Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-17
They GET THERE.
The Nomination of Lamar is Con-
frmsd by the Senate in EY-
ecutiYe Session.
Brsgg's appointment So Minister to
Mexico was Likewise Confirmed.
Other Conflrmstions.
Chief Clerk Higgins Throws Up His posi
uon-Went an Increased Rivers and
hsTbors appropriation.

LsMAR's NOMINATION CONFIRMED.
The Senate went iuto executive session
a. / O'Clock this afternoon and three
quarters OF an hour later took up the
nomination of MIR Lamar. Us considera-
ton lasted till O'Clock, st which time
the nomination WAS confirmed, vote % to
%. Senators Rtddleberger, Stanford and
Stewart voted with the Democrats, all
'the other Republicans voted against
Mr.. L1msr, and all Democrats
were in his favor. Discussion
WAS almost enterely confined to the Re
publican side. The principal speakers
were Eustis, Eiuunds, Evarts, Cullom,
Sherman, Allison, Hoar, Hswley, Ingalls,,
Wilson Of lows, and Rlddleoerger, the
lastnamed making two speeches. The
line Of opposition covered the official and
political record of the nominee, as well
as his age, business habits and Qualiics-
tions. 1t is understood no speeches
we're made by Democratic Senators. The
voting began st 3 O'Clock, but WAS inter
rup.ed, and nearly an hours argument
ensued before roll call was finished.
Villas AND DICKINSON CONFIRMED.
The nominations of Messrs. Villas and
Dickinson were then taken up and con-
hrmed without debate and it WAS ordered
that the President be notified Of the three
combinations.
The following is understood to be the
vote In secret session on the cor tirmation
Of Mr.. Lamar:
Ayes-Bste, Beck, Berry, Blodgett,
Brown, Butler, Call, Cockrell, Coke, Col
quit, Daniel, Faulkner, George, German,
Gray, Hampton, Harris, Jones Of Ar
kansas. MCPHERSON, Morgan, Pugh, R9a-
gan, Rtddleoerger, SALISBURY, Stanford,
Stewart, TurDle, Vance, Vest, Voorhees,,
WalthslI and Wilson; thirtY-two.
Those voting in the negative were
Aldrlcb, Allison, Blair, Bowen, Cameron,
Chace, Cullom, Davis, Dawes, DoIDh,
Edmunds, Egarts, Fafwell, Frye. H.le,
Hawley, Hiscock, Hoar, IGgslls. Mitchell,
Paddock, Palmer, Pi.tt, Plum, Qusy,
SaeFmsD, Saooner, stockbridge-2s.
Those paired in the affirmative were
Blackburn, Eustis, Gibson, Hearst, Ken
ns, PaSco, Payne, Ransom. Those paired
in the negative were: Chandler, Jones
(Nevads), Henderson, Morrill,, Sabine,
Sawyer, Teller and Wilson Now.).
Representative Hovey of Indiana to-day
introduced bill in the House to pay TO
soldiers Of the late war . sum equal to
10 per cent. Of the amount of their orig
inal pay, IN order to make good the diff
ference between the value of greenbscks
in which they were paid and gold coin In
which the greenbacks were eventually re
deemed.
A NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION.
The board of directors OF the Bar Asso-
citation of the District of Columbia have
issued circular 70 the bar associations
of the country suggesting this city as the
place and Tuesday, May %, as the time
for holding national convention of law
yers. The object is to form q national
legal body for the advancement and pro-
motion OF the science of law In this coun-
try.
THREW Up HIS JOB.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-Mr. Eugene
Higgins severed his connection with the
Treasury Department to-day, .ud turned
over the office of chief Of the appointment
division to his successor, Percy C. Smith,
formerly disbursing clerk of the Post
Office Department.
URGING THE APPROPRIATION,
Special the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Jan. ia number OF
prominent business men from the Mis-
slssippi valley are here urging 8 plan of
immediate action In the river and hsrbors
committee with regard to this years ap-
preparations. They represent that unless
good round sum is available before the
spring foods come, great damsge will re-
suit 10 their section to the works OF the
government, left for nearly eighteen
months now without protection. They
ask that the committee take
the bill Of last year, which WAS
carefully prepared but failed to receive
the Presidents signature, and frame bill
on that, increased to answer the present
occasion. The amount of tina. bill WAS
So, 200, 900. L. is proposed to make the
new bill nearly s20,000,0 900. The COM
mittee will hear arguments on the point
tomorrow. A bill prepared after the
fashion and based on the last reports OF
the engineers cannot be put through Con-
gress before July il ct all.
ORDERED TO DUTY.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Jan. lG.-Eirst Lieu
tenant EGgene Cushman, sixteenth in
fantry, has been ordered to duty at Fort
Davis, Tex.
DIsCRIMIgATIoS IN RATES.
WASHINGTON, Jsu. 16 Argument In
the case Of George Rice, petroleum dealer
OF Marietta, OHIO, against the Louisville
and Nashville and other western and
southwestern railroads for fsvoring the
Standard OIL Company in oil rates began
before the inter commerce commits
aion to-day. Hearing in this case at
tracted considerable attention q few
weeks ago. J. Randolph Tucker, Viz
einiA; Judge Loomis, Ohio; Franklin B.
Gowen, formerly president OF the Reading
Rsilro.d, and A. P. Follett, appear IS
counsel for Mr.. Rice. Mr.. Follett made
the opening argument to-day for Mr..
Rice, and occupied most OF the day In re-
viewing the testimony and In presenting
q general statement of Mr.. Rice's grieV-
ances growing out of discrimination
against him In the matter of oil rates.
TEXAS PENSIONS.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, jan. 1S.-The following
Texas pensions were issued to day :
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