Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-12-24
IN The CABINET.
Garland Decides TO Accept a Cabinet
Position.
he IS WARMLY CONGRATULATED.
The House Must Accept What the S,nate
Offers on the Naval
Bill,
OR GO WITH NOTHING,

WASHINGTON, December Ex-senator
Garland was in his seat to-day and was
warmly congratulated on both sides of the
chamber. He is not much inclined to talk
about what took place between himself and
the Presidentelect during his trip to Al
bany. There is no doub: whatever that he
has been rendered the position of Attorney
General and that he has accepted. The
Senator has never met Cleveland before,
bat during his interview he concluded that
the Democratic party had made no mistake
in the selection of a President. He says
that while Cleveland is good listener, he
also makes himself clearly understood and
is a man Of broad and conservative views,
and is fully alive to the situation and infu'
ences that secured his election. ,
With the selection of Garland, Cleveland
has two of his Cabinet selected, namely Gar
land and Bayard.
The House Mast Take This or Nothing
The Naval Appropriation bill of Senator
Hale and the Appropriation Committee,
while it leaves out the new steel cruisers
and the completion of the monitors, IN
creases the appropriations over those pro-
vided in the House bill by about $500, 900
for the different bureaus in the Navy DE,
partment. These latter items are objected
10 by Mr.. Randall and the House. Sena-
tors Hale, Logan, Becker and others OF the
Appropriations Committee said to-day that
unless the House accepted this bill there
would be no appropriation made for the
naval service. They have yielded all they
intend TO the House in leaving out the
cruisers and monitors, and say the House
must take this bill or nothing.
The Naval Appropriation Bill Passed. o
About twenty five Senators were present
when Mr.. Hale called up the Naval Appro-
uriation bill as reported, and it was passed
in about twenty minutes. The Senate then
went into executive session without men,
tioning the question Of adjournment.
The Pending Foreign Treaties.
Of the three important treaties, the Gu
ban and Porto Rico, the Nicaragua and the
San Domingo laid before the Senate, only
one-the Nicaragua-has been in any way
considered by that body collectively, and
that only BY a sort of Subterfuge on Mr.,
Vests motion to stop Secretary Chandler
projected survey OF the proposed canal
route. The Committee on Foreign Rela
tions has taken no action on the resolution
to discuss the Cuban and Porto Rico treaty
in open session. 1t is Tumored that ma
iority of the committee favor continuation
Of the policy of secret discussion, but that
there is possibility Of a majority of the
Senate voting for an open debate. Hence
the delay.
In the Senate.
WASHINGTON, December 23.-lr the Sen
ate Mr.. Jones presented the memorial o
the Joint commercial associations of New
Orleans protesting against the ratification
of the Spanish treaty.
Mr.. Vest submitted a concurrent reSolu
ton providing that Congressiona, speeches
sfall be printed as delivered, with the ex
ception Of verbal amendments, and when
speeches are Withheld for revision Tor more
than one week the speech shall be printed
as delivered Referred.