Morning journal and courier., 1881-05-20
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL,

Closing up the Work-The Senate Getting Ready for AdjOurnment-Chand ndler's Name Reported Without Recommendia- tfon.
 WASHINGTON, May 19.-The Senate re- mained in executive session until nearly 6 o'clock and made twenty-six confrmations There was no extended debate on any of them and all were unanimously disposed of. At 2:3O p. m. recess was taken for an hour to allow some committee work and to ascer- tain if the President had any moro nomina- tions to send in. The President sent in no nominations at that hour, but the Senate committee for that purpose will wait on him to morrow morning and it is expected that the last of the nominations will be sent early in the day. The Judiciary committee re- ported the name of William E. Chandler, nominated for United States Solicitor Gene ral, but made no recommendation. The re- port went on calendar, but it is und rstood l that no action will be taken on it. This idea 1 is backed by the fact that the name of Solicitor General Phillips, nominated for Judge of the Court of Claims, was to-day withdIa avn at his own request, and Glenni | w. Schafried was nominated in his stead. This leaves no vacancy in the solicitor gen. ! | room for Chandler. These circumstances are accepted as evidence that Chandler s ! nomination will be allowed to die with the session, particularly since the Democrats are | willing to accept this result. The nomina- | tions of Woodford, Penney, McDougall, Knox and Gould, New York appointees. were i all reported favorably and will be confirmed without opposition tomorrow. The com mittees have not yet cleared away all before them, but it is conceded on all sides that the ! reports made to morrow will receive unani- ! nous and immediate action and that final ad- iournment will take place before dark. Combinations made by the Senate to- ! day were as follows Blanche K. Bruce, 1 of Mississippi, register of the Treasury 1 Francis H. Pierpont, collector of internal revenue for the Second district of West Vir- ginia; Selah Merrill, of Massachusetts, con. | sul of Jerusalem; John M. Glover. consul at Ravre; James 0. Took, of California, consul at Tien Tsin Volney V. Smith, of Arkansas, consul at St. James; John G. I Crawford, of New Hampshire consul at Coaticook; George F. Mosher, of New l Hampshire, consul at Nice; E. Fl. Rogers of Nebraska, consul at Vera Cruz Jesse Moore, of Illinois, consul at Callas; H. A. Haley, ot Nebraska, consul at Chemnitz David Wick CTS, of New Jersey, consul at Matanzas George W. Roosevelt. of Pennsylvania, con. sul at Bordeaux George B. Loring, of Mas. sachusetts, commissioner of agriculture, vice ! A00uc reS1gu6Os GO tak6 cuecb June 0ULn, 1 1881 Lewis Wallace, of Indiana, minister resident at Turkey; Stephen A. Hurlburt oi
 Illinois, minister at Peru; Judson Kilpat-
 rick, of New Jersey, minister to Chili John
 B. Clements, of Louisiana, consul at Guate-
 mala; Jeremiah M. Rusk, charge daffaire o1 the United States for Paraguay and Uruguay
 Thomas A. Osborn minister at Brazil, vice H. w. Hilliard recalled.
 The following important notice to pension
 claimants was issued to day with view to
 reduce the volume of correspondence be
 tween this office and claimants and others iu
 their behalf and between Senators and Rep
 resentatives and their constituents in rela
 ton to pension claims thereby in some
 measure facilitating the settlement of cases
 have the honor to state that except in small per
 entage of claims which by reason of some extraor
 dinary circun stances have been given prece 1T
 their consideration, claims for invalid pensions
 numbered higher than 920 900. and widows numbered
 40O0 which have been reached for the adjustment
 Claims in each series will be taken up ia regular
 of blocks 1OaOO in the invalid series and
 corresponding blocks of about 5000 in the widow
 series (whi includes the claims of minor children
 dependent mthers and fathers and sisters and broth
 CTS as well ss Viovs of soldiers) as rapidly as th
 records of the service and hospital treatment b.
 procured for the officers of the Adiutant General
 claims taken up for adjustment in the two serie
 (siened) LA. BENTLEY.
 In order to further facilitate the paymen | of pensions, the Adjutant General of thu
 army has issued circular asking officers O
 the late volunteer forces who have in thei possession the records of their discontinued
 volunteer commands to forward the same fo
 deposit in the Adjutant Generals office.
 The speedy confirmation of ex-Senator
 Bruce on the same day of his nomination wa