The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22
WASHINGTON.
TARIFF ANDUTAH COMMISSIONS.
Personnel of the Membership of the
Two Boards.
The Whiskey Investigators Hunting
for Crookedness,
But Shrewd Witnesses Fail to Show
Up ANY.
WASHINGTON.
CONFIRMATION.

CONFIRMATION.
WASHINGTON, June 16.-The sem
ate to-day confirmed the nomina-
tions of 9. q. Burnett, postmaster of
Henderson, and A. j. Cropsey, of
Terrell, Texas.
NOMINATIONS.
The president made the following
nominations TO the senate to-day:
TO BE TARIFF COMMISSIONERS.
John S. Hayes, of Massachusetts,;
Henry Oliver, jr., of Pennsylvania;
Austin NJ. Garland, of Illinois; Jacob
Amber, OF Ohio; Robert p. Porter, of
District of Columbia; John w. Un-
derwood, of Georgia; Duncan II.
Kenncr, of Louisiana Alex b. Bote-
ler, OF West Virginia; VIM. Ii. Nc
Mahon, of New York.
REGISTRARS OF ELECTION IN UTAH.
To be members OF the board of
regisi ration of election in the terito-
ry of Utah; Alexander, OF Nebraska;
&. +. Godfrey, of Iowa; Ambrose B.
Carleton, of Indiana James X. Pet
tingrew, of Arkansas.
1t il said upon semi-oflicial au-
thority that the president has ex-
perienced a.
GREAT DEAL OF DIFFICULTY
in filling two vacant positions on the
tariff commission. The membership
allotted to New York was offered TO
A. a. Low, Hugh McCulloch, Le-
grand Ii. Canton and John Il. Ag-
new, but those gentlemen were con-
strained by various considerations
to decline.
wM. II. M'MAHoN,
who was finally selected, and who
accepted the nomination, is chief
clerk of the division of accounts in
the appraisers Office of New YORK,
and is thought TO be one of the best
informed gentleman upon the tariff
question. He is not identified with
any special business interest, and he
owes his appointment to the presi-
dents personal knowledge of his at
taInInents and his peculiar fitness
for the position. He is a Repubi-
can. 1t is thought his appointment
will be particularly satisfactory To
the merchants of New York, since
number of them memoralized the
president to select person of
such practical knowledge and expe-
rience as Mcmahon is believed to
possess.
BoTELER,
the other newly selected commits
] sioner, is a resident of West Vir-
| ginia. He is said to be q gentle
man of means and liberal culture,
and is not identified with any
special interests other than those of
| agriculture. lie was a member of
the thirty-sixth congress, and is well
remembered in connection with an
effective speech he made during the
struggle that ended in the election
of Pennington as speaker of the
house. lie was highly recommends
ed to the president by senators
from West Virginia as well as by
Senator Hawley, of Connecticut
Boteler is a Conservative Demo-
crat and is known to favor a tariff
for revenue. He is about sixty
years old.
The nominations of McMahan and
Boteler were referred by the senate
to-day to the finance committee.
THE UTAH COMMISSION
Nominated to the senate to-day Is.
composed of three Republicans aud
two Democrats. Ex-Senators Ram
sey. of Minnesota, and Paddock, of
Nebraska, are well-known to tho
public by reason of the positions
they have occupied. e.. Il. God
frey, of Iowa, is a. Republican
and lawyer. lie entered the army
as a lieutenant in the second regi-
ment of Iowa infantry. and rose 10
colonel of the eighth Alabama cay
airy. AT the close of the war he en-
gagged in the practice of law at Des
Moines, Iowa, where, for several
years, he held the position Of re-
ceiver of public money, and subsc-
| quently served, for several terms, as
assistant district attorney. lie Is
about forty-two years of age. and Is
regarded as a man of marked ability.
Ambrose b. Carleton, Of Terre
Haute, Indiana, is lawyer and Dem
ocrat, and was formerly law partner
of Senator Voorhees,, and has at
various times been member of the
Indiana legislature, circuit Judge
and professor of law in the state
university. He is fifty-six years old
and is said to enjoy reputation for
legal ability and literary attain
ments. James II. Pettigrew, of
Arkansas, has been a member OF
the legislature of that state, and is
now Journal clerk of the United
States senate. His appointment TO
place on the commission has been
strongly recommended by Garland
and other western members of the
senate. He is a man of middle age,
a lawyer and q Democrat. The
nominations were referred TO the
Judiciary committee.
The president to-day transmitted
to the house a communication from
the secretary of the interior, asking
for an appropriation of $245,000 TO
complete the work of the tenth CEN
sus.
THE WINDOW COMMITTEE
met again to-day. Its efforts TO in
duce the editors of the Evening
Critic to furnish some tangible evl-
dence of the improper conduct of
the whisky men, newspaper corre-
| spondents or congressman in con-
nection with the bonded spirits bill,
met with no better success than on
the two former occasions. VIM.
N. Hubert, of Cincinnati, treasurer
Of the western export association
and w. ii. Jacobs, of Louisville, sec
retary and treasury of the Kentucky
distlllers association, produced books
and vouchers of their organization