Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-03-19
Official Report of the Anti-EurODean
Riots in China Senate
Proceedings.
Associated Press Dispatches to the herald

zona, Secretary of Arizona; John. P.
Ward, Oregon, Appraiser OF Mer-
handise in the District of the Will
lamette in Oregon and Washington. j.
n. Tyner, of Indiana, has been selected
Assistant Attorney General for the Post
office Department, The President to-day
nominated William III. Whiteman, of
New Mexico, Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of New Mexico. J. w.
Mason, of West Virginia, has been ap-
pointed Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue.
The Postmaster to-day appointed j.
Lowrie Bell, formerly Traffic Manager OF
the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad,
Superintendent of the Railway Mail Ser
vice, vice Bancroft resigned.
SKETCHES OF NOMINEES.
Mitchell, who is nominated for Com
missioner of Patents, is patent attorney
living in New Britain, Conn. He is
about 40 years of age, and we'll known
throughout New England.
Thomas, of Maine, who is named for
the Swedish mission, gets his old Office
back again, he having been Minister for
the United States to Sweden and Nor
way when Cleveland became President.
While Thomas was Minister a greater
number of Swedes emigrated to this
country than during any other similar
period, and this large emigration is said
to have been directly due to the efforts of
Thomas. Thomas has always been a
Republican, and in the political canvass
resulting in Harrison's election he rem
dered valuable service to the party as a
| Swedish stump speaker.
| James n. Tyner, who to-day was ap-
pointed Assistant Attorney General for
the Postoffice Department, was born in
| 1926, and has been in public life for more
| than thirty years. He was member of
Congress from 1869 to to 1875. President
Grant appointed him Second Assistant
Postmaster General, and upon the resig-
nation of Marshall Jewett, he became
Postmaster General, serving as such un-
til the end OF Grants administration.
In April, 1877, he was appointed First
| Assistant Postmaster General, and held
the Office until 1881, when he resigned.
Smith A. Whitfield, the nominee for
Second Assistant Postmaster General, is
a well-known Ohio Republican about As
years OF age. He was appointed Post
master at Cincinnati.
Abraham d. Hazen, nominated to be
Third Assistant Postmaster General, held
that office for some years prior to the
spring of 1887, when he was superseded
by Harris, who was Democrat. Hazen
is Pennsylvania who, after graduating
from college, entered the Postoffics De-
partment as a clerk. He rose through
the various grades to the place of chief
of the division of stamps and supplies.
Tn, 1877 ho upo tod frl I'D Acc n -
Postmaster General, and in this capacity
he served with ability and efficiency for
ten years. When Cleveland came into
Office Hazen, though Republican, was
retained for two years because of his
knowledge of the business that passed
through his hands. The Third Assist
ant Postmaster General has charge of all
matters relating to the finances of the
postal service, and has the letting of con-
tracts involving the expenditure of large
amounts of money.
]. W. Mason, who was to-day NOM
mated Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue, is q resident of Grafton, w. Va.
He served in the Union army during the
war, and has since devoted himself to the
practice of law. He has been an active
politician for many years. Samuel R.
Taylor, who is nominated as Minister to
the Netherlands, is lawyer of Minne-
apolis. He is AZ years of age, native of
New York State, and graduated from
Columbia College. He went to Minne-
apolis and entered upon the practice of
his profession, where he attained posi-
ton in the front rank. He is highly
esteemed by the people of Minnesota,
and is said to be well qualified for the
duties of the position. Secretary Window
has appointed I. E. Byrens, of st. Paul,
to be Chief of the appointment Division
of the Treasury Department, vice P. E.
Smith resigned. Byrens is the president
OF the Republican League of Minnesota,
and personal friend of Windom's.
THE SAMOAN COMMISSIONERS.
1t is believed at the Department of
State that the Samoan Commissioners
will not be able to start for Berlin bsfore
the middle of April, as the matter with
which they have to deal is rather intri-
cate, and preparation for its considera-
ton involves the exhaustive study of a
large amount of diplomatic correspond
ence, as well as the long protocols of the
former conference.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
WASHINGTON, March 18.-The Senate |
opened with the Vice. President in the
chair. The resolution heretofore pre-.
sented by Gibson for the appointment
of a select committee on relations with
Mexico and Central America was taken
up. Gibson defended himself against
the charge that he wanted the commit
tee appointed in order, as chairman, that
he might go on a junket to Mexico.
After considerable talk, the Gibson
resolution was referred to the Committee
on Commerce, and the Senate proceeded
to executive business. When the doors
were reopened, after very short inter.
val, the Senate proceeded to the consid-
Grafton of the resolution heretofore of.
Tered for the appointment of a select
committee on the relations of the United
States with Cuba and other West India
Islands. The discussion turned on the
question of the competency of the Senate
n calling an executive session to enter
lpon the performance of legislative func.
ions. Sherman said precedents on that
point all turned, not on the power of the
Senate to do 30, but whether it was wise
o enter upon legislative questions at an
session. He thought not.
After further discussion without disposing
# the question, the pending motion being ,
o refer the resolution to the COMMITTEES ,