Evening star., 1894-04-11
A MILD SENATE BREEZE
Senator HOar Sends Up the Dispatch as
to the N. Y. Legislatures Action.
But the Senate Then Went Into Exc
cutive Session and Confirmed a
Number of Nominations.

The open session Of the Senate yester-
day afternoon closed with 4 mild and not
unpleasant breeze. Ser ator Lodge conclud-
ed his speech at 4:30 with an eloquent
peroration, which was warmly applauded
from the galleries. Senator Hale then. in a
delicately complimentary little speech re-
quested that the Senate should go into ex-
ecutive session. for he was to follow the
eloquent Senator from Massachusetts, he
said, and he desired at least twenty-four
hours to elapse between the two speeches,
as his was to be a very plain one. Senator
Hoar sprung a sensation by stating that he
wished to make a speech, which he would
have read from the desk. He thereupon
sent up an Associated Press bulletin stat
ing tfat the New York legislature had
passed a resolution of thanks to Senator
Hill for his speech in opposition to the
tariff bill in the Senate yesterday.
This was greeted with some applause in
the gallery, which the Vice President quick
ly checked. Mr.. Gray of Delaware explain
ed the action of the New York legislature
by saying that the legislature of New York
was Overwhelmingly republican.
Yes" replied Mr.. Aldrich, smilingly.
but not by such majority as shown by
the dispatch. There is a majority of four
teen on joint ballot. so that at least forty
democrats must have voted for the resolu-
tion." Senator Harris, in view OF the late
ness of the hour, and the wishes Of several
Senator'S acceded to the request of Mr..
Hale and the Senate, at 4:35. went into ex-
ecutive session, which was devoted almost
exclusively to the consideration of the nom-
ination of George w. Wilson to be collector
of internal revenue for the district OF
Florida. The appointment was made on
the recommendation of Senator Pasco, and
Senator Call has opposed confirmation be-
cause Wilson is personally obnoxious 10
him and has criticised him severely. The
Florida Senators did the greater part of the
Era m a
the roll call developed the absence of
quorum.
A great many cases were taken from the
executive calendar and favorably disposed
Of Among these were the following:
]. W. Adams of Nevada, superintendent OF
the mint at Carson; Delos p. Phelps OF
Illinois. assistant treasurer at Chicago;
Thomas Cogswell of Gilmanton, y. H, pen
sion agent at Concord, y. H.; VIM. II.
Milton, jr., Of Mariana, Fla. surveyor gen.
eral Of Florida.
Consuls-John Bidlake of North Dakota, at
Barranquilla; Richard NJ. Burke Of Illinois,
at Chihuahua; James II. Dinsmore of Texas,
at Cienfuegos. Cuba: Geo. r. Ernst of Wis
consin at Reichenberg; William c. Foster
of Arizona, at Trinidad; Walter r. Henry
of North Carolina, at Curacao, West Indies
Receivers of public moneys-Louis Gras-
muck of Gunnison, Colo, at Gunnison, Colo; /;
Edward *. Hawkins of Aberdeen. Wash, at
Olympia, Wash; VIM. II. Dunphy of rekoa,
Wash, at Walla Walla, Wash; Frank b.
Proctor OF Buffalo, Wyo., at Buffalo, Wyo.
David II. Hall of Eureka, New, at Carson
City Ney;; Newman Z. wainwright Of Starke.
Fla, at Gainesville, Fla.
Registers of the general land ofice-Ed-
ward b. Evans Of Des Moines, Iowa, at
Des Moines. Iowa; John F. Heiner of Gun
nison, Colo, at Gunnison, Colo: Irving H.
Mulholland of Independence. Cal, at Inde-
pendence, Cal; Jesse F. Murphy of Olympia.
Wash, at Olympia, Wash; John A Har-
mon of O'Neill, Neb.. at ONeill, Neb.: Thos
j.. Foster OF kearney. Wyo, at Buffalo,
Wyo
Navy-Passed Assistant Engineer Jas. H.
Perry, United States navy, to be chief en-
gineer.
Surveyors OF customs-J n. Harris of
tennessee. for the port of Memphis; Clay c.
Macdonald OF Missouri, for the port of St
Joseph, No; A. ]. Barr, at Pittsburg
Collectors of customs-John d. Davis of
North Carolina, for the district Of Beaufort.
\. c; w. A. Fitch of Texas, for the district
of Saluria, Texas; George H Houck of New
York, for the district of Genesee, " Y:
j. l.. Cottrell of Florida, for the district of
saint Marks, Fla; Daniel G.. Brent of Flor
ida, for the district OF Pensacola, Fla.