Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-12-20
WASHINGTON NOTES.
CONSUL Lewis Recalled-The SilcOl
Affair and Other Matters.

WASHINGTON NOTES.
CONSUL Lewis Recalled-The Silc0ts
Affair and Other Matters.
WASHINGTON, December 19.-It is ad-
mitted at the State Department that
William r. Lewis, United States Consul
at Tangier, has been recalled, at the re-
quest of the Moorish Government.
THE sILCoTT AFFAIR.
The special House committee investi-
eating the Silcott defalcation has agreed
upon report, by the terms of which sn
appropriation will be asked to make good
the losses sustained by members of the
House. A separate bill will also be re-
ported, making the Ssrgeant-at-Arms a
disbursing officer.
Five members of the committee, in
cluding sthe Chairman, hold that the
Sergeant-at-Arms was public officer,
and that the individual members are
justified by usage and official recognition
extending over many years in 30 regard
ing him, and that the loss by the NAL
feasance of Silcott should be borne by
the public treasury, and not by MEM
bers of Congress, who had not received
the compensation to which they were
entitled by law. The committee also
hold that the Government would not be
justified in taking the special
deposits left with the Sergeant
alarms for the purpose of ap-
plying them toward the payment
of the salaries due by the Government
and, therefore, that such personal funds
should be restored to the private owners.
By the proposed pro-rata arrangement,
those who have regularly drawn their
salary up to November, would have the
advantage of sharing in the amounts
that other members had left undrawn,
which the majority regard as indefensi-
BILE.
CONTESTED ELECTIONS.
The subcommittee of the House Elec-
tions Committee charged with the ar
rangement of contested election cases
completed it's work this morning. 1t
was agreed that the Republicans should
select one case and the Democrats an
other, in alienation, until all were
heard. Hearings will begin after the
holiday recess.
COMBINATIONS.
The following appointments were con-
frmed by the Senate today:
Arthur L. Thomas, Governor of Utah.
Benjamin Thomas, Secretary of New
Mexico.
Elijah Sells, Secretary of Utah.
Louis b. Tarpley, of Oregon, United
States Commissioner for Alaska at Ouna-
laska.
Robert 8. Robertson, Indiana, and
Alvin Saunders, Nebraska, Utah Com.
Royal A. Johnson, Surveyor General
Of Arizona.
Thomas J. Oavenaugh, Surveyor-Gen-
sral Of Washington.
Registers of the Land Office: John
A. McBeth, Denver, Colorado; Chas. D.
Ford, Lamar, Colorado; VIM. P. Alex
ander, Del Norte, Colorado; Edward A. |
Champlin, Cheyenne, Wyoming; Thos. |
NJ. Reed, Jr., Seattle, Washington.
AN INTRUDER.
There was great excitement in the
executive session of the Senate this /
afternoon when the Senators, upon look
ing up at the gentlemen's gallery, dis
covered man sitting there and appar-
emily taking a good deal of interest in
The proceedings. The utmost confusion
prevailed for awhile and the doorkeeper |
was dispatched to eject the intruder,
who proved to be young man about 20 |
years old. He evidently had been
aeleep when the Senate went into execu-
i've session, and was probably discov-
sred before he secured any valuable in
formation. He will always, however,
larry with him the distinction of having
oeen in the gallery while the Senate was
enjoying the seclusion OF a
'ecret session.