Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-06-26
wasAi.st.a.
APPROPRIATIONS.

/ "A W Warrington OiSpatch OF the 10Th
says the post-route bill, containing
the Brazilian steamship subsidy, the
resst Grafton of the Thanking priyi-
lege, regulation of postage on mail
matter, and regulations of railway
service, failed between the two
houses. All public and other bills
presented to the president were an
proved. It is roughly estimated that
the aggregate of appropriations made
by congress for the fiscal year ending
with June, 1879, will be about $17O.,
100000.
THE MONETARY COMMISSION.
| A Washington associated press dis
patch of the 10th says the senate held n
long executive session last night dis
cussing the nominations of Reuben
E. Fentvn, w. S. Groesbeck
and Francis A. Walker as COM
missioners to represent the United
States in the coming international con-
ference on the silver question. Final.
ly the nomination Of Groesbeck and
Walker were confirmed and Fenton re-
jected. No formal vote was taken on
either of the nominations. At a
later hour tonight the president
sent to the senate the nomination of
Chas. B. Lawrence, of Illinois, to be
commissioner to the international mon
etary congress, in place of Reuben f.
Fenton, rejected. When the SEN
ate went into executive sea.
sion about midnight, Senator Conk
ling managed to have the vote recon-
sidered by which Gov. Fenton's nomi-
nation as a member of the information
al monetary commission was rejected.
After a long debate a message was re-
ceived from the president recalling the
nomination Of G. B. Lawrence, and
then Gov. Fenton was confirmed.
CONFIRMED.
The senate confirmed the Columbia
commissioners and Justices ofthe peace,
and rejected the nomination of Samuel
G. Reid, of Alabama, to be U. s. mar.
shall for the middle and southern dis
trict of Alabama.
BEN'S VIEWS ON THE ELECTORAL LAW.
Advices from Washinton under date
OF June 10Th, state that Congressman
Ben. F. Butler, as an individual dissent
ing member of the judiciary commit
tee, to-day submitted at great length
to the house ef representatives his rea-
sons for dissenting from the resolution
and report of the majority in regard to
the inviolability of the presidents title.
He thinks it remarkable, in face of the
9Th section of the act establishing the
electoral commission, that the commits
sicners should have come to the con-
clusion that the proceedings of the
commission or of congress subsequent
thereto constitute an immOvable final
ity, when the law itself declared to the
contrary, and the contrary was en-
phatically asserted by the house of re-
personalities. Instead of constituting
a finality, those proceedings were on
their face and in express terms merely
temporary expediency or decree, to
avoid a contingency Of lapsed cleo
ton, for which the constitution had
made no provision. Congress, he says,
by express words of the law, declared
that its object and effect we're provis-
sional only. The president entered on
this Office with express notice that his
tenure was questionable in character,
of doubtful validity, not made absolute
by the interposition of the extra con-
stitutional commission, that was to be
examined and adjudicated on by the
courts.
The senate confirmed Jesse z.
Wheelock, of Minnesota, register
of the land office at Fargo, d.
T.; VIM. H. Wasson, ILL.,, Indian agent
for Flandereaux agency, Dakota; Asa
George Eyester, Of Penn, U. s. assist
ant treasurer at Philadelphia; Theo. G.
Packer, postmaster at Brownsville, Neb.
The nominations rejected were two
colored men who were nominated for
justices of the peace for the
District of Columbia. The senate
confirmed Hayden Edwards, of
the District of Columbia, con-
sui general at St. Petersburg, and re-
jected the nomination of Edward w.
Arnold, register of the land Office at
Grand Island, Neb.
SIGNING THE BILLS.
The army appropriation bill and the
river and harbor appropriation bill
were signed by the president to-day.
THE PRESIDENT AND CABINET
were ut the capitol for about two hours
this afternoon, and large number Of
bills were signed after examination by
the heads of the respective depart
ments. The president and party left
soon after the extension of the session
was ordered.
OUR MINISTER TO FRANCE.
The Hon. K. F. Moves, United States
minister to France, arrived in New
York from France late Saturday night