New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-28
PRICE THREE CENTS.
MANY MINOR APPOINTMENTS.
AN EDITOR TO BE CoNSULGENERAL AT
PARIS

THE PRESIDENT BREAKS TWO OF HIS RULES
IN NAMING SAMUEL Z. MoRss-CoNsULAR
NOMINEES WHO ARE NOT
BUSINESS MEN.
fBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.
Washington, March 27-To-day's nominations though
imposing In numbers do not prove either important
interesting the patches heretofore sent to the
Senate by the President The full list is as follows:
Felix 4. Reeve. OF Tennessee. to be Solicitor OF
william il. Seaman. Of Wisconsin. to be United
Albert b. Fall, of Nev.Mexico. to be Associate
TO be Attorneys Of tAe United statss,Georse Z.
Denis OF California for the southern District OF Call
District Of Georain william = Gary, Of Georgia, for
To be Marshals OF The United states-Frank Lever.
et OF Georgia, for the Southern District OF Georgia
Kentucky Thomas j. Allison Of North Carolina. for
the western District Of North Carolina ~. Ass,s,,n.
Commissioner OF Patents. ,
Samuel +. Morss, Of Indiana. to be consul-General
OF the United states at Paris. 60, =.
q. ". Chancellor Of Maryland, to be ConSui as
ALIGN Allan B. Morse. of Michigan, to be Consul at
''s George F. Parker of New-YOrk to be Consul at
Seaton norman, of Indiana, to be an assistant sur
Tn as MaT9s H. swarho
stamford New.York-Walter p. Horne suspension
Medical Inspector John II. Clark, to be medical 81.
rector: Surgeon James NJ. Flint. n be medicaI in'
speeor Passed assistant HeISSn he To b
a lieutenant junior grade.
The nomination of greatest political significance
perhaps Is that OF Samuel F. Morss Of Indiana, TO %
Consul Of the United States at Paris. In ap'
pointing Mr.. Morss, who is the Editor OF "The IN
dianapolls Sentinel, 10 this conspicuous and lucrative
pest the President N,lat Oreny IL m9chai'er'iso
rule excluding edltcys from pu C Office Mr. MOSS
wns himself during the four years of Eei'r i har.
rison's Administration violent critic OF the last
Presidents socaed policy OF subsidzing the press"
But so ardent Is the Indiana editors admiration ior
Mr. Cleveland that he has doubt become convinced
by this time that what deadly SIN against tne
freedom OF the press with the last Administration may
he considered a very venial offence under 'h's Mr'
Morsss appointment also t.averses another OF Mr'
Cleveland's alleged rules-tllat about the character
and antecedents OF men to be chosen for the consular
service. Mr.. Morss Is not business man, nor ooes
he speak the language OF the country to which he u
sent Ills sole claim to Office Is based on successful
political and partisan activity. lie has been ior tae
last five or six years OF the most aggressive ana
untiring OF the Cleveland workers I'm Indiana, ana IL
due to him as much as any other one man that lh'
diana's delegation TO the Chicago Convention lass
Junc was not made a solid antiCleveland one. Mr.
Morsss selection for the Paris ConsuGeneral,hip VIII
cause much surprise and a good deal OF cri'icism III
Indiana and elsewhere. His real choice OF place
was the Liverpool consulate which Is an easier ana
less ambitious post. and the President has done MN
queer In sending him, against his hcihaoh au"
better Judgment, TO the French capital.
G. " Chancellor nominated as consul 10 Havre>
Is q MARYLAND doctor who Is said to be acu'e ely in'
terested I'm board Of health and quarantine manage
ment and Is probably very well fitted for that par
ticular place. :. A.,
George +. Parker, of New-York. who gets the
at
cant for the place Of private secretary gwen to ME-
Thurber lie wrote q biography cf President Cievs'
land and has done other useful literary bureau"
work for the President. His appointment marks
another exception to the rule on consusr quniinca'
tons.
william II. seaman. selected as United States Dis
trct Judge to succeed Judge jenkins in Eastern
Wisconsin IS a close personal friend Of senator Vilas
and is spoken Of as lawyer OF hign charactes aha
trlix A. Reeve made Solicitor OF the Treasury, has
been deputy solicitor for number Of Iear' sn ir;nn
Army His appointment Is in the nature OF a we'
deserved promotion: The nomination OF samuel 4:
OF patents Is another case OF promotion from lower
In selecting Joseph H. James as United States Dis
trct- Attorney for The Northern Distrc! Of Georgia,
President Cleveland picked out the candidate e E
aspIrants supported respectively BY ex-Speaker Trssp;
senator cOG% and sre'I Dki S'' she man SSo %so
lost his hat in the White House some day, ago while
ns to os sHSs sss the the Fsssn Faf s @ in
Georgia Mr.. Cleveland Stems TO have been less Inn
esd @ NJ Hy M n k o Of so
piece Of personal properly, .. coo,,, william r
Cary get the place Dis,rtct-Attolney over three
competitors. The successful aspir,nt was backed
lie notorious Tom Watson last November. The
three unlucny candidates We're presented and sup
ported by Senator Gordon senator Colqnitt and ex'
Speaker Crisp.
Felix A. Reeve, OF Tennessee, nominated tn be
solicitor OF the Treasury has for several years filed
the place Of Assistant solicitor, and Is In every way
qualified to assume the duties OF the higher office.
with which he Is thoroughly familiar. Mr.. Reeve was
a Union man, and when the war broke out entered
the service from Knoxville, Tenn. and served with
distinction After the war he settled In Knoxville
and went into the practice Of the law where he built
lid large business He came TO Washington In
1880 to accept the place Of Assistant Solicitor and
with the exception OF short time has been there
ever since lie is a Democrat and competent man,
as was evidenced by the fact that all through the
late Administration he was not disturbed HIS nomna-
zion Is In the nature OF promotion
W. H. Seaman, OF Wisconsin, nominated to b
United states Judge of the Eastern District is the
personal friend OF Senator Villas, who speaks OF him
as one of the best lawyers OF the STATE and gentle
man wbo stands high I'm the esteem and respect Of
the people, regardless Of party. lie Is about fifty
years old in the prime Of manhood and mental visor.
lie has been resident Of sheboygan for thirty years,
and I'm the practice OF the law has acquired com.
Portable independence. Heretofore he has always
declined office. preferhng to pursue the practice OF
his profession. lie has been honored by his state
I'm various ways by appointment to places Of honor.
but this Is his first office.
samuel T. Fisher, OF Massachusetts,, who was to-day
nominated to be Assistant Commissioner OF Patents,
was not candidate for the place. Ha Is thlrty-eighs
years DID, and entered the Patent ONCE In 1855.
through Civil Service, and has passed through all
of the successive grades from fourth assistant ex'
aminer, as the result Of competitive examinations