The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-17
WelI-Known New York Republican
Lawyer Who Made Brilliant
Record in the Civil War.
WISCONSIN MAN HONORED
JULIUS GOLDSCHMIDT APPOINTED
CONSUL GENERAL AT BERLIN.
Col. AnsOn Mills, of the Third Cavalry,
eraI-Other Promotions.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.


Kinley to-day nominated Stewart l..
Woodford, of New York.. to be min
lister to Spain vice Hannis Tay-
lor. The appointment of Mr. Wood
ford will afford general satsfac-
| tion to the Republicans at large throughout
the country. General Woodford is a very
able man who has long been prominent
and active in public affairs He has q
splendid war record and his civil career has
been entirely creditable. He has not been
as prominent on the stage of great happen-
ings of late years as he was formerly, but
that is because he has not pushed himself.
| The tremendous issues of the last campaign
brought him actively into the canvass, how
ever and he did valuable service on the
| stump for the party. He was considered
for secretary of the interior last winter
| when President Mckinley was making up
his Cabinet. but was displaced by Mr.. Bliss
for local New York reasons.
Stewart Lyndon Woodford was born in
New York city Sept. g. 1885. He studied at
Yale and Columbia Universities, and in 1857
began the practice Of law in his native city.
! In 1860 he chosen. messenger of the
Electoral College of his State to convey to
Washington its vote in favor of the presi-
| dency of Abraham Lincoln. In 1861 he was
attorney for the district of New York hold
ing the position for eighteen months when
he entered the Union army as a volunteer
| He served until 1865 becoming in succession
chief of staff of General Quincy A. Gill
more in the Department of the South, and
! military commander of Charleston and
| Savannah and attained by brevet the rank
| of brigader general of volunteers. From
1866 to 1868 he was Lieutenant Governor of
| New York as a Republican. He was de-
feated as a candidate for Governor In 1870
In 1872 he was elected to Congress, and was
also presidential selector. From 1877 until
1883 he filled the office of United States
attorney for the Southern district of New
York. Since leaving that Office he has been
engaged in the practice of law He made
numerous public addresses that were pub
lshed, among the most noted being a eulogy
| on General George II. Thopas.
Mr.. Woodford is an old friend of Senator
| Plat, and the two have been on intimate
terms since they We're colleagues in Con-
gress a score of years ago. Tie Incident
in the early eighties, when Mr. Woodford
refused to support for Governor Judge
| Folger, late secretary of the treasury, say
! ing he would not support a Republican nom
| mated on forged telegram" put him at
| odds with the Republicans of the State for
some years, but he finally went back into
| the fold. Senator Platt vigorously urged
| him for a Cabinet position, trying to have
| him made secretary of the interior Mr.
| Woodford has made fortune in his law
| practice, and his Republican friends to-day
spoke of him as a natural diplomat. His
| nomination has been foreshadowed in gossip
| about the office for some weeks, but the
actual decision to appoint him was not
reached until to-day The Cabinet talked
| the matter over yesterday, and the President
| referred to several persons suggested for
the post, and intimated that the preference
was with Woodford. The question was
| brought up again to-day and late this aft
| ernoon Mr.. Bliss called to, the White
House, and shortly after the nomination
was sent to the Senate. Mr. Woodford has
| been summoned here, and will arrive to-
morrow, when he will have talk with the
President There is excellent authority for
the statement that Mr.. Woodford will ac-
| cept
Among the other nominations sent to the
| Senate to-day were
| Julius Goldschmidt of Wisconsin. to be
| consul general at Berlin Germany: Frank
| II. Morris, of Ohio, to be auditor for the
| veyor of customs for the port of Paducah
| KY; Levi NJ. Willcutts of Minnesota, col
| rector OF customs Tor the district OF Duluth,
| Minn.; Howard M. Kutchin, of California
| to be agent and James c. Boatman, of Cal
| ifornia, to be assistant agent at the salmon
| fisheries of Alaska.
| War-Anson Mills. Third Cavalry, to be
! brigador general; Major John Simpson,
| quartermaster, to be lieutenant colonel and
| deputy quartermaster general; Captain j.
w. Pope, assistant quartermaster to be
| major and quartermaster; Captain James
Chester Third Artillery, to be major; First
Lieutenant l.. ]. Lewis. Second Cavalry,
| to be captain; First Lieutenant ]. p. c.
Hoskins, Third Artillery, to bes captain;
Second Lieutenant VIM. f. Clark, Seventh
| Cavalry, TO be first lieutenant; Second Lieu
tenant Archibald Campbell, Third Artillery,
to be first lieutenant, and First Lieutenant
Andrew G. c. Quay, Third Cavalry, to be
captain and assistant quartermaster.
The New LOganspOrt Bank.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, June 16.-The directors of
the new City National Bank at Logansport
will be John Grey, Almon p. jerks, w. c.
Pennock John c. Ingram, John r. Elliott.
William H. Bell, George w. Funk Isaac
Schidler and Isaac n. Crawford. Controller