Morning journal and courier., 1889-12-20
A ROUGH PASSAGE.
The City Of Paris Passes Through Cy
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 NEW YORK, Dee. 19.-The steamer City of Paris arrived from Liverpool, has 322 cabin and 300 steerage passengers. She experienced unusually bad weather during the first part of the passage. On December 15 and 16 she was in hurricane from southwest to west, blowing with cyclonio force. Fortunately passengers seriously injured, except one steerage passenger, who was slightly in- jured.
 Milk Dealers Organize. LrrcIT1ELD, Dec. 19.-Last night the milk and organized section of the Housatonio Milk Producers Association. Twenty milk men joined.
 WASHINGTON NOTES. An Appropriation WilI Be Asked for to Mako Good the Salaries of Com gressmsn Lost in the Silcott De- Talcasion The Senate,s Executive Session.
 WARRINGTON, Dec. 19.-In executive ses- sion this afternoon large amount of routine business was transacted, aboat two huns | dred nominations being confirmed and as
  and placed on the calendar. The con6rma- 1 tion of the following nominations was made l public: Cyrus J. Fry, marshal of South Da- kota; Arthur L. Thomas, governor of U tah; Benjamin H. Thomas, secretary of New Mexico; Elijah Sells, secretary of Utah; Louis H. Tarpley of Oregon, United States | commissioner for Alaska; Robert s. Robert son of Louisiana and Oliver Saunders of Nc. braska, Utah commissioners; Royal A. John ston, surveyor general of Washington. Dur l ing the session Senator AcPhsrson criticised President Harrison in removing the post- master at Jersey City and before voting to confirm the appointee wanted to know for what reason the incumbent had been rs- moved, whereupon Senator Edmunds re. minded him of the fact that he CMcPhersen, l with other senators had voted to repeal the tenure of office act, thereby depriving the Senate of the right to ask the President or head of any department why any removal from office was made
 Mir. McPhsrson, the clerk of the House appointed the two reading clerks of the House to-day. John A. Reeve of Illinois was appointed vice Thomas s. Petit of Kentucky, and A. J. Maxam of Vermont in place oi Charles P. Martin of Kansas, who was made assistant journal clerk. The clerk also ap- pointed James c. Broadwell of Missouri reso lution and petition clerk, John Morris oi Pennsylvania newspaper clerk and William E. McArthur of Oregon assistant file clerk.
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 The special House committee investigat. ing the Silcott dedication has at last agreed upon a report by the terms of which an ap. propriation will be asked to make good thu losses sustained by the members of ths House. The committee added another clause providing for the passage of an appropria. tion of so much money as might be neces' sary to make good the deficiencies in salaries after the distribution over the funds or hand. It was estimated that about $76, ,00( . would cover this deficiency. A separate bil 1 will also be reported making the sergeant-at , arms disbursing officer, and including tht other provisions of Representative Payne' bill.
 Five of the members of the committe including the chairman held that the ser geant-at-arms was public officer and tha Individual members were justified by thu usuage and official recognition extendinl over many years in so regarding him, an6 ? should be borne by the public treasury ant 1 not by members of Congress who have no received the compensation to which they al entitled by law. The committee als , 1 holding that the government would not b | justified in taking the special deposits lief r with the sergeant-at arms for the purpose o 8 applying 1t toward the payment of salarie due by the government; and, therefore, tha such personal funds should be restore to the private owners. By the proposed pr rata arrangements those who have regularl drawn their salaries up to November woul n have the advantage of sharing in the amount n but other members had left undrawn whic i. the majority of the committee regard as in
 defensible.