The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-14
BLAINE'S SON IN OFFICE.
He is EXAMINER OF CLAIMS FOR
THE STATE DEPARTMENT..

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Eugene Schuyler of New York to Sue
ceed George L. Rives as Assistant
Secretary OF State-Cyrus Bussey of
New York Named for Assistant Sec
retary of the Interior.
WASHINGTON, March 13.-The President
to-day sent the following nominations to
the Senate:
EUGENE SCHUYLER of New York to be
Assistant Secretary Of State, vice George
L. Rives, resigned.
WALKER BLAINE of Maine to be exam
iner of claims for the department of state,
vice Francis Wharton, deceased.
CYRUS BUssEY of New York city to be
Assistant Secretary of the Interior, vice
David L. Hawkins, resigned
sCHUYLER'S CAREER
Eugene Schuyler, who was nominated for
First Assistant Secretary OF State to sue
ceed George L. Rives, resigned, is about AZ
years of age. He is generally well-known
as an author and diplomat, and in the last
mentioned career, he has filled almost every
grade in the service. In 1867 be began his
connection with the state department as
consul at Moscow, and In 1869 ne was
consul at Reval. In 1870 he was made
secretary of legation at st. Petersburg.
In 1876 he occupied a similar post at Con
stantinople. Two years later he was ap-
pointed consul at Birmingham, and in 1919
he was consul general at Rome. Me was
then appointed diplomatic agent and consul
general at Roumania, and became minister
resident when mission was established.
Since 1882 he has been travelling in Europe
His contributions to literature include edi-
torial work on Webster's Dictionary,
american Diplomacy" and ''The Life of
Peter the Great.n
BUSsEY 4 SOLDIER,
Cyrus Bussey, who was nominated by the
President to be Assistant Secretary Of the
Interior, was born in Ohio in 1888. He
was delegate from Iowa to the Baltimore
convention, which nominated Stephen A.
Douglas for President He served with
great distinction throughout the war,
and was breveted major gen
eral in March, 1865. After the
war he resumed business as a commission
merchant, first in ST. Loui, ard then in
New Orleans. He was delegate to the
republican national convention of 1868
and for SIX years was president of the New
Orleans chamber of com cree. Gen. Bus
sey engaged in business in New York city
in 1881, and has since taken part in national
politics.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED.
The President to-day signed the commits
siOns of Messrs. Palmer, Washburn and
Swift, as ministers to Spain, Switzerland
and Japan, respectively, and that OF Mr.
Tichenor as Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury.
COMBINATIONS OF THE DAY.
The Senate has confirmed the following
nominations: A C. Mellette to be governor
of Dakota; f. B. Richardson 10 be sec e.
tary of Dakota; Cornelius H. Hanford of
Washington territory, to be chief Justice of
the supreme court of the territory of Wash
ington; George w. Irwin of Montana, to be
marshal Of the United States for the terri
tory Of Montana; Smiley U, Chambers of
Indiana, to be United States attorney for
the district Of Indiana; George S. Batchel-
Ter of New York to be Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury, vice Hugh s. Thompson,
resigned; Albert @. Porter of Indiana, to
be envoy extraordinary and minister pleni-
potentiary OF the United States to Italy =:
John A. Enander of Illinois, to be minister
resident and consul general of the United
States to Denmark; Walker Blaine of
Maine, to be examiner of claims in the state
department.
WALKER BLAINE'S POSITION.
The confirmation of Walker Blaine was
out of the usual order and was made by
unanimous consent, probably az a compli-
ment to his father. The position to which
he is appointed is practically that of legal
adviser or claw oficern of the state depart
ment; and its incumbent necessarily occu-
pies specially confidentioal relations with
the Secretary.