Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-12-17
GENERAL NEWS.
LAST NIGHTS DISPATCHES TO THE RECORD
UNION.
DOMESTIC.
Cabinet Gossip.

Cabinet Gossip.
NEW YORK, December 10th The Graphic's
Washington correspondent says: The name
of ex-senator Howe is again canvassed for q
place in the Cabinet, and bis friends say that
the President has announced his intention to
give him place, although he does not say
which. His supporters claim that he will be
made Postmaster General. Chaurcey Filley' 3
friends are nothing daunted, however, de-
spite the positiveness of Howes hackers.
1t is thought that California will not get a
place at all, unless she accepts General Edwin
Beaie. 1t was understood she was offered
Beale, but repudiated him, and pressed Sar-
gent. Beale, it is claimed. will be appointed
Secretary of the Navy without much doubt,
and there was disposition TO allot him to Cal.
ifornia because his busine interests are chiefly
there, and he spends about half his time on
his ranch, where he has thousands of cattle.
California statesmen, however, claimed, it is
said, that he lived in the District of Col
umbia, and they declined to accept him. He
will therefore probably be credited to that
District. and will take the Navy portfolio when
Judge Hunt is put back in the Court of
Claims.
Colorado is still divided between Chaffee
and Routt, Senator Teller being for the
former and Senator Hill pressing the latter
of the people of the State for the position. It
is most likely that no more Cabinet names
will be sent in until after the holidays, as so
much business is pressing in the way of set
ting the Postethce contests the President has
little time to give other matters any consid.
Grafton.
Pacific Coast Representation upon the
senate Committees.
har
of number of individual changes, quietly
effected yesterday and to-day, the member
ship Of the Senate committees has been
finally established for the present session. aud
the Pacific coast Senators are provided with
committee positions as follows, the Republi-
cans obtaining, of course, the greater nun.
Der, because the organization of the Senate
was controlled by their party Miller is
made Chairman of the Committee on Re-
vision of Laws and member of the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations, Naval Affairs,
Mines and Mining, and Epidemic Diseases.
Farley is assigned to the three important
committees of Commerce. Naval Affairs, and
Postoffices and Post Roads.
Jones of Nevada holds positions on the
Finance, Commerce, Mines and Mining, Civil
Service and Contingent Expenses Commit
tees. He is Chairman of the last-named
committee, and second on the Commerce.
Fair is q member of the Committee on
Mines and Mining Claims, and Education and
Labor.
The Mining Committee, for the first time
in many years, is now controlled by Senators
of practical experience, its total membership
being Hill, Jones, Miller, Van Wyck. Fair,
Hampton and Camden.
In view of the fact that the Chinese immi-
grafton bills and Nicaragua canal bills have
been placed in charge of the Committee on
Foreign Relations, its present membership is
of material interest to the Pacific coast, and
is therefore subjoined in full Window of
Minnesota (Chairman). Miller of California,
Ferry of Michigan, Edmunds of Vermont,
Lapham of New York, Johnston of Virginia.
Morgan of Alabama, Hill of Georgia and
Pendleton of Ohio.
Nominations.
WASHINGTON, December 16th.-The Presi-
dent has nominated Benjamin Harris Brew
ster, of Pennsylvania, as Attorney-G General
of the United States, and Nathaniel Nj.
Adams as Pension Agent at st. Louis. The
Indian Agents were nominated:
Henry j. Armstrong. Crow Agency. Mon
tana; /; A. L. Cook. Fort Hall Agency, Idaho;
Jessie H. Flemming, Mouquois, Pueblo
Agency, Arizona.
The Charges Against sherman.
WASHINGTON, December 16th.-Colonel R.
J. Huston, editor of the Washington Sunday
Gazette, testified before the Senate Examining
Committee that he had no personal knowl-
edge of the correctness of the charges made
in his paper affecting the integrity OF Sher-
man. He believed most of them could be
some might be disproved. He
that the committee consider the
Meline report, and summon Gil6llan, Deputy
Tarbell, Chief Clerk Powers, Pitney, Lam
phere and others.
The Garfield Memorial Ceremonies.
WASHINGTON, December 16th.-The joint
Senate and House committee appointed to ar
range for the memorial ceremonies in honor of
President Garfield, decided to-day to invite
Secretary Blaine to deliver a eulogy before
both branches of Congress in the hall of the
House of Representatives on some day yet to
be determined.
A Slap at Old England.
WASHINGTON, December 16th.-The reso-
luton of Representative Robinson, which he
sought to introduce to-day, recites that the
salute to the English flag at Yorktown was
without authority of Congress, and was done
at a time when England was suspending the
habeas corpus, suppressing public meetings,
crowding her jails with honorable gentlemen
unaccused of crime-some of them American
citizens, and Others chosen and honest repre-
sentatives in the Parliament of THEN own
people; therefore,
RESOLVED, That we extend our sympathies
to those patriots and members of Parliament
imprisonment under unheard-of des-
potism.
The salute to the British flag is declared
insulting to the memory of the brave men
who 100 years ago pulled it down, and hoped
it would never be raised again on American
soil, etc.
Opposition to "Bossism" in PennsyI.
yaniH.
PHILADELPHIA, December 16th.-J. D.
Mckee, Chairman of the State Committee cf
the Citizens Republican Association. has is
sued an address to the Independent Republi-
cans of Pennsylvania, inviting them to send
representatives from each county to State
Convention to be held in this city January
18th, to take into consideration the wisdom
of placing in nomination proper persons for
officers of the Observation-Disclosures Gov
ernor, Secretary of Internal Affairs and Su-
preme Court Judge-and such other matters
as may come before the Convention. looking
to the overthrow Of the boss rule.
without Authority.
WASHINGTON, December 16th.--In answer
to a note ON the subject by Secretary Blaine,
Christiancy states that he did
not authorize the statement in recently
published interview that Blaines official dis
patch to him Of May 9th did not contain the
first paragraph as recently printed.
The Death Penalty.
DENVER lCol.). December 16th.-Thomas
Coleman (colored) was to-day hanged for the
murder of Alfred Smith. In an interview
he confessed the shooting but claimed it to be
in self-defense. His death occurred almost
instantly.
Indicted Upon Two Charges.
OMAHA, December 16sh.-August Ariand,
who was arrested last night on q charge of
threatening Judge Dundy's life, was this
afternoon indicted by the United States Grand
Jury. Two indictments were found against
him, for making threats against Judge
Dundy.
Convicted OF Manslaughter.
OMAHA, December 16sh.-Alexander H.
Hickey, late Chief of Police at Nebraska
City, was to-day convicted at that place of
manslaughter for killing q man named Nc.
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