The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-06
IMPORTANT APPOINTMENTS.

Three acknowledgements Commissioners
Nsmed-Two Hoo=iers Given ONCE.
Special 90 the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-The President sent
q number of important appointments to the
Senate to-day, among them that of WILL
lam Is. Ii ess TO be United States consul
general at Constantinople, Turkey. 60 sue
eeed the Rev. Mr.. Sweeney, of Columbus.
Ind. resigned. Indianians here say the
appointment will give good satisfaction
Mr.. Hess is q prominent lawyer at Ply
mouth, Is q Christian gentleman. is IN
active worker In the church. and will
carry forward the work where 10
was laid down by the Rev. Mr..
Sweeney. Another appointment was that OF
William ID. Mccoy. the colored educator.
of Indianapolis, as minister resident and
consul-general to Liberia. There was some
adverse criticism from persons outside OF
Indiana over the appointment of two
Hoosiers to-day to prominent positions.
1t should be borne in mind, however. that
they are to take the places of two Indiana
men who have retired to private life Tho
appointment OF Mr.. Mccoy is but an offset
to the position of Governor of Oklahoma
vacated by Maj George w. Steele. of Ma
rion, and which was to-day filled by tbe
appointment of q citizen of Oklahoma,
while the appointment of Mr.. Hess is in
the place of another Indiana man, so that
the quota of patronage to the State was not
in the slightest increased by these two APP
pointments. The other nominations sent
to the Senate were:
Interstate-commerce Commissioners - James
W. McDin of Iowa, vice Thomas NJ Cooley, re-
sNH enaalrw- w~fu.
w. l.. Bragg. deceased; William r Morrison on
Fourth Assistant Postmaster general-Estes G.
United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Ju-
dicial Circuit-Andrew p. Mccormick, OF Texas.
United States District Attorney for the South
ern District of Observation-Disclosures I. Allen.
Governor Of the Territory Of oklahoma -Abram
j. seay.
Principal Clerk of Surveys General Land Of
fice-Daniel A. Ray, OF Illinois.
Agent for the Indians of the sisseton Agency,
South Dakota-Daniel I. Hindman.
United States Engfneer-in-chief and Chief OF
the Bureau of Steam Engineering. with the
Relative Rank of Commodore-Cbief Engineer
United States Campbell T. Maxwell
OF Ohio, at Sapto Domingo; Charles Weare OF
iowa, at Aix-la -Chapelle David 3. X Buck of
Oregon, at Sonneberg; Elias B. Cheeny OF New
Hampshire, at Matanzas; James Leitch Of
Louisiana, at Belize.
James w. McDIli, who was appointed
Interstate-commerce Commissioner. was
born in Munroe. Butler county, Ohio. March
4, 1884 He was brought up in Indiana and
Ohio, graduated at Miami University in
1855. and the following year was admitted
to the Ohio bar at Columbus. In 1856 he
removed to Burlington, Ia, and in 1857 to
Alton, Union county, where he practice 1
his profession. He was chosen judge OF
Union county in 1860, and from lS6l-65 was
q clerk in the Treasury Department. al
Washington. He became circuit Judge
in Iowa in 1865. district judge in 1870. and
publican. serving till 1877. In 1878 be was
appointed one of the frat Board OF Iowa
Railway Commissioners. and served till
1881. when he was appointed 10 the United
j. Kirkwood TO become Secretary of the
interior. The succeeding Legislature
elected him to the seat and he served till
1883. In 1884 he las again appointed State
Railroad Commissioner.
William II. Morrison was born in Monroe
county, Illinois. in 1S25. served in the
Mexican war. was a member of the Illinois
Legislature, and was first elected TO Con-
gress in 1862 Ten years later be was again
elected and served continuously until
about four year ago, when he was ape
pointed on this commission. During his
last years in Congress he was one Of the
Leading Democrats of the House.
William NJ Lindsay Is one of the leading
lawyers of Kentucky, and is a man who
stands very high IN the opinion OF the pe0-
pie of both parties.
Estes G. Rathbone. who is promoted
from Fifth Auditor of the Treasury to
Fourth Assistant Postmaster-general. 10
we'll known In Indiana lie lives ut Ham-
ilton. o., and for years was in the govern
ment secret service, being the special Off
Ger for this district. lie Is a very active
Republican worker.
Judge Mccormack, appointed circuit
Judge, Is n Republican at present district
Judge in the State of Texas.