Morning journal and courier., 1889-12-19
wAsHuNGTON NOTES.

A Hill to Make Good she Salaries of
 Congressmen Lost by she SIlcOts De-
 faIcation-A Largo Batch of Nomina-
 tiOns COndrmeds
 WASHINGTON, D. O., Dec. 18.-Represen- tarive Payson, of Illinois, to-day introduced a bill appropriating s76,o00, to be immedi- ately available, for the purpose of paying the members of Congress their salaries lost by the Silcott defaIcation. It charges the committee with the duty of transferring the assets of the office to the United States treasurer. who shall be entrusted with the disbursement of the found in the safe are to be held by the treas- urer, subject to disposition by the Court of Claims.
 The confirmation of the following nomina- tions were made public to-day: David J. Brewer of Kansas, to be associate justice of the Supreme court; Wm. Walter Phelps of New Jersey, to be minister to Germany; Sol omon Hirsch of Oregon. to be minister to Turkey; Thomas A. Anderson of Ohio, to be minister and consul general to Bolivia; Frederick Douglass of the District of Columbia, to be minister resi dent and consul general to Hsyti; A. Loudon Snowden of Philadelphia. to be minister resi- dent and consul general to Roumania, Servia and Greece; Arthur w. Barrett of Aassa- chusetts, secretary of legation to Venezuela; John J. Chew of the District of Colum- bia, to be secretary of legation of Illinois, second secretary of legation at London; Frank W. Palmer, of Illinois. pub lic printer; Wakefield G. Frye, of Maine, consul-general at Halifax; Augustus O..
 Bourne, of Rhode Island, consul general at Rome; Warner P. Sutton, of Michigan,
 consul-general at Nueve Baredo; Evans
 Blake, of Illinois, consul at Crefeld
 Levi w. Brown, of Ohio, consul at Glas-
 gow; John B. Osborne, of Pennsylvania. con-
 souri, consul at Toronto; Wm. T. Rice, oi
 Massachusetts, consul at Leghore; George w. Roosevelt, of Penn, consul at Brussells
 Archibald J. Sampson, of Colorado, consul at Pase del Norte; Thomas H. Sherman of the District of Columbia, consul at Liver pool; John A. Tibbits, of Connecticut consul at Bradford; Daniel B. Hubbard, con- sul at Annaberg; Benjamin H. Miller oi Maryland, Indian inspector; Arthur M. Tin ker of Massachusetts,, Indian inspector; Com modors Francis NJ. Ramsay, chief of tht bureau of navigation; Captain George Dewey chief of the bureau of equipment aud rs' cruiting; Joseph P. Mcintyre of Illinois, cap tain in the navy, and large number oi
 naval promotions.
 *x*
 Thomas Cavanagh of Vermont was to day
 appointed assistant sergeant. at-arms of the | House of Representatives.
 +x* | The Senate in executive session this after. noon approved the nomination of Judge | Brewer to be associate justice of the Suprem, | court by Q vote of 52 to Il, after three hours
 session. An effort was made to postpone | action until subsequent session but i
 failed, although supported by Senator Ed
 munds chairman of the judiciary committee The negative is said to have been cast b. | Blair, Wilson of Iowa, Colqu1ett. Reagan | Berry, Jones of Arkansas, Cali, Moody, Ali
 son, Chandler and Pettigrew. Senator Ed
 muuds, it is said, declined to vote, althougl
 in favor of the confirmation.