Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-10
WASHINGTON.

WAShlNGTOSy 1AurCu - no TC6l-
dent has appointed Godlove S. Orth
Minister to Austria; Horace Maynard
minister to Constantinople; Charles
c. Sheets, Ex.member of Congress
from Alabama, 9Th auditor of the
Treasury; Howard Knowles collector
of Internal Revenue for 9Th District
of Illinois; John G. Abercrombia Sur
veyer of Burlington Iowa; D. E. Las
cyon Surveyor of Dubuque.
In the Republican caucus the COM
mittees have been completed. The
arrangement of membership of stand
ing COMMITTEES by the Democratic, in
filling the blanks, assigned them In the
list, is subject to the approval of the
caucus, and may be changed before it
is submitted to the Senate,
WASHINGTON, March Tho Rcpub.
ican Senators held . caucus this after
noon to hear the report of the caucus
committee appointed to revise com.
mittees of the Senate. Tho list was
read and recommitted for changes,
and will be presented tomorrow for
final action. The following Chair
manships may, however, be consider
ed settled: Conkling, Committee on
Commerce; Hamlin, Postof1ices and
Postroads; Wright, Claims; Spencer,
District of Columbia; Hitchcock, Ter
ritories; West, Railroads; Sargent,
Mines and Mining; Boutwell,, Civil
service; Jones, Contingent Expenses.
Jones will be given place on the Fl
nance Committee, and Herman will
also be placed on the Finance Com.
mittee to succeed Fenton. The chair.
manship of other important commit
tees being occupied by Senators who
hold over, will not be changed.
A number of Senators are of the
opinion that the Pinchback question
being under discussion, the session
will continue two weeks, although
they can see no propriety in discuss
ing matter so well understood, but
they supposed some new Senators
might desire to express their views.
The President nominated w. S.
Wade Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of Montana.
Representative Wheeler received
this morning from New Orleans his
articles Of adjustment, signed by A
members of the Conservative caucus,
an ample number to secure the desired
result. He Immediately telegraphed
to Gov. Kellogg to express to New
York the papers now In the Office Of
the Secretary of State, used In tho
contested cases before the Returning
Board. The referees will meet on
Thursday next in New York and pro.
coed with the hearing.
The Hawaiian treaty Senators think
1t could be disposed Of In less than
two days, and all nominations in q
much shorter time.
WASHINGTON, March Gin the Sem
ate Standing Committee the following
changes have been made in chairman
chip: Conkling has the Committee on
Commerce in place of Chandler; Ham
lin, Post-ofiices and Post Roads in place
In place 81 sprsgne; ingalls,, Of Pen.
sions. in place of Foreman; West, OF
Railroads. In place of Stewart; Sar-
gent, on Mines and Mining, in place of
Hamlin; Boutwell,, on Revision of
Laws, in place of Conkling Patterson,
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Flanagan; Clayton, on Civil Service
and Retrenchment, in place of Wright.
Two committees are given to the Dem
ocrats, Thurman being chairman OF
that on Private Land Claims, aud
Stevenson chairman on that Of Revo.
lutionsry Claims.
The Democrats will have the chair
ms:.Hshin and 2 majority Of the COM
standing committees formerly having
seven members now have nine, Of
which the Democrats have three. The
caucus debated the question of dis.
placing William Henry French Ser
geant-at-arms by Charles Kennedy,
who was his competitor in 1869.
The Republican Senatorial caucus
to-day chose Ferry President Pro
Tenn of the Senate and at the meeting
Of the Senate he was elected by . vote
Of 80 to % for Thurman.