The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-05
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Important Diplomatic and Consular Posts
Awarded TO Democrats.

Important Diplomatic and Consular Posts
Awarded TO Democrats.
WASHINGTON, April 4.-The President
to-day sent the following nomination TO
the Senate:
James o. Broadhead. of Missouri. to be Envoy
the United States TO Switzerland.
Bartlett = ripp. OF south Dakota. TO be Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary OF
the United States to Austria hungary.
Eben Alexander, of North Carolina. to be En-
voy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
OF TIE United states 70 Greece, RouInania and
Ser Ia.
To be consuls of the United States: James e.
Neal. OF Ohio. at Liverpool; James M. Dobbs. OF
Georgia, at Valparaiso; q. o.. Eckford, OF Mis-
sissippi, at Kingston. jamaica; David n. Burke,
OF New York, at P~ernambuco; Edgar whiddcn.
OF Maine, at st. stephen, New Brunswick; Hen
~ i. Merritt, of Illinois. at Barmen; Asa d.
Dickinson. OF New York. at Nottingham; BenIa-
min Lintheir, OF Massachusetts,, at sherbrooke.
Charles Ingersoll, OF Pennsylvania. to be APP
praiser OF merchandise In the district of Phila-
felphia. Paul F, Faison, .Of North Carolina, to
he indian inspector.
James o. B~roadhead, of Missouri, who is
named as munster to Switzerland. Is, by
profession. q lawyer, and has represented
bis State in Congress as a member from Sc.
Louis. de Is about sixty-hve years OF age.
and has boon prominent IN politics in Mis-
souri, for o long time, being at one time O
member Of the Democratic national oom;
mittee and q delegate to several national
conventions. lie was O member OF the con.
stitutional convention in Missouri in 1861
and 1868. which deDosed the rebel LeRIsla-
ture. and governed the State for " years
OF the war. He has had some experience
10 diplomatic matters through his connec-
sion with the French spoliation claims,
which led him TO visit Paris for this gov
eminent.
BARTLETT Tripp, of South Dakota. who
goes as minister to Austria Hungary, was
one of the pioneers in Dakota before
the division of the Territory. He Is forty
eight years OF age, and is q brOther.in-law
TO Senator Davis, of Minnesota. He is a
stanch Democrat. and was made Chief
Justice OF the Territory of Dak0ta by Pres
ldent Cleveland during his fret admins
tration. He has had u good deal TO do with
State politics. and was prominently men.
toned for the Senate as the Democratic
opponent of Senator Kyle. lie lives at
Yankton and is @ lawyer.
Eben Alexander. nominated to be min
lister 10 Greece. Roumanla and Servia. is ut
present Greek professor at the University
of North Carolina. Professor Alexander is
little more than forty years OF age and
has been IN his present place for ten years.
He stands among the leading Greek schol-
mrs OF the land. and is a man OF varied ac-
coInplishment and large learning. As q
student he was passionateIy fond Of every
thing pertaining TO Greece. His appoint
ment was unsought by himself and Is said
60 be entirely nonpoliticai. although he was
Endorsed by influential Democrats through.
ont tho country.
The n~omipation of James +. Neal, Of
Hamilton. o.. is the result of O personal re-
quest by Ex-Governor Campbell, reinforced
by Senator Brice. Colonel Neal is one Of
the leading Democrats of Ohio. and early
III the seventies. while n young man, was
Speaker OF the House of Representatives of
the General Assembly. He-bas always been
an active Democrat. n was chairman of
the Democratic executive committee in the
State campaign which resulted in MIR.
CampbuiPs election. Colonel Neal resides
In Mr.. CampbelPs home town, where he Is
a leading and influential citizen. He has
never held u federal Office.
II. +. Merritt. of Illinois, who is named
as consul To Barmen. is well qualified. by
experience. for his post. He was n Chica-
go business man. and was originally ap-
pointed by President Cleveland In his first
term 10 be consul To- Aix-ia-Chapelie He
was soon transferred TO Chemnitz. where
bis business knowledge of the details of
the hosiery trade. the important industry
at that city. enabled him TO discover and
check a system of undervaluatioIs, which
bad heen practiced for a long time at the
expense of revenues Of the United States
Treasury. His record was so good that he
was retained By President Harrison until
some time last year. when lie returned 10
this country.
Asa d.. Dickinson, of New York, nom-
mated TO be consul MT Nottingham. is n
brother Of Don 81. Dickinson. lie 10 O