Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-16
sENATECOMMITTE
rICE-PRESIDENT NORTON PERSISTS
IN STAYING AWAY

And 90 the Senate Concludes to 70 on
without Him--Platt's Motion I'm Regard
to the Choice of Standing Committees
Names of Western Members Of the
Committees Nominations CONFIRMED.
WASHINGTON, March 12.-In continued
absence OF the Vice. resident, Ingalls, acted
as presiding officer OF the Senate.
The message Of the President transmit
ting papers in the ease OF Lewis Riel, was
presented and laid on the table. The Sen
Ute then relapsed into idleness, awaitingth e
report OF the standing committees.
At 1915 Platt obtained unanimous con-
rules as require that standing committees
shall be elected by ballot and as require the
election OF the committee On expenditures
of public moneys, that committee to be
represented by one for organisation, con-
duct and expenditures OF executive debts.
Platt then offered q resolution (agreed toy
for
THE ELECTION OF sTANDNG COMMITTEES
as submitted by him.. The leading COM
mittees are as follows:
Agriculture and forestry-Paddock, Blair,
Plumb, Higgins, Mcmillan, George, Gibson,
Jones Of Arkansas and Bate.
Observation-Disclosures, Dawes, Plumb,
Hale, Farwell, Beck, Cockrell, Call and
German. |
Civil service and observation-disclosures, |
Dawes, Henderson, Stanford, Washburne.
Walthall, Wilson OF Maryland, Berry and
Brown.
Coast defences-Dolph. Cameron, Haw.
ley, HisCock, Mcpherson, Hampton and
Reagan.
Finance-Morrill, Sherman, jones oil Ne
vada, Allison, Alirich, Hiscock, voorhees,,
Beck, Mcpherson, Harris and Vance.
Enthusiastically, Dawes, Stanford,
Hampton and Blodgett.
Foreign Relations-Sherman, Edmunds,
Frye, Evarts, Dolph, Morgan, Browne,
Payne and Eustis.
Interstate Commerce-Cullom, Platt,
Blair, Wilson OF Iowa, Hiscock, Harris, | ]
German, Reagan and Barbour.
Military Affairs-Hawley, Cameron, Man.
derson, Stewart, Davis, Cockrell. Hamp.
ton, Walthall aud Bate.
Mines and Mining--Stewart, Jones Of I
Nevada, Mitchell, Teller, Bate, Faulkner
and Hearst. In
Naval Affairs-Cameron, Hale, Stanford, =
stockbridge, Marston, Mcpherson, Butler, >,
Blackburn and Gray. +
Privileges and Elections-Hoar, Frye, v
Teller, Eyarts, spooner, Vance, Pugh, '
Quay and Turpie. b
Public Lands-Plumb, Blair, Dolph, b
Teller, Paddock, Morgan, Walthall, Berry i
and Pasco. l
Railroads-Mitchell, Sawyer, Hawley, +
5tockbridge, Wolcott, Marston, Brown. b
.enna, Blackburn and Berry. b
WESTERN MEMBERS OF q COMMITTEE.
The following are Western members OF
jhe committees named:
Claims-Mitchell, Wolcott. 81
Contingent Expe~nses--Jones. b
Commerce-Jone Dolph, .
Education and Labor-Stanford, Stew. &c
y"
Indian Affairs-Wolcott, Hearst. n,
Private Land Claims-Stewart, Wolcott.
Public Buildings and GrOunds-Stanford.
Full list OF territories-Platt, Cullom, 81
Henderson, Stewart, Davis, Butler, Payne,
Zones OF Arkansas, Blackburn.
Western members OF the committee oil
evision OF laws-Stanford. w,
The report was adopted. ~:
The following special committees ap-
To inquire into claims of citizens To-
Il the United States against Nicaraugua- lie
Wilson OF Maryland, Hearst, Hoar tn
md Cameron. 70,
The Presidents message transmitting the "
eport OF the Pacific railway commission ne
rye, Dawes, Hiscock, Davis, Morgan, OF
Butler, Hearst. co
Relations with Canada-Hoar, Allison,
Hale, Dolph, Pugh. Butler and VOORHEES,. s;o
immigration and reclamation Of arid os
Rnde-Stewart, Allison, Plumb, Hiscock, al
iorman, Reagan and Jones Of Arkansas. on
CONFIRMED. De
The Senate this afternoon confirmed the =. .
nominations: Thomas W. Palmer ~.
I Michigan, Minister to Spain; John F. ~
OF California, Minister to Japan; W,
ohm E. Washburn OF Massachusetts, Con. A.
vi. General to Switzerland; George I. i
icheDor OF Illinois. Assistant Secretary OF mi
he Treasury. 90,
The nominations sent in to-day were re- 81
FRED to appropriate committees, and the Do
enate adjourned. ~.