The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-11

IhtSl DEN l..
Washington. March l0.-Thc President
today nominated and the senate confirm.
eel w. Il. Jewell To he postmaster mt
l)anville, Illinois, TO succeed .Ioh,; Beard.
whose nomination WAS sent in during the
previous administration and never con.
tirncd.
During the executive session OF the
senate to day, attention was called to the
iact that it having agreed to adjourn I'M
III 1850 O'Clock next Monday, an cmbnr.
RAISING condition of affairs would result
should any nominations be sent to the
Senate on that day
Mr.. Mckinley has called an extraorrli.
nary Ses sion of the Fifty.l fifth Congress to
convene March II ut noon. The present
special session of the Senate will end at
noon on that day. Any nominations sent
III would therefore have to lie acted upon
within the half hour the body would be
IN session. or they would fail and the
President would have to send them again
during the regular session TO obviate
such condition of affairs, lit was agreed
shat the best thing to do was TO adjourn
sine die and this was done. THE Senate
WAS this morning advised that there
would he no important nominations be-
fore 1T ut week.
The Alaskan boundary treaty was re.
ported from the committee.
Jhe Republican Senatorial steering
committee met To day in senator Ali
son room, hut no action OF any kind
was taken. The members received their
note late and some did not arrive until
the conference was breaking up. While
no member of the committee was able tn
offer II tangible solution to the existing
difficulty in connection with the filing of
the vacancies on the committees. il was
fhe general impression that-sno combina-
tioh having FOR its purpose the organza.
ton of the Senate committees by The sill
yer vote could he made effective.
several members of the committee, who
ms individuals have given this question
the most painstaking consideration and
have held numerous conferences with
leaders of both factions of the Democratic
party and the boiling Republicans, have
reached the conclusion that the differ.
ences between these elements are SO great
ana the demands made so incapable of
being complied with that il will he utter
~ impossible for the opposition to con
centrate upon any particular plan OF nc.
ton. Fer this reason members of the
committee state that the status quo in the
Senate Will he maintained and that, ulti-
mately. the vacancies will he filled with
~ l'''''t'tiiS ACltilll'lsS lnt OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
although owing to Populist representa-
ton on some of these committees il Will
not be possible for the Republicans to
fully control the actions of some Another
meeting OF the steering committee will
be held tomorrow
y denial is made To the published state
mcnt that Il compromise has been agreed
to, whereby the Republicans are TO retain
control until December. when the regular
session convcnes, and ut that time II con-
test for the control of the Senate is to he
waged.
The Democratic steering committee
had short conference after the Senate
adjourned to- cay, but no result cane of
it.
While the :aemhcrs of both steering
committees are very non committnl. it is
understood that an agreement will Inc
reached whereby the Republicans will fiji
the vacancies in the committees caused
10y the retirement of the men who were
appointed us Republicans and that the
Democrats will fiji their vacancies.
Mr.. Burrows, of Michigan. appears to
he slated for the place of Mr. Sherman on
the finance COMMITTEES Senator Jones, of
Nevada. will vote for II tariff bill without
IL free silver rider being attached, and will
oppose putting on IL rider if the free sill
yer men attempt ii in committee
Mr. Platt, of New York made u strong
iSnt OF the place on the finance commit
tee but his long nj sence from the Senate
initiated against him.
Mr.. Allison will remain rs chairman of
the committee on appropriations With
this condition OF affairs in that commit.
tee neither Senator's Teller nor Pettigrcw
will bedisturbcd Senators Pettigrew Tel
Ter and Cannon, three of the holting silver
Republicans, are quoted il dispatches in
the morning papers rs having yesterday,
during their visit to the White House
assured the President that they would
not stand in the way of or object to any
tariff scheme that might besssuggested by
the administration. These Senators wish
the Southern Associated Press to say for
them that they called upon Mr.. Mckinley
simply to pay their respetcs and they add
with emphasis that during the time they
were III the presence of the executive the
subjects of tariff, silver and patronage
were not mentioned or referred to even in
the most indirect manner, by either of the
pai ties.
Sweet solos mt the Christian Church to-
morrow night
PLEADING FOR JACKSON. -
Frankfort, by, March l0-T j. Craw-
ford, OF Newport, an attorney Tor Scott
Jackson, this morning presented Gov