Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-31
AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY.
THE SENATE BEGINSTHE WORK
OF RETRENCHMENT.
NOMINATIONS BY THE PRESIDENT.
The Senate.

The Senate.
AT t12:O5, after the reading of the journal, Mr.
Cameron moved that the Senate proceed to the
consideration Of executive business.
Mr.. Van Wyck asked the Senator to with
nold That motion for a few moments, so that he
might submit a report from the committee OF
Mississippi river improvements
Mr. Cameron insisted upon his motion.
Mr van Wyck desired to make a statement.
mot debatable," said Mr.. Cameron.
Inereupon the motion to go into executive
session was carried
THE "BUTLER HOUSE" RESOLUTION RE
SCINDED.
AT 1920 the doors were reopened.
A resolution offered by Mr.. Allison was called
up and agreed to- as follows:
Resotred, That the following resolution
adopted by the Senate July 5, 1884, namely:
.Resotred, That the sergeant-at-arms and the
hereby, authorized and directed to rent and
prepare suitable rooms outside of the Capitol fol
Inc use at the next session of Congress of such
Senate committees as have no rooms, and that
all expenses hereunder be paid out Of the fund
ior the contingent expenses of the Senate, sub
yecs 10 the approval of the committee to audit
and control the contingent expenses of the
Senate
Be and is hereby rescinded, to take effect on
Lne ad!ournment of the present session OF the
Senate.s
THE PROPOSED REDUCTION OF EXPENSES.
MIR. Allison then called up his resolution pro
v1ding for a committee of seven Senators, to sit
during the recess, to take measures to reduce
the contingent expenses Of the Senate.
Mr.. Van Wyck asked how much would be the
probable expense of the committee.
Mr.. Allison said that it was not intended that
any expense should be incurred.
Mr.. Sherman called attention to the fact that
he had introduced a resolution the other day
to rescind all authority for committees to sit
during the recess, but he would not press 1t now
in the hope that this committee proposed by
the Allison resolution would reach the desired
end. He did not want the expenses of the Sen
ate reduced In a spirit Of parsimony, or he
would say demagOgism, but with q view tC
the real necessities of the service.
More Nominations To-day.
POSTMASTER PEARSON, OF NEW YORK, RENoMI
NATED-MR. COLMAN'S NAME SENT IN FOB
COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE.
The President to-day sent the following nomi
nations to the Senate:
To be envoy extraordinary and ministers
plenipotentiary Of the United States-Wm. r.
Roberts, of New York, to Chilli. Charles W.
Buck, of Kentucky, to Peru
Charles T. Russell, Of Connecticut, to be con
sui at Liverpool, England.
henry 9. Pearson, to be postmaster at New
Norman J. Colman, of Missouri, to be Com
missioner of Agriculture.
John I. McGraw, of West Virginia, to be col
lector OF internal revenue district OF West Vir
ginia.
Henry p Kernschan, of Louisiana, to be naval
officer at New Orleans.
lector internal revenue fifth district Of North
Carolina.
Richard B. Hubbard, of Texas, to be envoy
the United States to Japan.
VIM; W. Lang, Of Texas, to be- consul Of the
United States at Hamburg, Germany
Combinations.
The Senate in executive session to-day CON
drmed the following nomination:
Thomas J. Bunn, to be postmaster at Bloom