Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-11
POLITICS IN THE UNITED STATES.

POLITICS IN THE UNITED STATES.
| JANUARY.
| 2 Congress reconvened after the holidays.
| IL West Virginia supreme court quashed mo-
ton to prevent the legislature from declar-
ing vote that elects Golf, Republican, on
the face Of the returns.
I Deadlock broken in house, Mr.. Weaver having
| made agreement with the Democrats
Is E. o. Wolcott elected to the United States
ate by the legislature of Colorado; Anthony
| Higgins by that of Delaware, and Senators
| Hoar, of Massachusetts,, and Frye, of Maine,
reelected.
| 16 Senator Henderson, of Nebraska, reelected.
! 81 Senators Mcpherson, Of New Jersey, Cullom,
| OF illinois, Ransom, of North Carolina, and
! Coke, of Texas reelected.
In the senate the substitute for the Mills bill
passed by party vote.
| e. W. D. Washburu elected to United States SEN
| ate by the Minnesota legislature; Senators
| Plumb, of Kansas and Dolph, of Oregon,
elected to the United States senate.
| 90 Senator Berry reelected from Arkansas
| FEBRUARY.
l. British extradition treaty rejected by the SEN
T. Consul General Sewel at Samoa dismissed
| g. President Cleveland submitted to congress
| Bismarcks proposal to renew the Samoan
| conference and the protocols in the case
| 9. Civil Service Commissioner A. p. Edgerton re-
moved by President Cleveland.
| president and vice president of the United
| States
| a. House voted to eliminate New Mexico from
| the territorial bill and to admit the two d.
| kotas, Washington and Montana
| Is. Gilman Marston appointed United States SEN
| ator from New Hampshire.
| 20. Commercial treaty between japan and tho
| United States signed
| 81. Senator Kenna reelected from West Virginia.
2. President Cleveland approved the bill creating
| four new states
MARCH
4 President Harrison inaugurated
| II. T. w. Palmer, of Michigan, named United
States minister to Spain; J. F. Swift to
| Japan; ]. D. washburn, consul general to
Switzerland.
r. West Virginia supreme court decided that the
failure of the legislature to declare result Of
late election rendered Office vacant and en-
titled Governor Wilson to the place till the
result be legally declared
Prohibition defeated in New Hampshire.
Ex-Governor Porter, Of Indiana, appointed
United States minister to Italy; J. A Enan-
der, Of Illinois, minister to Denmark; A. C.
Mellette, governor Of Dakota.
IA. Louis Wolfey made governor Of Arizona.
J. S. Ciarkson made first assistant postmaster
general
J. A. Kasson, Wv. Phelps and George H
Bates nominated commissioners to the Sa-
moan conference at Berlin.
rs. Senator Chacc of Rhode Island resigned.
IS. w. w. Thomas, Jr., OF Maine named for min
lister to Norway and Sweden; Samuel r
Thayer, Of Minnesota, minister to the Meth
erlands; Charles E. Mitchell of Connecticut
commissioner of patents, and J. W. Mason
Of West Virginia, commissioner of internal
revenue
10 Whitelaw Reid nominated United States min
lister to France; Julius Goldsmith of wiscon-
sin. consul to Vienna. Nomination of Ed
ward Schuyler to be assistant secretary of
state withdrawn.
20. F. D. Grant named minister to Austria; John
c. New made consul general to London.
q. Miles Seymour nominated for governor Of
Washington Territory.
% James Tanner nominated commissioner of
pensions.
%. Francis E. Warren made governor of wyo-
ming and Benjamin F. White governor of
Montana
g. R T. Lincoln named minister to England,
Murat Halstead to Germany, Allen Thorn
dixie Rice to Russia, George B. Loring to
Portugal, Patrick Egan to Chill and Thomas
Ryan to Mexico.
Is Senate rejected Murat Halstead for minister
to Germany
60 Robert Adams Jr., of Pennsylvania nomi-
mated minister to Brazil; l. B. Mizener, of
California to the Central American states;
William l. Scruggs, of Georgia, to vene-
zuela; W. o. Bradley, of Kentucky, to Ko-
rea and George L. Shoup to be governor of
Idaho
90. John Talbot, OF New Hampshire, made minis
ter to Colombia and d. H. Terrell Of Texas
to Belgium.
a. JOAN d Huston of Indiana, rrfn1is treasurer
OF the United States.
@ United States senate adjourned.
s. Cornelius Van Colt made postmaster at New
York and Joel D. Erhardt collector Of Gus
toms.
10 Nathan F. Dixon elected to the United States
senate, in place of Jonathan Chace, Of
Rhode Island, resigned
IL. Lyman E. Knapp, of Vermont, appointed
governor OF Alaska.
IS William P. Hepburn of Iowa, made solicitor
D of the United States treasury.
n. T. c. Lacey, Of Michigan, made comptroller
of the currency.
Robert P. Porter, of New York. appointed So
perintendent of the census
=. Prohibition defeated in Massachusetts
q Frank W. Palmer of Illinois, appointed public
printer Theodore Roosevelt and Arthur S.
Thompson, OF South Carolina, civil service
commissioners; Arthur L Thomas governor
of Utah.
IL Elections in both Dakotas won by Repub,i-
cans.
&c. Solomon Hirsch of Oregon made minister to
Turkey; Clark E. Carr, OF Illinois, to Den
mark; Henry w. Severance, OF California
consul general at Honolulu; John Jarrett,
Of Pennsylvania, consul at Birmingham;
Thomas II. Shearman, of District OF Column
bia, at Liverpool
"a S. b. Holiday, OF Pennsylvania, made COM
missioner of customs
81 Beverly Tucker and Lew Wallace appointed
special ENJOYS to Hayti; appointments
afterwards withdrawn.