The morning news., 1889-05-17
A BATCH OF APPOINTMENTS.
An Oregon Man Made Minister to
Turkey.

WASHINGTON, May 16.-The President,
made the following appointments this after
noon:
SOLOMON HIRsCH of Oregon to be envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary
OF the United States to Turkey.
CLARKE E. CARR of Illinois to be minis
ter resident and consul general of the
United States at Denmark.
HENRY w. SEVERANCE of California to
be consul general at Honolulu
JOHN JARRETT Of Pennsylvania to be
consul of the United States at Birmingham.
THOMAS H. SHERMAN of the District of
Columbia to be consul Of the United States
at Liverpool.
JOHN w. DOUGLAS and L. G. HINE,
both of Washington, to be commissioners
OF the District of Columbia.
HOW THEY ARE RECEIVED
The appointment of Mr.. Hirsch to sue
ceed Oscar Strauss, the well-known New
York Hebrew who, after making the best
record ever made by minister TO Turkey,
has been allowed to resign after he had
repeatedly rendered his resignation may noU
please Col. Shepard, who did not like the
idea of retaining Hebrew so long at Con-
st antinople, but it is stated that Col. Shep-
ard is to consoled by being rendered the
mission TO Russia made vacant by the death
of Allen 7. Rice.
Republican leaders grumble at the APP
pointmGnt of Secretary Blaine'S private
secretary to a consulate at Liverpool, which
yields $50, 600 year. 1t is only second in
value to the consul generalship at London.
President Harrison tails them that he gave
it to Mr.. Sherman because Secretary Blaine
made a personal request for it, but this
does not satisfy them. Whatever Mr.
Shermau's services to Mr.. Blaine may be,
they say, he has re dered no important SER
vices to the Republican party and, there
fore, deserves no such reward. Half a
dozen prominent workers are directly dis
appointed, ana all the others are measura-
bly, 50.
WHO THEY ARE.
Mr.. Hirsch is prominent business man
of Portland, of Hebrew patronage. He was
a leading candidate for the Senate form
Oregon at the last election and lacked but
giving way to Senator Mitchell after long
struggle.
Mr.. Carr of Illinois, appointed
to be minister to Denmark,
rs a leading republican about IS years Of
age living at Galesburg, where he has been
postmaster. He was prominent in the last
campaign and at the incoming of the pres
ent administration was a strong candidate
for the Office of First Assistant Postmaster
General.
Henry W. Severance of California, made
consul general to Honolulu, has for years
been identified with the Sand wich Islands
His father was editor and proprietor of the
Keanebec Journal when Secretary Blaine
made his entrance into public life. He was
minis er to Hawaii and his son has been
consul at San f ancSco for the Hawaiian
government, about whose affairs he is
thoroughly informed. He is about 80 years
OF age.
John Jarrett, who goes as consul TO Bir-
mingham, j. well-known from his long con-
nection with steel aud iron industries which
influenced bis selection as consul al Bir-
mingRam, the center Of this trade. He is
secretary Of one of the largest associations
of metal workers in the United States. He
has been prominently before the public as
an earnest worker for protection.
Mr.. Sherman is credited to the District of
Columbia, where he has lived for many
years, although he came originally from
Maine. He was a telegraph operator be-
fore he became private secretary to Mr..
Blaine, when the latter was speaker of the
House Of Representatives in 1869
He retained the same con-
nection during Mr.. Blaine's
term in the Senate and his former admins
tr ton Of the state department. After Mr..
Blaine's retirement from public life Mr..
Sherman continued in 9 department,
where he was attached to the consular
bureau. He has acted as private secretary
to Secretary Blaine since March 4 of the
current year.