The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-31

The Ex-Secretary Of State Made ambassador
Britain-Other Imporrant Nominations.
WASHINGTON, March 30-The President
to-day sent the following nominations to
the Senate:
Thomas Il. Bay ard of Delaware, to be Embas-
sador Extraordinary and Pienipotentiary 20
Great Britain.
To be ENJOYS Extraordinary and Ministers
Plenipotentary of the United states-James d.
Porter, of Tennessee. to Chilli; James A. Mcken-
zie, OF Kentucky, to Peru Lewis Baker, ,n. OF MIN.
Pierce NJ. b. Young of Georgia. TO Guatemala
and Honduras; Edwin Dun, of Ohio (now secre.
Ai 10 be be consuis OF Of the United states-L NJ shaf-
fer, of West Virginia, TO Stratford, Ont; Harri-
Son r Williams an Of 30 spo wera Sruz
StepaD, OF Illinois, to Annaberg; William i.
Townes. of Virginia, to Rio de Janeiro; CLAUDE
Newton B. Eustis,' of Louisiana, to be second
secretary of the legation of the United States at
John M. Reynolds, of Pennsylvania, to be AS
sey, resigned.
Justice-Lawrence Maxwell, jr., Of Ohio, to be
signed; John L. Hall, of Georgia, to be Assistant
Attorney-general, vice George IL. Shields, re-
signed.
First on the list of nominations to-day
and first in distinction In long pubic serv-
ice and diplomatic experience, was Thomas
4. Bay yard, and 1t WAS by unanimous opin-
ion declared among Democrats fitting that
he should be the first of the ambassadors
created by the last Congress.
Lewis Baker is editor of the St. Paul
Globe. He was the chairman of the State
Democratic committee during the last cam
paign. and has always been warm sup
porter of President Cleveland. His only
previous political office as presiding Off
which was nt that time Republican.
James A. Mckenzie. who goes as minister
to Peru, represented Kentucky district in
the Forty seventh Congress. At the Chica-
go convention he broke away from Waiter
sons lead, and by q timely and funny
speech carried q mum ber of his feIlow-dele-
gates from Kentucky over TO the Cleveland
line.
James G. Porter, who is to succeed Pat
rick Egan at Chill. is prominent Tennes-
see lawyer. and under the previous Demo-
cratic ad mini istration was Assistant Score
tary of State, and from 1874 to 1879 was
Governor of Tennessee.
Pierce NJ. b. Young. of Georgia. was q
major. general of cavalry in tho Confederate
army and was educated at West Point.
Under Mr.. Cleveland's former adminIstra-
tion he was sent to ST. Petersburg as con-
sul-generaI. but soon resigned and came
home.
Mr.. John d. Hall is q member of the law
firm of Hall 81 Hammond. of Griffin. Ga
Mr. Hall is said to be one Of the leading
lawyers of his State.
EuWlu Dun, OOmlnbtcu W NO uniuIstcI W
japan, is O citizen of London. U. His NOM
ination Is In the nature of a promotion. for
no is a holdover from the previous Demo-
cratic administration.
Lawrence Maxwell, it,, of Cincinnati
stands practically at the head Of the junior
bar of the State. He is O close friend of
ex-Solicitor- general Aldrich. He has al-
ways been identified with the antI-ma-
chine element in Ohio politics.
In the nomination OF Claude Meeker. of
OHIO 10 be consul at Bradford. England,
the President again acknowledges the
services of newspaper man. Mr.. Meeker
is young man of not more than thirty
five. and about ten years ago entered the
profession IA newspaper reporter in
Columbus. Mr. Meeker was the private
secretary of Governor Campbell during his
incumbency of that office. and in every
way has always been an ardent Democrat
III. X. Williams the new consul to Vera
Cruz, Is from Cape Girardeau county.
Missouri. and his appointment is in the
line of policy which has been ascribed to
the President OF requiring app0intees to be
fitted for their places. He has trav eled
extensively in Mexico and speaks tho
language of that country.
Theodore NJ. Steph an. appointed consul
ct Annaberg. Germany, Is q Lutheran
minister at Austin. III. In the campaign of
1892 he was chairman of the campai gn
committee of the Lutheran churches Of
Illinois and as euch was brought into in-
timete relations with ex-Representative Q