The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-06-08

JUDSON HARMON OF CINCINNATI
TO BE ATTORNEY-GENERAL
The Emperor of China Sends Letter
of Thanks to President Cleveland
for the Kindly Offices Exercised by
the United States In Behalf OF the
Restoration of Peace Between China
and Japan.

Special to the RECORD-UNION.
WASHINGTON, June Z. = President
Cleveland this morning announced the
following Cabinet appointments:
Secretary of State-Richard Olney of
Massachusetts.
ey-General-Judson Harmon of
Cincinnati.
The appointment of Mr.. Olney to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of Secre-
tary of State Gresham was expected, the
President having intimated few days
ago that he would make such appoint
ment. 1t is probable that tomorrow Mr..
Olney will take the oath as the head Of the
State Department
The President at one time contemplated
other changes in his Cabinet and a re-
ARRANGEMENT of several portfolios, and in
this connection consideration was given
to the transfer of Secretary Smith to the
Department of Justice, but this and other
transfers were finally abandoned, and the
President concluded that the simplest
plan would be merely to fill the vacancy
caused by MIR. Olney's promotion.
The appointment of Judge Judson Har-
mon of Cincinnati as Attorney General
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name had not even been canvassed as
among the possibilities. There is the
best authority for the statement that the
President had several men under con-
sideration, and that the portfolio of JUS
tice might have been had by James G.
Carter of New York. who was counsel
for the Government in the Behring Sea
tribunal and the income tax cases, and
by Frederick K. Coudert of New York,
had fhoV hQnp 0iqpOcp0 tO apoopt
Secretary Carlisle knew Judge Har-
mon personally, and admired and re-
spected his ability. 1t was he, proba bly,,
who hrst presented his name to Presi-
dent Cleveland. Ex-Governor Campbell
of Ohio, close friend of Judge Harmon.
also warmly supported him, and the
President also secured from Ex-Governor
Hoadley Of Ohio, who is now living in
New York, and whose law partner Mr..
Harmon was. most favorable reports as
to his ability and standing. After cam
vassing the situation thoroughly, the
President offered the portfolio to Judge
Harmon by wire this afternoon, and i'm
mediately upon receiving reply an
nounced the appointments.
THE NEW ATToRNEY-GENERAL.
CINCINNATI, June 7.-When the ap.
pointment of Judge Judson Harmon be-
came known here this afternoon attor-
neys from the courts and their offices
rushed to the office of Harmon, Colstone
Goldsmith IL Hoadley TO congratulate the
new Attorney General and ask for date
for farewell dinner from the bar. Judge
Harmon said he received a letter from
President Cleveland to-day and replied
to it by wire. He had no knowledge of
his appointment till advised by the Asso-
ciated Press. He went to Columbus to-
night on business, and does not know
when he will go to Washington.
Judge Harmon is not only recognized
as one of the foremost lawyers and jurists
of this State, but also as one of the most
popular citizens OF Ohio. He was born
near this city forty-nine years ago, which
has always been his home, and is known
by all. His father, Rev. B. f. Harmon,
was a Baptist minister, we'll known
throughout the Ohio Valley. Judge
Harmon graduated at Denison Univer-
sity, Baptist institution at Greenville,
Ohio, in 1866, and began the practice of
law in Cincinnati in 1869. He was Re-
publican until 1872. when he GreeleviZed.
AS a Democrat he was elected Common
Pleas Judge on the 1iIden ticket in 1876
He was elected Superior Judge in 1878,
reelected in 1888. and when Ex-Governor
George Hoadley went to New York in
1857 Judge Harmon resigned from the
bench to become the head of the firm Of
Harmon, Colstone, Goldsmith & Hoad-
lev, which represents many railroads
and other large corporations, and with
which firm he will continue his connec-
ton. When Judge Harmon resigned in
1887, Governor Foraker appointed Judge
William Taft, now United States Circuit
Judge, and formerly SolicitOr-General,
to the vacancy.
Mrs Harmon is an accomplished lady,
the daughter of the late DR.. Scobey of
Hamilton. They have three daughters,
Mrs. Edman Wright. Jr., OF Philadel-
phia, Miss Elizabeth, a recognized society
leader, and Margerie, the youngest of the
family, who is IA years old.