Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-12
SENATE.



In the Senate, Mr.. Dawes after speech
reviewing the struggle over the offices OF that
body, moved to go into executive session,
denying, as he did SO, that he and his asso-
ciates are giving up the contest. The motion
was agreed to. and after the doors were
reopened the Senate adjourned While in
executive session. the following nominations
were confirmed; Robert Il. Hit of Illinois.
to be Assistant Secretary Of State; Hiram
Price. of Iowa, Commissioner of Indian
Affairs; Alfred NJ. Jones' United States Mar
shal for the Northern District of Illinois
Sanford A. Hudson. of Wisconsin. Justice o.
the Supreme Court of Dakota and William
Ii. Craig, Postmaster at Albany, New York.
The other nominations on tue table, nearly
200 Ill number, were referred to the appro-
PIRATE committees. The Chinese Immigration
treaty WAS then discussed, Senator Miller, OF
California, tavoring and Senator Hoar OF
Massachusetts. opposing its confirmation
The treaty was then informally laid aside.
THURSDAY.
The entire session of tie Senate wag oecu-
pied with executive business. The Chinese
immigration and Commercial Treaties aud
all the other treaties on the calendar were
ratified, and SS nominations were confirmed
Among the combinations were William Walter
Phelps to be Minister to Austria and H. A.
sheldon, of Ohio, to be Governor of New
Mexico.
IT,. FRIDAY. w..
In the Senate, MIR. Dawes ATTEMPTED To
secure action on his resolution for the elec-
ton of officers, but the Democrats Mt once
resumed their tactics III opposition. Finally
after several dllatory motions had been voted
upon. MIR. DaweE gave up tho contest and
on this motion, tho Senate went into execu-
tive session. When the doors were reoponed
the Senate adjourned until Monday Among
the nominations confirmed in executive HOS
sion We're those of Charles Nj. Ienry and
Max Webber to be Assistant Appraisers at
San Francisco, and William Il. Dnrfree to he
Indian Agent at I,apointe Agency, in WiEcon-
sin.
MONDAY. .7|
In the Senate, Mr.. Ransom called M
his resolution offered on the 9Th OF
March directing the Committee on Com.
nerce To inquire into the condition of the
Potomac river in front of Washington. and
report at the next session what steps, il
any, should be taken for its Improvement.
The resolution was adopted. Mr.. Kellogg,
of Louisiana, offered a resolution calling
| on the Postmaster General and the Serre-
taries of War, Navy, state and Treasury
for the names Of all clerks and others in
i'll their departments, with the dates of
! their appointment, the State to which
each is charged, and the persons on
whose recommendation each were
appointed MIR. Ferry objected
and the resolution went over.
The Sciate then, on motion of Mr.. Dawes,
| went into executive session. Twenty min
| utos afterwards the doors were reopuued. and
| the Senate adjourned. While in executive
session tho Judiciary Committee reported
adversely on the nomination of STANLEY
| Matthews to he Associate Justice of til,
| supreme Court of the United States. IL i,
understood that the vote in committee on tho
nomination stood For confirmation Lamar
! of mississippi Against continuation Ed.
| mnnds of Vermont, Logan of Illinois, ingalls,
of Kansas, Mcmillan Of Minnesota, Davis OF
| Illinois, and Bayard of Delaware. Absent
| Conliling of New York and Garland Of Ar
| kansas.
! =--.- TUESDAY.
| The Senate, Immediately after the reading
| OF the journal, went INTO executive session
| and when the doors were reopened, 20 min
| ntes afterwards, adjourned. During the
| Executive session the following nomination.
were confirmed James l.ongstreet 10 he
United States Marshal for Georgia Absolon
Blythe, United States Marshal for south
Carolina Samuel W. Melton, United States
Attorney for South Carolina Philip II. Emer-
son. Associate Justice for Utah and Lien.
manufactured John NJ. Brannan, of the First
artillery, Colonel of the Fourth ARTILLERY.
| The case OF Stanley Matthews was not taken
un, but will probably be considered to-day,
The nominations of Michael j. Cramer. nov
| charge Tafdirs to Denmark, to be cha,at
to Switzerland, and Don A. Pardee to &c
United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth
| Crcnit, were reported fayorably, hut moi
acted upon.