Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-28
MORE LUCKY ONES.
The Presidents Latest List of
Prize Winners.
MORSE, OF MICHIGAN, IN THE SWIM,

Also Morss, of Indiana, the Former Get
ting a GlAsgow, the Latter the Consul
late at F2ril-Two Appointments that
Are Promotions-The Postoffice Heads
man Getting His AK Vigorously into
Play-Report to the Senate in Favor of
Seating All Appointees of Governors.
WASHINGTON, March 2S-The president
yesterday sent the following nominations
to the senate: Felix A. Reeve, of Tennes-
see, solicitor of the treasury; William H.
Seaman, of Wisconsin, United States dis
trict judge for the eastern district of Wis
consin; Samuel T. Fisher, of Massachu-
sets, assistant commissioner of patents;
Samuel +. Morss, of Indiana. consul gen.
eral of the United States az Paris: c. w.
Chancellor, of Maryland, consul at Havre;
Allan b. Morse, of Michigan, consul at
Glasgow; George T. Parker, of New York,
consul at Birmingham; Seaton Norman, of
Indiana, assistant surgeon in the marine
hospital service. Postmasters-Indiana,
Henry G. Ulen, Lebanon; Samuel /. Harris,
Franklin. Iowa, Rollin NJ. Clark, Keokuk.
Wisconsin, J. f. Horsman, Rice Lake;
Thomas +. Solon, West Superior. There
we're a few United States justices, attOr-
neys and marshals named for California,
New Mexico and southern states.
Two Civil Service Promotions.
There are two civil service promotions in
the list, Reeve, the new solicitor. being the
present assistant solicitor, and Fisher, the
assistant commissioner of patents, chief
examiner in the Office. Fisher is genuine
civil service man in every respect, having
entered the patent office after civil serv-
ice examination in 1885 and been pro-
NOTED under various other examinations
until he reached the grade he uow holds.
William H. Seaman, the new judge, is
man of high standing at the Wisconsin
bar. He is about so years old. and has
lived in Sheboygan thirty years. He is in
dependent financially and was indoreed for
his present place by Senator Villas and
many lawyers of both political parties.
Good Fortune of Editor Morss.
Samuel Z. Morss, who gets the very
lucrative post of consul general at Paris, is
an editor and an active Cleveland man in
the Hoosier state. He was editor of the
Fort Wayne Sentinel and went thence to
Chicago as an editorial writer on the Chi
cago Times. returning to Indiana as edi-
tor of the Indianapolis Sentinel, in which
connection he has come to be known to
politicians throughout the country as a
man of brains and force He is now at
Asheville, N. c., recovering from an attack
Of nervous prostration. George F. Parker.
who becomes consul at Birmingham, 1&
close persRnai frisaa Of Cleveland. ne
was auditsfe the national committee
, during the cSlkpaign and was frequently
mentioned as likely TO be Cleveland's pri-
Vate secretary.
His Az Is in Working Order.
Fourth Assistan Postmaster General Max
we'll must have put in a hard days work
Sunday even though it was Sunday, for
there wereninty- seven heads of fourth class
postmasters in the basket yesterday morn
ing Republicans having been removed in
this number of cases and Democrats ap-
pointed. In addition he appointed post
masters to three fourth class offices il
which there were vacancies caused by death
| Or resignation maxim an even hundred new
potsmasters appointed. Yesterday the AK
| worked with greater speed and the result
| is a list of about 200 appointments of
fourth-class postmasters, of which quite a
| large share. are removals. Senator Villas
made things lively in Wisconsin, some
! twenty odd removals being made in that
| state at his request. 1t is expected more
| than a thousand postoffices will be filled
this week.
| An Old Official to Go.
| Somewhat of a sensation was caused yes
terday in diplomatic and official circles by
the news that Secretary Gresham had
\ called for the resignation OF Dr r. u Su-
Clair, chief of the consular bureau of the
state department for twelve years past and
| for rtwenty-eightyears connectedwith the de
partment in some capacity. DIR. St. Clair
says that of course he will comply with
the request. 1t can be stated on high au
thority that Secretary Gresham thought
that DIR. St, Clair was standing in the way
of changes which he (the secretary desired
to make in the consular service Secretary
/ ~ ~ <1TN
Carolina, DR.. St. Clair's assistant, to the
| offica a6e warrant