The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-31
LIST OF LUCKY DEMOCRATS.
Names of the Gentlemen Whom the Pres
ident Yesterday Gave Good Places.
Rufus Magee for Minister to Sweden and Nor.
way, A. r. Lawton to Russia, and A. M.
Kelly to Italy-0ther Nominations.



| WAsHINaToN, March 30-The President to
| day sent to the Senate the following nomina
! tons:
ENJOYS Extraordinary and Ministers Pleni.
| potentiary of the United States--Thomas j.
Jarvis, of North Carolina, to Brazil; Alexander
| Il. Lawton. of Georgia. to Russia; Anthony M.
Kelly, of Virginia, to Italy.
| Ministers Resident of the United States-Isaao
Bell. Jr, of Rhode lslands to the Netherlands;
| Rufus Magee, of Indiana, Sweden and Norway;
George W. Merrill, of Nevada, to the Hawaiian
| Islands
Ministers Resident and Consuls. general of ths
United States-Edvard Parke Gusts Lewis, OF
New Jersey, to Portugal; Rasmus B. Ander-1
son. of Wisconsin, Denmark.
Consuls general of the United States-Thomae
M. Waller, of Connecticut, at London; Freder~
ick Paine, of Maryland, Berlin; Edmund Jussen
of lli;-ois, to Vienna.
Consu.A of the United States-A Halter Gross
of Pennsylvania, to Athens, Greece: Evan II
Howell, of Georgia, Manchester, England.
Brown, Shipley q Co., of London England,
special fiscal agents of the Navy Department.
Collectors Of Internal Revenue-Nathan Gregg,
of Tennessee, for the Second district of Tennes-
see; Isham G. Searry, of Texas, Third district Of
Texas.
Alex McCue. of New York, Solicitor of the
Treasury; David Settle, of North Carolina, mar
shall of the United States for the Western dis
trict of North Carolina Joseph Z. Johnston, OF
Virginia, commissioner of railroads: Lewis Mo
New York city; VIM Caldwell. of Ohio, surveyor
of customs at Cincinnati; Clement Dowd, Of
North Carolina, Collector of internal revenuS
for the Sixth district of North Carolina Jno. o.
Henderson, of Indiana, collector of internal
revenue for the Eleventh districtof Indiana Cap
tain VIM. j. Vokman, of the Fifth Cavalry,
major and assistant adjutant general; Captain
George II. Burton, Twenty first Infantry. major
and inspector general
Postmasters-M Michael j. Dougherty Gales
burg, Ill.,; WILDER f. Horn. Idaho Springs Col;
Palemon Wiley, Central City, Col; Ansel Wat
| rous, Fort Collins. Col.
WHO THE PROMINENT NOMINEES ARE.
Alexander r. Lawton, nominated for the mis-
sion to Russia, is prominent lawyer in Sa
vannah. He was educated at West Point, and
served in the army number of years, but rs-
signed. He then studied law in Savannah and
engaged in the practice of his profession there.
When the civil war broke out he entered the
confederate service as brigadier general and
subsequently became quartermaster general of J.
the Confederacy At the close of the war he
returned to his practice at Savannah, and sooi
afterward WAS appointed attorney for the Gem
trail Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia
He is described as a lawyer of distinction;
gentleman of quiet and affable manners, the
possessor of considerable wealth, and about six
ty years of age.
A. NJ. Kelly. nominated minister to Italy, is |
lawyer in successful practice at Richmond, Va
He has been mayor or that city, was for several
years chairman CT the Democratic Funders' COM
mittee. taking an active and prominent part in 4
the contest against the Readjusters, and is alst
well known as one of the counsel for the Vir
gina 6ondholders in their prolonged litigation.
Edward Parke GUSTS Lewis, the nominee for
the mission to Portugal, is resident of Hoboken,
N. j. He is said to be distantly related to Sec
rotary Bayard, aud has been member of the
Legislature, presidential elector and mem
Der Of the State Democratic committed. He
was in the confederate army, and is son-in-
law of Edwin Stevens, of Stevenss battery,
fame.
Isaac Bell, jr., nominated to be minister to
the Netherlands is wealthy citizen Of New.
port, r. l., and prominent Democrat He has
several times been the Democratic candidate for
Governor. He is brotherinaw of James
Gordon Bennett He was Democratic candi-
date for the United States Senate at the last
senatorial election.
Rasmus B. Anderson, of Wisconsin, nomi-
mated minister resident to Denmark, is an emf,
nent Scandinavian scholar, and is the author OF
a number of books on scandinavian folk lore
and mythology. He is professor ia Wisconsin
University. and is we'll known among literary raen.
He is a with influence among the Scanda-
navians in the United States, and prominent
defender of the American school system against
those who desire to substitute for it system of
sectarian schools He has always taken o. deep
interest in the promotion of Scandinavian im-
migration to this country. lie is not only a
fine Latin and Greek scholar, but knows Ger
man, French, Hungarian, and all the Scanda-
navian languages The nomination is generally
regarded ASIAN extremely good one
Thomas NJ. Waller nominated consul general
at London, is we'll known as Ex-Governor of Con-
necticut
Frederick Paine, of Maryland nominee for the
Berlin consul generalship is editor of the Bati
more Correspondent, German Democratic pa
per.
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general to Vienna, is leading member of a
prominent firm of German Americans in Chi.
cago. He has been somewhat prominent in poll
tics in his State. He is a brother in law of Carl
Schurz.
Evan P. Howell, of Georgia, nominated consul
at Manchester is one of the editors aud proprie
tors of the Atlanta Constitution, and a man OF
high standing.
inee for consul to Athens, is son of the eminent
surgeon He has been locally prominent in
Philadelphia as Democrat. and was recently
member of the City Council
George w. Merrill. of Nevada, nominated
minister resident to the Hawaiian Islands, is
lawyer by profession. but Is now private secreta-
~ to Senator Fair. He is we'll known here and
! is generally esteemed.
Thomas J. Jarvis, nominated Minister to Bra
| zil, served in the confederate army, and was
| Governor of North Carolina for six years.
| Louis McMulen, nominated for appraiser Of
| the port of New York, is at present employed
in the appraisers Office there as examiner in
| the hardware division. He is a Democrat, and
one of the Oldest employees in the deparbn9nt,
having served continuously in the apprhser'a
| office about twenty three years The nominal
tion is regarded a good one, and
| as strictly in accordance with civil 1
service reform principles. The Treasury
| Department officials hesitate to express
any opinion in regard to the reasons for the ~
moval of Ketchum whose place McMullen is n
take There are. they say no charges against
him, and he has not so far as they know dt-e
ANYTHING himself obnoxious to the present al
ministration. 1t is intimated tonight thak
there is likely to be a contest in the Senate over
/ this nomination, unless it can be shown THAI
Ketchum was removed for cause.