Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-07-09
Appointments by the President.

WAsHlNGTON, july line TreSluent
appointed Lambert Tree, of Illinois, to
be Minister Resident of the United
States to Belgium.
Samuel T. Hauser, of Helena, Mon.,
was appointed Governor, of Montana.
George V. Brewer, of Brooklyn was
appointed General Appraiser of Mer-
chandise in the District of New York.
The following Attorneys of the
United States were also appointed:
James c. j. Williams, for the Eastern
District of Tennessee; John +. Lamb,
for the District of Indiana; Montford S.
Jones, for the Western District of
Louisiana.
Thomas E. Nash, of Centralia, Wis,
was appointed by the Postmaster-Gen-
eral as Chief Clerk of the Post-Office
Department, to succeed c. NJ. Walker,
of Indiana, resigned.
George w. Maher, of the District of
Columbia, was appointed by the Secre-
tary of the Treasury as Assistant Chief
of the Special Agents division of the
Treasury, an office created by the last
Congress. This is a promotion in ac-
cordance with civil-service reform.
Judge Tree is a lawyer about fifty
years of age. He is son of the late
Lambert Tree, of Washington, who was
a clerk in the Post-Office Department
for forty years or more. He is said to
be very wealthy. He ran for Congress
three years ago, but was defeated by
the Republican candidate for the SEN
ate against Gen. John A. Logan.
SamuelT. Houser is a native of Ken
lucky and fifty years old. He moved to
Montana in 1860, where he is interested
in mining, stock raising and other in
dustries of the Territory. He is Presi-
dent of the FIRST National Bank of
Helena, and has never held public of
flee. His appointment was asked for
by many prominent citizens of the Ter
ritory, including Mr.. Toole, the dele
gate from Montana in Congress.
George V. Brewer resides in Brook
lyn, and is a member of the Bar of that
city, having an office at No. A Court
street.
J. C. J. Williams, of Knoxville,
Tenn, is a lawyer of ability, and was an
active politician in the last campaign as
Chairman ofthe Democratic Executive
Committee of the Second Congressional
District and as Chairman of the EXecu-
tive Committee of Knox County, Tenn.
John E. Lamb is thirty-twO years of
age. Before he was twenty-five years
old he was appointed Prosecuting-At-
torney at Terre Haute by Gov. Hen
dricks, and afterwards was elected to
that office In 1880 he was a Demo-
cratic Presidential elector. In 1852, in
close district, he was elected to Con-
gress. He was a candidate for re-elec-
tion last fall, but was defeated by a
small majority.
NJ. S. Jones is a resident of Red River
Parish, La, where he has been engaged
in the practice of law for several years.
He is described as ripe scholar and a
thorough-going, active, consistent
Democrat.
Z. E. Nash is thirty-three years of
age and was born in Ohio. In 1875 he
was county school superintendent and
last winter took his seat as member of
the Wisconsin Legislature. AS mem.
ber of the State House of Representa-.
tives he attracted the attention of Mr..
Villas by the energy and ability he dis
played in representing the views of the
Young Democracy of Wisconsin. He
was formerly telegraph operator, but
for several years past has held the posi-.
ton of travelling freight agent for the
Chicago and st. Paul Railroad COM
pany.
WASHINGTON, July 6.-the President
to-day appointed postmasters in eight
! cities to fill vacancies occurring by eXpir.
alton of commissions and designations
Thirty-nine cases for removal were con
sidered. Among these twenty-five sus.
do ND in
cases the alleged cause was not deemed
sufficient. The suspension at st. Paul
Neb., was made because the postmaster
was found to have used over $500 of the
money in his private business. The
suspensions in one or two cases were fol
personal misconduct and unfitness anC
the others for partisanship.
Following is the list of appointments
R. p. Pullman, at Eureka Spring, Ark.
vice John w. True, resigned; Franz
w. Havitt, at Mt. Carmel, Wabash
county, ILL.,, vice R. T. Wilkinson, re
signed; Annie Brennick, at Dunlap
Iowa, vice G. w. Thompson, resigned
John w. Pence, at Anderson, Ind, vict
Stephen Metcalf, resigned; Charles H
Reed, at Corinth, Miss, vice S. d
Duncan, commission expired; Alexan
der N. Deck, at West Newton, Pa, vic,
HI. d. Smith, resigned; John T. Kel
gore, at Long View, Texas, vice J. w
Flanagan, resigned. Joel H. Shelly, a
i'rinceton, Mo-, instead of Joseph H
Snelly, Ito correct error in name); Les
,rc E. Brooks, at Mobile, Ala, vice J
+. Slaughter, suspended; Samuel S
Thompson, at Birmingham, Ala, vic,
Thomas U. Green, suspended; Geo. w
Mcmillan, at Mt. Carmel, Brown coun
ty, ILL.,, vice Jacob Friendlich, sus
pended; VIM. F. Sharp, at Brooklyn
Iowa, vice Geo. Phillips, suspended
Squire L. Major, at Shelbyville, Ind.
vice A. P. Bone, suspended; VIM
Koough, at Ft. Wayne, Ind, vice
Geo. I. Reed, suspended; James H
Mcconnell, at Dodge City, Kas., vice
n. B. Klaine, suspended; Frank E
Martin, at Larned, Kas., vice Timothy
Mccarthy, suspended; James Russell
at Marquette, Mich, vice Samuel NJ
Billings, suspended; Thos. Ryan, a
Sault Ste Marie, Mich. vice M. w
Scranton, suspended; Timothy Killian
at Escanaba, Mich, vice E. B. Barros
suspended; James H. Gee, at Norwich
Mich, vice L. ]. Kimball, suspended
Joshua s. Palmer, at Portland, Maine
vice G. HI. Barker, suspended; Timoth,
Shaw, ja., at Biddleford, Maine, vice E
H. Banks, suspended; G. E. Forbes, a
st. Paul, Neb., vice A. A. Kendall
suspended; Samuel G. Haag, at Napo
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