The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-03-13
THE CHOSEN FEW.
President Harrison Makes Some
Nominations, Including Several
For the Territories.
Dakota Gets a Governor. Washington
sJustice and Montana a Marshal
and Collector OF Customs.
couilrmstions of Resent ApPoiutees- -Bio-
graphical Sketches OF the Lucky Ones
Senate Standing Committees

WASHINGTON, March l2.-The president
sent the following nominations to the SEN
ate: Arthur G. Milotte, Watertown, Dak.,
to be governor OF Dakota; Luther b. Rich
ardson, OF Grand Forks. Oak, to be secre-
tary OF Dakota; Cornelius IA. landlord. of
Washington Territory, TO be chief justice
of the supreme court OF the territory OF
Washington; George w. Irvine, OF Mon
tana, to be United States Marshal for Mon
tAna; Shirley IL. Chambers, OF Indiana, to
be United States attorney for Indiana;
George s. Bstchellor, OF New York, TO be
assistant secretary Of the treasury; Albert
q. Porter, of Indiana, 10 be minister 10
Italy; John A. 0nander. OF Illinois, to be
consul general to Denmark; Jeremiah Sui
liyan, Of Fort Benton, NJ. T., to be collec-
tor OF customs at Fort Benton.
At 1918 Platt obtained unanimous con-
sent 10 have suspended so much Of the
rules as require standing committees TO be
elected by ballot, and as require the cleo
tion OF n committee on expenditures OF
public monies, that committee TO be repre-
sented by one for the organization, conduct
and expenditures Of the executive depart
ments. Platt then offered resolution,
which was agreed 10, for the election of
standing committees as submitted by him.
The leading committees are as follows:
Agriculture and Forestry-Paddock, Blair,
Plumb, Higgins, Mcmillan, George, Glib.
son. Jones Of Arkansas, and Bates. APP
preparations . Allison, Dawes, Plumb,
Hale, FArwell, Beck, Cockrell. Call, Cor
man. Civil Service and Retrenchment-
Chace, Dawes, Henderson, Stanford,
Washburne, Walthall, Wilson OF Maryland,
Berry and Brown. Coast Defenses-D0lph,
Cameron, Hawley, Hiscock. McPherson,
Hampton and Regan. FInance-Morrill,
sherman, Jones, OF Nevada; Allison, Aid
rich, Hiscock, Voorhees,, Beck, Mcpherson,
Dawes, stanford, Hampton and BIodeett
Foreign relAtions-Sherman, Edmunds,
Frye. EvArts, Dolph, Morgan, Brown,
Payne and Eustis. Interstate commerce.
Cullom, Plat, blair. Wilson, OF Iowa,
Hlscock, Harris, German, Re.
gan and and Barbour Barbour. Military
Stewart, Dayis, Cockreli, Hampton, Walt
art, Jones, OF Nevada, Mitchell, Teller.
Bates, Faulkner and Hearst. Naval affairs
Cameron, Hale. Stanford, Stockbridge,
Marston, Mcpherson, Butler, Blackburn
| and Gray. Privileges aud elections-Hoar,
Frye, Teller, Evarts, Spooner, Vance,
IugD, quay hnu Iurpit- IefrltOfles-
Plat, Cuilom, Henderson. Stewart, Davis,
Butler, Payne. Jones, OF Arkansas, Black
burn. Irrigation and reclamation OF arid
lands-Stewart, Allison, Plumb, Hiscock,
GormAn, Reagan and Jones, OF Arkansas.
Public lands.-Plumb, Rlsjr. p2lnn rs,,, re-
Passn~. ~ ~HnsiifcSsds-M Mitchell, sawyer,
Hawley, stockbridge, Wolcott, Marston,
| Brown, Kenna, Blackburn and Berry.
The following are western members OF
| the committees named: Claims, Mitchell
and W0lcott; contingent expenses, Jones;
commerce, Jones and Dolpb; education
and labor, stanford and Stewart; Indian
affairs, Wolcott and Hearst; private land
claims, Stewart and Wolcott, public build
ings aud grounds, Stanford.
| The senate this afternoon confirmed the
following nominations. Thomas w.
Palmer. OF Michigan, 10 be minister u
spain; John Y. Swift, OF California. 10 be
minister TO Japan; John Il. Washburn, OF
Massachusetts, 10 be consul general 10 Switx
erland; Geo. U. Ticheno. OF Illinois. TO be-
assistant secretary Of the treasury.
The nominations sent In to-day were re
ferred 10 the appropriate committees ant
the senate adjourned.