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Show GENERAL. WASHINGTON U'kat Ik Being Deue stiitl Staid in the tjapiml. raltersou Penltentlnr Palaver, Pa-laver, THE QU1T BARGAIN, Washington, 2i. The conflicting atoriea indicate that there is a tacit understanding by Patterson that be is to escape tbe penitentiary if Butler wins. Care 'baa beeu taken not to make a record of any bargain that might compromise, others than Patterson Pat-terson himBelf. Some parties believe he has no positive piomite from any one who is able to control the case; that he is like a drowning man catching catch-ing at Btrawi and depending simply on the hope that Butler will be able to make effective his promise to do what he can for him. This reliance is a Blender one. Governor Hampton and General Butler are reepectively the heads of two rival factions in the South Carolina democracy. There is a growing quarrel between them. ' If Butler Bhould be excluded from the seoate it is understood that Hampton himself will be a candidate before the next legislature for tho vacancy, all of which lessens the probability that Butler can deliver any exemption or portion to Patterson, even if earned. A WEAK POINT. A Connecticut senator is credited with intending to make the point that the vice president has no right to give the casting vote in case of a tie in the senate on the question of admitting ad-mitting a senator. It is not it ted how he expects to override the constitutional con-stitutional provision giving the vice president a casting vote without exception ex-ception of any kind. he's mum. bitt thinks. While tbe president denies haviug expressed a determination to veto tun diver bill, there is a probability of no cause for alarm. His reticence is according to ..he proprieties of his position, and does not indicate triend-leseneafl triend-leseneafl to silver inflation. His views against the principle involved are well understood. Before congress assembled he did, iast summer, incline in-cline toward the biuicUhats' view, that it might be well to try tbe experiment experi-ment of keeping both gold and silver circulating together, as a moans of reaching and maintaining resumption. resump-tion. He never was so illogical then 1 as to favor a scheme under which silver would be simply substituted in circulation for gold. He baa always insisted that if silver is to bo remoue-tized remoue-tized a new dollar mint be coined containing con-taining enough silver to mako it ot equal value with the gold dollar. The two kinds of money, be has maintained, must be started on a par, otherwise there could be no bimetallic experiment because a cheap silver dollar would inevitably drive all tho gold out of the country. He will consent to nothing now tending towards inflation and re pudiation as Sherman and the cabinet advise him tho Bland silver project would be. AB.OU1IENT3 IN 1'ATTtltSOX'S MASK CLOSED. In last night's session of tho district dis-trict court in the crhh of Senator Patterson, Pat-terson, Col. W. A. Cook charged -that the requisition wai apparently a purely political move to substitute a democrat fur Senator Patterson in the United States senate, and made a hitter attack upon Gov, Hampton. In dosing, he said the act of Chief Justice Carter, in granting the warrant, war-rant, did not rise to the dignity of thn court record, and should not be allowed al-lowed as such. Col. Cook epoke four hours. Gen. Conner to night closed tbe arguments, twuator Patterson was in the court room in the early part of last evening, with M. C. Butler. Both left soon after Colonel Cook began bis speech. ANOTHER BGHEM. ' It is reported to night that republican repub-lican senators have arranged to make united eflorts lor lhe immediate passage pas-sage of the remaining appropriation bills, and a ppeedy adjournmentof the session witb a view to postponing action ac-tion on tbe contested senatorial election elec-tion cases until the full forco can bo mustered at the regular session. This course would evidently be desirable from a republican standpoint, but there is no probability that a sufficient number ot votes can be secured lor its adoption by the senate. Tbe success suc-cess ot such a movement would de pend upon Patterson's being promptly sent back to South Carolina upon the requisition of Governor Hampton now held under advisement by the court of this district, and upon Conov-or'-s being induced to vole for postponement. post-ponement. The former is not improbable, impro-bable, but tbe latter is not at all likely. AFRAID OF THE PRESIDENT. It can be also stated that there is a Btrong disposition to prolong the present pre-sent session, so an to havu practically no intcrreguum between bet-ween it and the regular session, ses-sion, for the reason that during any such interregnum the president presi-dent would have power under the tenure of oflice act to suspend various officials, like the New York collector of customs, and keep thoui out ot oflice until tho end of the next session of the acuato, and indefinitely thereafter, by mean ot tomporury appointments or designa lions. The nominations now pending in tho senate for the Now York custom cus-tom house and several similar tuses uro lor appointments to Ukevfluvl' nly upon the removal of the pres-2nt pres-2nt officers to which removal tbe ;onaeot of tho senate is necessary l'heee officers have not been bus pended although of course they might have beon previous to the commencement commence-ment of tbe session. ' TENURE OF OFFICB. Iu this connection it may bo of interest in-terest to correct the very common im-prrmanon im-prrmanon that in tho event of a failure of tbe senate to confirm or otherwise act upon an appoitment made under lhe tenure of otliue law, the suspended officer will at the end of the session have the right to resume his place. Such is not the cose. The law merely provides that if the senate rejects the nomination.'anotlier nomination shall be foithwith made, at the same session, ses-sion, but makes no provision for caBes where such nominations receive no action. It does, however, provide iu rugsrd to recess appointments made to All vacancies caused by death or resignation or the expiration ol Lhe term of office, that in case they are not confirmed the o dices shall at the end of tbe session remain in abeyance, abey-ance, without any salary, fees or emoluments, until they are filled by and with the advice aod consent of the Benate, and that during bu oh. time all powers and duties belonging to them shall be exercised by them. NOT AFTEU ROBKSON'B SOALP. Tho bill recently introduced by 8argent about the navy accounts, which Borne ef the newspapers have oritioized on the supposition thai it relates to someot Robeson's transfers, wb drawn jn the fourth auditor's oflice and srnt to Sargent by the present secretory of tbe navy, Thompson, Thomp-son, with a written recommendation for its introduction and passage. It is entirely prospective in its aciion. THE SENATE CAN QO TO HEIi The Baltimore Gazette to-day publishes pub-lishes the following an being a true copy of a dispatch received from Senator 8haron by a republican Irieud ) who had telegrapbad him that UU . presence here is necessary for poliii- cal reasons: San Framcisco, November 21. . To Son. , Washington, D.C. I have 3,000 tons of silver bricks wai -ing for the silver bill to pass, and am engineering a movement in Ophir stock. Tho ten fclo may go to hell. rRKPAHISG FOE WINTER. The adjournment of the bouse of repiesentatives till Tuesday next, has given lhe members an opportunity to go home and prepare for the winter Bessioo. Many attended the extra session under the impression that it would be very brief, aud came provided pro-vided only for a few weeks' stay. The outlook now is that final adjournment will be at a late day next week, if indeed the present session does not absolutely merge Into the regular session. |