The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-04-06
TRUE HOME RULE.
Grover Cleveland Is Its
Prophet.
APPLIED IN TWO TERRITORIES
Some Few More Lucky Men Who
Have Been Called to Serve Their
Country.
APPLIED IN TWO TERRITORIES
Special to THE MonNrSe CALI

WASHINGTON, April 5.-The President
sent to the Senate the following nomiua-
tons:
James S. Ewing of Illinois to be Minister
to Belgium.
Thomas T. Crittenden of Missouri to be
Consul-GeneraI TO Mexico.
Louis c. Hughes of Arizona TO be Cover
nor of Arizona.
William T. Thornton Of New Mexico to
be Governor OF New Mexico.
Ewing is a lawyer Of Bloomington and
the partner and cousin of Viee-PTesident
Stevenson. He is 60 years Of age. He
comes Of the old Ewing family of Kentucky,
where he was born and educated.
Crittenden is best known as the man who,
rs Governor of Missouri. broke up the no.
torious James brothers gang of outlaws.
Be is a lawyer.
Hughes, who becomes the Governor of
Arizona, is editor of the Tucson Star. He
is 54 years OF age and was delegate TO the
Chicago convention.
Thornton, the newly appointed Governor
OF New Mexico, has resided for seventeen
years in the Territory and practices law at
Santa Fe. he operates one of the richest
mines in Southern New Mexico.
Senator Palmer of Illinois is authority for
the statement that President Cleveland has
decided on a man for Pension Commits
siOner and that the name will be sent to the
Senate within forty-eight hours. He de-
elined to give the name, but from hint he
dropped it is believed the man is Judge
William Loghren Of Minnesota.
The nomination OF Mr. Eckels to be
Comptroller of the Currency was not re-
ported to the Senate to-day, but is still in
the hands of the Subcommittee on Finance.
In view of the fact that Eckels has not had
any previous experience in the manage
ment of financial affairs the committee is
inclined 10 believe that the prevailing rumor
as to his selection for the position being an
inadvertence is well founded, aud it is
understood that the attention of the press
will be brought to the case by the mem beers
OF the subcommittee. These representa-
tiyes were made to the head of the Treas
ury Department. and it is stated on good
authority that Secretary Carlisle did not
recommend the appointment of EckeIs.
Secretary Hoke Smith has announced
that tomorrow he would be glad to see at
the department all persons who are inter-
ested IN the selection of suitable persons to
fill vacancies now existing or which will
exist within the next thirty days in the
Offices Of registers and receivers of land
Offices, and also in the Offices of Surveyors
General The Secretary to-day directed the
removal of twenty-five pension examiners
now in the field. lie Said that the politics
Of these examiners was not considered, but
that the only question taken into account
was that Of proficiency.
The following applications for Office were
fled at the Treasury Department to-day
Albert P. Hulse of San Francisco, Collector
Of Customs; Charles Nickel of Jackson
vile, Oregon, Collector of Internal Reve-
nue.; William B. Davis OF Dalles. Oregon,
Collector Of Customs at Sitka. Alaska 4;
George E. Sheldon Of Rockford. Wash,
Special Agent of the Treasury; George Rus
sell Of Carson City, New, Superintendent
Of the Mint.