The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-20
of GOwdy and Heath Also
Confirmed and Finley McGuire
Made Clerk by the Former.
SEVERAL NEW POSTMASTERS
RECOMMENDATIONS BY REPRESENT
ATIvE HENRY AND MIR. FAIRBANKS.
Republicans Chosen at Anderson
Portland, Mitchell, Bedford and
Other Indiana Towns.


WASHINGTON, March 1.-TWO more
were Albert w. Wishard and Samuel Z.
Kercheval, who were appointed, respective
ly district attorney and United States mar
shall. These appointments were announced
by your correspondent several days ago
and it was therefore no surprise when they
were sent to the Senate this afternoon.
Mr.. Fairbanks secured prompt action. for
the nominations were at once confirmed,
instead of being laid over a day or two
is usually the case. Two other nomina-
tions were sent to the Senate to-day by
President Mckinley, the full list being:
SAMUEL K. KERCHEVAL. of Indiana
TO be marshal of the United States for the
ALBERT w WIsHARD. of Indiana. to
be attorney for the United States for the
District of Indiana.
WILLIS VANDEvANTER. of Wyoming
to be assistant attorney general, vice Isaac
G.. Lonberger. resigned.
CHARLES L. GORDON. to be postmas-
ter at Chicago, vice Washington Hesing,
resigned.
Besides confirming the appointments of
Messrs. Kercheval and Wishard the Senate
approved the nominations of John h.
Gowdy TO be consul general at Paris; Perry
s. Heath, OF Indiana, to be first assistant
postmaster general; John Hay of the Dis
trict of Columbia, to be ambassador of the
United States TO Great Britain; Horace
Porter, OF New York to be ambassador of
the United States to France; Henry White,
of Rhode Island, to be secretary of the
embassy of the United States to Great
Britain; ~hares L. Gordon, TO be post
master of Chicago, and some minor ap
pointments in the Marine Hospital service.
The wishard and Kercheval appointments
D o,,I A 90 IL
were acted upon at once by the commit
tee on judiciary, Senator Fairbanks having
made a canvass of the members so that
meeting was not necessary. the chairman
making a report without that formality.
The Senate was in executive session at the
time and confirmation Immediately fol-
lowed Messrs Wishard and kercheval
were exceedingly fortunate in escaping the
harassments and uncertainties attending
the usual delays between appointments and
combinations. 1t is rare indeed that the
Senate takes action on appointments with
out several days of committee considera-
ton. Mr.. Kercheval returned to Indiana
several days ago and is there now. Mr..
Wishard is still in the city, but expects to
return TO Indianapolis tomorrow.
Mr.. Heath will be commissioned and
sworn in as first assistant postmaster gen.
eral tomorrow morning at lO o'clock and
at 1880 will hold a reception, at which the
various bureau chiefs and subordinate off,
GERS of the department will call upon and
| go through the form of an official intro
duction Mr. Heath already knows a great
many of these gentlemen but departmental
etiquette requires that they should be in
| troduced to him. Several score of Mr..
| Heath's newspaper friends will also be
,gtl, duo 1n,1xr
| christen him general" a title by which
| he will hereafter be known. The water
| cooler will be specially filled for the oc-
| casion. Mr.. Heath will enter on the dis
| charge of his duties at once.
Finley MCGUIRE who has been acting for
some time as Representative Henry's sec
retary, will go to Paris with Consul Gen.
eral Gowdy, having this afternoon been ap-
pointed by that gentleman as his consular
| clerk. He has gone. to New York with Mr..
Gowdy and will acquaint himself before go
| ing to Paris with much Of the routine of
| the business of the office. New York is
| the best school for the instruction of con-
suls and their clerks that exists.
Preparing for the Change.
It will require not little hustling on the
| part of Messrs. Wishard and Kercheval to
| get their bonds qualify and assume the
offices to which they were appointed yester-
| day by next Monday, on which date the
| terms of District Attorney Burke and Mar
| shall Hawkins expire. These officers have
| had their goods packed up and ready for
| departure for several days, and have been
| daily watching the newspapers for notice
| of the appointment of their SUCCESSORS.
| During their incumbency the only case of
| great note in which they have been engaged
| was the Indianapolis Bank case, including
| the cases Of the Haugheys and the Collins.
District Attorney Burke has not yet COM
| pleted his plans for the future. He will de-
vote the first few months after going out
of office to effort to collect from the
government claims amounting 10 about
| ss0Oo arising out of the old fee system
| under which he worked until last summer
| OF these claims about 5000 have been ap-
| proved by the Department of Justice and
| only await the passage of the appropriation
bills The rest are yet TO be approved
After getting these out Of the way Mr..
| Burke will re-enter the practice of law
| either here or at Jeffersonville, though he
! has not yet determined which.
Marshal Hawkins has rented an office in
the same building the marshal's office is in
| which he will use for headquarters. lie Is
| considering two or three propositions To en-
| gage in business and may accept one of
| them. He owns a good farm In Sullivan
county. and has recently purchased one
| south 81 the city.
| Elmer T.. Corr the assistant district at
torney. will return 10 the practice of law
| al Bloomington. The question has been
| raised as TO whether Judge Baker will ad-
| wise the Department of Justice that an as
sistant is necessary. IL Is not regarded
| as likely that this question will arise. Last
| summer, when the change was made from
| the fee 10 the salary system. the depart
| ment asked the advice OF Judge Baker as
| 10 whether there was necessity for an as
sistant at this point, and the judge advised
1 assistant necessary. III iS
regarded as likely that the department will