Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-04-11
THE SENATE ADJOURNs.
Final Disposition of a Number of Presi-
dent Harrison's Nominations.

DispOSlNiOH VI - VI AEOSA-
dent Harrison's Nominations.
WHEN the Senate met at Up. m. ON the 1st
inst. Mr. Teller offered the following resolution:
RESOLVED, That hereafter oil Executive nom-
nations shall be considered in open ses-
was referred to the Committee on
Rules The Senate confirmed the
Governor of Arizona; Charles A. Ashley, to be
Agent at the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Agency,
Indian Territory William w. Junkin of Iowa,
to be Indian Inspector; James f. Kelly, to be
Receiver of Public Moneys ut Bloomington Neb
Louis A. Walker, to DO Secretary OF Montana
Charles r. A. Scobey to be Indian Agent at Fort
be Treasurer Of the United States; Ellis
ii. Roberts OF New York TO be As
sistant Treasurer at New York City; Ed
win II. Terrell OF Texas, to be Minister
to Belgium John Il. Abbott, to be Minister to
the United States of Colombia. Among the
nominations sent to the Senate by President
Harrison were these: William Il. Wharton of
Massachusetts to be Assistant Secretary of
State George II. Shields, OF Missouri, to be
Assistant Attorney General l.. Bradford Prince,
Of Santa Flo. to be Governor Of New Mexico.
THE Senate adjourned sine die on the I'd inst
The proceedings were mainly devoted to n dis
cussion Of Mr.. Sherman's resolution expressing
the profound sorrow Of the Senate Mt the death
of Mr.. John Bright Mr.. sherman suggested
that the resolution should be referred to
the Committee on Foreign Relations, as
that would return to plague the Senate.
Mr. Hoar eulogized Mr.. Bright as q friend of the
United States and induced Mr.. sherman 70
withdraw the motion, but Mr.. Reagan immedi.
ately renewed IL, at the same time calling atten-
tion to the false step taken by the House some
years ago in passing a resolution compliment;
tafy to member OF the German ReichstaS and
having il returned by Prince Bismarck. The
motion was carried. Vice President Morton re-
tired and Mr.. ingalls, WAS elected and sworn in
as Vice President pro tempore The following
nominations were confirmed: George II. Shields,
OF Missouri, TO be Assistant Attorney General !
Drury j; Bnrshett, to be Marshal OF Kentucky
Commissioner Of Patents; Captain George b:
White, to be Chief Of the Bureau of Yards and
New Mexico; William F. Wharton, OF Massa-
chusetts TO be Assistant Secretary OF State
Major Charles G. Byrne, to be Surgeon IN the
army, with the rank OF Lieutenant Colonel !
Captain Curtain Mum, to be Surgeon in the
army, with the rank Of Major; Second Lieu
tenant Charles b. Vogdes, 20 be First Lieu
new for the Northern District Of Georgia
John b. Henderson, of Missouri; Cornelius
N. Bliss, of New York William Pinckney Whyte
Of Maryland Clement studebaker, OF lndian@
T. Jefferson Coolidge of Massachusetts,; Will
lam ii. Trescott, of South Carolina; Andrew
Carnegie, of Pennsylvania; John X. q. Pitkin,
of Louisiana; Morris M. Estee Of California {;
and J. +. Hanson, of Georga-delgatcs to the
Congress of American Nations TO be held in
Washington, November, 1889 me naval
promotions sent to the Senate by the
President were also confirmed. In tho
course OF the session efforts were made
to remove. the Injunction Of secrecy from the
votes on the motions to confirm the NOMINEE
lions OF Whitelaw Reid to be Minister to France,
and OF Murat Halstead to be Minister to Ger
many, but they were unsuccessful. The further
consideration OF the extradition treaty with
Russia postponed until next session OF Con-
gress. The calendar of nominations was al-
most entirely cleared The nominations OF Ed
win /. Kinshead to be United States Marshal for
the Eastern District Of Louisiana and OF Will.
lam H. Whiteman to be IN Associate Justice OF
the United States Court in New Mexico wero
the most prominent Of those that failed OF con-
6rmatiOn.