Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-04-04
THE DIPLOMATIC POSTS.


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WASHINGTON, March 80. The.
President sent nearly two score Of
nominations to the Senate today, a
majority being to fill diplomatic and
consular offices.
Ex-Governor Thomas M. Waller,
of Connecticut, succeeds Edward A..
Merritt. Mr.. Merritt was appointed
to this Office by President Garfield
in 1881, having been removed from
the relationship of the port OF New
York to make way for Mr.. Robertson.
Frederick Raine, of Maryland, who
was nominated to be consul general
at Berlin, is editor of the Baltimore
Correspondent, a German Democrat
ic paper. Mr.. Raine is personal
friend of Senator German, and the
Office is given him as reward for
faithful party service.
Isaac Bell, Jr., of Rhode Island,
who was nominated to be minister
to the Netherlands, is best known
because he married a sister of James
Gordon Bennett, after whom the
Polar expedition steamer, Jeanette,
was named.
Of Rufus Magee, who was appoint
ed minister to Sweden and Norway,
but little is known, except that he is
a warm personal friend ofex-Senator
Mcdonald, and has, served as state
senator in the Indiana Legislature.
Edward Parke Custis Lewis, Of
New Jersey, who was nominated
minister to Portugal, wanted to go
to Switzerland. He has contributed
literally to the Democratic campaign
fund in recent political contests.
Rasmus B. Anderson, of Wiscon.
sin, who was nominated to be minis
ter resident and consul general ia
Denmark, was born in Wisconsin in
1843. He was Tor many years pro-
fessor of German and Scandinavian
literature in the University of Wis.
cOnsin.
The appointment OF A. Haller
Gross, of Philadelphia, to be United
States consul to Athens, Greece, was
something of surprise even to the
Pennsylvania politicians. Mr.. Gross,
it is understood, was recommended
for this Office by Mr.. Randall.
Evan P. Howell, of Georgia, the
well-knOwn owner and editor of the
Atlanta Constitution, will succeed
Albert D. Shaw as consul to Man
chester. The salary of the Manches-
ter consulship is $4,000.
Georgia is faring remarkably well,
SO far as diplomatic nominations are
concerned. Last week one of her
citizens, Henry r. Jackson, was
given the mission to Mexico, and to-
day the President nominated Alex.
ander r. Lawton. Of Savannah, to be
minister to Russia. He will succeed
Alphonso Taft, of Ohio, who was
nominated to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of ex-Minister Hunt.
General LawtOn was born i'll South
Carolina, was educated at West
Point, served in the army number
of years, but, finding military life
distasteful, resigned and studied law
at Savannah. When the civil war
broke out he entered the Confeder.
ate service as brigadier general,
and subsequently became quarter
master general of the Confederacy.
The nomination of Ex-Governor
THOMAS J. Jarvis, ofNorth Carolina,
to be minister to Brazil, has been
predicted. That Office is at present
filled by Thomas A. Osborn, of Kan
sas. who was appointed by President
Garfield, May 10, 1881. Mr.. Jarvis
is native of North Carolina. He is
about so years of age, was captain
in the Confederate army and lost a
part of One Of his arms IN the service.
Edward Jussen, of Illinois, who
was appointed consul general at
Vienna, is u brother-in- law of Carl
Schurz. He was appointed by An
drew Johnson collector of internal
revenue in Illinois and has since that
time become somewhat prominent in
Democratic politics in 'he West.
The nomination of Anthony M.
Kelley, of Virginia, to be minister of
Italy, knocked out Representative
Hopkins, of Pittsburg, who has made
gallant fight for this office. Mr..
Hopkins had the endorsement of
nearly all the Democratic members
of the House and a majority of the
Democratic senator's.
Mr.. Kelly was chairman of the
Democratic Executive Committee
during the time of Governor Kemp
er, and before that was writer for
the Virginia press. He was warm
friend Of Jefferson Davis, and is the
author of a book relating to the can.
tivity of the President of the South
ern Confederacy.
Senator Fair scored another point
in securing the nomination Of George
w. Merrill, of Nevada, to be minis
ter to the Hawaiian Islands. He
will succeed ex-Congressman Dag
gett, of Nevada, who at present holds
that post. Mr.. Merrill is AZ years of
age, native of Maine, and a grad.
uate of Bowdoin College and a law.
yer by profession.
OF the minor appointments, those
OF Alexander McCue, of New York,
to be solicitor of the Treasury, and
General Joseph E. Johnston, Of Vir-
ginia, to be commissioned OF railroads.
were announced on Saturday. The
nomination of William Caldwell, of
Ohio, to be surveyor of Cincinnati is
especially pleasing to Senator Payne
and John Mclean. Caldwell was
backed by them, and his nomination
is something of an offset to the ap-
pointment of ex-senator Pendleton
to be minister to Berlin.
Clement DOwd, of North Carolina,
who was appointed to be collector of