New-York tribune., 1896-12-10
~ AND OUT or CONGRESS-.
NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE ~
THE PRESIDENT
prpy,xrXr rrrrnIcAN NATIONAL HEAp"'N'-
TIERS sELrcTEp-THE iorNT TRAFFIC. As
socIATiox REsOIA'TIoN MR.. HANNA
Ar THE cAPiToI,-AN EMER
GrNcY RATION FOR

sorIAT,ox RESOLUTION MR. HANNA
At THE cAPIToG,-AN EMER
GrxcY RATION FOR
TIE ARMY.
Washington. Dec. s-The President to-day r'"'
70 the Senate the nomination or FRANK oyer
Chas,.r ~ Massachusetts, to bc Consul at Buda-
. ,,u,gorv Also the nominations Of consuls.
d,,rc, Judges United States attorneys ana others
or,irated I'm the recess Of Congress- including ihose
~ David r. Francis 10 be Secretary OF the IN'''o'
Mscgrane Coke OF Ncw-York. 10 he MlhiS''' 10
Guatemala and Honduras. and Charles g Nott 10
be chief Justice and Charles H. Mowry 10 be Judge
of the cour, Of Claims The reference OF the noni-
nation Of Mr. Francis to the Committee on Finance
in executive session Of the Senate caused som" com
mcnt among those not conversant with the rules OF
the Senate There IS n belief that the nominations
of Cabinet officers have aways becn promptly cor on
nrmed without such committee reference. bnt inns
is not correct, save In the case oi 'nlt,d states
Senator. Senators nomnaieh 10 oanine' p,res are
supposed TO be as well known to each ihep'r as 10
the special committee, and courtesy alone mas SUE
This practice. however mas its ehc'p,io',r 's VIZ,
Prcsdcn, Hayes nominated ex-senator carr Schurz
10 bc Secretary Of the Interior the nomination was
referred and an investigation as TO his fitness for
the Office was maze
The Republican National Committee has selected
the Glover Building in Est. the Treasury De
partncnt as permanent headquarters. and they
will be established Immediately after New Years
The local committee Will also have rooms az the
new hcadauaricrs and work 10y that committee In
nrenoring for the Inauguration ceremonies mas al
ready begun. Chairman Hanna had = greet many
callers to-day. and had number OF conferences
Win members of the National Committee who are
in The city General Horace Porter, who is TO be
marshal Of the Inaugural parade Is expected 10
name his aids In a few days
Among the visitors TO the House Of Repre- senta
,ves to-day was Mr.. Hanna. who called on Speaker
Reed in his private room and paid his respects
Subsequently Mr.. Hanna went to the senate and
had a conference with several Senators in the Mar
lie Room
Charles Aver Whipplc Of Ncw-York who painted
+, nortrait OF Secretary Herbert for the Navy De-
partment has finished n picture of General Fitz-
hugh Lee. The portrait of the General is three
quarters length lie Is standing beside table
with his finger on the map OF cuba. MIR. Whipple
has begun work on a portrait OF General
Wilson for the Postoicc I,"pal tm"nt. The picture
Of the Postmaster General sents him sitting at
his desk.
The full text of the resolution offered in the Sen
ate by Mr. Chandler Gcp. y. H. and ag'co1 to H.
follows:
Resolved. That the Committee on Interstate Com
merce be directed TO inquire whether the existing
agreement of the socalled Joint Traffic Assoca ton
formed by the principal railroad companies OF the
country provides against competition by "A siipula-
ton that every railroad company which is a party
thereto shall make and maintain such transporta-
ton rates as may be prescribed by n majority OF
the Board of Managers. consisting OF representa- -
tvcs from each OF said railroads. and provides
for enforcing such stipulation by imposing fines I'm
money upon offending company. to be collected
from contributions paid by such company into "A
common fund. which fines are TO accrue to the ben
eft OF the other companies and II such are found
to be the terms the agreement to inquire further
whether such stipulation Is violation Of the pro-
hibition Of the law OF Congress against the pooling
OF freights the division OF earnings by Interstate
railroads. and. II So whether the ilegaliiy has been
sufficiently proved I'm the litigation pending Ia the
Southern District of New-York: and whether In
such litigation the Government Is sufficiently repre-
sented by adequate counsel: and whether any egis-
needed proceedings q
enforce any violated provision OF law against said
Joint Traffic Association. and said committee Is
hereby directed incident TO said inquiry. TO as
certain whether or not since the agreement Of said
| Joint Traffic Association made the -four mill
! ers OF country have entered into similar
agreement whereby the price OF -four 10 to be main
! tained by each miller at a rate to b dxed by the