New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-09
THE NEW RosToN POSTMASTER

BOsTON. Aug 6 (SpecidD. The selection OF
General Corse for Postmaster has been anticipated ny
friends for about days In Tact IL Is sau tna'
when the Democratic convention was hed Al "orcesot
September 20 the leaders Of the party She" Oh IL a"
affairs were SO shaped admit the boiling delegation
from the Town OF Winch ster which controlled by
General Corse The hostility OF the General TO General
Butler was the reason OF the division In the DEMOCRATIC
state Committee. the night preceding the convehon'
aud because OF the unsweryng opposition
Of General Corse Butler, under all circnm :
stances II is reported that the President has
had great ad miratlOu Corse Catholic clergy man
said to-day and others understood that tue place
was to be gwen to Congressman Collins VINO hau ue-
clined Congress to accept prospective
Office
General COrse who IS resident OF Winchester, ana De-
longs TO a Huguenot family which settled In Virginia
about 100 yeats ago was born in Pltisburg, PENN
April o. 1885 After a short sojourn in st. Louis
the family moved Burlington. Iowa, where they
settled In ls4O Young Corse educated In the public
schools and the Academy OF Burlington and then went
to West Point, where he graduated in 1881 Kesigning
prospects OF army life, he went 10 tue Albany La"
school, anu later opened office aud began tue prsc-
tlce OF Burlington In 1850 he was acanld"te Tor
Llrntenant- GOV -rnnr OF Iowa GU the stephen A
Douglas ticket At the orsskinx out Of the war Genera
crso wa. appoa!sd major OF on 0So oc rns
General san as rsnora Of ,ao
Second Division OF the sixteentn Army CORPS anH was
At on time Of the Depart OF the North
west Iu 1886 he moved TO Chicago, where he became
Interested IN railroad enterprses Ia 1907 d. was
made collector OF internal revenue and heli that
position until 1869 He then went To Europe, where he
spent four i've years ami about 1851 settled near
Boston. His first wife dlsd IN 1880 ANA 10 loSI ne mar
rird niece OF President Pierce. General COrsc mas heu
the charmansnip Of the Executive Committee OF the
Democratic State Committee.
Postmaster Tobeys friends Indignant at the I'M
civil manner IN which he has been treated 0y fresueh
Cleveland IL believed that MIS- tenure Oh
Office was rather Insecure. but Inasmuch As no con
plant ha been made with his course Mr; IoGey nsu ia
right to expect would DO informed that us suo-
oessor would he appointed ,.s
On the contrary, the hrst ntnaton that lie receiver
OF his determination Was through newspapers whon ne
returned to the oty afternoon from snort trip OUT
OF ,,-, ~,
General Corse said: All know Ia that General Ioi-
las received telegram from Secretary Lamont sathg
that tue President hal appointed me postmaster
never heard OF It before, and kne" nothing about IT,
never spoke TO the President about IT, nor he TO mo-
General John NJ Corse arrived IN this city last even
ing from his New-England home In converse
ton with reporter called on him
at the Murray Hill Hotel he SAID that
he was not prepared whether ne wou!d acceFt
or decline the position in tho absence OF o"c ,n
| knowledge OF appointment Inc only 'h'
terest he In office was TO soIct tno aP
poiptment for a friend VINO, however, nan ucc"neu l"
General Corse will return TO Boston this AFTERNOON