Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-17
MINISTER TO SPAIN.
NOMINATION SENT IN TO THE
SENATE.
STEWART l. WcODFORD, OF n. Z
lie II the Choice of IN.
Prcsidenf--It Is Believed a.
Good Authority That lie viii
Accept.

WASHINGTON. June 1.-THE pY,a.
dent to-day nominated Stewart L. Woo.
ford. OF New York, to be Minister To-
Spain.
Mr. Woodford Is an old friend Of sera.
tor Platts. and the two have been On
intimate terms since they were cob.
leagues in Congress. n score Of years
ago. The incident in the early oigh,es.
when Mr.. Woodford refused TO supper.
for Governor. Judge Foger, later Secrl.
tary OF the Treasury saying lie would
not support Republican nominated =
a forged telegram" put him az ODDS
with the Republicans Of the State Tor
some years, but he finally went back
into the fold. Senator Platt vigorously
urged him for a Cabinet position. try-
ing to have him made Secretary OF d.,
Interior.
Mr.. Woodford has made a fortune In
his law practice and Republican frienli
to-day spoke OF him as a natural lipl0-
mat. His nomination had beCn fore
Swallowed for some weeks. but the a..
tuaI decision to appoint him Was no,
reached until to-day. The Cabinet
talked the matter over yesterday and
the President referred 10 several persons
suggested for the post. and inumaiel
that the preference was FOR W0odOd
The question was brought up again 90.
day, and lato this afternoon secrolsry
Bliss was called to the White House
and shortly afterwarl the nomlnauoa
was sent TO the Senate.
Mr.. Woodford has been summoned he.s
and will arrive tomorrow. when DC SILL
have a talk with the President. Than
is excellent authority for the statement
that Mr.. Woodford will accept.
GENERAL woODFoRD's CAREER
NEW YORK, June 16-Stewart L
Woodford, the newly-appointed Aiusie,
TO Spain. was born I'm this city Septen.
Der 3. 1885. and is descended from carly
settlers In Connecticut. His grand.
father fought I'm the Revolution aud la
the war of 1si2
General Woodford entered COLUMBIA
College az Is, but spent the sophomore
year at Yale, completing his education
at Columbia, and graduating IN 1854 Re
was admitted 10 the bar in 1857. and enc
tered politics I'm the first Lincoln came
paign, I'm 1850. Lincoln offered him tho
judgeship OF the Territory OF Nebraska
but he declined IT, Later. he became
Assistant United States District-AttOruey
of New York. and prosecuted cases grow
ing out of the blockade. He resigned %
enter the army as a volunteer I'm Com.
pany II. l27th New York Volunteers
He was made captain. and served until
1854. in Virginia South Carolina. and tho
District Of Columbia. He was Judge
Acknowledgement for the Department "
the South, and ost-marshal-general
and chief of staff of General Gilmore.
He was breveted brigadier-genoral FOR
galantry I'm action. After the war
he was military governor OF the city o.,
Charleston. and later of Savannah. Re
resigned his commission August D. nGi,
and resumed his law practice.
In the fall of 1865. he was nominated for
judge of the Common Pleas Court ia this
city. though he lived I'm Brooklyn. T.
1866 he was elected Lieutenant-Goyernor
on the ticket with Governor Fenton. be-
ing the youngvHt Lieutenant-GovcrulE
up TO that time He presided over tl1
Grant Electoral College OF the State n
1872 and defeated w. W.. Goodrich for
Congress the same year.
General Woodford was the successful
candidate for Governor against John II.
Hoffman, and I'm 1876 he was "a caudiiate
in the Republican National Convention
for Vice-President, receiving 60 votes