New-York tribune., 1882-04-21
1T THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
r,ovs AND LEGISLATION.

ATIO\S AMI
NOMlNAii .npo,yTMsNTs SENT TO THE
rprsH BATCH OF APPolNi ,rvocpArs TO CON
svx.rr-REFUsL OF li' ,r,o>, H,,- c.ers-TuE
,,1, CONTESTED ELECIIoN 'A9Io
slDER THE ,.ropr THE HoUsE-EXTRAVA-
TARIFF STILL Bhfo
''rr ~ PUBLIC PRINTING
GAME ,.,ortant :. nominations were sent 10 'hc
r ,'oto hv the President yesterday Il.
80 If the House refused 10 coiisi''i - ,"I
.od .l" election case of Lynch against |n''''ois'
80 = ;s said that it is their pohcy 10 res,s'
a"t .;o,, in any case in which the decision oi 'ne
n,;t,oe is adverse to member OF their parry
nm .ar;cf debate was continued In the House
!HI ,'hato in the Senate on the bill making
.,~o,,r;ation for the Government printing
- allotted some strong expressions OF dls-
oino,' -aI of the manner in which public money
Is squanderod.
r,,p PRESIDENTS LATEST APPOINTMENTS
ALL fpy TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE
WASHINGTON, April 20-The President sent
=, o. automatic selections to the Senate to-day
nost of which have already been announced III lHE
Tp,prxy dispatches. They were as follows:
~. raft ~ Ohio 10 be Envoy Extraordinary
"a Minister Plenipotentiary Of the United states 10
AIsira DAYTON. Of New-Jersey, TO be Minister Resi-
: ~ nf The United States to the Netherlands -. -.
Se6oas Fish of Newlork. to be Minister hesiuen' "
bCsIM len n Francis of New-York. be Charge dAarcs
!" 'WVeSershal Of Pennsylvania, to be Charge d.
AIsn 1se Badeau OF New-York TO be Consul General at
Ecnrr L. slasht of NewYork, to be United States
Consul at Prescott, ont ,
Inaco Taft is well-known as President Grants
ornev-General; Nicholas Fish, as son OF
Hamilton Fish. President Grants secretary, and
formerly Minister Resident in Switzerland; Johh
M Francis as for many years Editor of the Troy
Times and formerly Minister to Greece, and Adam
uadeau as General Grants biographer and formerly
Consul General III London.
f. is understood that the position OF Charge uAl-
faires 10 Portugal to which MIR. Francis has oeen
nominated is TO be raised 10 that OF Minister hes
dent and Consul General, making IL a MISSION VI
1ae same grade as egium, the Netherlands, c'o'
The House passed the Diplomatic Approprla'lon
hin with that provision, but the Senate alehueu !.
leaving the office as is This with other po's oi
difference is in the hands Of conference commit
Tee. and il is expected that the change regarulhs
the Portugal Mission will he finally adopted
William L.. Dayton of New Jersey, who was hoh-
,nated 10 be Minister Resident at The Hague, Is
son of William l.. Dayton, the first Republican can
ddate for Vice-Presidept. and once Minister to
France. He was connected with the Legation IN
Paris at that time He is a lawyer about forty-hye
wears of age, living at Trenton, where be has held
some local Offices lie has held no other Official
position. He is highly spoken of by the
New-Jersey delegation in Congress, all
Of wholn both Republicans and Democrats
Join i'll recommending him. The appointment Is
attributed largely to Secretary Frelinghuysen.
J.P. Wickershall of Pennsylvania. nominated to
be Charge Afiaires at Copenhagen, was for fifteen
wears superintendent of Public instruction III tGat
state. He has held no other official position, but
was candidate for Governor before the convention
i'm which Galusha A. Grow and Governor Hoyt were
also candidates. He recommended by D0th
Senator's and Senator Mitchell states that the
appontnent is not only acceptable 10 himself. but
viii be received with pleasure by large number of
persons in Pennsylvania with whom Mr. Wicker
shalrs official position brought him into contact:
lr Wickershalls wife, IL is stated, is cousin of
Kavard TAYLOR and he visited Mr.. Taylor while the
latter was Minister TO Berlin.
Henry L. Slaght of New-YOrk, nominated to be
Consul al Prescott Ont is a son of Colonel }. Z.
slaght, of Brooklyn, an Intimate friend OF ; ex;
Sheriff Albert Daggett. Colonel SlaSht is described
ly some New-York politicians here as Staiwan,b but
others deny it. ExShertt Dagpett says that The ap-
pointment was ordered by President GARFIELD the
day before he shot.