New-York tribune., 1877-06-06
WASHINGTON.
APPOINTMENTS.
APPOINTMENTS.
LAPGv PRopERTY-HOIDuR APPOINTED DISTRICT
COMMIssIoNER-FoREIGN AND HowR APPOINT

APpDlNiMFNlS.
A LAPGv PRaPrRTY-HOI APPOINTED DISTRICT
IONER-FoREIGN AND HomR APPOINT
MENTs.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO TUE TRIBUSEi
WASHINGTON. June 5.-At the CuLiuC< meeting
to-day il was agreed 10 appoint Thas. h. Bryan to
the District Commssionerihip made vacant by the
resignation of Gen. Ketchan. The selection is
praised on all sides Mr. Bryan is n lawyer by pro
fcssion and an active business man by long
and successful experience. He ~ a large property
holder in Chicago and in this oiy Formerly
he was Mayor of Chicago, and he is sill flo Vice
President OF the Fidelity Savings Bank thcre. and
the owner Of the Fidelity Safe Deposit Company's
building. lie was born in Alexandria. Va. He has
spcut his Winters In Washington fer Of years.
II is said that next to Mr. Cpn>Iran and Mr.. Riggs
hc s tire largest taxpayer in tic District Few men
are conversant with its business interests, and
hIs appointment affords additional guarantee that
more OF the practices of the ao Ring wii crccp INTO
the new District government. In politics Mr. Bryan
is a Republican OF Liberal views
The President signed the cnsnn(ission of oE-f'oY.
Thomas 4. Osborne Of Kansas to 6e United stcs
Minister to ChI to-day. lie also appointed Philip
p. Wilcox TO he Marshal for Colorado
MIR. @. w. ia fin, Coasu st the Samoan Islands
who been in the city for Il few days, is about TO
re.U:n to ms post. lie enjoys tEe full codiGeHoc OF
tJc Government, and has received instructions look
irg 20 the early negotiation Of tro,dy of amiiy
aud commerce with the Iels0ds.
The cuircat settlement that Col. Jaci, Wharton is
~ he aNpoiutrd United States Nahai for Louisiana
a. socn as Mr Ptkin. Tho incumbent. can be- induced
10 resicn, is not wholly cycGi5ed here. Persons
familiar with Louisiana ah,iIs say that the appoint
Jnnnt would be an unfortunate one, a"d that Col.
Wharton belongs 10 class of pollticiass from which
no acceptable selection could he ma0c. io oGi"o is
one OF great importance at Mi Times. and in the 2ccu
lar coz '-ion of atTars IN I"i asiar ont oft.ir
tra,sforol thc Stale governments So tc Cons aves
aud ol he abandonment Of military iBtoTf.rencc. 10
is ~ 1e utmost consequence that it should he he'd
i, a .iin possessing the ful confidence of the best
classes of cjtzous here IS Ho.nug IN Col. Whar-
tons auteccdents cr in s social and poll zeal asSo-
ciliions that enables h,m TO command that conf
dcuce II is asserted that his appointment would
weaken the very cordial feeling cNtcg.ained toward
the Administration hy the conservative white people
of th" state
Secretary Sher;nau'5 rule that than one mem-
b,rof family snail rot hol2 Office IN t'o Treasury
Department pcovokes great deal of hoS'ble crit
ci-n among those affected by 1t. In eases where it
works the removal Of old and efficient clerks Il is
denounced as in violation oi tie Civil service Irn-
cIple that capacity and fidelity shall b. the only
Qualifications for office. ne clerks who lose their
places insist that the real purpose oi the rule IL 10
make vacancies for some OF thc p 'ople VINO arc
pressing for appointments. A ike purpoSo Is AT
trhLted 70 the inGuiries being instituted 80 tho
pccruIarv resources of the clerks. Those who pos
ses some property are supposed To have only len
der hold on their Offices under the new ordor "a
things.