The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-12-13
SPRINGER CONFIRMED
For United States Judge Of the Northern
District Of Indian Territory.
KILGORE, OF TEXAS, GETS THE SOUTHERN
Oihcr Coniirmutions- Tho Senate
Noldsn Two Hour rScssion-BIlIs of
Minor Import Oncrcd-NIr. CaIi
Addresses tho Senate In support of
lais Armenian Resolution.

Washington, Dec. 12-Senate-The
Senate to-day confirmed the following
nominations: To be Secretaries of Lc-
cation: John F. Baker, OF Minnesota,
At Managua. Nicarauguu. and Charles
Sims. of Massachusetts. 10 Chile.
United States Judges-Wiiliam NJ.
Springer, of Illinois, for the Northern:
Constantine B. kiigore, of Texas. for
the Southern. and Y. Lewis, for the
Central District of Indian Territory.
United States Attorncys-Andrcw C.
Cruise, Southern District OF Indian Ter
litory; Samuel ID. Dodge, Northern
District of Ohio; William J. Horton,
Central District of Indian Territory.
United States Observation-Disclosures el
Devanny, for the Southern District OF
Ohio; James NJ. Martin, Western Dis
trict of Louisiana; Samuel NJ. Ruther-
ford, for the Northern, and Charles
Steve, for the Southern District of
Indian Territory.
After Il two hours session to-day the
Senate adjourned until Monday next.
TWO bills to secure the payment of
the Indebtedness of the Pacific railroads
10 the Government were introduced
one by Mr.. Frye almost identical with
the one introduced by him in the last
Congress and one by Mr.. Thurston
Htepo, of Nebraska, MIR. Thurston's
bill provides for Il sale to the highest
bidder of the Government claim at not
less than 30 per cent. of the amount,
the purchaser TO become possessed Of
all the right title. interest and lien of
the United States, including the right
of foreclosure, possession and operation
of the roads.
Mr.. Call made a short speech In sup
port of his resolution relative TO the
masSacres OF Armenians in the Tur-
kish Empire, and the resolution was
referred to the Committee on Foreign
Relations.
Then Mr.. PETER made n speech sup
porting by figures on his bill for the
proper disposition OF the remains of
Senators and Representatives who die
In the Capitol during session of Con-
greSS. No action was taken on the bill.
"A resolution instructins the Commit
tee on Finance to report what the diff
ference of exchange between gold stan
dard countries and silver standard
countries has on the agricultural and
manufacturing industries of the United
States was offered by Mr.. Stewart: who
gave notice that he would submit some
remarks upon 1t next Monday.
MIR. White Dem.). of California, Of
fered resolution to amend the rules
by providing that " all debate shall be
relevant and confined to the subject d.
rectly before the Senate" and gave
notice that he would address upon il
next Tuesday.
a resolution was offered by Mr.. Hans
brough RcpD, of North Dakota, and
agreed to. instructinS the Secretary of
Agriculture To report to the Senate
whether or not he has expended the
whole or any part of the appropriation
made last session for the purchase and
distribution of seeds and for the print
ing and distribution of Farmers Bull
letinS."
y brief executive session was held,
after the close of Mr.. PETERS speech,
and then at p. m. the Senate ad-
journed until Monday next
House.-The first gun in the tariff
fight in the Fifty-fourth Congress
was fired to-day in the House BY the
venerable eX-Speaker Grow. OF Penn
sylvana. AT his request the House
went into Committee of the Whole on
the State OF the Union, and for nearly
an hour he compared the working of
the protective tariff as 1t existed from
1861 to 1894. with the results achieved
by the present law asserting that the
latter had not proved much of 81 sue
cess. He proposed instead of the re-
tirement of grecnbacks in exchange
for bonds as recommended by Presi-
dent Cleveland that national banks
be permitted 10 deposit them, and the
silver certificates as we'll in exchange
every Sl00 so deposited: the grecnbacks
and certificates when deposited to be
cancelled. The gold reserve, he con-
tended. would always prove source
of weakness whenever and as long as
the Government was compelled to bor-
row money to meet its expenditures
Several resolutions of inquiry of eX-
ecutive departments were offered and
passed
AT 135 the House adjourned until
Monday.
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