Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-03-26
TIM SENATE.
In the Senate mr.. Van Wyck se-
vereIy Denounees Sunketing EN-
RadaeNOnu--FaaKa and FaRuren.

In the Senate Mr. Van Wyck se-
vereIy Denounees Sunketing Ex-
peditaonn-Facts and Figures.
On Friday, Mr.. Van Wyek (Nsb.)
made q speech against the resolution
authorizing committees 10 90 on junket-
ing expeditions during the recess. His
text Was resolution onerei by Mr..
Henderson on Thursday, providing for
the appointment Of . committee OF Eve
senators to proceed to Alaska TO invss,i,
Of the territory. Mr.. Van Wyok said
1.-THE Senate had recently been passing
resolutiohsto authorize committees which
had nothing to do but TO sit during the
recess, and now we were asked to send
committee to Alaskn, the remoteat place
in which we had any intei est, except,
perhaps, the North Pgls. The expedi-
lion would probably not be any more
expensive than the commission to Central
and South America. The commission
was appointed on the 7th day OF January.
They reported for duty In ootober-this
oommisalon 10 Central and S0uth America
and the drst thing they did was TO 60
To San FrApoisco, then 10 New Mexico,
then to New Orleans TO see the Rxposi
ton. Rioh member was provided with
81, 500 for his expenses. The commission
consisted Of two men and q hoy-for its
chairman rem sined In Albany. The first
thing these two men and q boy did wss
to hire palace car at $35 o day, for
which the total payment was 81 .447 bs-
fore they got to New ORR, ans
Then they furnished themselves with
supplies. The Utah commission boldly
charged for lager beer and vine" The
chairman Of the South American com.
mission, who never left New York, re-
signed on January 25.h, aud drew ont OF
the treasury "a. $40. at oost the gov.
erumsnt about 100000 for this commits.
sion before the two men and boy got
ready to leave New Orleans. This rsck-
less waste OF money was q great wrong
upon She people who paid the taxes "
Some debate ensued, partly OF q p4Tsoual
nature, owing TO defense by Mr.. Vsst
Of the character aud motives Of mem.
Der Of the South AmerlcGn commissio =,
whom Mr.. Vest believed 10 be urjustly
aspersed by the remarks II Mr. Van
Wy OK. The resolution was referred.
Mr.. Sherman offered res0l ntion "LhtA
40 much OF the several revolutions Of the
Senate passed since the hIsl day # Marc.
as provided for clerk for any standing
committee OF the Senate dusiDg the Iecesr
OF Congress bs rescipded." The resolu-
tion WAS laid over aud the Senate, after
an executive session adjourned.
The SenAte,in executive sessions, ratified
the additional article Of the Mexican
treaty extending until May Goth, 1886,
the time for the approval Of the laws
necessary to carry into operation the com
meroiAl convention between the two
governments, concluded Rt Washington
on January 25ib, 1888.
The Senate Friday confirmed the
nominations Of James D. Porter, ex.
governor Of Tennessee, to BIS assistant
secretary Of state John D. @. Atkins,
ex congressman from Tennessee, to b.
commissioner Of IGdiAp affairs Martin
v. Montgomery Of Michigan, to bs com
missioner OF patentH Milton ]. purhsm
Of Kentucky, first comptroller Of th,
treReury Maloom Hay Of Pennsylvania
first assistant postmG ster- general Joseph
R. Ryan, ooiner, aud William Garrard
superintendent, Of the mint at Carson
City, Nevada
Tae Secretary Of tho Treasury hal
appointed Assistant Secretaries FAirohild
and Coon and Assistant Treasurer Gravel
a commission $50 mRke an examination
Of lbe treasury department, with epeoiA
reference to the simplihoAtion aud i'm
prOvement OF the methods Of d0inG
business and to the reduction and
rearrsngemert Of the official and clericA
force"
On Saturday Mr.. Mitchell offered
resolution providing for the appointment
Of . spaciAl committee Of Ave senators I,
inquire aud report, not later than th,
second Monday of next Dsosn Der, as 1,
the number Of trade dol Ars put in cIrou
laticn in the United States before theil
legal tender quality was repealed (; hoE
said coins came into circulation Bubse
quently; boS many are still held ir th,
several s,stes OF this country; NJ wha
rates they were taken how much pref
accrued in any way 10 the government b,
the coinage of trade dollArs, and what ba
been the practice Of this and other gov
ernments as TO the receipt or refusal b,
them OF their own coin. The resolution
also providts for the employment OF
stenoerAIher and for travelling expenses
/ &c, Msssrs Beck and Harris obj oted l.
tho resolution, and 1t was lsid owe
with an ironicAl subatltuts offered by ID.
Cockrell similar TO one which he offerst
an Friday, proposing 10 authoIizs any ,w
or more senators TO constitute tkemseive
an investigating committee with rovlpI
commission to irqairs iutO any subj sct
they may deem worthy Of investig alton
, "et bone or abroad, on the land or tn
sea-" After sn executive session tn
Senate adjourned. .-..= ......--
WAsuINaros, March "a Among tn
Nominations sent in by the President To
day were: Henry L. Muldfow, Miles,, 4
bs assistant secretary OF the in terror
William A, ]. Sparks, Illinois, to b
oommissio .er general laud ofioe to b
|. collectors Of customs, Frsncis b. Tor
: rey, Msine, district Of Bath
Maine john P, Dmworth, Maize
district Of Aroostook, Ne Diniel Bic
Convill Of OHIO, to b. auditor OF tn
; tAeAsury for post otise department.
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