Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-05-05
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" WASHINGTON

joan X. BoIs, of Hudson, Mich, and
! William McMichael, of PHILADELPHIA have
been nominated members of the board OF
Indian commissioners.
/ In the United States senate, the judiciary
committee have been granted leave to SIT
! curing a recess to investigate the subject
of bankruptcy.
| IHE Judiciary committee of the senate
considered the nominations of the presi-
! dent, and refer ed most of them to sub
committee
SENATOR FRYE. having secured pair at
Washington, has gone to Halifax with his
/ law partner 10 attend to case for a lady
client involving S15O,0OO.
/ u. n. TYNER, a brother Of the First As
slstant Postmaster General, who has been
a special agent at Holyoke, Mass, was
dismissed from the service by The post
master-gener2l.
| POSTMASTER GEN. JAMES has awarded
to the American Bank Note Company OF
New York the contract for supplying the
DEPARTMENT with all classes of postage
! stamps for the next fiscal year.
| SENATOR EDMUNDS asked that the senate
! judiciary committee be granted permis-
sion to sit during the recess Should that
ever occur, he parentheticalIy said) in
! order to investigate the subject of bank
ruptcy. Leave was granted.
SENATOR ANTHONY, Chairman of the
republican senatorial caucus, has been
requested by majority of the republican
senators to call caucus to consider the
adVlsablilty of going into executive session
10 take action on some of the president s
nominations.
ATTORNEY GEN. MACVEAGH has been
instructed TO obtain indictments against
the members ofthe star-route ring, and
more removals will take place in the con-
tract division of the post Office depart
ment.
ANOTHER of the feuds engendered at the
Chicago convention is developed by the
selection for governor of New Mexico of
Mr.. Sheldon, the Ohio delegate. who
fought John Sherman's nomination. The
ex-secretary has drawn his knife and sworn
to be revenged when his enemy comes up
In executive session.
VIM. WALTER PHELPS, who has been ten
dered the mission to Austria, lives on an
estate of one thousand acres at Englewood.
N. }. He is one of the wealthiest citizens
of that state, and the most popular man in
the republican party there. So delicate
is his physical condition that it is not
thought that he will accept a diplomatic
position.
THE republican senator's have held a
caucus and adjourned without taking anv
action. Mr.. Hale, the administration
leader, insists upon executive sessions at
once, but the majority seems to favor con-
sideration of only those appointments
which are classed as unobiectional. Mr..
Miller, of California, has warned the re-
publicans that if they refuse to hold an
executive session he will vote with the
democrats to secure one.
The republican caucus committee at
Washington is endeavoring to perfect
satisfactory programme to govern the
executive sessions. The plan will doubt
less be to take up only such executive bus
mess as will be presented by a special
committee. Five members of the caucus
committee, headed by Senator Dawes,
waited upon the president and suggested
the withdrawal of Robertson's nomination.
IN the interest of harmony, TO which Gar
field replied, with some warmth, that no
such proposition could be entertained.
THE senate proceedings we're uniaterest-
ing save for two curious blunders. Sena-
tor Jones, of Florida, replied to portions
of Senator Frye's recent speech, after
which the democrats began to make dila-
tory motions. At the close of the roll
call. on motion for recess, it was found
the "ayes" had majority of one vote.
Senator Rollins started on hunt for the
missing republican, add just in the nick
of time discovered that the delinquent
was himself. He voted no." and the mo-
tion was declared lost Somebody then
moved to go into executive session, and
this the affirmative seemed to have car
ried, when Senator Lamar, who was pair
ed with Senator Sherman, explained that
he had unwittingly voted He was given
leave to withdraw his vote. and the senate,
to avoid further mistakes, adjourned.