Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-28
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THE SENATE-EXECUTIVE SESSION.
In the Senate on the 18th resolutions
were offered and referred authorizing the Com
rnittee on Woman Suffrage and the Library
Committee TO sit during recess. Senator Glib.
sons resolution for the appointment of select
committee on our relations with Mexico,
after some debate was referred. Senator Call S
resolution for the appointment OF similar
committee on the relations between the United
States and Cuba and the West India Islands
was also debated, and after short executive
session the Senate adjourned. In executive
session, William Walter Phelps, John A Kasson
and George II. Bates were confirmed as Sa-
moan Commissioners 70 the Berlin conference.
Among the nominations sent in by the Presi-
dent were: Smith A. Whitfield. of Ohio, to be
Second Assistant Postmaster-General; A d.
Hazen, OF Pennsylvania to be Third Assistant
Postmaster-General; John W. Mason, Of West
Virginia. to be Commissioner OF Internal rev.
enue; William ". Thomas, Jr.. OF Maine, TO be
Minister to Sweden and Norway; Samuel R.
Thayer of Minnesota TO be Minister TO the
Netherlands, and Charles Z. Mitchell. OF Con-
necticut, to be Commissioner OF Patents.
In the Senate on the 18th the Woe Pres
ident announced as the committee on the CEN
tennial celebration in New York Senators His
cock, Sherman Hoar, voorhees, and Eustis.
Senator Sherman's proposed amendment to the
departments for information to be referred TO
the appropriate committee was debated at
length and recommitted. After a brief execu-
tive session the Senate adjourned Among the
combinations were Brad. D. Slaughter, United
States Marshal for Nebraska: Smith A. Whit
ford, Second Assistant and Abraham d. Hazen,
Third Assistant Postmaster-General; Samuel
R Thayer Minister TO the Netherlands; Will
liam W. Thomas Minister to Norway and
Sweden, and a number of other nominations.
The President sent in long list Of nominations,
among them Whitelaw Reid OF New York to
be Minister to France and Julius c. .Goldschmidt,
Of Wisconsin, to be Consul-General at Vienna.
In The Senate on the Doth communica-
tion was received from the Governor OF Rhode
Island stating that the resignation of Senator
Chase had been accepted A brief executive
session was held and the Senate adjourned.
Among the combinations were: John M. Mason,
of West Virginia, for Commissioner of Internal
Revenue and Charles R. Mitchell, of Connecti-
cut, Commissioner of Patents. The President
sent in the names of Fred. D. Grant of New
York, to b. Minister TO Austria-Hungary, and
John G. New, of Indiana, Consul General at
London.
WHEN the Senate met on the 21st it i'm
mediately went into executive session and con-
firmed number of Territorial nominations,
comprising all that had been reported from the
committee. Official notification, however, was
not sent to the President The President sent
in another list of nominations for Territorial
offices and postmasters.
WHEN the Senate met on the 22d COM
munication was received from Chief Justice
Fuller announcing the death OF Associate
Justice Matthews. of the Supreme Court, and
on motion Of Senator Hoar the Senate immedi-
ately adjourned.