Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-03-15

pose the Anti-Polygany Bill.
WASHINGTON, d. c., March 13.-
The following letters were made
public to day:
= q g asassAU STREET, New York,
March 3. 1882.
To Mr.. President:
Absence prevented the acknowl.
edgement of your your two esteemed
letters, which were found here await
ing my return from Utica. The
high and unexpected honor you
prefer, by selecting me as Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court of the
United States, is greatly valued It
will ever be matter of pride and
satisfaction that you and the Sen
ate deemed me fit for so grand and
exalted trust, but for reasons which
you would not fail to appreciate,
I am constrained to decline.
Although urgent demands on my
time just now prevent my accepting
your cordial invitation to pass few
days with you in Washington, let me
hold this as pleasure deferred, but
not lost. l have the honor to be
sincerely your obedient servant.
Signed Roscoe CoNKLING.
The Prs sident.
SENATE CHAMBER, WASHINGTON, d.
c., March 6, 1992-Mr. President ::
/ have received through the Secree
tary of State your very fattering
offer of the appointment of Asso-
ciate Justice Of the Supreme Court. I
thank you sincerely for this highly
valued proof of your good opinion,
but / feel, for reasons that l have
expressed to Mr.. Frellnghuysen,
that l ought not to occupy it. l
shall cherish this mark of your kind
ness and good opinion, though [ did
not need this proof of it, as one OF
the most pleasant of my life. I am,
sir, very faithfully, yours,
GEO F. EDMUNDs.
The President.
1,4ll MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, March
11.-Mr. President: 81 am deeply
| touched at the manifest considera-
ton you have shown me in connec-
ton with the associate justicesLip
but further reflection has not enabled
me to change the views I expressed
to Mr.. Frelinghuysen. With the sin
cere hope that you have experienced
no embarrassment from the delay
your kindness las caused,
I am, faithfully, &c, yours,
(Signed,) GEO. T. EDMUNDs.
The President sent the following
nominations to the Senate to-day 4:
Sam'I Blatchford, of New York, to
be Associate Justice of the Supreme
| Court of the United States John
Russell Young, of New York, to be
envoy extraordinary and minister
ltlenipotentiary of United States to
China ); John G. Watts, marshal OF
United States for the western dise
trIct of Virginia.
The Senate confirmed the follows
ing nominations: VIM H. Scrogge,
OF Georgi4, to be consul at Panama;
d. S. Lewis, of Virginia, to be
United States Attorney of the west
ern district of Virginia; Paymaster
John II. Steveson, to be pay in
spector in the navy.
The long executive session of the
Senate this afternoon was almost
wholly caused by the contest over
the nomination of Paymaster John
Ill. Stevenson, of Indiana, for pro-
motion to the grade of pay director
IN the Navy. It came before the
Senate with an adverse report from {
majority of the committee on nava
affairs, which was supported by
Senator Mcpherson in speech
taxing the ground that the charges
against the official conduct and ln-
teg1ity of Paymaster S evenson
while acting as purchasing agent fol
the Navy some years ago in Japan
had Mt been satisfactorially met
Senators Jones, of Florida, anc
Rollins, of the committee, and Har
rison and VOORHEES,, especially the
last named, elaborately defended
the nominee with such success tina
the Senate finally confirmed him, BY
a vote of "a against II.
The second subcommittee of tn,
House committee on elections, il
charge of the contested ell ection cas-,
, OF Mackey VS.. O'Conner, from th,
, "a district of South Carolina, me
this morning and adopted resolu
tlon oyerluiing the recent motion O
Dlbrell to strike from the record al
OF the depositions heretofore taken
and providing that DlbreU be re-
= quested to file his brief on the fact
, which exist in the case. Monday
, next, was agreed upon as the day fo
hearing the final argument. Thi
resolution will be reported to tn
full committee, tomorrow.
The third subcommittee decide,
to postpone the hearing in the con
, tested case of. Lynch vs.. Chalmer;
} from Mississippi. until Wednesda.
| next.
The case of Stalbrand VS.. Aiken
from South Carolina, will be taken u
Wednesday, next; and that OF Blu
chanan VS.. Manning, from MissisiI pi
, sometime next week.
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