Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1889 — WHERE THE PLUMS FALL. [ARTICLE]

WHERE THE PLUMS FALL.

THE UNITED STATES SENATE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. The Upper House of Congress Transacts Little Other Business than Confirming or Rejecting Presidential Appointments —The Chosen. The Senate was in executive session an hour and a quarter on the 26th ult., and in that time disposed of all' the nominations reported from the committee. The files of the executive calendar were pretty generally cleared of pending convention's and treaties. Most of these were unimportant documents relating to postal conventions and copyright agreements, which were approved pro forma. The arrangement with Mexico relative to the appointment of a boundarv commission was continued. The extradition treaty with Russia was the subject of the most discussion. The foUowing Presidential nominations were confirmed: Zachariah T. Walrong. to be United States Attorney for the Indian Terrritory; Thomas B. Needles, to be United States Marshal for the Indian Territory; James M. Schakleford, to be Judge of the United States Court of the Indian Territory; James Tanner, to be Commissioner of Pensions; Jeremiah Sullivan, to be Collector of Customs for Montana and Washington; David M. Lines, to be special examiner of drugs, etc., at New Orleans ; Seligman Brothers, to be special fiscal agents of the Navy Department at London ; George W. Mcßride, to be Collector of Customs for Michigan; Charles J. Edwards, to be Collector of Customs for Minnesota ; Charles M. Bradshaw, to be Collector at Puget Sound, W. T. Also the foUowing postmasters : George D. Breed, Chilton, Wis.; John M. Higgard, Stoughton, Wis.; Theodore Burr, Lancaster, Wis.; James B. NeviUe, Bloomington, Ill.; W. S. Cullimore, Centralia, Ill.; Allen Chandwick, Armourdale, Kan.; James L. King, Topeka, Kan.; Ed F. Jones, Holton, Kan.; Charles J. Wonser, Tama, lowa. The Senate confirmed the following nominations on the 27th ult.: Francis E. Warren, Govemer of Wyoming Territory; Benjamin F. White, Governor of Montana; Robert V. Belt, Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs; Charles C. Walters, United States Attorney for the eastern district of Arkansas ; Oscar M. Spellman, United States Marshal for the eastern district of Arkansas; Walter P. Corbett, United States Marshal for the Southern District of'Georgia. Postmasters : William B. Hodge, Jr., Marshall, Ill.; John P. Yost, North Bend, Neb.; Harper Brosius, Alliance, Ohio ; Charles W. Jones, Martinsville, Va.; Robert E. Milner, Nowman, Ga.; Walter F. Brashear, Russellville, Ark.; James F. George, Dardanelle, Ark.; William L. Pearce, Gainesville, Tex. The nominations of Lewis Wolfly to be Governor of Arizona and of John C. New to be Consul General to London were reported favorably from committee, li.it, under individual objection, they went over until the next executive session.

The executive session of the Senate lasted between two and three hours on the 28th ult., and was confined largely to a discussion of the nomination of Murat Halstead to be Minister to Germany. Before that camo up the nominations of John C. New to be Consul General to London, and of Lewis Wolfley, to be Governor of Arizona, which were pending, were confirmed A final attempt of the opposition to defeat Mr. New’s confirmation was based upon the assertion that his paper (the Indianapolis Journal) liad published articles reflecting upon the private character of President Cleveland. This charge was warmly denied by Senator Voorhees, of Indiana, and. the nomination was confirmed. The Committee on Foreign Relations favorably reported all the diplomatic nominations of the 27th ult., but in the case of Mr. Halstead the report was not unanimous. On a motion to confirm the nomination the nays were in the majority, Senators Teller, Plumb, Ingalls, Farwell and Cullom voting with the Democrats. Mr. Sherman moved to reconsider the vote, and on that motion a long debate ensued, in the course of which the ground of objection to Mr. Halstead was disclosed. When the Senate refused to enter upon an investigation of the election of Senator Payne, of Ohio, Mr. Halstead, whose paper, the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, hail strongly urged the investigation, made uncomplimentary allusions to the Republicans who voted against the investigation. The feeling against him on the part of the Senators who fell under his displeasure at that time is very bitter, and one of them is reported to have said to President Harrison that Mr. Halstead could not be confirmed—that the Senators whom he had criticised would not vote for him. The motion to reconsider was pending when the Senate adjourned. The Senate adopted a resolution accepting the invitation to participate in the centennial ceremonies at New York, and providing for the appointment of seven Senators to represent the Senate on that occasion. The Senate confirmed the following nominations : James O. Churchill, Missouri, Surveyor of Customs at the port of St. Louis ; Charles E. Monteith, Agent at the Nez Forces Agency, Idaho ; Second Lieutenant William A. Mercer, First Lieutenant of tho Eighth Infantry. Postmasters Chester A. Wilcox, Quincy, Ill.; William B. Webster, Cresco, lowa ; Jeremiah P. Easton, Warren, Minn.; John H. Welch, Winnebago City, Minn.; 010 E. Wainguild, Rice Lake, Wis.; Osceola N. Servis, Kansas City, Kas.; George Budd, Bozeman, M. T.; James M. Moore, Anaconda, M. T.; John D. Hogue, Tacoma, Wy. T.; Abram W. Lawson, Plattsburg, N. Y.; David M. Jones, Scranton, Pa.; John M. Kinser, Ark. The following nominations were sent in by President Harrison: Robert Adams, Jr., of Pennsylvania, Minister to Brazil; Lansing B. Misener, of California. Minister to the Central American States ; William L. Scruggs, of Georgia, Minister to Venezuela; William O. Bradley, of Kentucky, Minister - to Corea; and others of minor importance.