Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-23
GROWERS CHOSEN.
Another List of Them Sent to
the Senate.
TENNESSEE GETS THAT JUDGsHIP,

Wisconsin Man tho Land ONCE, and a
Nissourian the Nice-Vienna Consulship
Wheeler Declines Raum's Bureau for
Want of HeaIth-A Delegation of States
men Questions BisselI-Senator Harris
in Huf-Fisht Over the Print shop
Avarice in Kansas-Capital City Notes.
WASHINGTON, March D. The president
sent in another batch of nominations to the
senate yesterday. They We're received with
mingled feelings by the representatives, but
senators who did not get their men chosen
talked of opposing confirmation. The
nominations showed that the president IS
not going to treat the congressman as en-
titled to dispose of the places, and that
while their recommendations Will have
weight he viii appoint other men than
those the congressman recommend If
he sees fit. The important places filled
were rs follows: John ). Seymour, OF
Connecticut, commissioner of patepts:
Silas.. w. LamoreauX, of Wisconsin, COM
missioner of the general land Office; Will
lam II. Sims of Mississippi, first assistant
secretary of the interior; Edward y.
Bowers, of Washington, assistant commits
sioncr of the general land office; Justice
Horace II. Lurton, of Tennessee, United
States circuit Judge for the Sixth judicial
! circuit; Max Judd, of Missouri, consul
! general of the United States at Vienna.
! May Iie Trouble About Judd.
Judge Lurton, who has succeeded JUS
/ tice Jackson on the circuit court bench, Is
about As years old and has been chancel-
lor and is now chief justice of the state.
| The Hebrew race and the chess players are
both honored in the selection of Max Judd,
! for Judd was the champion amateur chess
player of the country until the brilliant
Showalter, of Kentucky, wrested the title
from him not long ago. He was about
! to retire. He is an Austrian by birth and
came to this country when very young. As
a general thing European governments do
not approve of their former citizens acting
in diplomatic capacity for their adopted
country in the capital of their native land;
and Judd may be non persona grata, being
a jew. 1t will be remembered that kei-
ley was rejected some years ago because
his wife was Jewess.
Villas Got Him a Place.
John 5. Seymour is n good Connecticut
lawyer, and state insurance commissioner.
Silas LamoreauX, the new land commits
sioner, is close friend of Senator Villas TO
whom he owes his appointment. Villas
Recommendation went great way, as he
has been a Cleveland man steadily. Will
lam Ii. Sims has been lieutant governor OF
his state lost a limb in the Confederate
service and stands we'll in Mississippi,
legally and politically.
Wheeler of Michigan Declines.
| 1t was stated at the White House that
the Office of commissioner of pensions had
been rendered to ex-Representative Wheel
er, of Michigan, who had declined it on &C.
count of poor health. There was no lack
of callers for offices at the White Houss
yesterday. The west and south were es-
pecially well represented. Representa-
tives Hall and Baldwin, of Minnesota, pre-
sented the name of Lewis Baker, editor OF
the St Paul Globe, for minister to Brazil,
and Harry Watkins, of Duluth, for gov
ernor of Alaska. Senator Kyle, of South
Dakota, and Ex-Governor Ordway said
Judge Thomas of the Black Hills, would
like to succeed Patrick Egan as ministe,
to Chile.
| A Colored Man Looks In.
| The office of Minister to Liberia is con
ceded to colored men, and Representative
Turpin presented H. c. Smith, a we'll
known colored lawyer, of Birmingham
Ala. as a good man for the place. There
were large delegations from Arkansas and
Tennessee.