Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-03-29
FROM THE CAPITAL.
ANOTHER TALE OF IMPORTANT NOM
NATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE.
Robert T. Lincoln of Illinoist to Go to st.
James's-Murat HaIstead for Germany
- senate Discusses Many Questions
and Confirms ManyNominations.


extraordinary and minister plenipotcntiary
to Great Britain.
Murat Halstead. Ohio, to be envoy extra
ordinary and minister plenipotentiary to
Germany.
Allen Thorndike Rice, New York, to be
envoy extraordinary and minister plenlpo-
tentiary to Russia.
George b. Loring, Massachusetts, minis
ter resident and consul general at Portugal.
Patrick Egan, Nebraska, to be envoy ex-
traordnary and minister plenipotentiary to
Chill.
Thomas RYAN, Kansas to be envoy ex-
traordinary and minister plenipotentiary to
Mexico.
John Hicks, Wisconsin, to be envoy ex-
traordinary and minister plenipotentiary to
Peru.
Marion Erwin, Georgia, United States at
torney III southern district of Georgia
Tyre Glenn, North Carolina. to be United
States marshal for western district of North
Carolina.
James o. Churchill, Missouri, to be sur
veyor of customs at st. Louis.
Intcrior-Francis Warren, Wyoming, to
be governor of Wyoming Territory; Benja
min F. White Dillon, Montana, to be COVER
nor of Montana; Lee Moorehouse, Oregon,
to be agent for Indians Umatilla agency,
OREGON; and Robert V. Belt, Maryland, to
be assistant commissioner of Indian affairs
Justice-Oscar Speman, Arkansas, to be
United States marshal in eastern district of
Arkansas, and Charles c. Walt rs, Arkan-
sas, to be United States attorney in eastern
district of Arkansas.
The Senate i'll executive session this after
noon confirmed the following nominations:
Zachariah Walrong as United States attor-
ney in Indian Territory; Thomas B. Needles
TTDitn1 to+ marshal in Indian Tprri-
tory; James NJ. Shaclleford as judge Of the
United States Court in Indian Territory;
James Tanner commissioner of pen
sions: jeremiah Sullivan col
lector of customs in Montana and
Washington. James Wakefield as collector
of customs at Bath, Me Seligman Bro. 5
were confirmed special fiscal agents of navy
department London; George w. Mcbride,
collector of customs in Michigan; Charles j.
Edwards, collector of customs in Minnesota,
and Charles NJ. Bradshaw, collector at
Puget Sound, W. T.
The postmaster general appointed the fol-
lowing, among others; fourth class post
mastors; |. w. Brown, Evansville, VT,
r. b. Smith, Greensboro Bend, Vt, and h.
Is. Williams, West Corinth, Vt.
The postmaster general to-day also ap-
pointed the following named division super
intcndcnts of railway mail service: W. II.
Bigelow LIST division, Boston, Mass, vice
George L. Dame resigned: r. c. jackson,
2d division, New York city, vice W. F.
Doolittle RESIGNED. c. w. Nicory. 30 divis-
ion WasbinGton vice Fupene Carrinrto ON
RESIGNED: l.. NJ. Terrell. .lth division. Attain
IA Ga vice r. NJ Turner RESIGNED: Georgc
w Peuner 9Th division. Cleveland. Ohio.
vice f r Dodpe RESIGNED With the cx-
ccptiOn of &, ID. Pepper all these appointees
were displaced du1inC, the last administra-
tion
In session of Senate to-day the resolution
previously offered by Butler declaring that the
tenure of the president pro te,npore. does
uot expire at the first meeting of Congress
after recess but is held at the pleasure of
the senate was taken up. George of Mis-
sissippi ARMED that a president pro tenn.
could he chosen only for the time during
which necessity might exist that WIS dur
ING the absence of the vice-nresidant. The
vice-Drcsident was apDointpd NOT bv the
Senate but bv the peonlc and no arrange
rnent should he made that would tend TO
show tbe presence of yicc-president +, he
NOT material Turpie of Indiana took the
onnosite view aroIiinp that the words of
the constitution indicated term of service
for the president pro tenn. The words We're;
IN tne absence OIL tle wee iresiuenI' l.. /.
"o'lu pe houicetl tlaV lio MoIu IA"sehce
was "ll'lel IN 'no qonS'!1u'ion % WIN capi,
Ial - lilolea'lhs LiluV 'Ae "oi" ilGiu''eu .
every occasion Vi aosehco oL pi es''l,i,'
ne PIeo''tiiU Plo 'eili liei'' nv oii''e suo.
Jeet 10 tno ieas0ie 'Io '2tlitpue s',
Wllch Ini9iIt cliooso ne" SupS1l'ulo ipi
vice presluehI, puI "o'llu oIoo'o e.'cu s.o
stltute lor al absences Oh wee, ,l'rFSiuell =,
Iteagah Cl leA2s roil'ioeu IIli I WIN l.l 'ie
ton which he thought would cover al
points; "Resolved, that it is competent tC
Senate to elect a president pro TEN. who
shall hold Office during the pleasure of thu
Senate and, until another is elected shal
execute the duties thereof whenever
the vice-president is absent" AT
ter considerable and lively discussion
during which Dawes of Massachusetts ar
gued against Evarts's resolution as at vari