New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-05
NAMED FOR FOREIGN POSTS.
MINISTER'S AND cONSULs NOMINATED.
UsTROHUNGARIAN COURT AND GREEK
PROFESSOR TO GREECE-IMPoRTANT
CONSULsHIPS FILLED.

CONSULSHIPS FILLED.
(BY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBUEE1
Washington, April 4.-The nominations sent %
the Senate to-day were all, or nearly ALL to posts
in the diplomatic and consular service, and tho
motives which prompted them both personal and
political, arc apparently various and conflicting.
The full list of appointments is follows
James o. Broadhead, OF Missouri. to BIZ Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the
United States to switzerland.
:, Bartlett Trip, 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 the United States to Greece. Rumania and
Servia
To be Consuls of the United States: James
r. Neal, Of Ohio. at Liverpool James NJ. Dobbs,
at at S baSd
Burke, Of New-York, at Pernambuco Edgar Wild.
den Of Mans NJ I1;;,s;s at st. Stephen Henry
Of New-York, at Nottingham: Benjamin Lenthier.
Of Massachusetts,, at Sherbrooke.
Charles f. Ingersoll. OF Pennsylvania, to be
Appraiser of Merchandise in the District Of Phila-
Paul F. Faison, of North Carolina. to be an
Indian Inspector.
The selection Of James o. Broadhead for tho
Swiss mission is due, doubt. to the Presidents
desire to recognize" the services, both before and
after the Chicago Convention, OF his Missouri
lrenOS. AS tle DemOcTdtlC organization IN nIlSs
souri, has been Cleveland rather than an anti.
Cleveland machine, the President does not 50
outside the limits of admitted party leadership
in that State to distribute official distinctions.
Mr. Broadhead is an ex-Representative and holds
prominent place politically in his own city and
State lie has been an active and influential
delegate at several Democratic National conven-
tions, and was member for many years OF
the Democratic National Committee. His appoint
ment is one OF the few, far, which have
gone to what might be called the "old Line
Democracy" Ex-Governor Gray's being another
That a frst-class mission, soon perhaps to have
the rank of an embassy, should go to state
like South Dakota was something Of shock
to expert diplomatic opinion here Ex-Judse
Bartlett Tripp, of Yankton who will succeed Cole
mel Grant at Vienna, is successful frontier law
yer and politician, and belongs to the radical
tariff reform wing of the Democra'lo
party, Which has clung devotedly to Mr.. CieVe-
lands fortunes both in success and in adversely.
He was territorial judge under the first Cleve.
land Administration. and has been the active head
Of the party in the State Of South Dakota since
its admission. lie was the Democratic candidate
for Senator in the legislative struggle of 1891 IN
which Mr.. KYLE, the Indocrat" and Populst'
WAS finally successful. Judge Trip is a brother
in-law of Senator Davis, OF Minnesota. he was
talked of for Commissioner Of Pensions and Com-
missioner of the General Land Office. and II no
had Diplomatic aspirations at all they have peen
very carefully concealed
The new Minister to Greece, Rumsula ana
Seryia seems to have been chosen on the 1heofy
that he is to take turn In original stuay anc
rcsearch at the head Of the American SCHOOL .
Athens. rather than travel the three kingdoms On
nolitical errands Mr. Alexander is professor
~ the Greek language and literature at tile Uni
versitv of North Carolina and is said to be an
accumulated scholar What political motive
tberc can he for his appointment has not yet been
discovered, as he has had little or no conneotion
with North Carolina with National pon"cS'
Senator Ransom recommended him, however, ZOE
the post.
The oonsuls nominated were evidently cho'en
On widely dissimilar grounds. James f.. Neal, OF
Ohio who gets the lucrative post Oh consul az
Jiverpool. is a townsman OF Ex-Governor camp
bell, and served in the two Govelnorsnip CAM
noions Of 1880 and in 1891 in Ohio as chairman
of the Democratic State committee. lie Is popu-
lar politician. and possesses genial and attrac-
tive personality. whatever may be said Of his
consular qualifications AS a business man. Mr.
Merritt. of Illinois. las been for eight years or
more in the consular service, and is now Simply
transferred to another and presumably more de-
sirable post. lie was last at Clemnitz. and caue
home recently to become candidate Tor Ihlrd
Assistant Secretary of State.
The "no-nepotism- rule formulated week or
two ago is broken again in the nomination OK
AS, d. Dickinson as consul at Nottingham. His
chief claim TO a nomination seems to be that he
is tho brother of the supposed head OF the
" Kitchen Cabinet Don Manuel Dickinson, OF
Michigan lie lives however, in New-fork In
the person Of Mr. Lanther another editor steps
into the consular service, in spite of this other
Presidential prescription. Mr.. Eckford OF Missis-
sippi, is rewarded with the Jamaica consulsnip
for political services IN his native STATE: Iie
displaces Mr. Dent, Mr.. Blaine's private secretary.
who was sent TO Jamaica less than a. year ago:
Mr. Dobbs. the consul at VALPARAISO, is a youthful
Georgian who is credited with familiarity with tnc
Spanish language. His business capacity -
or undeveloped. David y. Burke OF
New-Yorll sent as consul to PernambucO, was in
the service during President Clevelands first term
His nomination, therefore, breaks the "eN-office-
holder rule
or the eight consuls only two seem to
fill Mr.. Ceveand's consular requisite OF business
training and experience. This only shows how
much easier it is to make appointment rules than to
observe them.
James O. Broadhead, OF Missouri. who is nominated
as Minister 10 switzerland Is by profession lawyer.
and has represented his State I'm Congress member
from ST. Louis. He Is about sixty five years OF age
and has been prominent In politics In Missouri for
long time being at one time member Of the Demo-
cratic National Committee anda delegate to several
National conventions, He was a member Of the
Constitutional Conventions in Missouri In 1861 ana
s63 which depcsed the Confederate Legislature and
governed the State for two OF the war. lie has
had some experience In diplomatic matters through
his connection with the French spolation claimss
which led him to visit Paris for this Government.
Bartlett Tripp Of South Dakota who goes 40
Minister to Austria Hungary, was one OF the pioneers
I'm the Dakotas before the division Of the Territory.
He Is forty eight years of and is brothern-law
Of Senator Davis OF Minnesota. lie Is staunch
and was made chief justice OF the Terri.
tory of Dakota by President Cleveland during his first
Administrations lie has had good deal to do with
state politics and prominently mentioned for the
Senate as the Democratic opponent OF Senator Kyle.
He lives at Yankton and is lawyer
Fben Alexander nominated to be Minister to
Greece, Rumania and serva. IS at present Greek
professor at the University OF North Carolina, which