Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-12-18
Nominations Confirmed.

Washington, Dec. 18.-The senate today
confirmed these nominations: Ethan A
Hitchcock, of Missouri, minister to Rus
sia; Archibald j. Sampson, of Arizona,
minister to Ecuador; W. X. Finch, of Wis
consin, minister to Paraguay and Uru-
quay; Laurian 8. Sweason, of Minnesota,
minister to Denmark; George H. Bridge
| man, of New Jersey, minister to Bolivia;
/ W. Godfrey Hunter, of Kentucky, minister
to Guatemala and Honduras; Wm. Thomas,
Jr., of Maine, minister to Sweden and
Norway.
Oonsuls-Luther W. Osborne, of Ne
braska, at Apia and Nukuualofa, Tonga;
John l.. Bittinger, of Missouri, at Mon.
treal; Eugene Seeger, of Illinois, at Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil; James T. Dubois, of
pennsylvania, at St. Gall, Switzerland; /;
William R. Holloway, of Indiana, at St..
Petersburg, Russia; Frank G. Partridge,
of Vermont, at Tangier, Morocco.
| Nathan B. Scott, of West Virginia, com
missioner of internal revenue; Wm. Penn
Nixon, collector of customs, Chicago;
William P. Williams, district attorney at
Chicago; John O. Ames, marshal, n northern
district of Illinois; j. S Spear, Jr., sur
veyor Of customs, San Francisco.
Session Of Senate Today.
Washington, Dec. 18.-The senate pas
sed joint resolution providing for the
ex penditnre of $4,000 more than was
originally intended upon the government
building at the Transmississipp inter.
national exposition in Omaha, Neb that
$25,000 be appropriated for the building
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life savings service, and that the cost of
the government display be reduced from
s15O,0O0 to $4,000, the entire cost of
the government buildings to be $685.
500.
Mr.. Cullom, of Illinois, secured the
adoption of a resolution asking the heads
of the several departments of the gov
ernment what positions their depart
ments ought, in their opinion, to be ex-
cepted from the operation of the civil
service, and what changes or modifica-
tions of the law ought to be made.
Mr.. Platt, of Connecticut, secured the
adoption of resolution calling upon the
secretary of the interior for report of
the present status in the Choctaw and
Chickasaw nations, in the Indian terri
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Chickasaw Indian nations, and also his
suggestions and recommendations as to
further legislation to adjust their stays
and settle just claims.
Session or House Today.
Washington, Dec. 1S.--The conference
report on the relief measure for the Klon-
dixie country was presented In the house
today and agreed to.
It CON mpromises the amount of relief at
100000, provides for securing the oon-
sent of Canada to extending relief to the
Canadian side, and Authorizes the use of
the army to carry out the relief measures.
1t also provides that supplies must be
purchased instead of being donated.
The house bill was passed confirming
certain cash entries of the public lands.
The speaker announced several COM
mittee changes including Royce, Of In
diana, to succeed johnson, of Indiana, re-
signed, as chairman of the elections COM
mittee number two; Codding, of Penn
sylvsnia, to succeed Kirkpatrick, of Penn
sylvania, on Pacific railroads.
At 1890 M, Boutelle, Of Maine, offer
ed resolution OF profound regret on the
death of Mr.. Cooke, of Illinois, and eulo.
gies were begun. Mr.. Boutells paid a
high tribute to the deceased and referred
to President McKinley's recent bereave.
mei.G in the loaa az his mother