The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-03-15
Education and Labor Burnside, chairman
Patterson, Morrill,, Bruce, Sharon, Gordon
Maxey, Bogy and Lamar.

Education and Labor-Burnside, chairman,
Patterson, Morrill,, Bruce, Sharon, Gordon,
Maxey, Bogy and Lamar.
Civil Service and Retrenchment--B Blaine,
chairman ,Og'esby, Patterson, Booth ,McCreery,
To Audit and Control the Contingent Ex-
penses OF the Senate--Jones, of Nevada, ,chair-
man, Rollins and Dennis
Printing-Anthony, chairman, sargent and
Whyte.
- Ibrary-Howe, chairman, Edmunds and
Ransom.
Rules--Fer1y, chairman, Hamlin and Mer-
rimon. ;-'-:
Engrossed Bills-Bayard, chairman, Withers
Enrolled Bills--Conover,c chairman, Paddock
and Graves.
Levees Of the Mississippi River-Bruce,
chairman, Blaine, Conovor, Cockerell ana
Harris.
To Examine the Several Branches OF the
Civil Service-Chaffee, chairman, - Conkling,
Window, Merrimon and Eaton.
Transportation Routes to the Seaboard--
Cameron of Wis, chairman. Window. Con-
over, Burnside, Saunders, Davis of w. Va,
Harris, Lamar and Beck.
In the Senate on the 9Th the petitions
against the admission of Grover from Oregon
were laid upon the: table and Grover was
sworn in. The Louisiana question was de-
bated until the Senate went into executive
session. In executive session Sherman was
confirmed as Secretary OF the Treasury but
the remainder of the cabinet nominations were
not acted upon.
In the Senate on the 9th, the only
business OF Importance besides the announce
ment OF the committees was the ADDITION OF
the following resolution offered by Senator
Grover OF Oregon:
Resolved, That the thirteen memorials
here presented to the Senate by Hon. J. H.
Mitchell, purporting to lie signed by 369 citi-
zeus OF Oregon, reciting that it was current
ly reported and generally believed that the
election OF l.. F. Grover, as Senator Vt the
United States, was procured by bribery, COR
ruption and unlawful means, in the Legisa-
ture Of the State OF Oregon and tLat said l..
+. Grover did corruptly and traudulently is
sue certificate of election to one E. A. Crunin
as Presidential elector, on December 9th,
1876; and that said L. F. Grover did bear
false witness before a committee on or about
January 9Th, 1877, be now referred to the
| shall thoroughly investigate and report upon
the foregoing charges, with power to send for
persons and papers
The Senate on the 10th met and con-
frmed all OF President Hayes, Cabinet ap-
pointees. Key was confrme for postmaster
General by vote OF 81 to 2,the negative votes
being cast by Democrats. The vote on
SchurZ's nomination was forty-tour for
confirmation and two against. The
vote on Evarts' nomination was about the
same. Quite number OF Sena ors on both
sides abstained from voting, and a few ne
&atlve votes in each instance were cast by
Democrats. Senator Cameron, of Pennsyl-
vania, voted for Evarts, Schurz and Key, re-
marking his vote tor Evarts was under what
he regarded as instructions, his committee On
foreign relations having instructed him to re-
port tavorably. Mr.. Conki ling refrained from
voting on Evarts. The nomination Of George
W. Thompson, Secretary OF Navy and Charles
Devens to be Attorney General, we've con-
frmed without the roll call, or even a divi-
sion.