The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-15
MORE NOMINATIONS.
W. L. Dunlap for United States Marshal and
William Wallace for Postmaster.

w. L. Dunlap for United States Marshal and
william Wallace for Postmaster.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE President
sent the following nominations to the Sem
ate to-day:
James S. Clarkson, of Iowa, to be First
Assistant Postmaster-general, vice A. Z.
Stevenson, resigned.
Lewis Wolfey, of Tucson. Arizona, to be
Governor of Arizona.
Rathbone Gardner, of Rhode Island, to be
United States attorney for the district OF
Rhode Island.
VIM. L. Dunlap, of Indiana, to be United
Sta tes Marshal for the district of Indiana.
John A. Kasson, of Iowa; VIM. Walter
Phelps, of New Jersey. and George IL.
represent the United States at the confer
ence to be held at Berlin concerning affairs
in the Samoan islands.
Ebert d. Weed, of Montana, to be United
States attorney for the Territory of Mon
tana.
jeremiah Sullivan, of Montana, to be
collector of customs for the district of Mon
tana and Idaho.
Postmasters-Robert s. Bowman, at Ber-
wick, Pa. Samuel c. Moore, at Findlay, o.;
Joseph G.. Bartlett, at Lake City, Minn.;
James v. Campbell, at Ada. Mimi; VIM.
Wallace, at Indianapolis; James Nj. Kellogg.
at Wickes, NJ. T.; John j. Cutler, at Parker,
d. T.; VIM; s. Chase; at Sturgis, ID. l.; Jit-
W.
The Senate confirmed the nomination of
j. S. Clarkson to be First Assistant Post
maSter-general
George H. Bates, nominated to be one of
the commissioners to negotiate with Ger
many respecting Samoa, is about forty
years of age, Democrat, and warm friend
of ex-Secretary Bayard. He is a son of ex-
Chancellor Bates. of Delaware, and a law
yer of high standing in that State. being q
member of the firm of Bates & Harrington,
of Wilmington. Mr.. Bates was appointed
by Secretary Bayard as special commits
sioner to investigate our Samoan relations,
and made long and exhaustive report to
the department on Dec. 10, 1886.
VIM. Walter Phelps and John A. Kasson,
who were also nominated to be commits
sioners, have had long and distinguished
congressional careers, and haveacQuired an
intimate knowledge OF diplomacy through
service as United States ministers in Eu-
rope, Mr.. Phelps having been minister to
Austria in 1881, and Mr. Kasson minister to
Austrian 1877 and to Germany in 1884.
Mr.. William L. Dunlap, nominated mar
shal OF Indiana. is a grain commission
merchant, and lives at Franklin, john
sonlcounty. He was a delegate to the Chi
cagO convention, and was strongly in
dOrsed for the marshalship.
Mr.. Rathbone Gardner, the newly -ap-
is prominent lawyer of Providence. and
has been identified with the Republican
party of that State for many years. He
was recommended by Senators Aldrich and
Chace, and others.
Lewis Wolhey, nominated to be Govern
or of Arizona, was born in Ohio about forty
six years ago. He is a cousin of Gen.
Thomas Ewing, and was educated with
him. He entered the Union army from
Kentucky, and served as a heutenant-colo-
mel of cavalry under General Murray. At
the close of the war General Sherman
urged him to remain in the regular army
and promised him commission. He was a
personal friend of President Garfield, who
contemplated appointing him to a tsrritor-
ial office, but his papers had not been made
out at the time of the Presidents assassina-
tion. He was appointed United States Su-
pervisor of Internal Revenue by President
and other Western Territories. He has
lived continuously in Arizona for seven or
eight years, and has been engaged in varl-
Gus business enterprises there.
Mr.. Clarkson was born at Brookville,
Ind, in 1S45. The son and grandson Of ed
itors, he learned the printers trade when a
boy, and removed with his family to Iowa
when he was twelve years old. He lived
on frontier farm for eight or ten years,
Moincs Register in 1886; became city editor
| In 1867, and editor of the paper in 1868, and
| In that year led in the movement to en-
| franchise the negro. The question was SUBJ
| mitted to the people and was carried at the
| polls, making Iowa the first State in the
| Union to give the black man the ballot.
| In 1870 he and his brother became the pro-
| prietors of the Register, and are still its
owners. In 1859, 1870 and 1871 he was chair
| man of the Iowa State Republican commit
| tee. He was offered the Swiss mission by
| General Grant in 1871, and declined it. In
| 1872 he was appointed postmaster at Des
Moines, and held the position until 1881,
when he resigned because his paper was
not in accord with the views of the
administration. He has long been
a close friend of Mr.. Blaine, and
headed the Iowa delegation for him
to the national conventions of 1875, 1880 and
1884. He has been twice a member of the
| Republican national committee and was a
member of the executive committee, and
bore prominent part in the campaign OF
1884, and especially in the fall fight for Ohio
in October of that year. He was q member
of the national convention in 1883, and
after the withdrawal of Allisons name
turned with his State to Harrison. He was
made vice-chairman of the Republican ma.
| tional committee, and spent the whole
campaign at the Republican Headquarters
in New York. Mr.. Clarkson has made the
record of keeping out of Office and once de.
ciined to have his name mentioned wher
| requested to do so for placein the Cabinet
of President Garfield. 1t is known that he
has taken the present position only because