The Portland daily press., 1885-03-26
WASHINGTON.
A Republican Caucun.


This Republican Senators held caucus this
morning to consider the Sherman resolution
prohibiting the use Of clerk for any standing
committee of the Senate during the recess Of
Congress. No action was taken and another
caucus will be held to consider the matter
About dozen resolutions authorizing stand
ing committee of the Senate to employ clerks
during the recess have been introduced, and
two or three are Still pending. Considerable
feelins is manifested and it was stated by
some Senators who have secured employment
for their clerks, that if the Sherman resolution
was adopted they would favor an entire revis-
ion of the committee list
The subject of final adjournment was dis.
snssed, and the Presidents wish that the
Senate should remain until the end of the
week was made known. Without any formal
action, tacit understanding was reached that
minor treaties should be considered at such
times as the Senate was not engaged with nom
nations.
The Vice Presidents Patronage.
Vice President Hendricks yesterday re-
moved the old man who has for years been
messenger at the Vice Presidents room, and
appointed a nephew Of his own to the place.
lie is now thinking of discharging the tale
graph operator in the Senate wing co make
way Tor Democrat, but has not done SO yet
ne expressed considerable resentment on b ear
ing that the Senate restaurant is no longer in
the hands OF the Vice President to give to a
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that ITSELF
Duties ON Sailed Meats.
Attorney General Garland has furnished an
opinion to the Secretary of the Treasury in
which he holds that salted meats which are
exported with the benefit of drawback of
the duties on the foreign salt used in curing
the meats, are entitled to be reimported free
OF duty upon refunding of the drawback. This
reverses the recent action of Secretary Nc
CulOch in a case in point.
Want n Decision Reversed.
A petition was presented to Secretary Man
ming today, signed by number of attorneys,
praying fer the reversal of the recent decision
OF First Comptroller Lawrence that the au-
thority or an attorney to prosecute a claim
against the United States dies with the con-
stituent.This decision, the petition says,is at va
riancs with the Uniform practice of the Depart
ment and with ptroller Lswrence's own
practice during his whole term of eight years
and in disregard of the plainest ruling of the
Supreme Court and is unjust to the profession
pracacing before the Treasury Department.
Nominations Confrmed.
This Senate today confirmed the following
nominations.
Samuel S. Cox to bs minister to Turkey.
Henry L. Maldrow to be Assistant Secretary of
the Interior.
general land office.
FACTS and RumOrs.
First Comptroller Durham assumed the
duties of his office this morning.
j. g. THOMPSON, ex-sergeant-at-arms is dau-
gerously i'll in this city from an hemorrhage,
which occurred yesterday.
Postmaster Pearson of New York was at the
Post Office Department today.
Secretary Lamar has issued an order closing
the Interior Department tomorrow out of re-
epect to the memory of the late Jacob Thomp-
son of Kentucky, Secretary of the Interior
during the administration of President Bu-
ehanan
The executive committee charged with the
inauguration held their final meeting last
evening and closed their accounts. The ex-
penses of the Inauguration wore S46 500 and
the receipts from the tickets privileges, sale of
lumber, &C.. about SAG, 900, leaving deficit of
only about $780,
Richard Dsvins, superintendent and disbufs-
ing officer of the Post Office Departmeng, has
resigned that position voluntarily to engage in
private business.
The President today signed this commissions
OF Messrs. Phelps, McLane, Pendleton and
jackson to be ministers to England, France,
Germany and Mexico respectively