Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-01
HON. WILLIAM |. WILSON Nominated to Be Postmaster
 General, Vice Bisse'l,
BUT NOT YET CONFIRMED
With Many Others it Awaits ] the Pleasure of the Honor
 able Senate.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-The nomination of William L. Wilson, membsr of the . house of represen tatives, to be postmaster general was today compelled to take the ordinary course h the senate, and went over under an objection until tomorrow. Il was thought that the con firmation would Immediately follow, and especially as Mr. V.las, chairman of the postoffice commit tee, had meanwhile seen all the members oi the committee and had been directed to make A favorable report. Accordingly, when the doors were closed MT. Faulkner, democrat, of West Virginia, made an ap- peal to the senate for the case to be taken up aud acted upon by unanimous consent, but this was denied him. Mir. Wilson B nomination will, however, be confirmed at tomorrow's session.
 The fact that a disputed postoffice case stands at the head of the executive caien- dar and that there has been no quorum present at the last two sessions has been lhe means of blocking all executive busi- ness. During the recess of congress the president appointed Alfred D. Tinsley to be postmaster at Sioux Falls, 5. D., which is the home of Senator Peitigrew. This nomination was offensive to Mir. Pettigrew, aud as senatorial courtesy requires that the nominee for the home town of senator shall be satisfactory to that senator MT. Pettigrew had little trouble in getting a unanimous report from the committee re- jecting MT. Tinsley. MT. Kyle, MT. Pet iigrew's colleague, however, cbampioned ! the nomination of MT. Tinsley. The nom. ination came to the senate on the 9th of last December and has been pending since.
 Yesterday this case reached the head of the calendar and Mir. Pettigtew demanded action. The point of no quorum was made and nothing could be done. Today there a a ti- grew insisted that this case should be first disposed o!5 no business could be transacted save the making of reports.
 There are more than 100 nominations pending Tn the senate and the hour of dis solution is fast approaching. 1t was agreed today that the senate go into executive ses- sion tomorrow about noon, when there would bs quorum present, and clean up the calendar as much as possible. This programme will probably be carried out.
 In addition to reporting George M. Han son, nominated to be collector of the Pas samsquoddy district, Maine, without rec ommeudation, the committee on commerce this afJerr oon made an adverse report on the nomination of Henry P. Kitfield, uom- inated to be collector of customs for the district of Gloucester, Mass. The objec- tion raised against MT. Kitfield was that he was not resident of the city of Glouces- ter, although he did reside in the district. This appointment from time immemorial has gone to a citizen of Gloucester, and re- publicans and democrats alike joined in the protest against the confirmation of the nominee. There were no charges of any other character, but the committee was convinced that the claims of the citizens of Gloucester, coming with such unanimity, were entitled to recognition, end directed an adverse report to be made.
 There is also on the executive calendar quite batch of New York postoffice nom- inations, many of them being recess ap- pointments that reached the senate on the 6tb of December last. All of them are more or less objectionable to MT. Hill and he has succeeded in holding them up. He has consented that some of them shall receive action, and 1t is probable that the bulk of these nominations will go through tomor-