River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-03-21
A LONG LIST.

The President Sends Another Batch OF
Appointments to the senate John W:
Mason, of West Niruinii, to Be Commits
sioner of Internal ReVenue-The Patent
Commissionership Given 10 Charles y.
Mitchell, of Connecticut-other Prize
Winners.
WASHINGTON, March l9-The President
tent the following nominations to the Sen
ate:
Smith a. Whitfield, OF Ohio, To be Second
Assistant Postmaster-Generai.
Abraham d. Hazen, Of Pennsylvania, to be
Third Assistant Postmaster-GeneraL
JOAN W Mason. OF West Virginia, to be
Commissioner OF Internal Revenue.
Will.am w. Thomas, OF Maine, 10 be Envoy
Extraordinary ana Minister Plenipotentiary Of
he United States to Sweden and Norway.
Samuel Thayer, OF Minnesota, 10 be Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentary OF
he United States TO the Netherlands.
Charles +. Mitchell OF Connecticut, to be
Commissioner OF Patents
Nathan o. Murphy, of Arizona to be Seere-
sary OF Arizona
Budd Deacon. 81 New Jersey. to be Marshal
Of the United States for the District OF New
Jersey.
John s Burton, Of Mississippi, TO be Mar
shall Of the United States for the Northern
district OF NJ ssissipp
Irac n. Slaughter OF Nebraska, 10 DO Mar
shal Of the United States for the distr Ct Of
Nebraska.
William II. whiteman, OF New Mex CO, to be
Associate Justice Of the Supreme Court OF the
Territory Of New Mexico.
Postmaster General Wanamaker to-day
appointed General James n Tyner Of In
Mama, Assistant Attorney General for the
Post ONCE Department, vice Ed f. Bryant,
Of Wisconsin, resigned General Tyner has
been Postmaster General, First Assistant
Postmaster General and member OF Con-
gress from Indiana
j Lowrie Bell has been appointed by
Postmaster General Wanamaker General
Superintendent of the Railway Mail
Service, Post office Department. Mr.. Bell
was for a number of years connected with
the passenger department. of the Philadel-
phia & Reading railroad
Secretary Window has appointed Mr. 7.
E. Byrens. of st Paul, Mimi. to be chief of
the appointment division of the Treasury
Department, vice Mr. T. L, Smith, resigned
Mr. Byrens Is president Of the Republican
League of Minnesota. He is personal
friend of Mr. Window. ana will have eohf@
Dental relations with him in his new CO.
pacity.
CONTRIBUTIONS.
The Senate has confrped the following
nominations:
John A. Kasson, william Walter Phelps and
] z
George II. Bates, Commissioners 10 the Samoan
I Conference at Berlin.
Cyrus Bussey, Assistant Secretary OF the In
terror
BIOGRAPHICAL
j. W Mason, nominated as Commiss .oner
OF Internal Revenue, a resident OF Grafton,
W. Va. and a lawyer by profession He served
/ in the Union army during the war, and has
/ since devoted himself TO the practice Of law.
lie has been an active Politician for many
/ years, and is member OF the hepub-
/ lican National Committee. In 1882 he vas a
candidate for Congress from the Second dis
l trict and was defeated by only ten votes. He
was also the Republican candidate for Judge
l of the Supreme Court at the last election. He
/ IS now IN Washington. and expects TO take
/ possession OF n new office Thursday morning.
4 Charles f. Mitchell the new Commi ssioner
/ of Patents is patent attorney living in New
4 Britain, Conn. He about As years Of age,
and IS well known throughout New England.
He was backed by the Connecticut delegation
and by a large number OF patent lawyers in
New York and New England.
James n. Tyner, appointed Assistant Attor-
ney-General for the post-0hice Department,
1 was born in Brookville, Ind in Is 9, and has
been in public life for more than thirty years.
After being graduated from the Brookville
Academy he was associated W tn his father in
business for ght years He then studied law,
and afterward entered upon the practice OF his
profession. He was Presidential elector in
| 1860 and during the war was a special agent OF
the Post-ofiice Department He was member
/ Of Congress from 1869 to 1875. President Grant
appointed him Second Assistant Postmaster.
General and uron the resignation of Marshall
Jewett he became Pos tmaster- General, serving
as such until the end OF Grants adminlstra-
ton, March L. 1877. In April Of that year he
was appointed First Assistant Postmaster
General and held the office until 1881 when he
resigned.
Smith A. Whitfield the newly-appointed
/ Second Assistant Postmaster General, IS near
/ ~ 85 years Of age. He is an old soldier having
fought with distinction during the war RE
was appointed special agent of the Internal
Revenue ONCE during Hayes admins traton.
His commission called him to the South, where
he did some skiliful maneuvering among the
moonsh liners OF Kentucky and North Carolina
The Treasury Department never had
more efficient official than Colonel Whit
field, who brought to justice many an H.
licit whisky distiller. At the beginning
of President Garfields term of ONCE
he was made postmaster at Cincinnati
This office he brought up 10 n high
degree of excellence during his four years
term. During the last few years he has been a
member Of the Board OF Public Affairs in Gin.
cinnati. Colonel Whtefield is thoroughly con
versant with the postal laws Of the world, and
is well adapted for the position 70 which he has
been called.
A. d. Hazen, of Pennsylvania, the new Sec
ond Assistant Postmaster-G General, entered the
Post-oflce Department soon after the war as a
clerk He was rapidly promoted from one po-
siton to another until in 1873 President Grant
made him Third Assistant Postmaster-General.
He held this place during the last two years OF
Grants administrat on and during the entire
administrations OF Hayes, Garfield, Arthur and
part OF Cleyeland's Mr.. Hazen is about a.
years old and has been in business in Wash
ington since he retired from the department.