Morning journal and courier., 1889-03-15
SESSION OF THE SENATE.

WASHINGTON, March 14.-The President to- day:
 James s. Clarkson of Iowa to be first as- sistant postmaster general, vice A.E. Steven son, resigned.
 Lewis Wol1ey of Tucson, Ariz., to be gov- ernor of Arizona.
 Rathbone Gardner of Rhode Island to be United States attorney for the district of Rhode Island.
 wm. L. Dunlap of Indiana to be United States marshal for the district of Indiana. Postaasters-Guy W. McAllister at Bucks port, Me; J. Frank Dalton at Salem, Mass. i; Benjamin B. Martin at Warren, R. l.; Wm. Wallace at Indianapolis, Ind, and number of others at minor points.
 Jeremiah Sullivan of Montana to be collec- tor of customs for the district of Montana and Idaho.
 John A. Kasson of Iowa, William Walter Phelps of New Jersey and George H. Bates of Delaware to be commissioners to repre- sent the United States at the conference to be held in Berlin concerning affairs in the Sa- moan Islands.
 Ebert D. Weed of Montana to be United States attorney for the territory of Montana The Senate to-day confirmed the nomina- tion of John A. Clarkson to be first assistant postmaster general.
 For some minutes after the reading of yes- terday's journal in the Senate to day the Sen | ate sat without any business being brought before it. Then motion was made by Mir. Edmunds, and agreed to, that when the ad I journment takes place to-day it will be till ! Monday. That arrangement having been ! made the Senate proceeded to the considera- tion of executive business. At 1 o'clock the Senate, still in executive session, took @ re- cess until o'clock. In the interval the Re- publican senators are in caucus, it is suppos- \ ed upon the question of considering legisla- \ tion at this session.
 \ While the Senate was sitting with closed doors Mir. Gibson's resolution was taken up \ for the appointment of 6 select committee of ! seven senators on the relations of the United States with Mexico and Central America, I and Mir. Gibson spoke in support of it. If ! there was any just ground, he said, for the formation of a like committee on relations \ with Canada, the grounds were surely as | strong and as imperative in regard to Mex ! ieo. Mexico was a republic the nearest to ! the United States and should be made the \ firm friend of this country. That was the \ primary object of his resolution. He ds- | sired the Mexican people to feel that the pso- | pie of the United States desired \ their cordial and fraternal friendship. | Mexico had population Of nearly ten and 8 half millions. The value of its agricultural ! products was about $150, ,000, 900 a year and \ it was directly connected by railroad with \ the United States. It seemed to him that it \ was the duty of the Senate to appoint com mittee to ascertain what the hindrances were ! to the development of trade between the | United States and Mexico. Why was it that \ France sent into Mexico double the value of | goods that the United States sent there. If \ there were good reason for developing trade relations with Canada, where there was pop ! ulation of only 4,00O, ,O0e, there was still \ stronger reason for developing them with \ Mexico, where there was population of over | 10, 900, 900.
 Mr. Platt recognized fully the importance of cultivating friendly relations of conn \ mercial character with Mexico and the South American States, and Mir. Reagan also advo-
 cated the adoption of the resolution.
 MT. Call favored the adoption of the reso- lution and opposed the motion of reference. He also advocated indirectly his own resolu- ' ton proposing like select committee for Cuba and the West India Islands. The ques- ! tion of the annexation or acquisition of the ! island of Cuba was, he said, present to the
 mind of large portion of the people of the \ United States. He had recently had vari- ous letters on that subject showing that public attention was being directed to it.
 MT. Hale objected to the further consider
 ation of the subject, and at 3:20 the senate
 adjourned until Monday.
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