Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-04-03
Not Entirely Happy.
Senators Who Did Not Get
What They Wanted.
THE SPECIAL SESSION ADJOURNED.

Last Nominations AMI Confrmations-T The
Places Yet to Fill-Sherman Afraid of
Troublesome Precedent-Ingalls Elect
ed President Pro Tem.--Some People
Who Were "Left"-KindIy Remem-
brance of Uncle Sam by Englishmen-
Baby McKee's" Illness.
WASHINGTON CITY, April s-The senate
special session being adjourned public inter
est now centers at the White House, where
all appointments Of any Importance will be
announced. That many will be made dur
ing the next few weeks no one doubts
There are large number Of desirable offices
left and an impression exists that the only
reason that more Of them have not been
filled is that the president has selected per-
sons for them whom he was afraid the son.
ate might not confirm. Among the best of
the plums that are still to be plucked are
the German, Chinese, Grecian, aud Turkish
missions, the public printer, chief Of the
bureau of engraving and printing, an asso-
ciate justice of the supreme court, nearly
all the conSulships, commissioners Of the Dis
trict OF Columbia, directors of the mint,
three comptrollers, six auditors. commits
sioners of the general land office and Of In.
dian affairs, and scores upon scores Of post
masters, collectors of customs, and collectors
of internal revenue Much interest is mani
Tested in the probable policy of the admins
tration regarding the tenure of Office ques-
ton. Owing to the delay that Cleveland
caused in not sending more nominations to the
senate during the special session thousands of
appointments were not confirmed until the
winter of of 1856. II the president should
decide TO let the Democrats remain undis-
turbed until their terms expire there will be
lots of Republican place hunters kept in sus-
pense for months to come
1t CAN not be said that the senator's are as
happy as they would like to be- In fact very
few are satisfied. The men they wanted to
have places given to have not got them, and
the president has taken the bit in his teeth in
this matter in a way they despise Perhaps
vacation will cooi them off, but Just now
everybody is kicking.
This amuses the Democratic senator's, for it
is now their turn to laugh and appreciate how
much the other side enjoyed their discomfit-
ure four years ago. A Democrat with a sta
tistical urn of mind has mad up compari.
son between the Cleveland and Harrison ad-
mlnistration. In both cases a special session
of the senate began March and lasted until
April :. Cleveland sent in III nominations,
of which twelve were not acted upon, and
two were rejected. See what Harrison has
done During the same period he has sent in
S74 nominations. The senate confirmed $50
of them, besides long string of army and
navy promotions. Two were rejected and
two were withdrawn. These figures have
been verified
The Illinois senators just new have a new
grievance in the selection for assistant patent
commissioner. The nomination of Robert j.
Fisher for that place is the trouble Neither
senator's nor congressman ever intimated to
the president that they desired his appoint
ment. On the contrary they had Endorsed
Frank I. Brown. Although Fisher is cred
tied with being well qualified for the position
the Illinois delegation is disguised to think
that man whom not one of them had sug-
gested should be taken from their state,
The following nominations are left uncon-
firmed by the senate: William H. White
man, associate Justice supreme court of New
Mexico; Edwin l. Kursheedt, marshal for
the district of Louisiana; David NJ Lines
special examiner of drugs, etc, at New Or
leans; and Robert r. Robert, postmaster for
Rushville, Ind The Whiteman nomination
was referred back to the president with the
papers in the case. 1t fails for want of con-
frmation