The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-06-03
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Latest News from Washington,
Conformation OF tho New Secretary q,
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| Especial telegram TO the Dispatcb
| WASHINGTON, June 2.-The conHrmat;o,
OF Bristow and Richardson was earlier tina,
was generally expected, though in the cas-
OF the former very little delay was appre
hended.
Secretary Bristow will in all probabit,
enter upon his duties tomorrow. Assistant
Secretary Sawyer has not yet resigned. bu
us 1t is almost absolutely certain that he viii
retire from bis position aspants for hi.
pmce are looming up. Speculations as tc
bfistoW 8 Treasury policy are beginning tt
be heard, but Of course are oil unreliable.
TlMoN.
ASSOCIATED Press telcsrans1
Congressional.
WASHINGTON, June 2.--Senate.--An adj.
verse report was made from the Military
Committee on the bill allowing army oflicers
10 wear certain emblems indicative of honn,
conferred upon them.
Inc Indian appropriation bill was passed
House.-The bill in relation to conrts and
Judicial officers in Utah was considered nj
length and passed. 1t is chiefly aimed of
Mormonism.
Combinations. S..
WASHINGTON, June 2.-The Senate in exc.
cutire session to-day confirmed the nomina.
tons of Bristow to be Secretary of the Urea.
sury and Richardson to be judge of the
Court Of Claims. BriStow was confirmed
without discussion of any consequence but
there was considerable opposition to Rich.
ardSon'S confirmation, and the vote thereon
was very close.
Thomas n. Henry was confirmed Collector
OF Customs at Pamlco, N. G.; Peter Neg
ley Assistant Treasurer at Baltimore and
James 3. Mexican Chief Justice OF the Su.
prcmc Court of Utah. The following were
also confirmed rs postmasters: William +.
Slater, Wttheyilie, Va; jackson NJ. Rose,
Abingdon, Va.
Later.-When the Senate went into exc
cutlye session this afternoon unanimous
report was made from the Committee on Fl.
nance recommending the confirmation of
General Brstow 10 be Secretary of the Urea.
sury IN place of Richardson, resigned, and
the Senate without hesitation unanimously
confirmed the nomination. Not so, however.
with regard to the nomination of Richardson
to be Judge Of the Court of Claims, which
was not reported back unanimously from the
Committee Oh Judiciary.
During the forty minutes session views
were iulerchanged by senator's rather in a
conversational way than by debate. The
Democrats openly basing their opposition to
the nominee on those parts of the report oil
the Committee of Ways and Means, and the
accompanying testimony in the Sanborn
case. having reference 10 him. With this
exception no question arose as to his fitness
for the judgeshp. But little was said on
the Republican side. Certainly no formal
defence Of his conduct in the matter of the
Sanborn contracts was made. Finally, when
the question was taken on advising and con.
sentlng to the nomination, number oil
Republican senators in their seats declined
to vote A sufficient number of them.
however, did so to carry the confirmation
by small majority. II those who op.
posed the nomination by failing TO
respond to their names had voted in the
negative, the nomination would have been
rejected. The Senate had been canvaSsed by
senatorial friend of Richardson week be-
| fore. His nomination was transmitted to the
Senate, when it appeared that the confrma.
ton could be secured, though by a small ma.
jority.
Massachusetts now has two judges on the
| bench Of the Court Of Claims-LorinS and