The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-03-12
UNITED sxArxa SHEATH
Proceedings Of the Extra aess1on,

a. tno nAootluS OF Inc senate on thursday tn
5th, In extra session, tho galleries applaudet
vico President Hendricks, which manifesto.
ton its recipient abruptly terminated with the
and DR.; Butler offered prayer. Upo1
it's conclusion the vice president tool
tho chair, and was again greeted with plaudits
by occupants Of the gallery. He called tn,
senate to order, and, in = voice only audible "a
tho clerks, called for the reading of tho journal
President Cleveland sent to the senate the names
OF the gentleman lie has selected as cabinet Of
fcers They are as follows:
Secretary Of State-Thomas F. Bayard Of
Delaware.
Secretary Of the Treasury-Daniel Manning
Secretary OF War-William O. Endicott q
Massachusetts.
Secretary of the Navy-Willlam D. Whitney
of New York
Secretary Of the 1aterior-L @ O. Lamar of
Mississippi
Postmaster General William F. Villas Of
Wisconsin,
Attorney General-A B. Garland Of Arkan-
sa9
Immediately on receiving tho nominations,
on motion of Mr.. Sherman, the senate went in
to executive session, which continued only for
. fow minutes. 1t was supposed that tho SEN
ate, in accordance with general practice, had
promptly confirmed the nominations; and the
fsct that mono OF them were confirmed excited
great surprise.
It.was learned that confirmation failed be-
ator Riddleberger of Virginia. As the rules
require that all nominations shall first be re-
ferred to the proper committees, the reference
can be waived only by unanimous consent, and
hence Mr.. Rddloberger's objection prevented
immediate action as it did in the case Of the
nomination of Secretary AcCulloch few
months ago
After reading the journal Mr. Van Wyck was
recognized and offered the following resolu-
tions for which he asked immediate considera-
ton
Resolved, That the secretary of the interior
be directed to inform the senate whether pat
ents have been issued for lands granted in
1S7l to the New Orleans, Baton Rouge Vicks-
burg road, popularly known as the Backbone
RAILROAD If so, for what number of acres and
TO what corporation or individual, or whose
receipt was taken for the same when signed;
whether unusual means were used to hasten
the preparation and execution of said patents,
whether the clerical force employed work
ed nights and Sundays, so they might
be completed before March 4; what day
they were ready for. signature of the
special extension to secure the completion and
signature the 4th day Of March. and whether
anything was done to promote the actual set
tiers, in their rights to any such lands; also
whether previous to the 4th day Of March any
thing WAS done or written in regard to anv
other nnearned land grants for the future which
had been consigned by the Forty eighth con-
gress.
Mr. Edmunds objected to present consid-
Grafton, and under the rules the matter went
over for day.
In executive session the nominees for Presi-
dent Cleveland's cabinet were taken up separate
ly and confirmed withouta division and with un.
anlmlty. When the vote was taken on Mr.. Bay
ards confirmation. Mr.. Riddleberger sat silent.
neither asserting nor dissenting.
The 1nauguration Dall It wash1nrton.
Correspondents say the grand ball room has
never been equaled in this country. The reader
may have some idea of it if he can imagine .
perfeoting dancing floor 800 feet wide The OBJ
server looks upward more than fifty feet before
his eye strikes the vaulted root. This great
space is filled with decorations upon which it
would almost seem that art had exhaust
can dance at the same time without treading on
eacn others toes Let him imagine the whole
interior blazing with food Of light from half
2 hundred electric burners, and he will have
RANT picture of the scone Over s, ,0OO people
participated in the dancing Among those
present were President Cleveland and
Senator Bayard, Col Villas, Of Wisconsin, Con.
Sheridan and Mrs. Sheridan, Gen. Rosencrans.
Hon. Dan Manning and wife, Senator Pendle-
ton, Hon. Richard T. Merrick, Senator Wade
Hampton, Senator Brown of Georgia, Justice
f1eld, OF the supreme court, and Speaker
Carlisle and Mrs. Carlisle. There was no
formal reception by President Cleveland, but
large number Of persons passed about him,
and some of the gentlemen standing in the
immediate vicinity made the presentation.