Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-03-31
BAYARD TO ST. JAMES.

The President Sends Many Nomtna-
lions to the Senate-Ex-Secretary
Thomas r.. Bayard n Ambassador
to Great Britafn-Consuls Chosen.
WASHINGTON, March 30.-The president
to-day sent the following nominations to
the senate:
State-Thomss F. Bayard of Delaware,
to be ambassador extraordinary and Plsni-
potentiary to Great Britain. -
To be ENJOYS extraordinary and minis
ters plenipotsntiary of the United States
James D. Porter of Tennessee. to Chill;
James A. Mckenzie of Kentucky, to Peru;
Lewis Baker of Minnesota, to Nicaragua,
Costa Rioa and Salvador; Pierce II. B.
Young of Georgia, to Guatemala and Hon
duras; Edwin Dun of Ohio, (now secretary
of legation at Japan to Japan.
To be consuls of the United States-L.
NJ. Shaffer of West Virginia, to Stratford,
Ont. Harrison R. Williams of Missouri,
to Vera Cruz; n. P. Pendleton of Maine,
to Plctou; Theodore N. Stephan of ILL.,
nois, to Annaberg, Saxony; William T.
TONNES of Virginia, to Rio De Janeiro;
Claude Meeksr of Ohio, to Bradford;
Newton B. Eustis of Louisiana, to be see.
ond secretary of the legation of the United
States at Paris.
Intsrier-James NJ Reynolds of Penn
sylvauia, to be assistant secretary of the
interior (vice Cyrus Bussey, resigned).
Tresfury-Henry ]. Hathaway of Maine,
to be collector of customs for the district
of Aroostook, Me. Walter Goddard of
Connecticut, to be collector of customs for
the district Of Fairfield, Conn.
Justice-Lawrence Maxwell, jr., of Ohio,
to be solicitor general (vice Charles b. AL
drioh, resigned), John I. Hall of Georgia,
to be assistant attorney general vice,
George q. Shields, resigned).
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
postmssters, and of this number Sd were
to fill vacancies caused by removals. In
Vermont there were 30 appointments and
10 removals.
1t Is said to be doubtful whether Sam E.
Morse of Indiana, who has just been nomi-
mated consul general to Paris, will leave to
assume that Office. He il at Asheville, N.
O., very i'll from nervous prostration, rheu-
matism and erysipelas.
E1-Secretary Bayard's nomination as
ambassador to Great Britain was inmedi-
ately confirmed without reference. The
senate also confirmed the following nomi-
natione: W. T. Gary, to be United States
attorney for southern Georgia; George ].
Denis to be United States attorney for
southern California; Thomas J. Allison,
to be United States marshal for western
North Csrolins; Frank Leverett, to be
United States marshal for southern
Georgia.
First on the list of nominations to day
and first in distinction in long public serv-
ice and in diplomatic experience was
Thomas F. Bsyard. Mr.. Bayard Is de-
scended from q race of Statesmen and his
history during his lifetime is closely inter
woven with the history of his country. He
was born at Wilmington, Del, October 80,
1928, and although his early training was
for mercantile life, he later studied and
adopted the profession of law and entered
the bar in 1851. In 1858 he first assumed
Office, that of United States district attor-
ney for Delaware, but resigned in 1854
He succeeded his father, James @. Bsyard,
In the United States senate in 1859, and
served three consecutive terms with great
In 1885 he resigned his
senatorial seat to become score
tary of state in President Cleve-
lands cabinet, and while acting In
that capacity was called upon to deal with
some extremely knotty and difficult diplo.
matte problems. Since his retirement from
the cabinet Mr.. Bsyard has engaged in the
Dractica of law