Morning journal and courier., 1885-03-16
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. THE SENATE IMPATIENT. Waiting for Nominations
 to Confirm. RUSSIA MkSSING HER TROOPS And England s6nding Out
 War Supplies. PISTOLS IN 4 STATE SENATE. A Sensation il Plymouth
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Moving Slowly fin the Matter of A fs pointments = The Senate Patiently waiting fot Somethingt to Do-PIenty 6f Candidates fof the Ofhces.
 VI AsH1NaToN, March 15.-The Van Wyck resolution calling on. the Secretary of the Interior for information respecting the issue of patents for land grants in 1871 to the New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Vicksburg Backbone) railroad, and inquiring whether unusual means were used to hasten the pre- paration and execution of such patents, will probably come up for further consideration in the Senate tomorrow. Senator Eustis, of Louisiana; if opportunity offers; will make some remarks in opposition to ths gfanting of patents to the road or corporation. When the matter was last discussed Senator Teller had not finished his speech, and unless an executive ssssion :. is ordered immediately after the reading of the journal, another spir- ited debate is looked for on the subject of land grant forfeitures. MT. Manderson's resolution calling upon the Secretary of State for information bearing upon South American troubles is before the Committee on Foreign Relations, and if reported to the Senate during the week may give rise to considerable discus sion. Now that the Nicaraguan and Spanish treaties have been withdrawn the two reso- lutlons calling for information are about all the Senate has before it upon which to pass the time. The nominations which have been sent in were properly referred as soon as the committees were appointed and it is not thought there will be any delay in con frming them; except in the case of General Black, who is nominated for commissioner of pensions: There has been rumor that the Pension committee would protest against his confirmation on the ground that the pres ent incumbent had Tn no way violated the civil service laws, but those who are ill a position to know say that the story is all talk. Unless thePresident furnishes the Senate with a large number of nominations during the first part of this week the special session may be left without any material upon which to work and may find it necessary to adjourn. Senators do not appear to have any definite conviction as to just how long the session will last, but the general impression is that it will be brought to close within week or ten days.
 The friends of Messrs Miller, of West Vir- ginia, and Thompson, of Kentucky, are still on the ragged edge respecting the coveted in ternal revenue commissionership and both parties are assuming an air of confidence, while Judge Buckner, of Missouri, has turned up as g dark horse and his friends claim that he viii De appointed in order to allay the struggle which is being carried on by tine principal aspirants.
 The statement is made to-day by friends of ex-Congrsssman Post, of Missouri, that he will surely be appointed to the new assistant secretaryship of the interior, which was ere ated by the last Congress.
 A meeting of the representatives from the Mississippi river districts was called here last right at which Messrs. Blanchard, Eus tes, King, St. Martin Gay and Ellis of Louis jana, O'Neill of Missouri and Willis of Ken lucky were present. A resolution denounc- ing the work of the existing commission and recommending that the President make a change in it's personnel was presented. Speeches were made by Messrs. Brecken- ridge, Blanchard and O'NeiI The latter opposed any action. He charged that the River and Harbor committee of the last House were responsible for the failure of the bill by loading it with alleged jobs and contended that it's members could not in good faith attack the work of the river commission after agreeing to and re- porting in favor of an appropriation of near ly $3, ,000, 900 to prosecute it's plans. He rec commended in lieu of the resolution the pre- paration and advocacy of separate and dis tinct Mississippi river appropriation for the next Congress. A committee was finally ap pointed to prepare modified resolution to be submitted at another meeting to be held Monday evening.