Massachusetts has a cabinet ollicer ho is satisfied. |