New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-07
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ONLY A FEW NOMINATIONS.
JUDGE LOCHREN FOR THE PENSION COM.
MISSIONERSiIP.

| HE HAS STRONG ENDORSEMENT AND BRILL
BAMA. NAMED FOR MINISTER TO SPAIN.
tBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.J
Wasling gton, April G.-The President sent to thu
Senate to-day lot of nominations, so disap.
pointingly small that the anxious army OF Office
seekers felt bluer than usual, and bemoaned its
fate more v0ciferously than when the ERA
Of reform" was but a week old. The following
are the nominations:
Hannis Taylor. Of Alabama. to be Envoy Ex-
traordinary and Minister Plenipotcntiary OF the
United States to Spain. William Lochren, of
Minnesota, to be Commissioner Of Pensions.
Charles Edward Riggs, Of Iowa, to he an assistant
surgeon in the Navy, and several postmasters.
The nomination OF Judge Lochren to be Com
missioner of Pensions will challenge greater atten
tiOn, no doabt, than that Of lIannis Taylor TO
be Minister 10 Spain. Judge LOchren is highly
spoken of by Republicans as well as Democrats
Of Minnesota. For one he comes here with tho
unusual compliment Of unanimous indorssment
| hy the Legislature Of his State lIis record as .
soldier IL brilliant onc and entities him at least
| to the sympathy Of that class Of his fellow
citizens over whose interests he is hereafter to
watch As lawyer he stands high, having for
years enjoyed lucrative practice in Minneapolis.
| This males it all the more wonderful why no
should have accepted position paying but $4,000
year, and requiring in the discharge OF its
| duties an unusual amount Of hack work and
| devotion to detail. His friends explain his ac-
| ccptance of the post on the ground of mingled
| feeling Of duty to party and admiration OF Presl-
dent Cleveland Like Private Secretary Thurber
he casts aside the chances of lifetime to obey
| tho summons of the master A wonderful pair,
| truly, and difficult to draw to. Here Is a pen
| picture of this remarkable man as sketched by q
| sympathetic admrer
short thicisct man, with a round norid ace an4
fully gray side.whskes olbowcd HIS way through the
crowd anxious ofce.scekers the lobby Of the White
House this morning ard handed his card 10 the dookeereP
Behind him another short thickset fordfaced man,
who had gray mustache and long. gray imperial.
Poth wore silk q antique pattern and sober black
| broedcloth suits The second man had Loyal bgion
button prominently displayed in the lapel OF his coas.
The doorkeeper read the cards and Immediately showed
/ both gentleman into the Cabinet
The onccseekers looked at another In amazcmens
and there general inquiry TO who the intn wee
No one seemed to know. later the doorkeeper
announced Michael Doran Of st. Paul. was the ono
with the sdewhIskers and Judge Iochren. of Minnesota
| the other.
So il seems likely that Mike" Doran and not
Mike, Kelly will hereafter dispense Minnesota
| patronage.
OF Hanuis Taylor little is known beyond the fact
| that he owed his appointment to Colonel Oates,
| of Alabama. The latter. Of course, speaks en-
Enthusiastically Of the proege he successfully landed
| in the Spanish Mission. Mr.. Taylor is the author
| Of several works on constitutional law. Ills
life work is said 10 be History Of the Origin
| and Growth Of the English Constitution Of which
but one volume; STRANGE to say, has appeared: me
nises the lives" Of successful OIce-seekcrs To the
newspapers willing to print his incqbations. inno-
ssny mar history . his say in
So it would seem that the life work is to super:
sede to some extent all other work-the official
business Of the United States included; 1t is not
known whether Mr. Taylor speaks the language Of
the country to which he is sent.
| IIannis Taylor is lawyer living at Mobile and
| his reputation Is high, of his arguments made
| before the supreme Court in opposition 10 the con-
,iiutionallty OF the inii-Loery law being In cvi.
| dence on that point. Mr.. Taylor Is also scholar
Of high atianments. His chief work is The Origin
| and Growth OF the English Constitution But one
| volume OF this work has been published YET
| II Is MIR. Tayor's desire TO conclude
the history during his stay in spain. He was strongly
| recommended Secretary Blaine by senator Moteai
| a. cne the arbirators counsel I'm the BehrihS
| Sea arbitration and also strongly indorsed oy
| Mr. Phelps and some OF the leading lawyers OF New'
| York.
| Judge Lochren Is nfy-seven years OF age ana "aS
born in Vermont, where he was educated IN 'he puoo
e hoos and admitted 10 the bar. lie went to Mlnhesoa
| in 1857 and pracsed his profession but when inc
| war broke ont he was of the first men In the
state TO abandon his civil pursuits ana enllsted III
| the LIST Minnesota Regiment. His service during mo
war WIS severe culmnanng at Gettysburg where his
regiment made famous charge that checked fcketts
onslaught. OF the 300 men who made that charge
| only forty came out whole and young Lochren who
started the rush as first lieutenant OF company
| r. came out In command OF the regiment every
officer above his grade having been killed or wounded
| Minnesota and resumed the practice of law He was
| popular and twice the Democratic caucus nominee
Tor "A seat in the United States Senate. In 1os2 he
| was appointed by a Republican Governor to Judge.
| ship on the circuit bench, and at the expiration OK
| his appoint ment was twice reelected to the same
place without opposition. He has never sought Office
| and his popularity Is attesed by the fact that, al
though he Is Democrat. his candidacy .or the place
for which he is nominated ndorsed by the unani
of the Republican Legislature Of Minnesota