The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-03-25
Territorial Government, and was also Chic
Justice under the State Government.

Territorial Government, and was also Chic
Justice under the State Government.
X
There are several members Of Congress who
did not hesitate to manifest their interest IL
the prize-fght at Carson City last week. With
| many, indeed, proceedings of Congress we're o.
minor importance in comparison to the news
from tho scene of conflict.
A clever newspaper man who didn't care tt
60 down from the press gallery and hnc
whether there was meeting of the Ways and
Means Committee in progress on Wednesday
afternoon, prepared report Of the proceeding
there, in case there were any. He wrote:
Chairman Dingley called the Ways and
Means Committee together at O'CLOCK. zen
Wheeler was proceeding at BOO 3. M. TO ask
further explanation of the effect OF the new ia"
on the manufacture of cotton cloth. AT tha'
moment Western Upton messenger came 10
with = niece of yellow fimsy for a member
Half of his colleagues were on their feet In a
moment and looking over the lucky mans
shoulder.
az move" said member who was cranine
his neck to get glimpse, that We pass to the
subject of gloves"
It is remarkable how quickly the Depart
ments become accustomed to a new Admlnistra.
ton. The new Cabinet officers have settled
down to their duties, and as far as the routIhe
of public work is concerned they might nave
been in Office for q year instead OF two days.
The most apparent sign Of a change Is In the
number of visitors that throng the corridors.
large contingent of these are oilice-seekers.
aud are beginning to realize how very lew In
number are the places that can be distributed
by the Heads Of the Departments or by the
President himself Up in the State Depart
ment there are pacards which notify the once.
seeker that there are just nine positions IN that
Department that are outside the classified serv-
ice. These placards were put up By Secretary
Oney and have been allowed to remain by Sec
rotary Sherman. In the War aud Navy Depart
ments . similar condition OF affairs exlsts.
X
That repository of more or less useful infor-
nation, the Congressional Directory, has just
made its appearance. There is really much In
it that is not readily accessible elsewhere. vi
this the biographies Of the new members oil
Congress aud of the Cabinet and an account oil
the duties of various officials may be consldered
the most important. An index OF all the names
of persons in the book is o feature that WILL
prove great convenience.
NEW NOMINEES.
The PRESIDENT MADE Seyefai ltDpoftnus nun .
nations last week. They we're: Powell Clay
ton, of Arkansas, to be Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United
States to Mexico; VIM. III. Osborne. of Massa-
chusetts Consul General of the United States
ut London: John X. Gowdy. of Indiana. Con-
sui General of the United States at Paris
Joseph II. Brigham. of Ohio, to be Assistant
Secretary of Agriculture; Perry S. Heath. oil
Indiana, to be First Assistant Postmaster
General.
Ambassador to Great Britain-John Hay, OF
the District Of Columbia
Ambassador to France-Gcn. Horace Porter,
of New York.
Secretary of the Embassy Of the United States
in Great Britain-Henry White, Of Rhode
Island.
Assistant Surgeons in the Marine Hospital
Service-Hill Hastings, of Kentucky Claude
II. Lavinder of Virginia; Talaferro Clark.
District of Columbia.
Maj. II. H. C. Dunwoody. Signal Corps, to be
Lieutenant-Colonel; First Lieut.. l.. z. Braut.
LIST Inf. to be Captain.
Second Lieutenants to be First Lieutenants-
II. M. Powell, Cd Inf; F. w. Sladen. 18th Inf;
H. II. Bandholtz, 9th Inf; H. r. Ferguson. Odd
Inf; II. G. Learned, 18th Inf; N. w. Rowell,
10th Cav.
Willis Van Devanter. of Wyoming. to be As
sistant Attorney General, vice Isaac II. Lion
berger, resigned.