The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-15
THE JUSTICES NAMED.
Mr.. Cleveland Sends Several More Nomina-
tions to tho Senate.

tions to tho Senate.
WASHINGTON, d. c.. April 1.-THE
President sent the following nominations
to the Senate to-day
Rich II. Alvey, OF Maryland chief
ju,fice; Martin +. Morris. Of the District
of Columbia, and Seth Shepard. OF Texas,
associate justices of the Court OF APP
peals of the District Of Columbia.
Lucius Q. c. Lamar. of Mississippi.
Recorder Of the General Land Office
Robert *. Gillespie. Of Tennessee, prin-
cipal clerk Of public lands in the General
Land Office.
The President to-day appointed Captain
Charles +. Powell, engineer commissioner
of the District of Columbia, vice Captain
Russell. At present he is in charge OF
the improvement Of the Yellowstone and
Missouri rivers, with headquarters al
Sioux City, Iowa.
Judge Richard Alvey.
Richard II. Alvey, of Maryland, who is
nominated to be chief justice OF the
newly created court Of appeals OF the
District of Columbia, is regarded as one
of the ablest jurists in Maryland. At
present he is the judge OF the Fourth
circuit in Maryland, and he is also chief
justice of the Maryland court of appeals,
which is composed of the judges of the
various circuits He is sixty-seven years
Of age, and attained popularity in the
District Of Columbia by liberal decisions
in the case of the Chesapeake and Ohio
canal, in which the people of this COM
munity were deeply interested.
Martin II. Morris.
Martin F. Morris, associate justice OF
the court Of appeals is resident OF the
District of Columbia, and has made an
IL.
associated for many years with the late
Richard Merrick in the practice OF law
the Star Route case being one of their
most notable cases. At present he is a
member Of the firm Of Hamilton & Nor
ris. which Is largely engaged in railroad
litigation. He is about sixty years Of
age.
Seth Shepard, Of Texas.
The nomination OF Seth Shepard TO
be one Of the associate justices is calcu-
lated to cause a commotion in Texas
where Mr.. Shepard occupied politically
a position approYimating that OF the anti
Snappers in New York. Mr.. Shepard's
character as a man and as a lawyer is
unimpeachable. He has practiced law
in Dallas ever since his majority. and
he is now about forty-eight years Of age.
But politically he has many bitter oppo-
nents, and it is all owing to the silver
question. He was chosen at the Lam
pasas convention as delegate-at-large TO
Chicago. The financial plank adopted
met his views-for Mr.. Shepard has been
an uncOmpromising foe Of free silver
coinage and a stauich Cleveland man.
When ne went TO the Chicago Conven-
ton he was promptly made the Texas
representative on the committee on plat
form and resolutions. Previously he had
visited New York and consulted with
Mr.. Whitney and other Cleveland Demo-
Gratis who opposed the free silver Idea,
so before the platform committee got TO
work the radical free coinage Texans
endeaVored TO displace Mr.. Shepard, but
without success.
When the Texas State Convention met
10 nominate Governor and chose Mr..
Hogg a strong minority bolted. Mr.
Shepard remained for a time, although in
sympathy with bolters, but when the
adopted free silver coinage
plank he also went out, and has since
been closely identified with the Clark
faction.
The Texas Senators were involved In
this case. and Mr.. Mills indorsed and
procured Shepards appointment, while
Mr. Coke opposeu il. Mr.. Shepard has
served his State in the Legislature as a
Senator. and was also an unsuccessful
candidate for Congress against Wash.
Jones. the Greenback member
l.. .. {. Lamar.
L. @. c. Lamar, of Mississippi, who is
made recorder of the General Land Of
fee. is the eldest son Of the late JUS
tice Lamar. Of the Supreme Court. and
ACQUIRED some knowledge of the methods
Of the Interior Department by reason
of the fact that he was private secretary
to his father when the latter was Sec
retary of the Interior in President CleVe-
lands first administration.
Robert K. Gillespie.
Robert X Gillespie, nominated TO be
principal clerk of public lands in the
General Land Office. was nominated at
The request Of Mr. McMillin. Of Tennes-
see. Mr.. Gillespie is lawyer Of Gala
tin. Tenn. and man Of about thirty-hye |
years of age. He has been actively con
1ected with the executive committee OF |
Sumter county, and il considered good |
man for the place. The department |
asked Senator Bate concerning him, and |
he Senator gave him his cordial in |