St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-07
CABINET CONFIRMED.
President Cleveland'S Official
Family Safely Through
the Senate.
Nominations Confirmed as
Read Without Reference
to Committee.
A Constitutional Amendment
to Change Inauguration
Day introduced.
Not Much Probability Of an
Extra Session Of Con-
greSS.

WASHINGTON, March 6.-The senate
was in session today for only thirty-ive
minutes, but within that brief period it
received message from the president,
submitting for confirmation the names
OF the members of his cabinent, went
into executive session, passed upon and
confirmed each of the appointments.
directed a notification of its action
to be communicated to the pres
dent, came again into open ses-
sion, had resolution offered by
Mr.. Call in reference to railroad
lands In his state and the interference
of railroad companies with senatorial
elections, and had joint resolution in
troduced by Mr.. Sherman proposing an
amendment to the constitution. The
amendment provides for the fixing of
the time for the beginning and termina-
ton of the term of office of president
and vice president and congress at noon
oil the 30th-of April. The change is to
go into effect in 1897, and to continue
thereafter. Mr.. Sherman's joint reso-
luton was laid on the table at his re-
quest, he signifylng his intention to
have it referred hereafter to the COM
mittee on privileges and elections.
Packed the Galleries.
The crowd which packed the senate
galleries this morning, and the multi
tude of people that surged through the
corridors and on the stairwayS Of the
capitol, furnished evidence that many
thousands of the strangers who had
come to Washington to witness the
inaugural ceremonies had not yet left
the city, and were determined to enjoy
a much of the show as might still be
presented. When Vice President Ste
venson made his appearance in company
with Rev. Mr.. Butler, chaplain of the
senate, the spectators in the galleries
broke into a round of handclapping.
This ceased onl y when the prayer be-
gan and was renewed when the vice
president, at the close of prayer,
took his place as presiding Of
ticer When order was restored,
Secretary McCook read the journal
of Saturday last. Then Senators Black
burn (Dem.), Kentucky and Allison
(Rep.), Iowa, reported that as the COM
mittee which had been appointed to
wait upon the president of the United
States, they had performed, that duty
and had been requested by the president
to inform the senate that he would COM
municate Immediately, in writing. In
mediately afterward Mr.. Pruden, one of
the presidents secretaries, appeared
and delivered message from the presi-
dent of the United States transmitting
the cabinet nominations, as follows:
The Cabinet Nominations.
Walter Q. Gresham, of Illinois, to be
secretary or state.
John G. Carlisle, of Kentucky, to be
secretary of the treasury.
Daniel S. Lamont, of New York, to be
secretary of war.
Richard Olney. of Massachusetts, to
be attorney general.
Wilson S. Bissell, of New York, to be
postmaster general.
Hilary A. Herbert, of Alabama, to be
secretary of the navy.
Hoke Smith, of Georgia, to be Secre-
tary of the interior.
Julius Sterling Morton, of Nebraska,
to be secretary of agriculture.
On motion of Senator Harris Dem.),
of Tennessee, the senate went into eX-
ecutive session. The session was brief,
and would have been still more so had
1t not been for the movements OF sena-
tors who were congratulating each
other and discussing the probabilities
of the work that would come before
them. The nominations Of Mr.. Cleve-
lands cabiuet were read one at time,
and confirmed as read, without the for
mality of referring them to the proper
committee, thus following out prece-
dents that have been established in this
particular. There was no word of dis
appreciation, and the combinations
were made as rapidly as the names were
read. at 1885 the senate adjourned
until Thursday.