National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-03-07
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
The Cabinet Announced-An Executive
session-A Unanimous Confirmation.

The Senate met on Saturday at eleven
| o'clock. The Journal of the preceding day was
read and approved.
On motion of Mr. Cockrell, certain petitions
| which had been placed in the hands of the Vice
President TO present to the Senate ordered to
be retained by him, TO be presented at the begin
ming ofthe legislative session.
On motion of Mr.. Hoar, General Winfield Scott
Hancock was allowed the privileges of the floor OF
| the Senate during his stay in Washington.
Mr.. Blaine offered the following resolution, which
was ordered to lie on the table and be printed:
| ResoIrei, That special committee of five Sena-
tors be appointed by the Chair to take into eonsd-
Grafton the mode of voting for President and Vice
President of the United States, and the mode OF
counting and certifying the same, and to report
such propositions for change in the laws or Con.
stitution as may seem to them e1pedient. That
said committee have power to sit during the recess
of Congress- and that they be directed to report on
or before the second Wednesday of January, 1852.
On motion of Mr.. Pendeton, the Senate took a
recess until three o'clock.
AT three o'clock the Vice President entered the
Senate Chamber, and was greeted with applause
by the galleries as had been Mr.. Blaine on his en-
| trance few moments before.
| The Vice President The Senate will come to
order.
Mr.. Anthony-Mr President, presume that the
| galleries filed with strangers, who are unac-
| quained with the rules and orders of the Senate.
| They should be made to understand that any mani
festation of appreciation Or disapprobationis an in
suit to the body, and will lead Immediately to the
| galleries being cleared.
| The Vice President-The Sergeant at Arms will
see that order Is maintained in the galleries.
| Mr.. o. L. Pruden, one of the secretaries of the
President of the United States, appeared below the
bar of the Senate and said:
Mr.. President, 1 am directed by the President
of the United States TO deliver TO the Senate mes
sage in writing"
Mr.. Cameron, of Pennsylvania move that the
Senate proceed now to the consideration of eXecu-
| tive business
The motion was agreed to; and the Senate pro-
ceeded 10 the consideration of executive business
The names of the new Cabinet members were
read, as follows:
Secretary of State-James G. Blaine, of Maine.
Secretary of the Treasury-William Window, OF
| Minnesota.
Secretary Of the Interior-samuel ]. Kirkwood,
of Iowa.
Secretary of War-Robert T. Lincoln, of Illinois.
Secretary of the Navy-William H. Hunt, of
| Louisiana.
Postmaster General-Thomas L. James, Of New
York.
| Attorney General-Wayne Macveagh, of Penn
| sylvania.
Considerable time was spent in discussing the
question as 10 whether the nominations outside OF
|
| those who were members of the Senate should be
referred to committees for consideration or not
The discussion confined almost entirely to the
Republican side of the chamber Mr. Cameron
in speech considerably longer than he has been
accustomed 10 make in open Senate desired that
all of the Cabinet appointments, except those OF
Senators, be postponed. Senators COnkling and
Davis also took this view of the case. No objec-
ton to any of the appointments, personally, was
ma do lint 1olJofS ODD cd m
| ground of the preccdents. 1t was evident that a
majority of the Senators were all in favor of the
immediate confirmation of the nominees. Mr.
Cameron himself moved at last the confirmation
of Mr.. MacVeagh as Attorney General.
| Speeches were made by Messrs. Pendeton, Beck
Davis of Illinois, and Voorhees, The Senator
from Kentucky said that if the Democratic party
desired to be buried for twenty five years to come il
had better delay the confirmation of the son OF
Abraham Lincoln. Finally the Cabinet appoint
ments were unanimously confirmed, and the Sen
ate, at quarter to five o'clock, adjourned.