The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-14
YESTERDAYS NOMINATIONS.

Names Of Eugene Schuyler, Walker Blaine
and Cyrus Bussey Sent to the Senate.
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 examiner
of claims for the Department of State, vice
Francis Wharton, deceased.
Cyrus Bussey, of New York, to be Assist
ant Secretary of the Interior, vice David l..
Hawkins, resigned.
Mr.. Schuyler, who was to-day u ominated
to be First Assistant Secretary of State to
succeed George l.. Rives, resigned, is about
forty-seven years of age. He is generally
well known as an author and a diplomatic,
and in the last mentioned career he has
filled almost every grade in the
service. In 1867 he began his
connection with the State Department as
consul to Moscow, and in 1869 he was con-
sui at ReveL In 1S7 he was made secre-
tary of legation at Sc ytersburg; in 1876
he occupied simil; at Constantine
pie. Two years ne was appointed
consul at Birmingh, =, and in 1879 he was
consul-general at Rome. He was then ap-
pointed diplomatic agent and cOnsul-gener-
al to Roumania, and became minister resi-
dent when the mission was established
Since 1882 he has been travelling In Europe.
His contributions to literature include ed
itorial work on Webster 8 Dictionary,
american Diplomacy" and the Life Of
Peter the Great"
Cyrus Bussey, nominated 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 brevetted major-general
in March, 1865. After the war he resumed
business as commission merchant, first in
st. Louis and then in New Orleans. He
was delegate to the Republican national
convention of 1858, and for SIX years was
president of the New Orleans Chamber of
Commerce. General Bussey engaged in
business IN New York city in 1881, and has
since. taken prominent part in national
politics.
The confirmation of Walker Blaine was
out of the usual order and made by unan-
imOus consent, probably as compliment
to his father. The position to which he is
appointed is practically that of legal adj
wiser, or ''law officer of the State Depart
ment, and its incumbent necessarily occu-
pies specially confidential relations with
the Secretary.
The Senate has confirmed the following
nominations:
A. C. Mellette. to be Governor of Dakota;
l.. B. Richardson, to be Secretary of Dako-
ia; Cornelius III. Hanford, of Washington
Territory, to be Chief Justice of the Su-
preme Court of the Territory of Washing
ton; George w. Irwin, of Montana, to be
marshal of the United States for the Terri
tory of Montana; Smiley n. Chambers, of
Indiana, to be United States attorney for
the district of Indiana; George s. Bachel-
Ter, of New York, to be. Assist
ant Secretary of the Treasury.
vice Hugh s. Thompson, resigned; Albert
q. Porter, of Indiana, to be envoy ex-
traordinary and minister plenipotentiary
of tho 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
the examiner of claims in the State De-
partmept: Richard Root, to be postmaster
at Keokuk, la.
The Senate remained in session, with q
recess or two, until nearly o'clock to-day,
expecting to receive the nominations OF
John s. Clarkson, of Iowa, TO be First AS
sistant POstmaster-general James S. Tan
ner, of New York. to be Commissioner of
Pensions, and j. n. Huston, of Indiana. to
be Treasurer of the United States; but
there seems to have been some hitch. After
the first sheet of nominations was brought
in by Secretary Pruden, telephone mes
sage was sent to the White House asking
if any more were coming to-day. The re-
ply was that another batch was nearly
ready, but after waiting an hour and half
the Senate concluded to adjourn. All the
nominations up to date have been con-
firmed except two of those that went in
to-day, and there will be no trouble about