Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-08-11
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POLITICAL CHAT.

FOLLOWING is list of the nominations
rejected by the Senate during the recent
session of Congress: L. NJ. Kingman, post
master at Jacksonville, ILL.,; G. w. Bell,
| postmaster at Webster City, Iowa; George
Wise, postmaster at Hamburg, Iowa; A. b.
| Keith, postmaster at Denison, Iowa; Abra-
ham Rose, postmaster at Vinton, Iowa;
John Goode, solicitor general; John Shields.
chief justice of Arizona; c. r. Pollard, as
| socate justice for Montana; r. S. Dement,,
| surveyor general of Utah. p. S. Wilson,
assayor at Denver; c. II. Potter, of Indiana,
agent for the Omaha and Winnebago
| Agency.
| The following nominations were con-
tirmed by the Senate during the closing of
| the last session: Nathaniel H. Dawson, of
Alabama, TO be Commissioner of Educa-
tilq2lRlfa tilq2lRlfa 5Qea Ii Mf9ars, of Delaware, to be
/ Spencer Pratt, of Alabama, to be United
! States Minister Resident and Consul Gen.
eral to Persia. Owen McGarra, OF Colorado,
| to be United States Consul General 10 Ec-
uador. Indian Agents-Joseph HOLMAN,
] of Nebraska, at the Omaha and Winnebago
Agency; Elmer A. Howard, Of Iowa, at
| Pima Agency, A. r. Receiver of Public
Moneys-Thos. b. Davis, at Lincoln, Neb.
VIM G. Bowman, of Illinois, to be Sur
veyor- General of Utah. Postmasters-John
A. Mclaughlin, Guthrie Center, Iowa;
Samuel Jacobs, Hamburg, Iowa; David W.
Clark, Valley City, d. T.; Otis G.. King,
Kenosha, Wis; S. S.Wilson, Colfax, Iowa;
Leonard W. Chambers, Jacksonville, ILL.,;
VIM. Carter, DeKalh, Ill.
THE first session of the Forty ninth Con-
gress, which ended on the 5th inst, began
on Monday, Dec. Z, 1885, and covered q
period of seven months and twenty Eight
days, on 241 days exclusive of Sundays
OF this time the Senate was in session 164
days and the honse 1S5 days. During tha
time there were introduced in the two houses
13.202 measures, of which 1904 were
house bills and 2l4 house joint resolution
and 5,S91 bills and SO joint resolutions. Ii
the Senate the measures proposed for en-
= actment into laws exceeded in number b.
2,949 those introduced at the first session
of the Forth eighth Congress, which set TO
seven months and four days, or 165 days o
actual working time.
The aggregate appropriations made b.
the regular appropriation bills passed a
this session of congress, excluding the for
! tifcation bill, is $365, ,O0O,0 900, which !
$45,0OO, 900 in excess Of the appropriation
, made by bills passed nt the last session
The deficiency, sundry civil and river AM
. harbor appropriation bills have been en-
, rolled and sent to the President for ap
5 proval.
> THE following nominations have beel
: confirmed by the Senate: Wendell A. An
derson, of Wisconsin, to be Consul Genera
at Montreal. Joseph f. Johnston, of Viz
ginia. to be Commissioner for the Distrit
I Of Alaska, to reside at Cunalaska. Loui
j Williams, of Missouri, TO be COMMISSIONS
Q of the District of Alaska, TO reside at June
Q City. To be Indian Agents. Gilbert .
Williams, of New York, for the Indians q
Cheyenne and Arapahoe Agency, India
t Territory; Chas. E. Marshney for the In
dams Of the Cheyenne River Agency, Ds
I kota. Lafayette Dawson, Of Missouri,
: be United States Judge for the District (
: Alaska. Jas. B. Hayes, of Wisconsin,
e be Chief Justice OF the Supreme Court {
; Idaho. Chas. NJ. Thomas, Of Kentnck,
: to be Associate Justice Of the SupreM
Court of Dakota. To BIO Receiver Of Pull
lie Moneys Luke A. Burke, Of Dakota, !
t Aberdeen, ID. L.
d THE President has nominated Thoms
: Cooper to be collector OF internal revenu
s for the Eighth District Of Illinois, and Jo
: Holman to be agent for the Indians at Ii
o Omaha and Winnebago reservation in M
braskn.
], The following are the nominations sel
/ to the Senate which remained unacte
!, upon at the close Of the session: Samu'
G.. Glover, receiver Of public moneys I
. Valentine, Neb.; Oliver shannon, receive
0 nt North Platte, Neb.; Thos. Cooper. cc
: lector Of internal revenue for the Eight
: District Of Illinois; Gustayaa Van Hori
: chske, United States attorney To- the Soutl
. ern District of Illinois: 8. +. Burch, rssil
/ tor 81 the Land Once Il Valentine, Neb
! ]. 4. Abls, postnastes Y Anbam. ~;