Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-21
CLABAUGH SELECTED
Nominated to Succeed Justice Nc
Comas.
LONG EXPECTED CHOICE ANNOUNCED
Career of New Member of the
District Supreme Court.
VIM. SMALL TO BE CONSUL

The President today sent these nomina-
tiOns to the Senate:
Justice-Harry NJ Clabaugh of Maryland,
10 be associate justice of the Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia.
Joseph a. Ginokans, to be judge of the
United States court, northern district, In
dian territory; David d. Shelby of Ala
bama to be United State circuit judge for
the fifth judicial circuit.
State-Wiliam Small of the District of
Columbia. now commercial agent at Col
nngwood. to be consul at ColIingwood, On
tario.
War-Second Regiment. Volunteer Infan-
try. TO be assistant surgeon. with rank of
first lieutenant, Vincent Gomez; 9TH Regi-
ment Volunteer Infantry. to be lieutenant
colonel, Major fernando D. Money; to be
chief surgeon, with rank of lieutenant col
oneI Major jefferson r. Kean.
Regular army. infantry arm-Capt. Rob
ert W. Dowdy, L. s. A, retired, to be cap
tain.
The nomination of Mr.. CIabaugh to sue
Ceed Judge MCComas as an associate jus
tice of the supreme Court of the District
has been expected for some time. The nom
ination was brought about by Senator-elect
McComas.
Mr. Clabaugh is at present attorney gen.
eral of Maryland. and will become associate
justice of the Supreme Court March 4.
Local Man to Be n Consul.
William Small was a lawyer in the Dis
trict and represented the Patent Bar Asso-
citation in the trial of Weddeburn before
the commissioner of patents some years
ago. He was appointed commercial agent
at CoiilngswOOd about a year and a half
ago. and has now been promoted to consul
at that place
Judge C1abaugh's Career.
Mr.. CIabaugh is a warm personal friend
of Judge McComas. and has gained repu-
tation in politics and law He was born at
Cumberland. Md, July 1G, 1856, and lived
there until 1862. when his father the late
G. w Clabaugh, moved his family to Bal
timore. and then. in 1878. to Carroll county.
Mr.. C-abaugh was sent to the PENNSYLVANIA
College and Gettysburg, and graduated in
lSii In the following year he graduated
In law from the University of Maryland.
He read law with Mr.. Bernard Carter in
Baltimore. and entered upon the practice
of his profession in that city, but, on the
death of his father in 1881, he moved to
Carroll county. where he has since lived a
lawyer and a farmer
Mr. ClabaIgh has been a prominent re-
publican III Maryland He was delegate
To the national convention at Chicago in
1881 which nominated James O. Blaine for
the presidency. y year or two later he was
the NOMINEE for the state senate from Car
roll county but was defeated by Pinkney
J. Bennett.
After the selection of William j. Van
mort as republican candidate for governor
in 1891, Mr.. Clabaugh was unanimously
chosen chairman of the republican state
central committee of Maryland. He was
reelected four years ago. and had an ac-
tive share in directing the movement of
IN" party leading up to the convention of
1850 at which he was nominated attorney
general. He has an office In Baltimore
with George r. Gather, jr., also a promi-
vLt politician Mr. Clabaugh is married.