Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-19
IMPORTANT OFFICES.
Mr.. Hornblower of New York Nom
mated for the Supreme Bench.
An AMBASSADOR SENT TO ITALY.
Mr.. Van Allen Of r. /. Receives
This Nomination.
o T 81 Err APPOINTMENTS.

The President sent to the Senate today the
following nominations:
VIM. B. Hornblower Of New York. to be
associate Justice of the Supreme Court of
the United States. vice Samuel Blatchford.
Jas. ]. Van Allen Of Rhode Island. to be
ambassador extraordinary and plenipoten-
tiary to Italy.
Assistant Naval Constructor VIM ]. Bax-
ter. to be a naval constructor in the navy.
Abraham Frakes Of Kansas, to be regis
ter of the land Office at Wakeny, Kan.
Allen b. Briscoe Of Kansas. to be receiver
Of public money at Wakeny. Kan. and
twenty-six recess appointments Of post
masters.
w. b. HOrnblower.
Mr.. Hornblower was born In May, 1851.
one. II not two. Of his great grandfathers
having been signers Of the Declaration Of In
dependence. One grandfather was the late
JOS. c. Hornblower. chief justice of the
state Of New Jersey, and one Of the most
eminent jurists Of the country. One uncle
was the late Justice Bradley Of the
United States Supreme Court. and another
the late Judge Woodruff Of the United
States Circuit Court. His father was the
late Rev. Dr. Hornblower Of the Presby-
terrain Church. 1t is an odd fact that his
father, after studying law, decided to be-
come a minister. while he, after intending
to be clergyman. became q lawyer
He was graduated from Princeton in 1873.
winning the class Of SO prize In English
literature. On November !. 1874, he entered
the Office Of Carter & Eaton In New York
city, being admitted to the bar IN the fol-
lowing spring. January 1.lSSs with Messrs.
Byrne and Taylor, he organized the present
partnership Of Hornblower Byrne & Tay-
lor. Mr.. Hornblower has been for many
years counsel and for several years q
trustee Of the New York Life Insurance
Company. and has general control Of its
litigation all over the world He has been
concerned In many Of the most important
law suits tried here In recent years
The wife Of Mr.. Hornblowsr, who was q
niece OF the late Judge Sanford Of this city,
died several years ago. leaving two sons
and daughter Besides being president
Of the Princeton Alumni Association Mr.
Hornblower belongs to the following clubs:
Manhattan. University, Princeton. City.
Democratic. Reform and Metropolitan. He
Is q member also Of the Society Of Medical
Jurisprudence and Of the Bar Association.
Being forty-two years old. Mr.. Horn
blower Is six years younger than was Chief
Justice Marshall when he ascended the
bench. He is the youngest justice ever ap-
pointed. save Judge Story.
He Is Cleveland democrat. and was
active In the movement in the Bar Asso-
ciation to have Judge Bookstaver impeach-
ed for his connection with the F1ack case
His mother and his brother reside in this
city. The latter Is the well-known archi-
tect, Mr.. Joseph G. Hornblower.
This appointment 10 understood 20 have
been q personal one on the part Of the
President who became well acquainted
with Judge Hornblowsr while engaged IN
the practice OF Jaw in New York city in
the interval between his first and second
terms as President. Judge Hornblower was
not a candidate for the ofSlce in the usual
meaning Of the term, hut the wisdom OF
his selection was urged on the PRESIDENT
by many influential lawyers Of his own
party, for whose Judgment he has great
respect.
1t Is evident that the appointment Of Mr..
Hornblower will not be received with plea
sure by all the politicians of New York
Mr.. Hin this afternoon declined to discuss
the nominee. but simply said that the demo-
Gratis Of New York would be disappointed.
THE democrats OF New York" said the
Senator, ''preferre d the nomination of
Judge Rufus w. Peckham Of the present
court Of appeals" No one will say, how
ever, that so far as the qualifications OF
Mr.. Hornblower are concerned that It Is
not q etrong appointment