Wichita eagle., 1889-12-24
PENDING NOMINATIONS.
Some Important Ones Out Of Sixteen Hun
dred Sent to the Senate.

| WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-In the three
weeks ended last Saturday President Har-
rison sent to the senate ,429 messages
containing the nominations including
army and navy appointments, of abont
| 1,6O0 pensions. When the senate adj
] journed Saturday afternoon there had
| been made public the confirmation of
about ], 900 of these nominations, the great
| majority of them postmasters. The judi
ciary committee is noted for the deliberate
manner in which it considers matters re-
| ferred to it, so it is not surprising
that only small proportion of
| the nominations of judges and officers of
the United States courts all over the coun-
try have been confirmed. The nominations
of 0. w. Chapman to be solicitor general,
of AlphOnZo Hart to be solicitor of internal
revenue and of W. P. Hepburn, to be solic-
itor of the treasury, are still undisposed
OF. In fact so far as nominations referred
to the judiciary committee are concerned,
combinations are the exception. OF the
diplomatic nominations the following
have not been confirmed: George Nancy,
minister to Paraguay and Uruguay; J. G.
Pitkin, minister to the Argentine republic;
Clark E. Carr, minister to Denmark.
Among the consular nominations that
have not been acted upon by the
senate are those of Eugene
Schuyler rs consul general at Cairo,
Egypt, and William B. Serseby, of Miss
issippi. to be consul-general in Ecuador.
In the customs service nominations re-
naming undisposed of are those of Amor
Smith, Jr., to be surveyor at Cincinnati,
and of Phillip NJ. Hildebrand, to be sur
yeyor at Indianapolis; Robert Smalls, this
colored ex-congressman from South Caro-
lima, nominated to be collector of customs,
is also unconfirmed.
Other important nominations that went
over until after the recess are those of
Messrs. Roosevelt and Thompson, civil
service commissioners, Taylor. railroad
commissioner, Holiday. commissioner of
customs, Bates, commissioner of naviga-
ton, Morgan, commissioner of Indian af-
fairs. and Dorchester, superintendent of
Indian schools.
WESTERN MATTERS AT THE CAPITAL
WASHINGTON. Dec. 23.-Five fourth
class postmasters were appointed for Kan
sas as follows: Paramount, Leavenworth
county, J. II. Stout, vice J. Larkin, re-
moved; Hooser, Cowley county, Mrs. NJ.
E. Corder, vice Maggie Hooser, resigned;
Marmaton, Bourbon county, j. r. Ball,
vice S. G. Murkell, resigned: Sugar Loaf,
Rocks county, j. w. Baldwin, vice L. H.
Parks, resigned: Zurick, Rocks county,
j. E. Pearson. vice j. N. Lagards, re-
signed.
Pensions granted to Kansans-Original |
invalid: Isaac n. Proctor. Irving; Orrin |
J. Beebe, Milan; Aaron n. Saulter, Sterl-
ing; G. w. Freelove, Mcpherson; Samuel |
c. Wyatt, Wamego. Increase: William |
S. Sorrell. Winning; William c. Summers,
Chase; Zenas B. Kidker, Hayes |
City; Joseph Fl. Harris, Lebo;
d. George Freeman, Caldwell; |
James II. Howard, Cherryvale; George w.
Hill, national military home; William
Henderson, Chanute; B. F. Strong, Jeffer
son; Joseph Harris, Leavanworth; Samuel |
Miner. Emporia; Samuel Z. McHenry.
Canton; William w. Littrel, Huntsville;
William FL. Castator. Wichita; Henry l..
Havensvilie; Charles Gordon,
John l.. Bruce, Cedar juno
ton: John Keller Connors; Royal H.
Fucker, Hutchinson; Dennis N. Carroll,
national soidiets' home; William H. jeff,
A. Jackson Jennings, Endora;
James Matthiesse, Opie; William A. Webb.
dooser. Reissue and increase: Preston
Maddox. Rock. Original widows. ETC.:
Elizabeth r., widow of Samuel Lamb,
Ialena.