New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-19
NAMED BY PRESIDENT.
T.. y. Morgan Minister to- Corea-
Illinois Judicial appointments.

washington March iS-The President sent the
following nominations to the Senate to-day;
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To be consuis-JoEN H sNoDGRAss Of west EaEI'
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To be United District Judge Of the NortseTn IBIS
and KENEsAw u. lands, Of Illinois.
President Roosevelt had conference to-day with
Senator's CulIorn and Hopkins and Speaker Cannon
OF Illinois at which it determined to appoint
G c. Kohlsaat now United States distrlcI 3uoee
for the Northern District OF Illinois, 10 be circuit
Judge for the 7th Circuit It was also decided 10
appoint Solomon H. Bethea. now United States Dis
trct Attorney for the Northern District OF LIMOS
as United States judge for that district ana hehe
saw NJ Lands as additional United states Judge
for the same district This agreement ends a spir-
ited which has been in progress Tor TWO or
three weeks. II is probable that the appointments
would have been made several days ago had It not
been for charges filed with the Department or JUS
tice against Judge Kohlsast. It was alleged that
he had violated the law IN appointing relatives TO
Office in his Jurisdiction. The charges investi-
gated by Assistant Attorney General Charles H
Robb, who reported TO the President to-day that
they without foundation District Attorney
Bethea has had charge since its beginning or the
Of Justice Kenesaw n. Lands is brother OF
Representatives. Charles z. and Frederick lands.
81 Indiana lie private secretary TO Waiter =,
Gresham when the latter Secretary Of State.
and has been practising law in Chicago several
years
The President recently sent 70 the Senate the
nomination Of George L. Dobson. OF Iowa, TO be
corsul at nottingham. in place OF Frank ". Ma
hin. The nomination created q furry in the Iowa
delegation in Congress. Nj Mahn is an Iowa
man, his appointment to Nottingham having been
obtained originally by Senator Allison Senators
by another Iowa man. and as a consequence
Dobson's nomination was held up. After confer
enoes between the President and the Iowa Sena-
TOTS il was decided 10 make change in The nomi-
loent sent 10 the senate the nomination x Mr.
Dohson 70 he consul at I1anecho~, China. vice
sui al Annoy China the nomination Of Dobson as
o9tsq al al E3Liihghain at me same time 9elfg
After conference to-day between the President
and Senator Ellzins It was announced that it had
been decided 10 appoint Elliott Northcott. chair
Virginia, internal revenue collector OF that State
The contest for the appointment has been spirited
Mr.. Northcott was not an applicant for the ap-
pontment but it is believed that he viii accept IT,
1rmed by the Senate The following nominat tons
Jemes Wickershara: of Alaska; Judge Of the
District Court Of the District OF Alaska; Arthur
Boudreaux. 10 be postmaster AT Thibodeaux. La:
Perry A. sanborn. postmaster at Northeast Penn:
Second Lieutenant James l. Craig, 29th Infantry.
c Gardenhire. 18th Cavalry. TO be first lieutenant.
Edwin y. Morgan, who succeeds Horace y. Allen,
OF Ohio, as Minister TO Corea has been secretary
Of legation at Seoul since 1900. He is a grandson
Of Edward 2. Morgan, close friend Of William
H Seward and member OF Congress from 1853
10 1883. Minister Morgan was graduated at Harvard
in 1890 ard was tutor in history At Cambridge and
afterward professor Of modern history At Adebert
college, Cleveland. Before going 10 CorFa ne
secretary Of the Samoan Commission and became
familiar with conditions in the Pacific Islands. on
which he lectured in various cities treating also
of the conditions 81 trade IN the Far East. HIS
home is At Aurora. y. Y, where his grandfather
endowed Wells College