The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-06-03
CONGRESSIONAL.
Photographed to the Bulletin.l
The Seneae.

The Sen8aes
WASHINGTON, June The Senate in OK.
ira session to-day confirmed the nominations
OF Bristow to be Secretary of the Treasury
and Richardson to be Judge of the Court OF
Claims. Mr.. Bristow was confirmed with
out discussion of consequences, hut there
was considerable OppO ition to Richardson's
confirmation, and the vote thereon was very
close.
Thos. A. Henry was confirmed collector at
Pamlecon, Peter Negley Assistant Treasurer
Baltimore, and J. B. Mclean Chief Justice
Of the Supreme Court of Utah.
WASHINGTON, June 2.-When the Senate
went into executive session this evening, an
unanimous report was made from the Com
mittee on Finance recommending the con-
firmation of Gen. BristOw to be Secretary OF
the Treasury in place of Richardson, re-
signed. The Senate, without hesitating,
unanimously confirmed The nomination.
Not SO, o vever, with Richardson, to be a
Judge of the Court of Claims, which was
not reported back unanimously from the
Committee on Judiciary. During the forty
minutes session views were interchanged by
Senators rather in conversational way
than by delegates, the Democrats openly
basing their opposition to the nominee on
these parts of the report of the Committee
on Ways and Means, and the accompanying
testimony in the Sanborn case, having
reference to him.
With this exception, no question arose as to
his fitness for the judgeship. But little was
said on the Republican side-certainly no
formal defense of his conduct in the matter
Of the Sanborn contracts. Finally, when
the question was taken on a division and
cOnsenting to the nomination, a number of
Republican Senators, in their seats, declined
70 o,,f1s ,1,or IF ho hOu
ever, did SO to carry the confirmation by q
small majority.
If those who opposed the nomination by
failing to respond to their names had voted
in the negative. the nomination would have
been rejected. The Senate had been can
vassed by Senatorial friend Of Richardson
a week before his nomination was trans
mitted to the Senate, when it appeared
that the confirmation could be secured,
though by small majority. Massachusetts
now has two judges on the bench of the
Court of Claims-LOring and Richardson.
In the Senate to day, Mr.. Frelinghuysen,
tee, reported favOrably on the bill for the
better organization of the District Courts
of the United States in the State of Louisi-
ana. Placed on the calendar.
The House.
The Committee on Commerce have agreed
to recommend Atlanta a. port of delivery
The Appropriation Committee this morn
ing agreed to recommend an appropriation
of $780, 900, for the purchase of forty Calling
guns, to be used for experimental purposes.
The House of Representatives will prOba-
bly, settle the contested election case of
Sheridan vs. Pinchback on Thursday next.
Speaker Blaine has promised to recognize
the chairman of the committee, who will
move to bring the case before the House.
As substitute for all the schemes which
have been before Congress at the present
session, with reference to the improvement
of the channel of the Mississippi river, the
House Committee on Commerce this morn
ing agreed to bill authorizing the Secre-
tary Of War to advertise for proposals for
deepening the channel at the mouth, BY
OF otherwise, and directing tina.
officer to contract with the lowest bidder,
provided that said proposal shall not call for
more than $150,OOO. The committee, to-
morrow morning, will give hearing to the
pilots, in regard to the bill abolishing COM
pulsory pilotage fees in certain cases.