The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-03-22

1870 he and his brother became
the proprietors of The Register, and are still
Its owners He was offered the Swiss men
tion by Gen. Grant in 1871 and declined It,
In 1872 he was appointed postmaster at Des
Moines and held the position until 1877, when
he resigned because his paper was not in ac-
cord with the views of the administration
He has long been been close friend Of Mr.
Blaine and headed the Iowa delegation for
him to the national conventions of 1876 1880
and 1884. He has twice been a member Of
the Republican national committee and was
a member of the executive committee and
bore a prominent part in the campaign Of
1854 He was a member of the national
convention of 1888 and after the withdrawal
of Allison's name, turned with his state to
Harrison. He was made vice chairman of
the Republican national committee and spent
the whole campaign at the Republican head
quarters in New York
The English mission is not yet filed, but it
is evident that William Walter Phelps is to
be neither minister to England nor to France
He has been appointed a member of the
Samoan conference to meet at Berlin, to-
gether with Hon. John A. Kasson and George
H. Bates of Delaware.
The appointment of Mr.. Phelps to this
place unqusetionably takes him o..t 81 the
list Of candidates for first class mission
WASHINGTON, March IS. The friends Of
Col. Fred Grant have assumed that he was
to be successful in his application for the
Chinese mission. There is reason to believe
that they arrived at this conclusion without
giving sufficient Importance to the fact that
that there is another applicant for that place.
The most formidable candidate with whom
Col Grant will be obliged to contend is
Chester Holcombe. Mr.. Holcombe may not
be we'll known to the politicians of this
country but he is better known than any
American to those who are familiar with the
diplomatic and commercial history of the
Chinese empire.
WASHINGTON, March 19-The president has
sent the following nominations to the senate:
Smith A. Whitfield of Ohio, to be second
assistant postmaster general.
John w. Mason of West Virginia. to be
commissioner of internal revenue.
William w. Thomas, Jr, of Maine, to be
envoy extraordinary and minister penipo
tentiary of the United States to Sweden and
Norway.
Samuel R. Thayer of Minnesota, to be
envoy extraordinary and minister plenipo-
tentiary of the United States to the Neither
lands
Charles e. Mitchell of Connecticut, to be
commissioner of patents
James N. Tyner, who is appointed assistant
attorney general for the postoffice depart
ment was born in Brookvllle, Ind, in 1926,
and has been in public life for more than thirty
years. He was a presidential elector in 1860
and during the war was a special agent of the
postoffice department He was member of
congre from 1869 to 1875. President Grant
appointed him second assistant postmaster
general, and upon the resignation of Mar
shall Jewell ne became postmaster general,
serving as such until the end of Grants ad-
minstration March 4, 1877. In April of
that year he was appointed first assistant
postmaster general and held the office until
1881, when he resigned. The position ten
dered was entirely unsolicited by Mr.. Tyner.
Secretary Window has appointed I. r.
Byrnes of st. Paul to be chief of the appoint
ment division of the treasury department,
vice p E. Smith, resigned Mir. Byrnes is
president of the Republican league of Min
nesota. He is personal friend OF Mr.. Win
dom's, and will have confidential relations
with him in his new capacity.
William Widgery Thomas, Jr, who was
nominated for minister of the United States
to Sweden and Norway, is a native of Maine
and direct descendent of George Cleeve,
who founded the city of Portland in 1882
WASHINGTON, March 2O.-The president
adheres to his policy of making haste very
slowly in the matter of the appointments
The first movement has been made toward
filling the foreign missions of the highest
rank by the nomination of Whitelaw Reid as
minister to France. This was not the first
choice of Mr.. Reid, but the president, it is
known, for reasons of his own, did not desire
70 appoint Mr. Reid to England. He not
only did not wish to give him that place, but
declined to appoint him to the court of st.
James when Mr. Reids friends became rather
persistent that he should do SO.
President Harrison sent the following
to the senate:
Andrew c. Bradley of the District Of
Columbia to be associate justice of the
supreme court of the District of Columbia.
John R. McFie of New Mexico, to be as
sociate justice of the supreme court of the |
Territory of New Mexico.
Frank r. Aikens of Dakota, to be associate |
justice of the supreme court Of the Territory |
Of Dakota.
Postma sters-Charles L. Merriam, at Shell |
burne Falls, Mass; William F. Fitch, at