New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-20
FOR MINISTER TO RUSSIA.
CLIFTON r. BRECKINRIDGE NAMED BY
THE PRESIDENT
4 SURPRISING APPOINTMENT FOR THAT l."
poRrANr PLACE-THE NOMINEE BEST
pvowS IN CONNECTION WITH THE
CLAYTON MURDER AND AS
A TARrFF-sMASHER.
inv rvrrGaApH TO TIE TRlBrsE.'


,,.p,,c.o, ru,v le-The President sent 10 the
sero,. TO-DAY the nomination OF Congressman cir
ton r Preckinrdge OF Arkansas. 70 De Minister
- Russia in the place OF Andrew ID. "h''e' re-
AHMED Mr. breckenridge Ia 90 be congratulated
Ills nomination "a the reward or iaithtu ser''0e
rendered 20 the President IN the silver hght OF last
vea- He Is more lucky than most OF his Colleagues
ho shared his fate in being placed on the shelf oy
a, ,rate constituency He Is more fortunate, TOO IN
that he secures The only nrs-class once AT pTese"
a, the dlsposa! OF the President. and at time also
.,o, tho crop ~ democratic statesmen out OF
FOB" clanorng FOR 'recogntion has no' yet oeen
.ntirc,v harvested by an indignant puo.c'
The qualifications OF Mr.. breckenridge tor the
n,si FOR which he has been nominated are difhcut
- s,ot. He has had no experience ne diplomat
lie has never been abroad. He Is not hhsu'sD
II ne has ever studied international law tha' iac'
has escaped the notice OF his friends. Inc MOS.
that Il known Of him outside OF his 'oAgressona'
career is that he IL the OF his father-wnch oe
FIRE the new dispcnsa,ion was not so much OF
recommendation. perhaps-ani that Tor years ne
has h.cn a uhenornenally unfortunate man OF ous-
nc.s II "a this latter fact most likely. WHICH IN
the eyes OF the President recommended him as an
eninenty IT person 10 represent the uhi'eu ''''o'
abroad II It was not. then probably II 5 that most
dis-eputab,e episode in hs public career whch
made him A wiling and ready oene"clary Oh as
sasslna'lon and the friend anu coh'P"'''" u '
pcc,e-l muricrers.
rhos. who recall the investigation Of the Con-
rressonal Committee In 1890 into the brutal muir
de- OF Colonel clayton at Plummsrviiie' A'K'' ca''-
not fail 10 remember the touching intimacy us
n,oved during the investigation az Little ROCK De-
.a, Mr. rreckinr,dge and Bob Pate and
collie Bentley. The disclosures made al the ufhe
vere horrible and brutal IN the extreme. but MI
rr.,lrr,due never ninched and defended his friends
Nth the easy cunning OF his nature. AS repre-
sentative OF a peculiar phase OF Arkansas cN'H1a-
ton he was an undoubted success: as much So IN
fac, AZ his distinguished cousin Is or another phase
OF NE IN the state OF Kentucky. cync OF the
lohh,es remarked this afternoon cffhand. when In
,,rred NJ the nomination that the President might
round Of the incident by appointing W. =. pIeSn
inr!lge as Minister 20 Turkey ana atter ,he ap
pontment OF the Arkansas breckenridge TINS "ouiu
surprise nobody . =,
Mr Brecklnriages career in Congress Is summed
Means Committee. In the role OF an ardent. con
ss,ent and enthusiastic tariff sIiasher ne Easily Ous
strlps most OF his colleagues. lie IS known 70 pos
seas a genius for managing the affairs Of the en-
tire country his own excepted us autooosra s :,
as II appears IN the Congressional. Directory reaas
as cr,on r. nreckInridge o, Pine Butf was born
education: served in the Confederate
Array private soGer ana y az how sne Hchmond
"a; was A clerk In, Commercial; house for two
years attended SGse ,Spe Sw yrars be-
c,.ne cotton painter In Arkansas in 1870 ard was
eneneei in planting and in the commission business
en- en- Thirteen years: was Alderman Of his town
lp' ,nrr, was elected to the XLNlllth Congress
from the State at ,arge was elected 10 me MIN,
S'rgrssa az a Democrat but was unseated by action
OF he House and the SEA, se G b vaGah s CSn
o"s ard elected to the LID Congress and re-
eeiertel to the Lila Congress as Democrat: re-
csIvlng &c 51s votes against LIZ vo'es Tor Hearse
PONIES and votes scattering -. ,,,..
I3l"tts. hat Of Mr.. Breckenridge the President
'' Wa,,cr Garter Of New.York 70 be Surveyor
of customs for the Port Of Patchogue. N -,
,ho T,nd Once al Tucson. Ariz ,,
Horac. NJ Rebok 20 be ase Inx ior 'ne i"al"'s Oh
second lieutenant Marcus d. cron'n' "th In
r,ntrv 20 be a first lieutenant