The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-03
'HUNS FOR KANSAS
State Had Ministers, AmbaSs-
adOrS and ConSuIS.
FAX0N Is REMINISCENT
Impressions Formed of RooSe-
welt at the dwelling.


cencing recalls some of the good places
Kansas has had in official life since the
days it came into this union OF states.
These places have not always been Of
great enolument, but generally OF honor
and prominence. All this distinction to
the sufiower state largely came before
the advent of Populism and wien Kan
sas held proud place as q Republican
| stronghold In the later days. and until
| the Mckinley administration, there hash [
| been very much coming Kansas way.
There probably viii be in the future.
Martin 7. Conway was Kansas first
representative in congress. That was in
the Thirty-seventh congress. 1861 to 1865.
After retiring from congress. at the end
OF his first term, President Lincoln gave
him a consulate. That was the beginning
Since then, Kansas has had several con-
sular appointments. Cleveland made
young Charley Holiday a consul in Ven
ezuela and he was charge d'ahairs for a
time. Charles Shafer of Sedgwick was
consul TO Vera Cruz, Mexico, also, under
Cleveland. These are two consular APP
pointments the Democratic administra-
-tiOns have given Kansas.
President Harrison made John \. An
derson consul to Cairo, Egypt. during his
administra ton That was after Anderson
had been defeated for a seventh renomin-
alton to be representative from the Fifth
district. Anderson died in Cairo, and E
c. Little of Abilene, afterward lieutenant
colonel of the Twentieth Kansas, was APP
pointed to the consulate. During this adj
ministration r. W. Turner of Mankato.
was consul to Cadiz. Spain. Turner was
later secretary of the state railroad COM
mission, and is now talked of as Repre-
sentative Reeder's opponent in the Sixth
district this fall.
Under the present administra tion the
best consulate Kansas has is Cape-Town,
South Africa. w. r. Bigham Of White
City occupying the position. General
Caldwell of Topeka is consul in Costa
Rica, Central America.
Ministers and ambassadors are of
course more important than consuIs, and
Kansas has had a few of these, also.
During the Hayes, Garfield and Arthur
administrations, or the eight years from
1877 to 1885, Thomas 4. Osborn, who had
in 1877 just retired from his second term
as governor, was minister to Brazil and
Chill. Under the Harrison administration.
Thomas Ryan. serving his seventh term
in the house, was made the first ambas
sador to Mexico. He had this distinguish
ed position for four years, or until 1893.
Various other appointments of note
have come to Kansas from time to time.
Judge Lowe Of Fort Scott was chief JUS
tice of the Utah supreme court. Former
Representative Case Broderick of the
First district was appointed in 1884 TO be
associate justice of the supreme court of
Idaho, which place he held four years.
President Harrison in 1889 appointed
Judge Geo. Chandler of Independence, a
former law partner of Former Governor
Lyman L. Humphrey. to be first assistant
secretary Of the interior. Judge Chand-
Ter continued in this position throughout
the Harrison administration.
President Mckinley in 1897 appointed
Thomas Ryan to be first assistant secre-
tary of the inteior, and Joseph L. Bris-
tow TO be fourth assistant postmaster
general. These were two very important
places and President Roosevelt has just
added a third place in the appointment OF
Eugene F. Ware TO be commissioner Of
pensions.
Under Democratic administrations, be-
side the two consular appointments re-
ferred to above in the Cleveland admin
istrations there was that OF c. II. J.
TAYLOR, who in the first Cleveland admin
istration was minister TO Liberia. Former
Senator Edmond c. Ross was also COVER
nor OF New Mexico. During the last
Cleveland administration, John /. McAtee
of Caldwell was appointed a judge of the
supreme court of Oklahoma, which posi-
ton he recently resigned.
The unveilng of the Rochambeau statue
the other day furnished the observant
several interesting incidents in connection
with the impulsive president. who does
things in such delightfully."- informal and
democratic manner. The president was
seated in the center of the platform which
held the French commission. the secretary
OF state secretary Of war, the French
ambassador. General Porter. who is our
ambassador to France. distinguished
guests. senators, etc. Though an intense
~ warm day. with threatening clouds
which hung low and later drenched the
guests with rain, the order Of the day
was splendor. at the sacrifice Of comfort
The foreign guests. the army and navy
officers. ambassadors and others we're
heavy. snug uniforms. The president. his
secretary OF state and others wore closely
butt0ned black frock coats and were
gloved. This seemed to worry the presi-
dent. but he got through with II all final
~ His address was brief but a fine bit
Of speech. Roosevelt is becoming a hap
ny speaker. who rises thoroughly 70 all
occasions. and his short, crisp sentences
are fun Of thought and are lofty in their
ideas.
Finally. after the presidents address Of
welcome and the French ambassadors
reply. the Countess de Rachambeau pulled
the cord which loosened the clustering
and iutertwined colds Of French and
American national colors The drapings
feIl clear Of the statue. all but one piece
OF American colors which caught on the
spurred boot Of the Rochambeau figure
At once there was excitement Marines
and men directing them sought 10 release
the color and free the statue There was
busting about The bunting chung OBJ
stinately. however. AID deied all effort
10 loosen Il. Meanwhile the work went
or. The president interStedly noted this.