The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-04-10
THE SENATE ADJOURNs.
Final Disposition of IA Number or Prcsi-
dent Harrison's Nominations.


WHEN the senate met at p. IN. on the lst
inst Mr. Teller offered the following resolution:
-Resolrei, That, hereafter all Executive NOM
inations shall be considered in open ses-
sion OF tho Senate" The resolution
was referred TO the Committee on
Rules Tho Senate confirmed the
following nominations: Louis Wolney 20 loo
Governor OF Arizona; Charles A. Ashley, 20 be
Agent at the Cheyenne and Arapehoe Agency,
Indian Territory; William w. Junkin of Iowa,
Receiver of Public Moneys at Bloomington Neb !;
Louis A. Walker, 10 be Secretary OF Montana
Charles II. A. Scobey, to be Indian Agent ~ Fort
Peck, Montana; James ~ Huston OF Indiana. TO
be Treasurer of the United States; Ellis
H. Roberts Of New York, 10 be AS
sistant Treasurer at New York City Ed
10 Belgium John T. Abbott to be Minister 10
the United States of Colombia. Among the
nominations sent TO the Senate by President
Harrison were these: William +. Wharton, OF
Massachusetts,, to be Assistant Secretary OF
State; George H.. Shields, Of Missouri, 10 be
Assistant Attorney General l.. Bradford Prince,
OF Santa Fe. TO be Governor Of New Mexico.
THE Senate adjourned sine die on the I'd inst.
Tho proceedings mainly devoted TO n dis
cussion Of Mr. Shermans resolution expressing
the profound sorrow OF the Senate at the death
of Mr.. John Bright. Mr. sherman suggested
that the resolution should be referred TO
the Committee on Foreign Relations, as
its adoption might establish n precedent
that would return TO plague the Senate.
Mr. Hoar eulogized Mr.. Bright friend Of the
United States and induced Mr.. Sherman 10
withdraw the motion, but Mr.. Reagan immedi.
ately renewed IL, at the same time calling atten-
ton 10 the false step taken by the House some
years ago in passing resolution eomplimen;
tary 10 a member OF the German Reichstag and
having IL returned by Prince Bismarck. The
motion was carried Vice President Morton re-
tired and Mr.. ingalls, elected and sworn in
Vice President pro tempore. The following
nominations were confirmed: George III. Shields,
OF Missouri, 10 be Assistant Attorney General (;
Drury j. Burshett, 10 be Marshal OF Kentucky /;
Robert J. Fisher, OF Illinois, to be Assistant
Commissioner Of Patents; Captain George Is.
White, to be Chief OF the Bureau OF Yards and
Docks l.. Bradford Prince 10 he Governor OF
New Mexico William Il. Wharton, OF Aiassa-
chusetts, To be Assistant Secretary OF State;
Major Charles c. Byrne TO be Surgeon In the
army. with the rank OF Lieutenant Colonel !;
Captain Curtain Mum, TO be Surgeon In the
army. with the rank OF Major; Second Lieu
tenant Charles II. Vosdes, 10 be First Lieu
ney for the Northern District of Georgia;
John b. Henderson, OF Missouri; Cornelius
n Bliss, OF New York William Pinclney Whyte,
OF Maryland; Clement Studebaker Of Indiana;
Il. jefferson Coolidge, OF Massachusetts Will
lam II. Prescott. of South Carolina; Andrew
Carnegie, of Pennsylvania; John X. g. Fitkin,
OF Louisiana; Morris NJ. Estee, OF California;
and j. +. Hanson. OF Georgia delegates TO the
Congress of American Nations to be held IN
Washington, November, 1889. The naval
promotions sent TO the Senate by the
President were also confirmed. In the
course of the session efforts were made
10 remove the lniuuCllOn OI secrecy from
votes on the motions TO confirm the nonlina-
tiOns OF Whitelaw Reid 10 be Minister TO France,
aud Of Murat Halstead 10 be Minister To Ger
many, but they were unsuccessful The further
consideration of the extraditon treaty with
Russia postponed until next session OF Con-
gress. The calendar OF nominations was III
most entirely cleared. The nominations OF Ed
win L. Kinshead To be United States Marshal for
the Eastern District of ouisiana. and of Will
lam H. Whitemau 10 be an Associate Justice OF
the United States Court in New Mexico were
the most prominent of those that failel OF con-
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