Omaha daily bee., 1894-04-03
SAWYER TO SUCCEED BAKER
Cleveland Lets His Choice Rest on the Can
didato of Secretary Morton.
OF APPLYING THROUGH FRIENDS
Ogden Had an Imposing Array of hackers,
while Sawycr Had Not Even Made
Formal Application for tho
rlacC-Scoman's Luck.
WASHINGTON BUREAU OF THE BEE.
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The president today ended the long drawn
out agony in Nebraska by appointing Andrew
Jackson Sawyer of Lincoln as United states
district attorney to succeed Ben Baker.
Other important nominations were those
Of Thomas f.. Benedict OF New York to be
public printer. and James ID. Yeomans of
Iowa to be Interstate IN commits
sioner.
If 1t was the intention Of Sawyer to have
the PRECEDENT hand him the district attorney
ship on a silver platter. he has certainly got
his wish. He was the only one OF the six
candidates who did not make formal applica-
ton for thG place, simply allowing his
friends Ito file certain papers. telling
of his legal attainments," etc, and even
this was not done until after the expiration
of MIR. Bakers term in January last. The
president was strongly inclined to give MIR.
Ogden the office, as that gentleman had
the Endorsement Of the attorney general and
a small army OF democratic United States
senators, but on Saturday last he suddenly
changed his mind and informed Secretary
Morton that he had determined to end the
matter at once by appointing Mr.. Sawyer.
Maybe some of the defeated applicants
wish now that they had followed Sawyer's
plan and had allowed friends to look after
their interests.
The nomination of ]. d. CONAN to be a
member of the Interstate COM
mission, as foreshadowed in The Bees dis
patches of Saturday last, is met with uni
Nersal approval by western men. He Is re-
garded as in every way fitted for the i'm
portant office. MIR. Yeomans Is the only
man who has ever been appointed a member
of the commission who Is not a lawyer. He
was by the four great packing
houses and hundreds OF other shippers, as
we'll AS National committeeman Richardson
and other leading Iowa democrats.
TO SOLVE THE SILVER PROBLEM.
Senator Wolcott today introduced a resolu-
ton directing the president to enter into
negotiations with the republic of Mexico
looking to an extension of our trade with
China and other Pacific countries, which he
will call up tomorrow. The negotiations
sought to be arranged with Mexico have for
their purpose the obtaining of the con-
sent of that republic to the coming of Mexi-
can silver dollars in American minis under
such seigniorage quantity and regulations as
Mexico may be willing to allow. 1t seems
that this resolution is the outcome of a
conference among the senators who believe
as these Mexican dollars are exported to
Asia and other countries and never come
back that Mexico will agree to it. II this
arrangement with Mexico can be made the
silver men in this country will coin their
silver into Mexican dollars at the American
minis and load them on the Asiatic coun-
tries.
IN A GENERAL WAY.
The commissioner of the land office today
stated to Congressman Meiklejohn that the
survey of the boundary line between Me-
braska and South Dakota will certainly be
completed the last of June and filed for
approval, at which time contracts will be
made for the survey of the unsurveyed lands
in Boyd county, Neb.
j. ID. Bloom was today appointed post
master at Northboro, Page county, Ia, to
succeed j. w. Gibson, resigned, and G. w.
Bean at Udell, Appanoose county, same state,
to succeed j. ii. Ketchum, resigned.
The chief of engineers, War department.
has reported favorably on Senator Pettlgrew's
bill for a bridge over the Missouri river at
Yankton, S. d.
w. j. Cartwright of Fremont, Neb, is in
the city.
In appointing A. d. Tuisley postmaster at
Sioux Falls, S. D., the president again breaks
through the rule he laid down last spring Of
not appointing to Office men who served
under his first administration Tuisley was
postmaster at Sibley, Ia, from 1885 to 1889.
There was a hot triangular fight over the
Sioux Falls postofice, Tuisley's contestants
being Stephen Donohue and George Burn
side. The former was backed by Senator
Kyle, and the latter by Mr.. Ward, chair
man Of the democratic state central COM
Senator Pettigrew also urged the
of Burnside. Tuisley had the in
of National Committeeman
who just now appears to be in high
favor at the white house.