Morning journal and courier., 1889-03-19
SESSION OF TEE SENATE.

WASHINGTON, March 1S.-The President sent the following nominations to the Senate to-day:
 Justice W. Budd Deacon, of New Jersey, to be marshal of the United States for the
 district of New Jersey. John s. Burton, of Mississippi, to be mare
 shal of the United States for the northern
 district of Mississippi.
 Edwin I. Kursheedt, of Louisiana, to be
 marshal of the United States for the eastern
 district of Louisiana.
 Brad D. Slaughter, of Nebraska, to be
 marshal of the United States for the district
 of Nebraska.
 William H. Whitman, of New Mexico, to
 be associate justice of the Supreme court of the territory of New Mexico. J. w. Mason, of West Virginia, to be com- missioner of internal revenue. Smith A. Whitefeld of Ohio to be second assistant postmaster general. Abram D. Hagen of Pennsylvania to be third assistant postmaster general. J. Granville Leach of Pennsylvania to be appraiser of merchandise in the district of Philadelphia.
 William W. Thomas, jr., of Maine to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipoten- tiary of the United States to Sweden and Norway.
 voy extraordinary and minister plenipoten- tisry of the United States to the Nether- lands.
 Charles E. Mitchell of Connecticut to be commissioner of patents. Nathan c. Murphy of Arizona to be secre- tarv of Arizona.
 David M Lines of Louisiana to be special examiner of drugs, medicines and chemicals in the district of New Orleans. John P. Ward of Oregon 10 be appraiser of merchandise in the district of Willamette in
 the State of Oregon and Territory of Wash ington.
 J. N. Tyner of Indiana has been selected for assistant attorney general for the postof- fee department.
 The Senate has confirmed the following nominations: John A. Kasson, Wm. Walter Phelps and George Fl. Bates, commissioners to the Samoan conference at Berlin; J. F. Dalton, postmaster at Salem, Mass. Cyrus Bussey, assistant secretary of the interior. In the senate this afternoon resolutions were offered and referred to the committee on contingent expenses authorizing the com- mittees on woman suffrage and on additional accommodations for the library to sit during the recess. Then the resolution heretofore offered by NIT. Gibson for the appointment of select committee on relations with Mexi- co and Central America was taken up. I Mir. Gibson disclaimed utterly the sugges- tions made by Senators Platt and Merrill (when the resolution was last under discus sion) implying that the motives which prompted it's being offered were the ex- pectation of the mover to be ap- enjoying a pleasant trip at government expense. He reminded the senate that he had originally offered it as an amendment to MT. Hoar's resolution for select committee on relations with Canada. and that if it had been accepted, no additional select commit tee would have been required. He said there were no less than thirteen steamers plying between New Orleans and the seaports of Mexico and Central America. The imports from Mexico into the United States amount ed to s30, ,000,0Oe year, and the exports from the United States into Mexico to only SS. GOO, 900 year, and that great difference between imports and exports showed that there was some difficulty in the way of trade with Mexico, which difficulty required atten- tion at the hands of Congress. The resolu- ton was referred to the committee on com merce, and the Senate proceeded to executive business.
 When the doors were reopened (after 6 very short intervaD the Senate proceeded to the consideration of the resolution heretofore offered by Mir. Call for the appointment of a select committee on the relations of the United States with Cuba and the other West on the question of competency of the Senate when sitting in called ex- ecutive session, to enter upon the per- formance of legislative functions MT. Gray making short argument against it which when completed was followed by the further discussion of the resolution by Senators Sherman, Blackburn. Gray, Call, Platt George and Spooner. The latter favored the idea of leaving the matter of relations with Canada, Mexico, Cuba and the South Ameri can states in the hands of the executive. He ! thought that the appointment of such select committees would be hindrance an obstruc \ tion and detriment. The executive depart ment would not have to hunt for testimony swith brassband." Without disposing of the ! question the pending motion being to refel \ the resolution to the committee on foreigr | relations, the senate again proceeded to ths | consideration of executive business and a .5( adjourned