Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-11-24


D. c., Nov. 20.-The Celored leader
among the Republicans are not to b
overlooked. The a PEAL correspondent
has it straight from those who are near
est to the new administration. 70 be
4 gin with there is
d HON. FREDERICK DOUGLASS,
The greatest Colored man of this colln
| try. He is the leader of the Coloree
people. Mr.. Douglass official life com
menced in 1877, when he was appointed
Iby President Grant Police Commissioner
for the District OF Columbia In March
of the same year lie was made Marsha
ofthe District by President Hayes, and
in 1881 Recorder of Deeds by President
/ Garfield, holding, the latter position un-
til May, 1886, when he was succeeded
by James Matthews. an Albany On. Y. J
lawyer, appointed by Presdvn Cieye-
land. 1t has always been Mr.. Douglass
desire to fill a foreign mission of respect
able proportions, and having performed
excellent service for the party in the
last campaign, the chances are that bis
| wish will be gratifed. Next to the old
man eloquent" as lecturer, platform
orator and clear-sighted politician, is
| EX-SENATOR E. K. BRUCE, OF MISSISSIPPI.
Born in IS41, a slave, at the age of
thrty-four he took his seat in the
United States Senate, representing with
Hon. l.. G. G. Lamar the State of Mis-
sissippi. IL May, 1881. he was appoint
ed by President Garfield Register of the
Treasury, having under him nearly two
hundred white employees. He resigned
III 1883, and was succeeded by General
Rosecrans. lie is to be reappointed
Register of the Treasury
JOHN MERCER LANGsToN
Elk MINISTER to Hayti, was born in
Louisa County, Va, in 1929. He was
sent to Ohio when child, and educated
at Oberlin College; was admitted to
practice lawyer in 1854 by the s;u-
preme Court OF Ohio after considerable
controversary, and only upon its being
decided that, having more white than
Negro blood, he was eligible to admis-
sion. In 1867 he was admitted to prac-
tlce before the Supreme Court of the
United States, In 1869 he accepted a
Proessorship in Howard University,
and in 1877 was appointed Minister to
Hayti by President Hayes, remaining
there until 1885. Upon his return he
was appointed by the Board of Educa-
ton of Virginia President of the Vir-
GINA State Normal and Collegiate Insti-
tute. He will get good place
An energetic leader in the South is
EX-GOVERNOR p. B. s. P1NCHBAcK.
Of Louisiana, who has been identified
with State and National politics since
the enactment by Congress of the recon
struction acts. Governor Pinchback has
held more positions than any Colored
man In the country. During 1871 he
was elected President pro tenn. of the
Senate, owing to the death of Lieuten-
ant-Governor Oscar Dunn. In 1878
Governor Yarmouth was impeached,
and Mr.. Pinchback became acting Gov
ernor of Louisiana. In the same wear
he was elected a member of both
Houses Of Congress. His memorable
contest for q seat in the United States
Senate is well remembered by many
lie lost his seat by vote 50 to 20 but got
the salary of S16,666. He has been q
delegate to every Republican National
Convention since 1865. In 1882 he was
appointed Surveyor Of Customs of the
Port Of New Orleans by President
Arthur. Under President Harrison the
Governor will be we'll satisfied with the
position of Naval Officer at New
| Orleans.
JOHN r. LYNCH,
| OF Mississippi, was made free bv the
war. He worked hard all day and
studied at night, thereby laying the
foundation of his present intelligence.
In 1879 he was appointed Justice of the
Peace by Governor Ames. of Mississippi
and in the fall of the same year was
| elected to the State Legislature Two
years after he was reelected and sub.
sequently chosen Speaker of his fellow
legislators. Congressional honors com.
menced with his election to the Forty.
third Congress, being reelected to the
/ Forty-fourth and Forty-seventh. He
will probably be minister to Hayti.
/ COLONEL BOZ HARLAN,
OF Cincinnati. Everybody knows the
Colonel. He is one of the earnes
workers of his party. Under President.
Grant and Arthur he was Special Agen
of the Post-ofdce and Treasury Depart
ment respectively. He lost his heat
under President Cleveland as an often
sive partisan. Soon after his dismissa
it was intimated to the Colonel by th1
Chief of Special Agents that any appli
cation on his part for reinstatement
would be favorably considered, but b,
declined tie receive an appointment from
a Democratic Administration. Now tina
the G. O. 2. is on top the Colonel hope
8 to be taken into the fold.
One Of the most conspicuous figure
in Washington is
J. GENERAL ROBERT sMALLs,
Ex-Congressman from South Carolina
who first attained prominence in 1867
! by running the Confederate steamboa
Planter, the dispatch-boat Of Geners
Ripley, Post Commander at Charleston