The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1889-04-16
THE NEW AMERICAN REPRESENTA-
TIVES ABROAD.

the appointments made, and to be
made, by the new President. Mr.
Harrison, as his reported utterances
! gave reason to anticipate, is making
no undue haste in selecting and an.
nouncing the men he has chosen fol-
the various positions under the new
administration. During the nearly
four weeks which elapsed between
the inauguration and the sailing OF
the Umatilla, the names sent to the
Senate for confirmation were not
numerous. They included, however,
a considerable portion of those posi-
tions in which the outside world
feels the most interest, namely, the
diplomatic. The following is the
list of the nominations to this branch
of the public service, so far as we
have been able to gather them from
our exchanges:
Robert T. Lincoln of Illinois,
Minister to Great Britain.
Murat Halstead of Ohio, Minister
to Germany.
Whitelaw Reid of New York, Min
lister to France.
Allen Thorndyke Rice of New
York, Minister to Russia.
Patrick Egan of Nebraska, Min
lister to Chill.
Thomas Ryan of Kansas, Minister
to Mexico.
John Hicks of Wisconsin, Minister
to Peru.
George B. Loring of Massachu-
sets, Minister to Portugal.
Lansing B. Miner of California,
Minister to Central American States.
Robert Adams, ir., of Pennsylvania,
Minister to Brazil.
William L. Scruggs of Georgia,
Minister to Venezuela.
John T. Abbott of New Hampshire,
Minister to Colombia.
John F. Swift of California, Min
lister to Japan.
Albert G. Porter OF Indiana, Min
lister to Italy.
Thomas W. Palmer of Michigan,
Minister to Spain.
John d. Washburn, of Massachu-
setts, Minister to Switzerland.
John A. Enander of Illinois, Min
lister to Denmark.
Edwin H. Terrill of Texas, Min
lister to Belgium.
Mr. Halstead's nomination has
been rejected by the Senate. All
the others have been, or doubtless
will be, confirmed. Mr.. Halstead,
who is journalist of a particularly
pronounced and aggressive type,
to have trod heavily on some
of the Senatorial corns, and a ma
jority of that body has taken this
of getting square with him.
Mr.. Lincoln is perhaps best known |
as the Oldest and only surviving son
of Abraham Lincoln. He is believed |
to possess decided ability of his own, |
as well as much of his fathers sterl- |
ing traits of character, and may be
regarded as typical American. As
the son of President Lincoln he
enters his new office with certain
degree of prestige. His appoint
ment will be particularly welcome to
that portion of the British people
who loved and admired his father,
and who were the staunch friends of
the Republic in the dark days when
the "snob" element, and to a large
extent the plutocracy, were its bitter
and malignant enemies. Mr.. Lin
coin, who is a lawyer, is said to have
no political ambitions, but was Sec
retary of War during Garfeld's ad-
Mr.. Reid's reputation is mainly
that of a journalist, based on his
long connection with the n. Y. Tri-
oune, of which he became editor soon
after the death of Horace Greeley.
Mr.. Rice is a gentleman of ability,
culture and liberal means. He is
oest known as the editor of the
North American Review.
Mr.. Egan is an Irishman by birth.
We are not aware of the length of
lis residence in his adopted country,
out his citizenship is only of two or
hree years date.
Mr.. Ryan is Representative from
Kansas, and will resign his seat in
Congress to accept his new appoint