The times., 1897-03-23
IMPORTANT PLACES FILLED
Binger Hermann Named as the Sue
cessOr of Judge Lamoreux.
Bristow for Fourth Assistant POST
master General and Timme
for Fifth Auditor.

The President yesterday sent to the SEN
ate the following nomina tons
Binger Hermann, of Oregon, to be Com
missioner of the General Land office.
Joseph l.. Bristow, OF Kansas, to be
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Ernest G.. Timme OF Wisconsin, to be
Auditor for the State and other depart
| ments (Fifth Auditory.
Boyd B. Jones, of Massachusetts, TO be
attorney Of the United States for the dis
trict of Massachusetts.
James u. Elliott, OF South Dakota, to
be attorney OF the United States for the
district of South Dakota.
Commodore Joseph n Miller to be a rear
admiral.
Sylvester Peterson, register of the Land
office at Crooksto wn, Md.
Commander c. V Ridley. to be a captain
in the Navy; also other promotions in the
Navy.
Henry L. Mariden, member of the Missis-
sippi River Commission.
Binger Hermann was born in Allegheny
county, Nd, in 1S43, and is therefore
fifty-four years old. He had a common
school education, went to Oregon when
he was a boy, taught country schools
and studied law, and has been lawyer
since he was twenty-threc years old. For
twelve years he has been a Congre ssrnan
from Oregon.
This appointment is in many ways al
most an ideal one Hermann has been for
years on the Public Lands Committee In
the House, and probably knows more about
the business he is going into than any
one else who could have been chosen he
was chairman of the Arid Lands Com
mittee OF the last House.
Mr.. Hermann is q short, rotund gentle
man, with a close cropped muStache and
a jovial ma nner.
Mr.. Hermann has an interesting wife
and daughter, but does not go into So
ciety himself
Joseph L, .Bristow, of Kansas, who is TO
be the axman of the Administration, is
a young fellow of only thirty-five years.
He was born in Kentucky and emigrated
to Kansas while still a boy. For six
years he has been member of the Re
publican State committee, holding the Cf-
flee of secretary most of that tune, and
he was private secretary to Gov. Morrill,
two years. He is a personal friend of
President Mckinley.
Bristow was backed by all Of the ma
tional committee, but it is said, was es-
pecially the choice of Cyrus Leland, the
Republican national committeeman from
Kansas, who was also on the executive
committee.
Bristow has the title of axman of the
Administration, and Is the only man In the
Administration who could possibly have
oil 70, hot h,f I'M nnNt
is no axman under the present order of
things in the Postoffice Department Dur
ing Wanamakers administration, or the
first part of it, Clarkson was an axman in
reality He was only in office year but
he made %, 600 changes in postmasters
The rule has been gradually been adopted,
andisnow almost a law ,thatthepostmasters
shall finish out terms of four years. Their
heads are not cut off in any such sense as
that of former years.
The change of rules in the Postofffce
Department, which gives the First Assist
ant Postmaster General, Mr.. Heath the
selection of the Presidential postmasters,
lghtens Mr.. Rristow's work somewhat,
but in reality very inconsiderably, as the
Presidential postmasters are very small
number compared to the whole list.
Commodore osephN N. Miller, who becomes
a rear admiral, was the senior commodore
when Rear Admiral Walker was retired on
his sixty-second birthday, last week. Com
modore Miller has been the commander Of |
the Boston navy yard for many years.
Mr.. ames D. Elliott, who has been nomi- |
mated for the district attorneyship of South !
Dakota, is the chairman of the South Da- |
kota State Republican committee. 1t is said |
that his Endorsements were very strong for |
the position, comprising nearly all the Re- |
publican politicians.