Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-16
FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
Extra Session. -.-Senate.

MONDAY, March 7.-Immediately after the read
ing of the journal Senator-eect Malone (Va.) was
sworn ID; subscribing to the modified oath. He
took seat upon the Republican side. :. On motion
OF Pendleton the senate adjourned till tomorrow.
TUESDAY, March 3-The senate convened at noon.
Communications were laid before the senate
from Kirkwood and Blaine, AM ouncng that they
had forwarded to the governors of their respective
states their designations members of the senate.
The communications ordered placed on the file
OF the senate AT 1920 message from the presi-
dent was announced and upon motion of Bayard the
senate went into executive session. The president
nominated Nathan Golf. Jr., to be United States
attorney for West Virginia, Lewis Richmond, of
Rhode Island, consul-general at Rome. United
States consuls-John L. Frisbie (Mchigan) at
Rheims; P. M. Elder .(Neyada) at Guayaqui1: Albert
Rhodes ID. c., at Rouen; Edward Backus Illinois)
at Para: Emilio Courtalo, at La Union; John A
Haldemann {Kansas), at Bangkok: Abbot L. Doan, at
Atppy, India; John f. June New Jersey, at Nueya
Laredo. The senate confirmed the nominations of
Golf, Richmond and Frisbie and left the others on
the table for further action. When the doors were
reopened the senate adjourned until tomorrow.
WEDNESDAY, March 9.-The senate convened at
noon. A telegram from the governor of Iowa was
read announcing the appointment of j. w. McDill
to fill the unexpired term of Senator Kirkwood . A
message from the president was received and the
senate went into executive session. The senate
frmed the nominations of Evarts, Thurman and
Howe, as commissioners of the international none
tary conference Lot M. Morrill,, collector of GUS
toms, Portland, Me-; D. d. McClurg, surveyor of
customs, Cincinnati; John w. Green, collector of
internal revenue for the Second district of Iowa .
tpou Tue IeopcuIuS VI Tic uOOrS TIE senate dQ-
journed.
THURSDAY, March 10-Immediately upon the as
sembling of the senate message from the president
was received. Pendleton offered a resolution pro-
vdng for the organization CT standing committees of
the senate. The resolution was read subject to OBJ
lection raised by Anthony After the reading of the
resolution Anthony moved that it printed and laid
on the table, the subject to be called up Tomorrow
Agreed to- .Pendleton then offered resolution
providing for the organization of select committees,
which disposed of in a similar manner The
senate confirmed Robert s. Taylor, of Indiana as
member OF the Mississippi river improvement COM
journed
FRIDAY, March n--Edmunds took the oath of
Office for his new term. resolution calling on the
attorney general for the reports made last session
concerning the operations of the United
States marshal and other officials in the
western district of Virginia was adopted. Pendle-
ton called up the resolution for the formation Of the
senate committees. Davis, of Illinois, declined the
Craftsmanship of the judiciary committee giving his
reasons therefore. He moved to substitute the name
of Garland for that position. A point of order
raised by Conkln that the resolution for the organi-
cation of senate committees was not in order, was
from the decision but before vote was taken on the
appeal the senate went into executive session. None
of the presidents nominations acted upon, the
executive session being taken up almost entirely with
endeavors to arrange amicable settlement of the
organization of the senate committees When the
doors reopened the senate adjourned