The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-03-10
UNITED STATES SENATE.

WASHINGTON, March 9.

After the reading of the Journal OF
Yesterday, Mr.. Sargent submitted reso-
luton that the Senate appoint standing
and other committees. Agreed to.
80 He also submitted resolution to sus-
pend the 46th rule, requiring the ap-
pointment OF committees to be made by
ballot, and it was agreed to,
Standing and select committees were
then announced as follows:
Privileges and Elections - Morton,
(chairman,) Mitchell, Wadleigh, Came
ron of Wisconsin, Mcmillan, Hoar, Sal.
isbury, Merrimon and Hill.
Foreign acknowledgements, (chair-
man, Morton, Hamlin, Howe, Conkiing,
McCreery, Bogy, Eaton and johnson.
Finance Morrill,, (cha;rman,) Dawes
of Illinois, Ferry, Jones OF Nevada, Al
lison, Howe, Bsyarc, Herman and Wal
lace.
Appropriation Window chairman
Sargent, Allison, Dorsey, Blaine, Davis
of West Virginia, Withers, Eaton and
Beck.
Commerce - Conkling, (chairman,)
Spencer, Burnside, Mcmillan, Patterson,
Gordon, Deans, Ransom and Randolph.
MAJ u!ac;ures - Booth, (chairmsn),
Bruce. Robins, johnson and Mcpherson.
Agriculture - Paddock, (chairman),
Sharon, Hosr, Davis of West Virginia,
and Gordon.
Military Atfsirs-Speucer, chairman,
Wadleigh, Cameron of Pennsylvania,
Burnside, Tillsr, Plumb, Randolph,
Cockerell and Maxey.
Naval Affairs-Sargent, (chsirmsn),
Anthony, Conover, Blaine, Kirkwood,
Whyte and Mcpherson.
Judiciary - Edmunds, (chsrmsn),
Conkling, Howe, Christlancy, Davis ol
Illinois, Thurman and Mcdonald.
Postofices and Post Rosds-Hamlin,
(chairman,) Ferry, Jones of Nevada,
Paddock, Conover, Kirkwood, salisbury,
Maxey aud Bailey.
Public Lssds-Oglesby, Chairman
Paddock, Booth, Chatiee, Plumb, Nc
Donald, Jones of Florida, Grover and
Garland.
Private Land Claims-Thurmsn,
(chairman,) Bsyard, Bogy, Edmunds,
and Christlancy.
Indian Atialrs-Allison, Chairman
Oglesby, Ingalls,, Saunders, Hoar, Nc
Creepy and Cook.
Pensions ingalls,, (chsirman,) Bruce,
Teller, kirkwood, Davis of Illinois,
Withers and Bailey.
Revolutionary Claims - johnson.
(chsirmsn,) Jones Of Florida, Hill, Dawes
and Mcmillan.
Mexican Claims Mcmillan, (chair.
man, Mitchell, Cameron OF Wisconsin,
Teller, Hoar, Cockrell, Hereford, Harris
and Morgan.
District of Columbia-Dorsey, CHAIR
man, Spencer, Ingalls,, Rollins, Saun-
ders, Merrimon and Bsrnum.
Wsdleigh, chairman, Booth,
Chatter, Herman and Morgan.
Public Buildings and Grounds-Dawes,
(chairmsn,) Morrill,, Cameron of Penn
sylvanis and Jones of Florida.
Observation-Disclosures, (chsirmsn,)
Cbristisncy, Chatter, Saunders, Garland,
Grover and Here ord.
Railroads - Mitchell, (chsirman,)
Howe, Dawes, Dorsey. Teller, Ferry,
Morton, Ransom, Bogy, Barnum and
Lamar.
Mining-Sharon, (chsirmsn,) Chatfee,
Kirkwood, Plumb, Hereford, Cook and
Hal.
Revision of Lsws-Christisncy, (chsir-
man, ingalls,, Davis of IllInois, Wallace
and Herman
Education and Labor burnside,
(chairman.) Patterson, Morrill,, Bruce,
Sharon. Gordon, Maxey, Bailey and
Lamar.
Civil Service and Retrenchment-
Blaine, (chsirman,) Oglesby, Patterson,
Booth, McCreery, Whyte and Beck.
To Audit and Control the Contingent
Expense of the Senate-Jones of Nevada,
(chairman,) Rollins, Dennis.
Printing-Anthony, Chairman Sar-
gent and White.
Library - Howe, (chairman,) Ed
munds and Ransom.
Rules-Ferry, Chairman Hamin and
Merrimon.
Ensrossed Bllls-Baysrd, chairman
Withers and Anthony.
Enrolled Bills-Conover, (chsirman,)
Paddock and Grover.
Levees of the Mississippi River
Bruce, (chairman.) Blaine, Conover.
Cockrel and Harris,
To Examine the Several Branches of
the Civil Service-Chatfee, chairman
Conkling, Wintom, Merrimon and
Eaton.
Transportation Routes to Sesboard-
Cameron, of Wisconsin, (chslrman,)
Window, Conover, Burnside, Saunders,
Davis of West Virginia, Harris, Lamar,
and Beck.
Mr.. Thurman called up the resolution
submitted by him Yesterday, to refer til"
credentials of j. B. Eustis, claiming
seat from Louisiana, to the Committee
on Privileges and Elections. Agreed to
without division.
Mr.. Grover, of Oregon, submitted the
following:
Resolred, That the thirteen memorials
here presented to the Senate by Hon. j.
ii. Mitchell, purporting to have been
signed by 1863 citizens OF Oregon, reciting
that 1t was currently reported and gen.
orally believed that the election of l.. +.
Grover rs a Senator of the United States
was procured by bribery, corruption
and other unlawful means, in
tn. legisla. ure of the State of Oregon,
and that said l.. +. Grover did rorruptly
and trauduleDtlv issue certificate Of
election to one +. A. Cronin, rs Presiden-
tai elector, on December 9th, 1876, and
tlat SAID l.. +. Grover did bear false
W tness before the committee on or about
January 9th 1877, DO now re-
ferred to the Committee on Privile 5es
aud Elections, who shall thoroughly in
pas,ipst, and reDOrl upon tho fOrcpOinp
charges, with power to send for per.
sons and papers.
The resolution was agreed to without
division.
The Senate then, on motion of Mr.
Sargent, went into executive session, and
when the doors were reOpened adjourned
until to morrow.
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