Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-03-22
NEW NOMINATIONS,
JAMES S. CLARkSON TO BE FIRST AS
SlSTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL,
Messrs. Basson, Phelps and Bates to Rep.
resent the United states at the Berlin
Conference - For Territorial and
other Places-Capital Topics.

general, James S. Clarkson of Iowa, vice
a. +. Stevenson, resigned; confirmed.
To be governor of Arizona, Lewis Wat
fey of Tuscon.
To be United States attorney for the dis
trict Of Rhode Island, Rathbone Gardner Of
Rhode Island.
To be United States marshal for the dis
trict Of Indiana, Wilson Dunlap of Indiana.
To be collector of customs for the district
of Montana and Idaho, jeremiah Sullivan
Of Montana.
To be commissioners to represent the
United States in the conference TO be held
at Berlin concerning the Samoan islands,
John Kasson of Iowa, William Walter
Phelps of New Jersey and George II. Bates
of Delaware.
j. S. Clarkson was born at Brookville,
Indiana, 1915. He became editor of the
Des Moines, Iowa, Register in 1868 and that
year led in the movement TO enfranchise the
negro. The question was submitted to the
people and carried at tho polls, making Iowa
the first State in the Union to give the black
man the ballot, In 1870 he and his brother
became proprietors of the Register and are
! still the owners. He was offered the Swiss
mission by General Grant in 1871 but de-
clined it. In 1872 he was appointed post
| master at Des Moines, held the the position
until 1874 when he resigned because the
| paper was not III accord with the admins
tralion. He has long been q close friend of
Blaine. He headed the Iowa delegation for
| nm TO the national convention III 1870,
/ l0oO ana 1854 ana has been twice @ member
OF the republican national committee,
member OF the executive committee and he
bore prominent part ~ tine campaign OF
lc9f' re was Iheinpef OF the natlona!
cohN entlon oil 1855 ana after inc Wlthdra"al
,,r 80 l.. 1
Oh Alllsoh name ne turned WIN ms state
TO Harrison. he was made wee chairman
OF the republican hatIonaI committee ana
spent the wiz lie campaign at the republican
headquarters IN New YORK.
George II. hal's Is ABOUT 40 years OF age,
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eral. Smith 4. Whitfield OF Ohio.
To be third assistant postmaster general,
Abraham D. Haze n of Pennsylvania.
To be commissioner of the internal rev.
enue. John ". Mason Of West Virginia.
To be appraiser of merchandise tor the
district Of Philadelphia, Pa, ). Granville
Leach of Pennsylvania.
To be envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiarg to Sweden and Norway,
William W. Thomas ir.. of Maine
To be envoy extraordinary and minister
plenepoteatiaI'y to the Netherlands, Samuel
Il. Thayer of Minnesota.
To he commissioner of patents Charles c.
Mitchell of Connecticut.
To be secretary of Arizona, Nathan o.
Murphy of Arizona
To be special examiner of drugs, medi-
cines and chemicals for the district Of New
Orleans, David VI. Lewis of louisiana
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