, 1884-06-12
REGISTER OF LANDS.
President Arthur k0minates Mr..
Mann's Successor.
Ex-Lieutenant Governor ROthert
of Iowa, the Man.
A Short Sketch of the Gentle
mans Career.

As will be seen by the regular Asso-
ciated Press dispatches elsewhere, the
President has at last nominated a Register
of the land Office in Cheyenne, and in
stead of making Hon. +. w. Mann his
own successor, as had been earnestly
hoped, Mr.. Arthur has designated ex-
Lieutenant Governor Henry W. Rothers.
of Iowa, as the incumbent of that office.
In the retirement Of Mr., Mann from that
Office the wishes of the great mass of the
people have been disregarded. Succeed
ing to the office of Register of the land
office here at a time when there
was little in it in the way of
compensation, yet, notwithstanding that
fact, MIR. Mann from the outset, devoted
to his duties almost his entire time ana
attention, and for the past two years and
a half he has almost totally ~disrcgarded
the calls to service in their behalf of his
many clients, and has a~ssiduously labored
the entire time in the faithful discharge of
the duties of the Office which he has so
acceptably held for the past four years.
Justice to a faithful officer, it would seem,
would have suggested his reappointment
now that the Office is worth holding, but
the fates have decreed otherwise.
His successor, however, is a gentleman
who will prove a valuable addition to the
many good men who have already come
here from Iowa, and no doubt he will
prove Il most efficient and faithful officer.
When the news of his nomination was
first received last evening it was said by
some that he had only been known in
politics as a member of the late Chicago
convention, but all such were mistaken in
part as he is one of the most prominent
men politically in the state in which he
low resides. The name of Mr.. Rothert
had been prominently mentioned in con-
nection with the surveyor generalship,
so that on this account, if for 10 other
reason his nomination will create surprise.
In order that the readers of The
LEADER may know something about the
gentleman, the following biography has
been secured: Henry William Rothert
was born in Cincinnati, o., September II,
1910, After graduating from the High
School in his native city, he and his
brother succeeded his father in the hard
ware business. A branch house was es-
tablished in Keokuk, Ia in 1858, and
Mr., Rothert took charge of it. After
spending a year there he returned to Gin
%cinnati, but in 1862 took up his perma-
nent home in Keokuk. n
1868 he was elected alderman /;
in the following year he was elected county
supervisor and in 1870 reelected alder
man. In 1871 he was elected mayor, and
in 1872 was reelected by the largest me-
jority ever given in Keokuk. In 1873 he
was elected senator from Lee county. He
was elected president pro TEN. of the SEN
ate, and when Governor Kirkwood re-
signed and was succeeded by Hon. j. G..
Newbold. he was sworn in as Lieutenant
Governor. In 1879 hewas renominated as
Senator but declined In 1881 he was
again renominatcd unanimously for, the
same Office and elected. In 1878 h. was
elected Grand Master of the Grand Lodge
of Masons in Iowa, and in 1882 Grand
Commander of the knights Templar of
the same state. His family consist of his
wife and two sons.