The Republican., 1889-06-22
Secretary Blaine and the President

Secretary Blaine and the President
are very much pleased with the re-
suit of the Samoan commission which
has just finished its sittings at Berlin.
The agreement or treaty-there is
dispute as to which it really is
which was ratified gives the United
States everything that was expected.
in fact much more than was expec-
ted without hard struggle. But it
is not so much what was actually
gained that pleases Mr.. Blaine and
the President as the manner in which
it was gained. Never before have
American Commissioners been treat
ed by those of the great European
powers with the courtesy and defer
ence that Messrs. Phelps, Karson
and Bates have received from the
English and German members of the
Samoan commissioner, and the ad-
ministration has good right to feel
both pleased and proud.
Some of the patiently waiting
brethren were made happy last week.
This is particularly true of the Con-
sular appointments made. Among
the appointments were the follow
ing: w. G. Frye, of Maine, to be
Consul-General at Halifax. Nova
Scotia. (Mr. Frye is not a relative of
Senator Frye. but owes his appointA
ment principally to the good record
he made in the same position before
Cleveland removed him); j. A.
Leonard, of Minnesota. to be Consul
General at Shanghai, China, (Mr.
Leonard has an excellent war record
and is good newspaper man, being
at present editor of the Post, of r..
chester, MIMI; z. T.. Sweeny, of
Indiana, TO he Consul. General at Con-
stantinople, (Mr. Sweeny is a minis
ter of the Christian church and at
present chancellor of the Butler uni
versity); o. H. Dockery, of North
Carolina, TO be ConsuI-General at
Rio de Janeiro, (Mr. Dockery has for
years been one of the leaders of the
Republican party in his State has
served several terms in the House of
Representatives, and has always been
willing to lend forlorn hope in
gubernatorial campaigns); D. H.
Simmons, of Colorado, to be Consul
General at st. Peter sburg, Russia,
(Dr. Simmons-he is an M. D.-was
unanimously endorsed for the posi-
tion by the Colorado legislature, Con-
gressional delegation and Republican
State committee) G.. w. Roosevelt.
of Pennsylvania, to be Consul at
Brussels, Belgium. (Mr. Roosevelt is
now consul at Bordeaux, France,
and is transferred at his own request);
l.. w. Brown, of Ohio, to be Consul
at Glasgow, Scotland, (Mr. Brown
has been a very prominent RepubIi-
can in his State; has been chairman
of the State executive committee and
a member of the legislature); II. ].
Morgan. of Rhode Island, to be Com
missioner of Indian Affairs. (Mr.
Morgan entered the war as lieuten-
ant in General Harrison's regiment
of Indiana volunteers. Afterwards
he was brigadier general of colOred
troops. He was president of the
state normal school of Rhode Island
when appointed to his present posi-
tion); A. E. Baxter, to be United
States Marshal for the northern dis.
trict of New York, and Robert
Smalls, of South Carolina, to be COL
lector of Customs at Beaufort, South
Carolina Mr.. Smalls is ex.member
of Congress and colored man. He
is well.known throughout the coun-
try and had hard fight to get this
little position on account of the hot
fight made against him by Republi-
cans from his State.
The Civil Service Commissioners
before leaving for the West address,
ed letter to the President asking
him to have all the appointments
made in the Census bureau taken
from its lists of eligibles. 1t is not
likely that the President will COM
ply with this request as most people
believe that Congress intended these
appointments to be made outside of
the Civil Service rules.
The U. 8. S. Kearsage sailed from
New York for Hayti yesterday. in
command of rear-admiral Cherardi.
The Kearsage goes on orders from
the Navy department about which
there is considerable mystery.
Mrs. Harrison, her father and her =.
grandchildren are occupying Mr.. /
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