Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-01-09
NO MiNATi0NS ALL IN.
The Cases of Two Thousand 7noTen-
sive Partisans Now Pending Before

The Cases of Two Thousand 1nofYen-
sive Partisans Now Pending Before
the Senate.
Washington, Jan. 5-The president
has now sent to the senate the nomina-
tlons OF all the men whom he appointed
since the adjournment of the special ses-
sion of that body last month. None
haye been withheld. In response 10 his
invitation to senators to state to him
their objections to the men he appointed
during the recess, four republicans have
called at the white house, Messrs. Haw-
ley, Frye, Conger and Cullom. Hawley
objected to collector of internal reve-
nue. named Troup, in his state. Frye
objected to Pillsbury and Chase of his
state. Conger to Powers, who was ap-
pointed judge in Utah, and CuIlom to
the postmaster at Streator, Ill. Their
argument and the objections they
offered did not seem to have any weight
at the white house, as in each case the
nominations have been made. It is
understood that the president takes the
ground that he has had no means and
no time to make a proper investigation
of the charges, and that it would have
been an injustice to the ap-
polntees, all of whom are now in Office,
to withhold their names, particularly as
the senate shares with him the re-
sponslbility of the appointing power,
and the senators upon whose recommen-
dations they were selected should be
afforded full opportunity to appear as
attorneys for the defense. He has, there
fore, shifted the responsibility upon the
senate, and only asks the confirmation
of those whose fitness for the duties with
which they have been intrusted shall be
demonstrated. He has told several SEN
ators that he had no doubt there are
men in the list who ought not to be con-
tirmed, and any information he has in
hls possession or exists in the several
departments regarding their qualifca-
tions is at the service of the senate.
There are now some 1000 nomina-
tlons pending before that body, all of
which haye been referred to the ap-
propriate committees. This number
does not include the army and navy
promotions, which are thousand or SO
! more, and are simply considered pro
| forEla, except in few unusual cases
where promotions have not been made
|
| been assigned to lineaI duty, in the sev-
eral bureaus of the navy department.
! There is only ope of these nominations
that will be objected to, that of Commo-
| dore Walker, who has been chief of the
| bureau of navigation, and against whom
ex-Secretary Chandler recently pub
Service Magazine.
| Rafo ha
about 700 nominations, or about one.
third of the whole. The Judiciary com
mIttee has about 200 judges, district at
torneys, United States marshals, etc
The finance committee has the collec
tors of internal revenue, and the com
nerce committee has about 800 custom
officers, consuls and others under the
; treasury. These committees are diyid
ed into subcommittee of each one, tx
whom the nominations are referred b,
states. In the postoffice committee, TO
example, Mr.. Chase las the New Eng
OF OHIO, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota
Sawyer has Illinois, Wisconsin, Mis
New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ney
oeieoy. aho uai iaHo, nlr. BilSoD,
Iowa, has Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Col
+ orado, California, and the democrati,
9 senators have the southern states.
There will be sufficient delay in actin
on these nominations to permit thos
8 who have objections to be heard from
: and the documents pro and con will b
, referred to the subcommittee havini
1 the nominations in charge. So far onl
J, about two per cent Of the nomination
! have boen objected to, and only in
s small minority of these cases are th
: charges at all serious. Then there wi
!. be meetings of the full committees, 8
u which the sub committees will first r.
L port all nominations against which oil
iections have not been offered, and thef
~ will be submitted TO the senate for a