Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-04-03
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Final Batch of NOmina-
tiOns Sent in.
TELLER AND HIS RESOLUTION.
Opposition to Acknowledging John
Bright's Friendship For
This Country.

WASHINGTON, April 2.-The President
had busy day. Members of the Ly-
decker court-martial were presented in a
body. Among other callers were Sena-
tors Jones, of Nevada. Stewart and
Mitchell. The Cabinet met II 80 and
was in session two hours.
FINAL BATCH OF NOMINATIONS.
The President sent the following nomi-
nations to the Senate to-day: Robert j..
Fisher, of Chicago, Assistant Commits
sioner of Patents, vice Robert B. Vance,
resigned. In the navy, Commander Bart
lett J.. Cromwell, Captain; Lieutenant
Commander George r. Durand, Com
mander; Lieutenant Morris L. Wood,
junior grade, to be Lieutenant; Ensign
James H. Glennon to be Lieutenant, ju-
nior grade; Commander John W. Phil
lips. Captain; Lieutenant Commander
Francis M. Barber, Commander; Lieu
tenant David Daniels, junior grade, to be
Lieutenant; Ensign Harry S. Knapp,
Lieutenant, junior grade; Passed Assist
ant Paymaster Josiah r. Stanton, Pay
master; Assistant Paymaster Thomas j.
Cou e, to be Passed Assistant Paymas-
ter Second Lieutenant Harry X. White,
Marine Corps, to be First Lieutenant.
NOMINEES CONFIRMED.
The Senate in executive session con-
firmed all the nominations of delegates
to the South American conference also
the nominations of William F. Warton
as Assistant Secretary of State, and l..
Bradford Prince, Governor of New Mex
leo; George H. Shields. Missouri, As
sistant Attorney General; Robert j.
Fisher, Illinois, Assistant Commissioner
of Patents; John FL. Henderson, of New
York, Cornelius n Bliss, of New York,
William Pinkney White, of Maryland,
Clement Studebaker, of Indiana, T. JEFF
ferson Coolidge, Massachusetts, Wn. FL
Trescott, of South Carolina, Andrew Car
negie, of Pennsylvania, John r. G. Pit
kin, L. A. Morris, M. NJ. Estee, OF Cali
fornia, ayd j. F. Hanson, of Georgia,
Delegate to the Congress of American
Nations, to be held in Washington,
November, 1889. The naval promotions
sent to the Senate to-day by the Presi-
dent were also confirmed. In executive
session to-day there was continued OBJ
lection to the personnel of the dele
CATION to the Congress of American
Republics, but it availed nothing. SEN
ator Beck characterized the Democratic
members as Mugwumps who were not
recognized as belonging to the party, and
he didn't think it fair to have them pose
before the country as the representatives
of the Democratic party. However, they
were all confirmed. A motion was made |
to reconsider the vote by which the NOM
ination of Andrew Carnegie was con-
firmed, but only six or eight Senators
voted for it. In the course of the session |
efforts were made to remove the injunc- |
ton of secrecy from the votes on the mo-
tions to confirm the nominations OF |
Whitelaw Reid to be Minister to France |
and Murat Halstead to be Minister to |
Germany, but they were unsuccessful. |
The calendar Of nominations was almost |
entirely cleared. The nominations of |
Kinsheadt to be United States Marshal |
for the eastern district of Louisiana and !
of Whiteman to be Associate Justice OF |
the United States Court in New Mexico. !
were the most nrominent of those thai |
tailed Of confirmation,
ONE OF THE NOMINEES.
WASHINGTON, April a. Robert J. |
Fisher, who was to-day nominated to be
Assistant Commissioner of Patents, was
born at York, Pa, and is Al years of age.
In 1869, Fisher began the practice of law
in Chicago, in which he continued until
his appointment as Fourth Assistant Ex-
amiuer in the Patent Office in 1875.
Since that time he has passed through !
every grade of the service by successive
including that of Examiner
in-Chief and member OF the Board of
Appeals, which position he now holds.
TELLER's OPEN SESSION RESOLUTION.
Senator Teller's proposition to abolish
secret sessions of the Senate for the con-
sideration of Presidential nominations,
while not the direct outgrowth of the re-
ports published of the debate on the
of Murat Halstead, was sug-
gested by them. The proposition of Tel
Ter differs from that made by Platt at the
opening of the Fiftieth Congress in that
it proposed that only nominations shall
be considered with open doors, while
Platt's resolution proposed to abolish
executive sessions for any and all par-
DOSES, except when, by specific motion,
it might be agreed that the doors should
be closed. The Republican Senators say
there would have been favorable action
taken on the Platt resolution had it not
been for the eccentric work OF Riddle
berger, which was incompatible with the
interests of the proposition. Teller was
asked by an Associated Press reporter
to-day as to the outlook for his resolu-
ton. He said there was no doubt in his
mind it would be adopted. As far as he
can see there is very little objection now
to the consideration of Presidential NOM
ination in open session. He is confident
the masses of the people are in favor oi
it, and equally confident, in view, OF the
publications during the past week, that
the majority of the Senators will vote
for it.
DOING HONOR TO JOHN BRIGHT.
The Vice-President laid before the
Senate Stewards resolution, expressing
profound sorrow of the Senate at the
death of John Bright. Sherman sug
gested the resolution had better be re-
ferred to the Committee on Foreign Re
latiops, as it's adoption might establish
precedent that would return to plague
the Senate. Hawley remarked that nc
such occasion was likely to rise again
If the United States ever had friend il
time of need, that friend was Johr
Bright. Hoar thought in this particular
case the Senate was safe, as it was moi
at all likely state of things would AGAR
arise that would establish between the
United States and citizen of a foreign