Morning journal and courier., 1889-03-30
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON NOTES.
 Appropriations for the Ensuing Year | The Nomination of Murat Halstead Again Brought Up in the Executive Session of the Senate-The Senate May | Adjourn Next Tuesday.
 1 WASHINGTON, March 29.-The President
 passed another busy day and there was no apparent diminution in the number of call- CTS. Among them were Secretaries Blaine and Tracy, Senators Morrill,, Manderson, Hale, Frye, Wilson, Davis, Higgins, Allison,
 Butler, Farwell, Eustis, walthall, stockbridge and many others.
 The clerks of the appropriations commit tees of the two houses, who are required by law to prepare statements of appropriations made at each session, have completed that duty and have also compiled statement showing the appropriations for the fiscal years from 1875 to 1890 inclusive. This ta- ble shows a constantly but not regularly in- creasing total of appropriations. The appro- priations for the year ending June 30, 1890, are as follows:
 Agricultural, $1, ,ee9, ITO; army, 4,soo,- 116; diplomatic and consular. $1 ,9S0, ,025; District of Columbia, $5,6s7, ,A06; fortifca-
 
 tive and judicial, $20, $40, ,536; military, s9s2, ,767; navy, $21, ,692, 510; pensions, $31,- 759, 200; postoffce, $66, ,6O5, ,344; sundry civil, $s5. .277, ,342; deficiency, $15, ,423, ,360; miscel- laneous, $10, 133, ,9S0; permanent appropria- tiens, s192, ,691 ,656; total, $4S5, ,2sa, ,331.
 The senate was in executive session nearly three hours this afternoon occupied almost entirely in considering the nomination of Murat Halstead to be minister to Germany. There were only five speeches, two by Sena- tors Hoar and Spooner in support of confirmation and the others by Senators Tel Ter, Evarts and Payne in opposition. Sena- tor Teller read Mir. Halstead's famous letter to Secretary Chase concerning Lincoln and Grant. Senator Pyne was very bitter in his tone. He said if the nomination had been to Russia with proviso that the nominee should go on to Siberia and never return, he would gladly vote for confirmation. Sen- ator Evart's speech was long one and said to have been emphatic in its opposition.
 Senator Spooner in the course of his speech in favor of confirmation said that if news paper men were for all time to be held to &C., count for opinions expressed in the heat of scathed into the golden realm of office hold ing. Nr. Sherman desiring to respond to remarks made against Mir. Halstead, the senate adjourned until 12 o'clock tomorrow, leaving the question still pending on the mo ton to reconsider yesterdays vote of rejec- tion.
 The Postmaster General to-day appointed Connecticut postmasters as follows: Harry Ryder, East Norwalk; George H. Cooper, Montowese.
 Nicholas M Bell, superintendent of the foreign mail bureau postoffice department, has rendered his resignation to take effect March 31.
 Norman T. Robinson of Virginia, chief clerk in the office of the Attorney General ,re- signed to-day.
 President Harrison is said to have given semi official notice to Senators to-day that they may adjourn next Tuesday so far as business from the executive is concerned. It Is believed that successor to the late Asso- ciate Justice Stanley Matthews will not be nominated before adjournment.
 The President oday appointed A. M \ Wilson of Fayetteville, Ark, George D. Rob- | inson of Chicopee, Mass, and J. s. Humph- \ rey of Springfield, Ill.,, as Q commission to negotiate with the Cherokee and other Indi- ans for the cession to the United States of their title claim or interest in certain lands in the Indian territory as pro- vided in section fourteen of the Indian appropriations act approved March 3, 1889. mission will negotiate embrace all of the In dian territory west of the ninety sixth degree ! of longitude, except Greer county, the Oklo- ! homa section recently opened by the Presi- | dents proclamation and such other lands as have been heretofore sold and contained ap- proximately 20,O00,000 acres. There is, however, some question to whether the law contemplates negotiations with the Greeks, Choctaws and Chickasaws, only DOT sixth degree. If it is decided that 1t was the | intent of the law not to include these lands, it will reduce the area to be opened to settle ment to about IS, 700, 900 acres