Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-18
AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY.
IMPORTANT NOMINATIONS.
THE SUBJECT OF SENATE COMMIT
TEE CLERKS.

THE SUBJECT OF SENATE COMMIT
TEE CLERKS.
Important Nominations To-day.
The President sent the following nomi-
| nations to the Senate to-day:
Milton j. Durham, of Kentucky, to be First
Controller of the Treasury.
VIM. Garrard, Of Nevada to be superintend-
ent of Mint of the United States, at Carson,
| Nevada.
Jos. r. Ryan, of Nevada, to be Coiner of the
Mint at Carson, New
Malcolm Hay, of Pennsylvania, to be First
Assistant Postmaster General:
Martin V. Montgomery, Of Michigan, to be
Commissioner of Patents.
David S. Baker, jr., of Rhode Island, to be
attorney OF the United States for the district OF
Benz; +; Hill: jr., of Georgia, to be attorney
Georgia.
The Chair laid before the Senate the resolu-
ton offered by Senator Miller (N. " authori-
zlng the committee agriculture and forestry
to sit during the recess to consider the best
means of preserving the forests upon the public
| domain and to employ a clerk.
Mr.. Cockrell asked why it was necessary for
every committee of the Senate to be made peri
patetic.
!
templated except for the payment of clerk. II
the committee held any meetings the members
would be able to pay their own expenses. II
thls committee was provided with an annual
clerk, as it ought to be. there would be no ne
ceSslty for this resolution.
MIR. Van Wyck said the difficulty in this re-
gard grew out OF the unjust assignment OF
clerks. If clerks were assigned only to COM
| mittees which had work to do, or a rule were
adopted giving clerks to all standing commit
tees, the difficulty would be remedied. These
hy y,,if h ia11
had no annual clerks, and were merely subter-
| 1uges for the employment of clerks during the
recess
Mr.. Harrison commended the course taken by
the Senator from New York. There was no pre-
tense that the committee would hold meeting.
fe thought the committee of which he was the
chairman-that on territOries-was entitled to
| an annual clerk.
! Mr.. Teller was willing to make the clerk OF
the committee on agriculture and forestry an
annual clerk, but was not willing to do it in a
roundabout way.
mittee on agriculture and forestry certified to
the Senate that the services Of the clerk during
the recess were necessary.
Mr.. Miller replied in the affirmative, He pro-
posed, as chairman of the committee, to employ
his time during the recess in preparing a report
and all he asked was that the Senate should pay
| for the necessary clerical expenses.
| Mr. Call declared his purpose to support the
resolution.
The resolution was agreed to-27 to 25
The division was upon party lines, except in
the case of Mr.. Call, who voted in the affirm
j ative, and Messrs Riddleberger and sherman,
who voted in the negative.
Upon motion of Mr. Miller Cal.) the Senate,
at 12:25, went into executive session.
Capitol Topics.
SENATOR BAYARD'S SUCCESSOR
Mr.. Gray, the newly-eected Senator from
Delaware, was born at New Castle, March 4,
1910, and is therefore in his 45th year. He
graduated at Princeton college when 10 years
old, spent a year in the Harvard Law school.
HTppff tod To 1Sho T,~1 o. n
he was appointed attorney general of Delaware
by Gov. Hall, and was reappOinted last year by
t,ov. t, stockley In 1876 he was a delegate to
the national convention at ST. Louis also to the
convention at Cincinnati four years later, and
| at the Chicago convention last year. At the last
two conventions he put Mr.. Bayard's name in
nomination for the presidency. Mr. Gray has
been married twice, and has five children.
CORRECTED NoMINATIoNs.
Some of the time of the executive session OF
| the Senate yesterday afternoon was consumed
| in talking about the nomination for revenue
commissioner. Mr.. Miller was nominated, "vice
| Evans resigned" when in fact Evans had not
resigned. He had expressed his willingness to
| do SO, but had not formally surrendered his
position. Some of the Senators insisted that as
] the nomination was not entirely correct In
form, it could not be acted upon. During the
| afternoon, however, the President WithdreW W the
nomination and corrected it, He sent back the
| The same thing occurred with the nonIina.
ton of Gen. Black for pension commissioner.
He was nominated, "v1ce Clark resigned, -
when in fact Clark had not resigned. After
several days the correction was made, and Gen.
Black was confirmed This it was which caused
the delay In the confirmation of the new pen
sion commissioner, and it did not grow out of
any opposition to Gen. Black, as was reported
| at the time.
CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE.
| The following nominations were confirmed
by the Senate in executive session yesterday:
Colonel Nelson H. Davis, inspector general,
with the rank of brigadier general Lieut.. Col.
Absalom Baird, to be inspector general, with
sissippi, to be Assistant Secretary of the In
terior Sidney ID. Jackman, of Texas, to be
United States marshal for the western district
of Texas.