The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-03-29
FILLING THE OFFICES.

/ Another Batchsof Nominations Made ~
tho President A New Patent oOmmis'
sIoner = Appointments In the Depart
! ments OF the Interior, Justice, State
and Treasury.
WASHINGTON, March 23.-The presi-
dent yesterday sent the following NOM
nations to the senate:
/ John S Seymour, of Connecticut tc
! be commissioner of patents.
Cyrus w. Lamoroux, of Wisconsin, tc
be commissioner OF the general land
Office.
William II. Simms OF Mississippi, to
be first assistant secretary OF the inte-
rior. l.#
Edward A. Bowers, of Washington,
d. c., to be assistant commissioner OF
the general land Office.
Henry C. Bell, to be second deputy
commissioner Of pensions tFfrt'
Horace Ii. Lurton, Of Tennessee; to be
United States circuit judge of the Sixth
judicial circuit
Max Judd, of Missouri, to be consul
at Vienna
SKETCHES OF THE NOMINEES.
John s. Seymour, nominated TO be commits
sioner Of patents, Is O lawyer by profession,
about 10 years OF age and resident OF Norwaik'
| Conn. Two years ago he was elected state sen
ator, which was his first public service
William II Simms who is named as first as
ststant secretary Of the interior, has tine rec
ord in his native state OF Mississippi He was
q soldier Of the Coniederacy and left a leg upon
the field OF battle He is resident OF Column
bus an eminent lawyer and good politician
G w. Lamoroux OF Wisconsin, nominated TO
be commissioner OF the general land office Is
friend Of Senator Villas and received the un'
qualified Endorsement OF that gentleman for the
place TO which he has been appointed, MT
Lamoroux is o native OF New York, but went
to Wisconsin before the war. He has served his
state as senator and district attorney, but for
the last fourteen years he has been the only
Judge OF the court having civil jurisdiction.
Horace H. Lurton, nominated to be judge OF
the Sixth judicial circuit, is the present chief
justice OF the supreme court of Tennessee. 1t
was for this place that President Harrison nom
mated Benillnin lianchet, OF Michigan, which
nomination failed for lack OF time in the senate
10 act upon IT, He Is q man about 10 years OF
age and native Of Tennessee.
Henry c. Bell, appointed second deputy com
missioner OF pensions, has been for the last eight
years or more clerk in the pension office and
has risen by merit to position OF ofresponsibility
there. He is native OF Illinois and was ap'
pointed from that state.
T.. A. Bowers is young lawyer OF this city. a
college graduate anda man Of broad culture
He is a native Of Connecticut He has been act
ing in the capacity of counsel for the National
Forestry Association, Of which he is an active
member His appointment is supposed TO have
been influenced By desire on the part Of the
president TO give greater prominence in the
land Office to the important subject OF forestry
than IL has heretofore received
Max Judd, of Missouri, nominated to be con
sui general at Vienna, is native Of Austria
but came TO this country with his parents when
a child He has resided in St. Louis for the
past twenty-five years. His appointment is the
result OF the almost universal request OF the
people Of that city and is looked upon by the
Missouri delegation as a compliment not only
TO the Hebrew race, which Mr. Judd represents
but the people OF the state.