Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-12
FORTUNES FAvOR1Trs
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS
HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED.

HAVE BEEN CONFIRMEn NAT
Executive Session of the Upper Hon..
Congressional Disposition of pres;,-
Harrison's Nominations-theL Luck, ~
and the Unf0rtunates.
THE Senate confirmed the following no,.
tions: James O. Churchill Missouri snr.ai
of Customs at the port of st. LOUIS Char,s:, VI
Monteith. Agent at the Nez Percss Agency -.
lieutenant Lie Of the Eighth 1nfaa te,seF S First
masters Chester A. Wilcox, Ouincv i ost
William B. Webster, Cresco, Iowa Jeremiio;aI l.;
baso City, MINI. ; Ole E. wainguid Nice ",ln nnss-
Wis.,; Osceola N. Servis, Kansas City E ase,
George Budd, Bozeman, NJ. T.; James NJ. Mn oas
anaconda, M ~; John B. y. Hogus, Tacoma, w
N. Jones, Scranton, Pa. John NJ. Kinser .' arI
The following nominations were sent IN l.
President Harrison I Robert Adams, Jr, y
Misener of California, Minister to the Canet. .;
American States William L. Scruggs, of Georg;as
Minister to Venezuela; William o. Bradley ~ :;
Kentucky, Minister to Corea; 1ld Others ~
minor Importance.
The executive session OF the Senate lasted ,vo
hours on the 30th ult., being devoted almos,.o,
clusively for the time, to the case of Mura. Ho,
stead nominated to he Minister to Ger,,.n.
Senators Sherman, Hawley and Blair smoke y
favor Of his confirmation, the two last named
stteation. At the close Of th the Tens a.qs:
a vote was taken on the motion rs rs
reconsider the vote by which the nomination
vote of Is to 10, Messrs. Evarts, Ingalle, Plum
and Teller voting with the Democrats in tn.
negative, and Messrs. Blackburn and Call with
licans named explained their votes on roll cali
saying that they had no personal feeling in TIA
matter, no antagonism against Mr.. Halstead
but thought it right to defend the Senats
against such attacks as had been made upon ai ia
character by him in his paper. A number o;
Senators were paired among them Mr.. cullom
following names to the Senate: To ~
be delegates to the conference between thu
of Mexico, Central and South America, Hayti
San Domingo and the Empire of Brazil. TO h.
held in Washington in 1889 John B. Henderson,
William Pinckney Whyte, Of Maryiand; dc Clem oeni
Studebaker of Indiana I. jefferson Coolidge
OF Massachusetts; William Henry Trescott, q
vania; John K. e. Pitkin, Of Louisiana Morris oriyis
NJ. Estee OF California J. II. Hanson Of
Georgia The following nominations were con.
firmed: Robert T.. Lincoln as Minister to En-.
gland; John Hicks, to be Minister to Peru rn:
George B. Loring to be Minister to Portugal
Allan Thorndyke Rice. to be Minister to Russia
Thomas Ryan, to be Minister to Mexico; Pat
rick Egan, to be Minister to Chill.
WHEN the Senate met ut D. m. on the LIST
inst Mr.. Teller offered the following resolution;
nations. shall be considered in open ses-
was referred to the Committee on
Rules The Senate, confirmed the
Governor of Arizona; Charles A. Ashley to be
Agent at the Cheyenne and Arapnhoe Agency
Indian Territory; William w. Junkin Of Iowa
to be Indian Inspectors James f. Kelly to be
Receiver OF Public Moneys at Bloomington, Neb;
Louis A: Walker, to be Secretary of Montana;
Charles r. A. scobey to be Indian Agent at Fort
be Treasurer OF the United States; Ellis
II. Roberts of New York, to be As
sistan t, Treasurer sa'e at New York City; Ed
to Belgium; John T. Abbott to be Minister to
the United States of Colombia. Among the
nominations sent to the Senate by President
Massachusetts, to be Assistant Secretary Of
State; George H. Shields, Of Missouri, to be
Assistant Attorney General L. Bradford Prince,
of Santa Fe. to be Governor of New Mexico.
The Senate adjourned sine die on the I'd inst
The proceedings were mainly devoted to dis
cussion of Mr.. Shermans resolution expressing
the profound sorrow of the Senate at the death
that the resolution should be referred to
the Committee on Foreign Relations as
its adoption adopt might esta ,t precedent
Mr.. Hoar eulogized Mr.. Bright as friend of the
United States and induced Mr.. Sherman to
withdraw the motion, but MIR. Reagan imnledi.
ately renewed it, at the same time calling atten-
ton to the false step taken by the House some
years ago in passing Il resolution compliment
tary to a member of the German Iteichstag and
having it returned by Prince Bismarck The
motion was carried. Vice President Morton re-
tired and MI. ingalls, elected and sworn in
as Vice President pro tempore The following
OF Missouri, to be Assistant Attorney General
Drury j. Burshett, to be Marshal of Kentucky;
Robert J. Fisher: Of Illinois, to be Assistant
White, to be Chief of the Bureau of Yards and
Docks; L: Bradford Prince, to be Governor of
New Mexico; William T. Wharton, of Mnssa-
Major Charles c. Byrne to be Surgeon in the
army, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel;
Captain Curtain ain Num- to be Surgeon il the
tenant Charles B. Vogdes, to be First Lieu
tenant First Infantry; S. A. Darnell, Attor-
ney for the Northern District of Georgia;
N; Bliss. of New York William Pi,,ckney Whyte,
OF Maryland; Clement Studebaker, of Indiana,
y. Jefferson # son Coolidge, OF Massachusetts; Will
Carnegie of Pennsy lyania; John Il. G. Pitliin
of Louisiana; Morris NJ. Estee. of California
ana Ga >: r. Hanson. Of Georsia-degates 70 the
Washington, November, 1889, The naval
promotions sent to the Senate by the
President were also confirmed. In the
to remove the injunction of secrecy from the
votes on the motions to confirm the nomina-
lions OF Whtelaw Reid to be Minister to France,
and OF Murat Halstead to be Minister to Ger
many but they We're unsuccessful The further
consideration of the eXtrndition treaty with
Russia was postponed until next session Of Con-
gress. The calendar of nominations WIS al
most entirely cleared The nominations OF Ed
win !. kinshead to be United States Marsha! for
the Eastern District Of Louisiana and OF Will.
lam II. Whitelnan to be an Associate Justice OF
the United States Court in New Mexico were
the most prominent of those that failed OF con-
tirlnation.