The herald., 1897-12-17
NEW OFFICERS
McKenna's Name Sent to the Senate.
Other Nominations

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-The Presi-
dent today sent the following nomina-
tions to the Senate:
Joseph McKenna, Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court of the United states.
Treasury-Chas. G. Dawes, Illinois, to
be Comptroller Of the Currency.
Interior-John A. Nesbit Of Pennsyl-
vania, to be Pension Agent at Philadel-
phia.
Court of Private Land Claims-John
Reed. to be Chief Justice; VIM. M. Many
of Tennessee, Thomas G. Fuller of
North Carolina, Henry c. Straus of Kan
sas and Wilbur F. Stone Of Colorado to
be Associate Justices.
Reappointments, their terms expiring
December 81, 1S97-Robert v. Cozier, At
torney for the United States for the
District Of Idaho: Henry c. Doherty,
Marshal Of the United States for the
Eastern District of North Carolina.
The President also sent the large num-
Der of appointments made during the
recess of the Senate, which heretofore
have been announced.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-The nom
nation Of AttorneyG General McKenna
to succeed Justice Field on the supreme
bench will not be acted upon by the SEN
ate until after the Christmas holidays.
The nomination was referred to the COM
mittee on judiciary in today's executive
session, but Senator Hoar, chairman Of
that committee, stated that he would not
ask the committee to consider the nom
ination until after the reconvening Of
the senate in January. 1t does not ap-
pear that the delay in considering Mr..
McKenna's nomination is due to that
opposition that Is reported to exist
against his confirmation so much as to
the fact that the committee on judiciary
habitually considers nominations to the
supreme bench with more elaboration
than is exercised by that or any other
committee in the case of other nominal
tions AS the senate will adjourn on
Saturday for the holidays, action would
be necessary in the two days left and
this time, instead Of being sufficient for
mature deliberation would be considered
insufficient for even the most extraor-
binary nomination.
A POPULIST CAUCUS
WASHINGTON, Dec. ia caucus
Of the Populist members of the house
was held tonight at the National hotel.
The following resolutions were adopted
unanimously except that referring to
civil service:
Resolved, That it Is the sense Of this
caucus that we will resist all efforts to
modify the existing civil service law
so as to enable any party that may be
in power to fill the different positions in
the civil service with partisans.
Resolved, That we are opposed to and
will resist all efforts to destroy our
greenbacks and treasury notes, whether
it be by direct legislation or by the sub
terfuge of refusing to issue the same ex-
lcept in exchange for gold.
Resolved, That we are opposed to any
|scheme of enlarging the powers Of ma
tional banks.
Resolved, That we are opposed to the
comforting of the power to issue notes,
designed to have the same functions as
money, to any bank, corporation or in
dividual.
Resolved, That we favor the early
consideration and passage of a joint res
olution recognizing the independence of
the Cuban republic.
Resolved, That we are in favor Of the
early passage Of an equitable voluntary
bankruptcy bill
THE LITERARY TEST
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-The house
committee on immigration today de-
cided to make favorable report on the
educational test bill. This requires all
Immigrants on reaching here to be able
to read and write the English language
or some other language.