The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-20
SESSIONS OF THE SENATE.
The Confirmation of Nominations to
Begin This Week.

1OB III lis w e6ks
WASHINGTON, March 19.-There is some
reason TO expect that the Senate will enter
In earnest this week upon the business for
which it was called together. So far not a
single nomination has been acted upon, ex-
cspt cabinet appointments Excluding half
dozen army and navy promotions, there are
now sixteen presidential nominations which
have not yet been passed upon even in con-
mlttee, and therefore tt is unlikely that to-
morrow's session will result in any confirm
| atlons, unless the committees manage to
meet IN the morning. 1t is, however, the
intention of the committees having charge
or these nominations to get together early
in the week, and IL is probable that within
few days there will be some material In
hand upon which the Senate may act in ex-
ecutlve session.
Saving the possibility Of contest over the
attempt TO reorganiEe the force of en-
ployes, the open sessions of the Senate dur
! Ing the week do not promise to be frequent,
long or interesting, as it is hardly to De ex-
pected that the committee on privileges
| and elections will be able 10 report upon the
senatorial appointment cases, which are
sure to prove a subject of discussion within
| that time.
PERPETUAL OFFICIAL.
If Hobart Chatheld Chatfield- Taylor
| is an applicant for the position of secretary
Of legation at Paris, he has changed his
mind He has been anxious to be ap-
pointed second secretary of legation at
London, position which for a time was
held by Mr.. Mccormick, a son-in-law of
Joseph Medill. The reason, possibly why
Mr.. Taylor did not aspire to the chief sec
| retaryship at London is that the present
incumbent, Mr.. White, is a functionary
who Is regarded as so Indispensable that he
| runs on under all administrations like
TennysUn's brook, forever. Mr.. White is
| the gentleman who tells all our new am
bRsssdors to London what the social duties
| OF their positions are and how to do them /;
what clothes to wear and how to wear
them; whom to call upon and when to
| call the persons whom they should intro
| duce at court and those whom they should
| snub. de is a sort of lord high chamber
lain Tor our ambassadors. He has been
continued In office under many administra-
| ttons. It Is said that at times new minis
| ters who have gone there expecting to dis
| pense with his services have discovered in
forty-eight hours that the United States
| legation in London would be a very lone
some place unless it should be graced by
Mr.. White, first secretary. The position is
| one to which many may aspire, but which
few Americans, unless they belong to the
class who "have lived 80 long abroad" !"
would care to attempt TO fll. Mr.. Taylor
le not the KING OF man VINO would be salts
fled with that sort of work.
The position Of second secretary Of legas
6ion at Paris is of a different order. IL is
one the incumbent of which can enjoy all
| the social advantages OF the London mission
with few OF its responsibilities The fact
that there is 81 coo difference in the salaries
between the two secretaryships would not
| be great drawback to Mr.. Taylor, who
has millions in his own right already and
! possibly fortune by marriage. Mr. Tay-
| lor is the son-in-law of ex-senator Farwell
Of Illinois. Mr.. Farwell was always on
| good relations with Grover Cleveland
even before his rupture with Benja-
| min Harrison, and is a man who gen.
| orally accomplishes what he seeks
If Hobart Taylor desires to be
secretary of legation any where the fact that
be is the son-in-lsw of Charles b. Far we'll
would not injure him in the opinion of Gro
yer Cleveland. The report now is that Mr.
Taylor has transferred his application from
| London to Paris. II this is true, the reason
| probably is that he has discovered that the
| position of second secretary at London is
| already pre- empted, and that the Paris Sec
| retaryship is the only one OF those two great
missions which he would be likely to secure
| The position in Paris is also one 20 which
| for many years there has been an cid at
tached, in the person of an American Of
| French origin, who performs in great
measure the same function as does Mr.
| Whita in 1ond0u