Show k rou OI > IN KXIOUTIVI srssiovs I I The first gun in tlio fiilit for upon cx ccutlvo session wa fired In tIle Senato I yesterday ufternooii by I Mr Iltitler Dom of South Carolina who decliired ii himself III favor of abro itlnj tho rules fr which provide for sncret MHsions Following r Fol-lowing tho Konator from South Carollni I 1 t Mr Itiddlchurger Huhmlttcil as a hiilnti I 1 tuto for tho ponding resolution tile telo graph falls to Htllo which of tile two rolU ij4 lullons heretoforo introduced < Mr Hiitler 1 1 called up ono providing that all matters l S mat-ters other than those rotating to trc iticrf k should ho considered and uctod upiii hy tho Bcnato in open bossion If any good reasons exist II I hy tho Sell I ato should not discontinuu Ito conbiilcra 0 tion of nominations in beret Kesblon > o c have jet to hear of them The fact that 1 not a dingle executive session hiia hoot j held this winter without all the bubincbH i 0 5 of Importuned that transpired being mado I j known throughout tho lonnlry twelve 1 I hours after tho door scene ojiened is I BiifllUent to warrallt ono in iharattcii a tho thing us u farce without excusu for I existence Theio are lines wo boliovo C f when it would ho nmviHo to inako puhlic all the business of the Government Govern-ment III Its foreign relations and Jlr Itiililleborgcr l recognized this fact by providing In his resolution for the consideration consid-eration in secret of nil matters relating to treaties Tho premature publication of details in such matters might defeat the end sought by the treatymaking powers and that is I reason enough for continuing their consideration with closed doors Hut this objection cannot apply to tho oilier business nnd Iho Injunction In-junction ol secrecy ought to bo removed There nro doubtless quite n number 01 the older members of the Senate who will tenaciously cling to what they arc pleased to term their prerogatives but tho Bcntl mcnl In fnoi of opening tho doors is spreading so fast among tho joungcr members of tho Semle without regard to pirty that it is almost certain the rules will bo so amended us to do away with the unpopular star chamber feature fea-ture ol the proceedings before the dose of tho present session |