The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-02-12
THOMAS, J. ANDERSON
Appointed as an Associate
Justice for Utah.
CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAMME
Unfnf.hed Business-The Panama
RssoIution-The Electoral Vote
to be Counted on Wednesday,

WASHINGTON, February 1.-THE
President, to-day, sent the following
nominations to the Senate: Norman ].
OoIman, of Missouri, to be secretary of
agriculture; Adlai E. Stevenson, of Il
iinois, to be Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of the District of
COLUMBIA; Lieutentant-Colop Viii
liam A. Rucker to be assistant paymas-
ter-general. with the rank of colonel
major; Charles NJ. Terrill, deputy pay
master general, with the rank OF
tieutenant-colonel; E. P. johnson, OF
Utah Judge of probate for Box Elder
County; Joseph D. Jones, of Utah.
judge of probate for Utah County !;
l. omas j. Anderson, of Iowa, to be
associate Justice of the Supreme Court
Of Utah. AE@
The Senate will begin this week with
the consideration of the naval hlll, aud
will probably dispose of it with little
delay.
The report of the committee on priv
ileges and elections. in respect to the
alleged outrages in Texas at the Nov.
ember election of 1886, will be called up
tor discussion tomorrow. in accord
ance with the programme. but it will
not be allowed to interfere with the
appropriation bill.
On Thursday, Allison expects to pre-
sent the sundrY civil bill 10 the Senate.
and In view of the large number of
amendments to be reported, will ask its
immediate consideration, in order to
get it back to the House at the earliest
practicable moment.
THE HOUSE PROGRAMME.
The ouse, go far as the programme
for the coming week is at present made
up, includes possible action upon such
interesting matter as the report of the
conferees on the Territorial bill. Ed
muuds' Panama resolution, which will
involve a discussion of doctrine. and
the report of Ford's committee on i'm
migration, which will afford an oppor-
tunity for the presentation of the evils
of the contract labor system. The
postofhce appropriation bill. now
pending. will be disposed of
early in the week, leaving only
the Indian and deficiency appropriation
bills to be acted upon as original by the
House. with the exception of the mill
tary academy bill. Not one OF the
regular appropriation bills has yet been
sent to the Pre- ident for his signature.
Notwithsta nding this fact. their oondi-
ton is generally favorable, as compared
With the progress made at this date in
the short sessions, and the work is par
tcularly we'll advanced in the House.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
The Pacific funding bill is on the
calendar as unfinished business. and is
like ly to be taken up at any time for
reconsideration, on MitcheiPs motion
20 recommit. with instructions.
In view of the acceptance by Secre
tsry Bayard, of Prince Bismarck s Invi-
alton to resume the Samoan confer
ence, it is probable that the foreign
Citations committee Will not
report on Senator Salisbury's resolu-
~ requesting an expression of
opinion upon the policy that should be
pursued by government to satisfy the
trea;y OF the United States.
I Wednesday will be devoted to count
ing the electoral vote for President
and Vice President of the United
stees.
Several bills are in conference, and
repnrts upon these are of the highest
privilege. Several of them will, doubt
less, be presented during the week,
he most important being that
upon the adm'ss of the Territories.
An animation is made that the Repub-
hcans will not long insist upon the
present statute, and that an agreement
will be reached by which the admission
of South Dakota, at least, will be pro-
vided to- in a manner satisfactory to
the residents. .f.
APPROPRIATIONS.
Senator Stanford, to-day, proposed
an amendment to the army appropria-
ton bill, authorizing the Secretary of
Mar to purchase four fifteen Incn
pneumatic guns. with the necessary ap-
paratus tor firing and carriage. to be
located in San Francisco harbor. The
bill is accompanied by letter from
Secretary Endicott, appro owing the
same; also an amendment to
the sundry appropriation bill. recon-
mending an appropriation of $500. 900
for the National Cemetery on the reser-
walton of Preside, San Francisco, for
improving roadways, etc.; he also in
troGuced a bill appropriating $35 600 to
pay James ]. Shirley, of Idaho. and
| the ate of the late Francis belong,
Of California, the amount found to be
due them on al old mail contract.
By Curtis-A bill appropriating
| S. 600 to establish a lighthouse at the
entrance to San Pedro Harbor, Califor-
| MIA. The Secretary of War to day
transmitted to the House the state
| ments of the chief signal officer of the
army, setting fortksthe very unsa tisfsc-
tory condition of the signal corps and
the lnefficiency of the present lieuten-
ants of that corps. General Greedy
urges the passage of a reorganization
oil for the Improvement of the serYive
generally. --'--