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JOURNAL

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EXECUTIVE PROCEEDINGS

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SENATE

OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS

FROM DECEMBER 7, 1891, TO MARCH 3, 1893
ALSO

FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS, SPECIAL SESSION

FROM MARCH 4, 1893, TO APRIL 15, 1893

VOL. XXVIII

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JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE UNITED STATES

SENATE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[Fifty-second Congress, first session, commencing December 7, 1891.]

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1891.

The following messages were received from the president of the United States, by Mr. Pruden, one of his secretaries:

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Lorenzo Crounse, of Nebraska, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, new office created by act of Congress, approved July 11, 1890.

Mr. Crounse is now serving under a commission issued during the recess of the Senate.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 10, 1891.

To the Senate of the United States:

BENJ. HARRISON.

I nominate Enos H. Nebeker, of Indiana, to be Treasurer of the United States, to succeed James N. Huston, resigned.

Mr. Nebeker is now serving under a commission issued during the recess of the Senate.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 10, 1891.

To the Senate of the United States:

BENJ. HARRISON.

I nominate A. Loudon Snowdon, of Pennsylvania, formerly min ister resident and consul-general to Greece, Roumania, and Servia, to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to the above-named countries, to which office he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 10, 1891.

To the Senate of the United States:

BENJ. HARRISON.

. I nominate Richard Cutts Shannon, of New York City, New York, to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Salvador, to which office he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

BENJ. HARRISON.

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To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Romualdo Pacheco, of California, formerly envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the Central American States, to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to Guatemala and Honduras, to which office he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 10, 1891.

To the Senate of the United States:

BENJ. HARRISON.

I nominate John S. Durham, of Pennsylvania, formerly consul at Santo Domingo, to be minister resident and consul-general of the United States to Haiti, to which office he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate, vice Frederick Douglass, resigned.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 10, 1891.

To the Senate of the United States:

BENJ. HARRISON.

I nominate Jeremiah Coughlin, of New York City, New York, to be secretary of the legation and consul-general of the United States at Bogota, to which office he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate, vice Edinund W. P. Smith, deceased.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 10, 1891.

To the Senate of the United States:

BENJ. HARRISON.

I nominate Fenton R. McCreery, of Michigan, to be secretary of the legation of the United States at Santiago, Chile, to which office he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate, to fill a vacancy.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 10, 1891.

To the Senate of the United States:

BENJ. HARRISON.

I nominate Larz Anderson, of Ohio, to be second secretary of the legation of the United States at London, to which office he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate, vice Robert S. McCormick, resigned.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 10, 1891.

To the Senate of the United States:

BENJ. HARRISON.

I nominate Richard C. Kerens, of Missouri, to be a member of the Continental Railway Commission, to which office he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate, vice George M. Pullman, declined. BENJ. HARRISON.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 10, 1891.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Ebenezer J. Ormsbee, of Brandon, Vermont, to be land commissioner in Samoa, under the general act signed at Berlin, June 14, 1889, by the plenipotentiaries of the United States, Germany, and

Great Britain, to which office he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate, vice Henry C. Ide, resigned.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 10, 1891.

To the Senate of the United States:

BENJ. HARRISON.

I nominate William W. Murray, of Tennessee, to be associate justice of the Court of Private Land Claims, as provided by section 1, chapter 539, volume 26, Laws 1891, United States Statutes at Large. (Appointed June 10, 1891, during recess.)

EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 10, 1891.

To the Senate of the United States:

BENJ. HARRISON.

I nominate Thomas C. Fuller, of North Carolina, to be associate justice of the Court of Private Land Claims, as provided by section 1, chapter 539, volume 26, Laws 1891, United States Statutes at Large. (Appointed June 10, 1891, during recess.)

EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 10, 1891.

To the Senate of the United States:

BENJ. HARRISON.

I nominate Henry C. Sluss, of Kansas, to be associate justice of the Court of private Land Claims, as provided by section 1, chapter 539, volume 26, Laws 1891, United States Statutes at Large.

(Appointed June 10, 1891, during recess.)

EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 10, 1891.

To the Senate of the United States:

BENJ. HARRISON.

I nominate Wilbur F. Stone, of Colorado, to be associate justice of the Court of Private Land Claims, as provided by section 1, chapter 539, volume 26, laws 1891, United States Statutes at Large.

(Appointed June 10, 1891, during recess.)

EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 10, 1891.

To the Senate of the United States:

BENJ. HARRISON.

I nominate Matthew G. Reynolds, of Missouri, to be United States attorney of the Court of Private Land Claims, as provided by section 2, chapter 539, volume 26, laws 1891, United States Statutes at Large. (Appointed June 10, 1891, during recess.)

EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 10, 1891.

To the Senate of the United States:

BENJ. HARRISON.

I nominate Ivory G. Kimball, of the District of Columbia, to be judge of the police court of the District of Columbia, as provided by section 6, chapter 536, volume 26, laws 1891, United States Statutes at Large.

(Appointed March 24, 1891, during recess.)

BENJ. HARRISON.

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