Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-21
CHOSEN BYGROVER.
Some Fat Places Filled and APP
plicants Made Happy.
WADE HAMPTON ONE OF THE ELECT.

A List of the Lucky Ones and Those Con-
firmed-Raum's Successor Soon to Be
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Reserves Monday
to Himself - Republican Senators to
Fight a Change of Elective Officers at
This Session-Members of Congress Not
Supreme to Appointments.
WASHINGTON, March 2l.-It is expected
that within the next few days the prssi-
dent will send to the senate the nomina-
ton of commissioner of pensions, and
any changes in policy as to pensions and
questions of reorganization will be de-
ferred until General Raum's successor has
had an opportunity to familiarize himself
with the duties and needs of the office. In
the meantime Secretary Smith will con-
tinue to sign all pension certificates as they
are presented to him The daily issue of
pension certificates has fallen off very little
if any during the present month, and no
material reduction is anticipated. 1t is
stated to be Secretary Smiths firm pur.
pose to faithfully administer the pension
laws as they exist, and no one who fur
nishes evidence proving his right to pen
sion under the law will be denied full JUS
tice.
Quite Harmonious in Secret Session.
more than half an hour yesterday after
noon the senate disposed of great deal of
the work that had accumulated pending
the reorganization of The committees. All
of the earlier batch of nominations was
confirmed except here and there post
master, and the nominations of eX Sena-
tors Eustis and Hampton, made yesterday,
were confirmed without the formality of a
reference to the appropriate committees.
When the reports of the various commit
tees were made-all of them favorable
there was not a word of dissent and the
utmost harmony prevailed. The nomlna-
tions were confirmed in the ordinary way,
without a vote, there being no objection
offered.
Important Offices Given Out.
The batch of nominations sent in yester-
day included the following: James B.
Eustis, of Louisiana, minister to France;
Theodore Runyan, of New Jersey, minister
to Germany; John f. Risiey. of New York,
minister to Denmark; Z. B. Baldwin, of
Maryland. first auditor of the treasury;
Thomas Holcomb, Delaware. fifth auditor
Of the treasury: Wade Hampton, South
Carolina, commissioner of railways: James
G. Jenkins Wisconsin, circuit judge in
Gresham's place; w. d. Dabney, Virginia,
state department solicitor. Among the
United States marshals appointed was
William Hawkins, for the district of In
diana, and among the United States attor
news Frank B. Burke, for the same dis
| trict ". L. Isenhouser was named for
postmaster at Bloomfield, Ind, and Louis
F. Hawley at Lansing, Mich; and for Wis
consin-Frank Warning, Florence; Paul j.
| Millard Antigo; Dewitt s. johnson,
Rhinelander.
Batch of Combinations.
Besides the confirmation of Eustis and
Hampton the senate acted like
wise in the nomination of Josiah
! Quincy, assistant secretary of state;
Isaac p. Gray, minister to Mexico;
Patrick o. Collins. consul general to Lon
| don: Robert A. Maxwell, assistant post
master general; William McAdoo, assistant
secretary of the navy. and a number of
less important appointments.
Some of the Nominees
| John Z. Risley was born in Knox coun-
ty, Ind is lawyer OF high standing and
wealthy, of New York, and a brother-in-
| law to Senator VOORHEES,. Runyan is a
prominent figure in New Jersey, served
with distinction in the war for the Un ion,
| and was chancellor of the state for ten
years. Judge Jenkins, who succeeds
Gresham, is a native of New York, but
has resided in Wisconsin for thirty years,
being known nearly all of that time as a
| leading lawyer. He was appointed dis
trict jndge by Cleveland during his first
term and he has the conflden ce of the bar
in his own and adjoining states. Everybody
knows Wade Hampton's record. His ap-
pointment is at the earnest request of his
own and other southern delegations and
In recognition of the courageous fight he
made against the Farmers Alliance.
| Carlisle Receives Nobody Mon day.
"The secretary will see no visitors on
Monday" is the sign pinned on the door
leading into Secretary Carlisle's room. 1t
means exactly what it says, as a number
of visitors, including several senators,
found out when they called to see Secretary
Carlisle To be absolutely free, the secre-
tary did not even sign the official mail.
Assistant Secretary Spaulding having been
designated to act as acting secretary of the
treasury for the day
Not Tammany Selection.