New-York tribune., 1885-07-01

AR Dorsheimcr was out OF town last e'enns -.
eral MeMahon was found at the Manhattan N.' a.
s'" ss .. 1r,,prSr reporter: have just come IN
, ,he race. ard ha SO no notice OF any appohtnens
II was not anticipated or expected. was os.u
for Collector. was not candidate ior .n's 1880
understand 1t to be worth only Sioo hore'
nresept Office. The responsibility IN on0 go, os.s
a uxmuch greater In my preseD' p pa
settle every night with the city, so that any man o"1
onen tho Office next morning WIN 'nc "'i r -
thsro are fees and deputies. so that man he'o,
what he is doing / cannot say, at present. Mhe1
will accept the place do not Ill i"e'' W ~
sr.Is the appointment in the Daturc Of consolation
purse, do you think Y ,...vr
az should think rather tho contrary. nave kno"n
Mr Cleveland since we were law students together IN
Dnaalo He would not certainly th'hK was P"S '.'
hea,se was not selected for Collector; he dia nc s
not the man to give sop No, the appointment 10
of the most gratifying character as Tar as 'a' " ''"'
cerned." , .o,,uo,..,o,
about 1t T. ,.r
.Ibaye the greatest respect for Mr.. Thompson pue
do not think that he had anything to do with IT,"
Do YOU belong to any of the city political orSanh"
tionsr r.,onv d,
seryed ON the committee IN OF the districts ior e'
seven years after the Kelly reorganization
"Has your old Tammany afiiation anything 10 10
with the appointment ,,..
"No The question OF what organization belong 10
"What about Mr.. Dorsheimer's appointment
ct consider 1t eminently tit one. Dorsheimer mas
had experience In that particular duty lie was D'9
tct Attorney at Buffalo. have known nm from BOY
hood He is q brilliant and able man. bis iorher ap-
pontment as DstrictAttorney came from MI Lihco.n
Tho Tammany Committee Organization held a
,rief meeting last evening No mention was made OF the
recent appointments by the President. Inc genera oe
ing was expressed by several members
after the adjournment. They said that 1t was
Inst as the meeting closed the report was cir
cuated that Mr. Dorshemer had been appointed uhi'eu
States District Attorney and Generai Mc""non
Marshal The announcement fell like wet blanket on
tie committee and 1t felt that Tammany Han hao
been practically snubbed by the President.
uuch T. Grant the chairman in the absence OF Jonn
Kelly said: not believe that the news is true
cannot believe that 1t is correct"
Register Rely-"I prefer to say nothing at the pres
ent time"
Fire Commissioner Croker.- MI Dorsnc'mor Is
good man, suppose ,
Willis s. Paine, candidate for United states DistricF
Attorney" do believe the report Will wager
500 TO So that 1t is not true
Thomas F. Giroy, one of the Committee ON Patronage
bo recently went TO Washing No one in Washing
neither the President Of his Cabinet has the
official Endorsement by this organization OF MI DORIS
hemer for United States DstriciAttorney nor has
my one the right to say he was indorsed"
General +. B. spinola-" Tamnany Hall can
ret along without patronage. IL was never
stronger than when 1t had not an once
of any kind. 1t will show It's strength hex November
Ex.Alderman William p Krk-I think it is better to
say nothing at present
Joseph J. O'Donohue--Mr. Dorsheimer IS good man.
That is sufficient to say for the present
James j. Martini hardly believe that the news is
correct II is contrary hadlookcd for prefer
70 wait and have the report verified before saying any
thing as to the treatment of Tammany HALL
Coroner Messemer.-'l would rather not say any
tsSasG ,S%s i@'' yet The news surprises '' ''A'"
WILLIAM DoRsHEIMER.
William Dorshcimer, who is to succeed Elihu
Root as United District Attorney for the South
er District OF New York. born in Lyons, n. " on
February s. 1892 lie entered Harvard College In 1872
but he was forced by Nhealth TO leave his studies In
lis sophomore year. After recovering from a pro;
was sdmiSd to the bar 1854. Early in his prOfes
sionai career he -. gave much Of OF his
e,5s'' isss The 'us SuantS ud"s pub two papers
from his pen-a review OF Partos :" Lie o. aaron aaron
papers attracted attention, and among tine substantial
Of laa . hf J% Hawai- M
gan life Democrat though he soon joined the anti
party. lie voted for Horatio seymour the Democratic
candidate for ERR IN ls9 E M TeI 5e pap
united with the Free SOIL party IN aeo tavorins
ported se the Republican ticket. lie appointed in
isGI as major General Fremont's staff but he re,
series Of papers entitled Fremont. Hundred Days in
Tresident Johnson as United States Dis
and when his term expired 1871 did seek
In ISM he IN his & e nas to no@ 1ae
mated for by the Denocratc STATE
reelected in 1876. his second term expiring January j.
lssO. Mr.. Dorsheimer made Commissioner OF the
sss o lie Dcdy sPS and
OF the Niagara Reseryaticn Commission On IN isS2 X, ne
District serving one term He was cordial sar s1pp1r m &
he'd N the latter Mr. DOrsncIner UYcd
in Buffalo until after his retirement from the ohice Of
Mr. Root. who is TO be succeeded by Mr. Dorshcimcr,
was appointed on March 2. 1888
GENERAL MARTIN T. MMAHoN.
General Martin II. Mcmahon has been an
ofbcehoider since be was eighteen years Of age,
cepng the period he served III the Army He born
at La Prairie. Canada. in 1s3S of Irish parents He
was educated at ST. Johns College. Fordhsn. being
graduated In 1855. lie studied law In Buffalo with Eli
Cook afterward Mayor. Grover Cleveland was at the
time Law ss' Tsa ends o"fa os
was at this time private secretary & ., Sm,o
70 ,he bar When his brother resigned make him
place Tns in 1896 From thS post Martin was as
Tie Pacific the ast year Of bnehanans IAN Admin
nn nv Ju,tice Field then Chief Justice OF california.
At the first call for troops he was elected captain OF inc
signed because they we're ordered to remain the Coast
Almost Immediately he was appointed captain ano ,s a,ue
TO Washington. Meanwhile he had been removed by
Mr. Lincoln from the special agency w s ~ &
bandment. being Chiefoistam ana u h M
%ss' s q GRAND ss '@s pSsio% % Under Franklin
sedrwck. W. r. Smith and Wright AT the Close los s ol
Parnent OF the East under General DIX Kesigning I IN
ne %rs su SS%
dent johnson appointed him Minister 10 Paraguay and
~ Sh i'i the world
nrst acts OF President Grant was to recall ,,aa
practice Of law. In 1871 he ran for Congress against