Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-05
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS.
Interstate Commerce Commissioners Named
-Other Omces Filled.

Interstate Commerce Commissioners Named
-Other Omces Filled.
The President today sent to the Senate the
following nominations:
Interstate commerce commissioners-James
W. McDill Of Iowa. vice Thomas NJ Cooley. re-
signed; William NJ. Lindsey Of Kentucky, vice
". L. Bragg, deceased; William P. Morrison Of
Illinois (reappointedl.
Fourth assistant postmaster general Estes
g. Rathbone OF Ohio.
Vim. b Hess. United States consul general
at Constantinople.
VIM F. Mccoy Of Indiana, minister resident
and consul general to Liberia
Andrew p Mccormick Of Texas, United States
circuit judge for the fifth Judicial circuit,
Matthew T. Allen, United States attorney for
southern district Of California
Abraham J. Seay, governor territory Oklo-
homa.
Daniel A. Ray Of Illinois, principal clerk of
surveys, general land office
Daniel L. Hindman, agent for the Indians Of
the Sisseton agency, South Dakota.
Chief Engineer George W. Melville, U. s. N,
engineer in chief and chief of the bureau Of
steam engineering with the relative rank Of
commodore.
United States consuls- Campbell L. Maxwell
OF Ohio, at Santo Domingo; Chas. Weare of
Iowa, at AK Ia Chapell Sigmund c. Braida of
.se" Jersey, AZ San y uan, Dei NOrte; waiter T..
Howard Of Vermont, at Cardiff; David s. X.
Buick of Oregon, at Sonneberg; Elias II.
Cheney of New Hampshire at Matanzas: Jas.
Leltch of Louisiana, Mt Belize; Radcliffe H.
Ford of Maine, at Leghorn; Edward p. HAM
mond OF Maine, at Buda Pesth.
War, corps of engineers.-Maj. Garrett j.
Lydecker to be lieutenant colonel: Capt. John
Z: Mallery, to be major; First Lieutenant Geo.
W. Gotthals, to be captain; Second Lieutenant
henry Jervey, to be first lieutenant; Second
Lieutenant Tremann L. Horn, third cavalry, to
oe second lieutenant of artillery.
Also the nominations Of forty-fcur postmas-
,ers which htve been already published during
the past week
THE NEW CIRCUIT JUDGE.
The appointment Of Andrew P. Mccormick
OF Texas to be circuit judge for the fifth dis
trict is the promotion to q district judgeship
OF staunch republican from the strongest Of
democratic states.
The members Of the Texas delegation sey it
is good appointment: In all but the accident
OF birth. Mr. Mccormick is native
Texan, his father and mother both be-
ing residents Of the state, but on a
visit to kinsfolk in Danville, Ky, when Mr..
Mccormick was born He was educated in
Kentucky and then moved to Texas, where he
practiced law. He was elected to the state SEN
alto as republican and subsequently became
one OF the state district judges
ABOUT eight years ago he was appointed
United States district judge for the northern
district of Texas, an Office he now holds. He
is said to be q business man and lawyer of abil-
ity. His age is about fifty-five years.
THE NEW INTERSTATE COMMISSIONER.
VIM. NJ. Lindsey, appointed the successor OF
the late Commissioner Bragg of Alabama OH
the interstate commerce commission, Is de-
scribed as an earnest democrat and one
Of the best equipped men in the south for
the Office to which he has been ap-
pointed by Representative McCreary Of Ken
lucky, who has known him since boyhood. He
and Mr.. McCreary served together in the Ken
lucky general assembly twenty years ago. Mr..
Lindsey is fifty-five years of age and lawyer by
profession. He elected to the court of appeals
of Kentucky and was chief justice Ct the state
for many years. Mr.. McCresry says he is one
Of the ablest lawyers in Kentucky and one OF
its most energetic and capable citizens.