Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-03-10
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senate Caucusses-AuE ExIra Session
Probnbis.
WASHINGTON, March 9th.
Democratic caucus is hearing the
report of the Committee on Revis.
ion of the Senate Committees.
Davis, of Illinois, is given the Ju.
dietary Committee and Pendleton
and Mcpherson succeed Herman
and Wallace on Finance. The Re.
publicans are also in caucus.
The President, Blaine and Win
dom now favor an extra sessien
and, unless the present status
changes, an extra session will be
called about May, when the Repub-
licans can control the House and
probably the Senate alec. Malone
refuses to enter either caucus to-
day. II he continues silent It is
not improbable that the Republic.
cans and Democrats will agree on
some basis for organization.
Appointments By the President.
WASHINGTON, March. 9th.-The
President to-day nominated Levi
P. Morton, United States Minister
to France, and William NJ. Evarts,
Allen g. Thurman and Timothy O.
Howe Commissioners on the part
of the United States to the Inter-
national Monetary Conference at
Paris.
KirkwOeu's Eueecssor.
WASHINGTON, March 9.h.-The
Senate convened at noon. A tele.
gram from the Governor of Iowa
was read announcing the appoint
ment of ]. w. McDill to fill the
unexpirea term of Senator Kirk
| wood. A message was received
| from the President and the Senate
went into executive session.
Noninhtions Confirmed.
WASHINGTON, March 9th.-The
Senate confirmed the nomination
of Eyafis, Thurman and Howe,
Comm issiuners to the International
Monetary Conference, and Lot M.
Morrill,, as Collector of Customs at
Portland, Maine.
Pacueco for tia Mexican M,ss,sn.
| WASHINGTON, March 9;h.-As
far as the other places on this con.
tinent are concerned, Governor
| (now Congressman) Pacheco, of
California. will be strongly recon-.
mended for the position of Minister
to Mexico. He Is Of Mexican ex-
traction, while q thorough Ameri.
can both by birth and education,
and an orthodox Republican, his
blood, and the fact that he speaks
the Spanish language as we'll as
the English, will be urged in his
behalf as tending to give him a
higher place in the confidence of
the Mexicsns than almost any
other man who could be selected.
This, it is said, will have peculiar
weight at this time when the at
tention of the business men of th is
country is being turned upon Mex.
leo, and there is an inclination to
atone for past infriEgements upon
international courtesy alleged to
have been suffered by the sister
Republic at our hands.
washIngson News.
| WASHINGTON, March th.-Gen-
eral and Mrs. Grant breakfasted
with President Garfield and fami-
ly and remained an hour or two
after in the Executive Mansion.
| There were an unusually large
number of callers on the President
to-day.
Secrptary Blaine's attention be.
ling called to the statement that he
had said an extra session of
Congress would be called, he an.
swered, IL have never made such
statement and, Furthermore, I
never heard such o proposition dis.
cussed."
Conference with Indians.
WARRINGTON, March a:h.-The
Acting Commissioner of fIndian Az
fairs, Agent Berry and three I'm.
compahgre Chiefs held confer
encs to-day with Secretary Kirk.
wood at the Interior Department,
relating to the selection Of lands
undsr the new treaty for the Un.
compahgre Utes. The Indians ex.
pressed desire to have the lands
apportioned to them adapted to
| grazing and agricultural purposes,
and claimed that along the Grand
river where, under the new treaty,
they are to be located, there Is not
sufficient land of this character,
After the Indians had made known
their wants, the conference ad-
journed to meet to morrow, when
IT is expected the Department will
BIZ prepared to offer them assur-
ances that In the selection of lands
their wants will be satisfied.
H"yes's Savings ne President.
NEW YORK, March 9th.-The
Cleveland papers publish the fol.
lowing account Of Hayes's savings:
The aggregate salary for four years
was $500, 900; the expenses OF the
position during that time were
$l34,00O. Had Congress refunded
the 81, 600 he paid for the expenses
of the "Visiting Statesmen" to
Louisiana, his savings would have
been about $4,000. As it is, he |
went out Of Office with $4,000, to |
be carried from his account as
President to the benefit of his ac-
count as private citizen. When
he became President he was bur.
dened with debts to the amount of |
500, 900, mostly on account Of be-
quests charged upon the Richard
estate. OF this amount be has
paid 100000 out of his savings
from the Presidential salary, so
that the net available result in