Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-19
They FadingA Away
Those Government Positions of
Honor and Profit.
SEVERAL COVETED PLACES GONE.

Mason. of West Virginia, to Harass the
Moonshiners-Omcial Gossip - Railroad
Men Get Another Going Over Given
by Judge Cooley-An Ex-Congressmsn In
JOurnalism--How to Get Small Change
The Inaugural Surplus-Ex- President
| Cleveland.
WASHINGTON CITY, March 1.-the NOM
nations of general interest sent to the senate
! by the president yesterday were the follow
ing:
Smith A. Whitfield, of Ohio, to be second
assistant postmaster general
Abraham D. Hazen, of Pennsylvania, TO be
third assistant postmaster general.
John w. Mason, of West Virginia, to be
commissioner of internal revenue
Charles E. Mitchell, of Connecticut, to be
commissioner of patents.
William w. Thomas, of Maine, to be en-
voy extraordinary and minister plenipoten-
tiary of the United States to Sweden and
Norway.
Samuel r. Thayer, of Minnesota, TO be en-
voy extraordinary and minister plenipoten-
tiary Of the United States TO toe Netherlands
Others of more local Importance were as
follows: Nathan O. Murphy, of Arizona, to
be secretary of Arizona; Brad d. Slaughter,
of Nebraska, TO be marshal of the United
States for the district of Nebraska William
II. Whiteman, of New Mexico, to be asso-
ciate justice of the supreme court of the ter
ritory of New Mexico.
Then there were several gentlemen who
were lucky enough to be remembered with
these places, the "home rule principle being
observed in every instance. j. 5. Beach,
merchandise appraiser, Philadelphia; John
p Ward, merchandise appraiser for Oregon
and Washington; John S. Burton and E. j.
Kursheedt United States Marshals in Mis-
sissippi and Louisiana respectively, and Budd
Deacon ditto in New Jersey.
Combinations by the senate were: John A
Kasson, William Walter Phelps, and George
II. Bates, commissioners TO the Samoan con-
ference at Berlin, and Cyrus Bussey, assistant
secretary of the interior.
The postmaster general made two appoint
ments yesterday. One of them was that OF
Gen. James y. Tyner, of Indiana, assistant
attorney general for the postoffice depart
ment, vice Ed E. Bryant of Wisconsin, re
signed Gen. Tyner has been postmaster
general, first assistant postmaster general,
and member of congress from Indiana The
other was j. Lowrie Bell to the position of
general superintendent of the railway mail
service, postoffice department Mr. Bell was
for number of years connected with the
passenger department of the Philadelphia &
Reading railroad
j. W. Mason, nominated as commissioner
of internal revenue, is 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. He has been an active politician for
many years. and is member OF the Repub-
lcan national committee. In 1882 he was u
candidate for congress from the Second dis
trict and was defeated by only ten votes. He
was also the Republican candidate for judge
of the supreme court at the last election. He
is now in Washington, and expects to take
possession of his new Office Thursday morn
ing.
Charles E. Mitchell, the new commissioner
Of patents, is patent attorney. living in New
Britain, Conn. He is about IS years of age,
and is well known throughout New England
He was backed by the Connecticut delegation,
and by large number of patent lawyers in
New York and New England
Mr.. Thomas, of Maine, who is named for
the Swedish mission, gets his old office again
He was minister of the United States to
Sweden and Norway when Mr.. Cleveland
became president
Samuel r. Thayer, nominated minister to
the Netherlands, is lawyer of Minneapolis.
He Is At years of age, a native of New York
state, and graduated from Columbia college
in the class in which were Warner Miller
and Charles Emory Smith, of the Philadel-
phia Press Mr. TLayer has never held Il
public Office.
The following story is current: Last Satur-
1or- ,Hrrht
called at the White House in the interest Of
A. c. Matthews for internal revenue COM
missioner. On their way there Cullom said
70 Farwell: Let us insist on this matter and
put the president to the test" This was
agreed upon. When Matthew's claims were
again presented the president tried 70 reply
automatically This did not suit the sena-
tors, and one of them made the test Mr..
President" he said, I'VE want to know to.
night, yes or no, are you going to send in the
name OF Matthews for the Office of commits
sioner Of internal revenue"
The president, irritated by the pointed in
quiry, hit the desk with his fist and replied
emphatically, mo, sir, l am not" and they
left.
One of the significant things in the batch
yesterday is the nomination OF John S. Bur-
ton to be marshal for the northern district
OF Mississippi. Burton is an ex-Confederate,
although he has been in the Republican
party a few years. He is a native of his
safe. This is supposed to mean that the
president intends, as far as he can, TO apply
his home rule idea to the south as well as to
the territories
John c. New had another long interview
with the president. No announcement has
yet been made, but the opinion is strength
ened here that Mr.. New will be given the
Austrian mission
Mr.. II. A Hasslock, of Nashville, Tenn,
who has been an applicant for the position OF
public printer, withdrew Yesterday in favor
Of Hon. John Nichols, of North Carolina