Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-21
Named by the President as U. s
Commissioner to Paris. Z
THE NOMINATION SENT TO SENATE.
Mr.. Manning Is One of Twelve to be
Selected From the Entire Conn.
try-Mrs. Potter Palmer See
lected to Commission,
From TUESDAYS Daily.

from IueSudVS Odlly.
President William Mckinley has for
warded to the senate a list of nomina
tons of United States commissioners
to the Paris exposition, included among
which is the name of Hon.
Calvin Manning, of this city.
While Mr.. Manning has not
been officially notified of the con-
firmation of the appointment which he
received some time ago, and which may
not be made for several days yet, it is
practically certain that the following,
which was sent out from Washington
by William e. Curtis, the special cor
respondent for the Chicago Record, is
correct:
"The president sent to the senate
Friday, too late, however, to be pre-
sented before adjournment, the nomin-
atoms of commissioners to the Paris
exposition. The list will be submitted
tomorrow, and upon it are the names
of Mrs. Potter Palmer and Alvin III.
Sanders, editor of the Breeders Ga
zette, of Chicago; Mike ID Young, of
the San Francisco Chronicle, who was
vice president of the government COM
mission at the worlds fair; Franklin
Murphy, the yarnish manufacturer of
New Jersey; Calvin Manning, a promi-
nent banker of Iowa; Mr.. Jansen
from Kansas. There are two commits
sioners from the south, one from New
York and one from Philadelphia. Chi
cago will be represented at the expo
sition by Mrs. Palmer, Mr.. Peck and
Mr.. Sanders"
The duties of the. twelve commission
ers from this country TO the Paris eN-
position will be to look after the in
terests of the American exhibitors, aud
will necessarily require their presence
in Paris a greater portion of the time
during the fair. 1t is an honor to be
included among the few whom Presi-
dent Mckinley has selected for this
duty, and Mr.. Manning is to be con
graduated upon his good frtune, while
Ottumwa is justly proud of the distinc.
ton which has thus been conferred or
one of her most prominent citizens
Mr.. Manning is personally acquainted
with President Mckinley and received
| the united support OF the Iowa delega
| ton for this appointment. He is es
pecially qualified for the position, hay
ing been actively and successfully en-
| gagged in business which has thorough
| " prepared him for the duties O
commissioner, as will be seen by tn,
following brief resume of his life:
Calvin Manning was born at Keo
sauqua, Van Buren, county, in 1851
and is a son of Edwin Manning, a,
4 early settler Of Iowa, who came to thi
state in the fall of 1887 and has beer
actively engaged in business for sixty
two years. Mr.. Calvin Manning was ed
ucated in New England and graduated
by the Iowa State university il
the law department, being a membe
of the class of 1872. In the winter o
i 1874 he came to Ottumwa where h
has resided ever since. In 1877 he wa
married to Miss Juliet K.Blake, daugh
ter of Charles T. Blake, who was al
old resident and one of the most prom
inent business men in this county. Fo
ten years Mr.. Manning followed tn
profession of law. He served fou
years in the city council as alderma,
from the second ward and was for tn
same length of time city attorney. b
reason of the large financial Interest
of his father in this county Mr.. Mar
ming entered into active business an
became largely interested in the low
National bank of this city, and for tn
to banking, being cashier of that il
stitution, which is one of the larges
in southeastern Iowa. Mr.. Mannin
has been prominent in politics in low
for years. He was a delegate to the /,
publican national convention held !
Chicago in 1884 and also held the sam
position in the ST. Louis convention j
1896, that nominated President McKir
ley.